Neah Bahji Kelly (b. 1980, Victoria, BC)
neahkelly@gmail.com /// 289-933-3050 /// @neahkelly
Education
2018 MFA Printmaking, SoAAD, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
2014 BFA Studio Art, Minor Print Media, Concordia University, Montréal, QC
2007 Visual Arts Diploma, Studio Art, Camosun College, Victoria, BC
Solo & Duo Exhibitions
2023 Endlessly Unending, SNAP Gallery, Edmonton, AB
2020 Playground Chit Chat, Martha Street Studio, Winnipeg, MB (w/Bram Keast)
2020 1 + 1 = ∞, Centre[3] for Artistic + Social Practice, Hamilton, ON
2019 Feedback Loop, Atelier Circulaire, Montréal, QC (w/ Mark Laurin)
2018 Riff / on a Riff // on a Riff ///, Grunwald Gallery of Art, Bloomington, IN
2017 Feedback Loop, Noise Gallery, Bloomington, IN (w/ Mark Laurin)(curated by Raphael Cornford & Bill Bass)
2017 Problem Finding ≥ Problem Solving, 50/50 Arts Collective, Victoria, BC
2010 Knitted / Painted, Gallery X, Montréal, QC
2008 Gallery Zoom, Victoria, BC
Selected Exhibitions
2019 37th Bradley International, Bradley University Galleries, Peoria, IL (juried by Janet Ballweg)
2018 Mend, arc.hive & MAKESHIFT Contemporary Textiles Festival, Victoria, BC (invitational)
2018 Screenprint Biennial 2018, Opalka Gallery, Albany, NY (juried by Miranda K. Metcalf, Taryn McMahon, Nathan Meltz, Travis Janssen)
2018 behoven, IUK Downtown Gallery, Kokomo, IN (invitational)
2018 ImPressed 2018: Behind the Hedges, Art Gym, Denver, CO (juried by Craig Zammiello)
2018 Black and White, Site: Brooklyn, Brooklyn, NY (juried by Rosario Güiraldes)
2018 Edging Forward: New Prints/Winter 2018, International Print Center New York, New York, NY (jurors: Miguel A. Aragón, Natasha Becker, Pepe Coronado, Bernard Lumpkin, Jennifer Melby, Mark Waskow)
2018 Between the Seams, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL (juried by Nnenna Okore)
2017 Collective, The Fuller Projects, Bloomington, IN
2017 Just Under 100: New Prints/Summer 2017, International Print Center New York, New York, NY (selected by Katherine Bradford)
2017 See in Space, Union Street Gallery, Indiana University Kokomo, Kokomo, IN (curated by Zachary Carlisle-Davidson)
2017 MFA Group Show, Grunwald Gallery of Art, Bloomington, IN
2016 Selected Portfolio Exchanges, The Double, MAPC 2016, Louisville, KY (juried)
2016 Selected Portfolio Exchanges, Useful Work vs. Useless Toil, MAPC 2016, Louisville, KY (juried)
2016 Every Trick in the Book, Herron Center for the Arts, Indianapolis, IN (juried)
2016 Summer Pals, Camp Pop-Up Gallery, Montréal, QC
2016 MFA Group Show, Grunwald Gallery of Art, Bloomington, IN
2016 Love at First Friday Pop-Up Show, Blueline Gallery, Bloomington, IN
2014 Salon des Membres 2014, Atelier Circulaire, Montréal, QC
2013 Life and Death of the Book: An Exhibition of Artists’ Books, Webster’s Library, Montréal, QC
2013 Salon des Membres 2013, Atelier Circulaire, Montréal, QC
2012 10th Annual Graduating Students’ Exhibition, VAV Gallery, Montréal, QC (juried)
2012 Print Exchange Exhibition, Université du Québec à Montréal, Montréal, QC
2012 High Rollers 2012, Studio Beluga, Montréal, QC
2011 Inside / Out, Hermine Contemporain, Montréal, QC (juried)
2010 Blockhead, Gallery X, Montréal, QC
2010 Drawing the Line, VAV Gallery, Montréal, QC (juried)
2008 The Salon des Refuses, Le Social, Montréal, QC (juried)
2007 Workbench, Fifty Fifty Arts Collective, Victoria, BC (juried)
2007 The Time in Between, Camosun College, Victoria, BC
Residencies
2020 Collab-19 Residency (@grammarschoolrules), Artengine (Ottawa, ON) and @enmasseproject (w/ @ambivalentlyyours)
2019 Bonnie McComb Kreye Residency, Victoria, BC
2019 Printmaking/Sculpture Residency, KKV Grafik Studio and Sculpture Workshop, Malmö, Sweden
2019 MSS/C3 Residency Exchange, Martha Street Studio, Winnipeg, MB
2015 Artist Residency, Emerging Artist of Printmaking, Atelier Circulaire, Montréal, QC
Artist Talks:
2023 Endlessly Unending Exhibition Artist Talk, SNAP Gallery, Edmonton, AB
2022 Guest Artist Talk, MoxieMag, MCA Denver, Denver, CO
2021 Guest Artist Talk, Remote Screen Print (Stephanie Russ), Concordia University, Montreal, QC
2020 Playground Chit Chat Exhibition Artist Talk, Martha Street Studio, Winnipeg, MB
2019 Visiting Artist Talk, KKV Grafik Studio, Malmö, Sweden
2019 Visiting Artist Talk, Martha Street Studio, Winnipeg, MB
2018 Screenprint Biennial 2018 Symposium, Symposium panel participant, Opalka Gallery, Albany, NY
2018 MFA Thesis Show Artist Talks, Grunwald Gallery of Art, Bloomington, IN
2018 Edging Forward: New Prints/Winter 2018, IPCNY Artist Talks, New York, NY
Awards
2020 Canada Council for the Arts - Explore and Create - Research and Creation
2019 Canada Council for the Arts - Arts Abroad - Residencies
2019 Canada Council for the Arts - Travel Grant
2018 Opalka Gallery Award, Screenprint Biennial 2018
2018 2nd Place, ImPressed 2018: Behind the Hedges
2017 Marvin Lowe Memorial Award, SoAAD, Indiana University
2012 Special Projects Grant, Fine Arts Student Alliance, Concordia University
2009-2011 In-Course Bursary Award, Concordia University
2010 Special Projects Grant, Fine Arts Student Alliance, Concordia University
2010 Canada Student Grant Program, Concordia University
2009-2010 Carolyn and Richard Renaud Bursary, Concordia University
2008-2009 Campaign for the New Millennium Student Contribution Bursary, Concordia University
2006 Edward Joseph Harrison Fund, Camosun College
2006 Estelle Elizabeth Blair Inman Memorial, Camosun College
Press & Publications
2023 Schachtel, Cory. "Endlessly Watching". Edify, 10/25/2023.
2021 Cherniwchan, Chrystal. "Floating Wonder". Printmaking Today, winter 2021, pp. 9.
2020 Exhibition Text, Spells Cast: A Call to Caper in Bram Keast and Neah Kelly's Playground Chit Chat, Melanie Monoceros, Martha Street Studio, Winnipeg, MB
2020 Wellman, Harper. "Parameters and Play: A Conversation with Neah Kelly". Femme Art Review
2019 Exhibition Text, Feedback Loop, Gauthier Melin, Atelier Circulaire, Montréal, QC
2019 Laurin, Mark. "Lost and Found: translation as a path to knowing". Noise vol. 2: Output Sabotage
2018 Exhibition Catalogue, Screenprint Biennial 2018, Opalka Gallery, Albany, NY
2018 Exhibition Catalogue, MFA Thesis Exhibitions 2018, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
2017 Create! Magazine
2017 Exhibit-Vic: ep.Neah Kelly at the Fifty Fifty Arts Collective, Exhibition: Problem Finding ≥ Problem Solving
2017 Studio Visits Podcast w/ Jake & Jenna, ep. 13 Neah Kelly
Curatorial Projects
2016 MAPC Exchange Portfolio, Useful Work vs, Useless Toil, MAPC 2016, Louisville, KY
2016 MAPC Exchange Portfolio, The Double, MAPC 2016, Louisville, KY
Public & Private Collections
KKV Grafik Studio, Malmö, Sweden
Mark S. Waskow, Founder/Director Waskowmium, Barre, VT
Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
Mid America Print Council (MAPC) Archives
Concordia University, Montréal, QC
Université du Québec à Montréal, Montréal, QC
Professional Experience
2017-2018 Associate Instructor, Colour, SoAAD, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
2017 Conservation Assistant, Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
2016-2017 Associate Instructor, Colour & Design, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
2016 Graduate Assistant, Textiles, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
2015-2016 Graduate Assistant, Printmaking, Indiana University, IN
2014 Bookbinding / Product Making, Papeterie Saint-Armand, Montréal, QC
2014 Book Cataloger, Montreal Books, Montréal, QC
2014 Book Cataloger, Encore Books and Records, Montréal, QC
2012-2015 Studio Collective Member, Atelier Circulaire, Montréal, QC
2012-2014 HP Indigo / C-41 Printing Technician, 36 Pix Photo-lab, Montréal, QC