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CHRIS KELLY 1950, Born Washington, D.C.

EDUCATION 1983-84 Oregon School of Arts and Crafts, Printmaking
1973-76 Corcoran School of Art, Washington, D.C., B.F.A
1972-73 Schiller College, Berlin, Germany and Madrid, Spain

SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2005 “ Conceal, Reveal” new paintings, Augen Gallery, Portland, OR
2004 “ Feel the Burn “ encaustic paintings, Melanee Cooper Gallery, Chicago, IL
2003 “ Piece Work” recent encaustic paintings, Augen Gallery, Portland, OR
2001 “Sir Render” recent encaustic paintings, Augen Gallery, Portland, OR
2001 Watercolors, Cannon Beach Association for the Arts, Cannon Beach, OR
1999 “The Orb and I” recent paintings, and sculpture, Augen Gallery, Portland, OR
1997 Recent Paintings, Augen Gallery, Portland, OR
1996 Recent Paintings, Augen Gallery, Portland, OR
1995 Recent Paintings, Augen Gallery, Portland, OR
1994 Works on Wood, West Linn Public Library, OR

GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2004 “Unbound” The Gallery at R&F, Kingston, New York
2004 Affair at the Jupiter Hotel, Portland, OR
2002 Encaustic paintings and Burl pieces, West Linn Public Library, OR
2002 Summer Group Show, Cannon Beach Association for the Arts, Cannon Beach, OR
2002 Spring Group Show, White Bird Gallery, Cannon Beach, OR
2002 Featured Gallery Artists, Augen Gallery, Portland, OR
2001 “Encaustic Now” Marcia Wood Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2001 “Encaustic, Encaustic” Melanee Cooper Gallery, Chicago, ILL
2000 “Intervals, Frames, and Accelerations” A Snowglobe Invitational Sarah Ellen Taylor, curator
2000 “Now What?” Eyre-Moore Gallery, Seattle, WA
1999 “Encaustic Works ’99” Watermark/Cargo Gallery, Kingston, NY Judy Pfaff, curator
1999 “ArtSlate” Condon, OR Paul Arensmeyer, curator
1999 Group Show, Eyre-Moore Gallery, Seattle, WA
1998 “The Cooperators” Oregon School of Arts and Crafts, Portland, OR Paul Arensmeyer, curator
1997 Recent Work, ArtFair, Seattle, WA
1996 Small Works, ArtFair, Seattle, WA
1995 Greystone Gallery, Portland, OR
1994 Cannon Beach Association for the Arts, OR
1994 “Celebration of the Arts in Oregon” State Capitol Building, Salem, OR
1994 Cannon Beach Association for the Arts, OR
1994 Augen Gallery, Portland, OR

PUBLICATIONS “The Beauty of Wax” by Harvest Henderson. Review of solo show. The Oregonian, Friday, May 20, 2005

100 Artists of the West Coast by Douglas Bullis, published by Schiffer Books, 2003

“Chris Kelly at the Augen Gallery” The Sunday Oregonian, Artsweek, September 7, 2003

Spirit Maps by Joanna Arretam, published by Weiser books, 2001

The Art of Encaustic Painting: Contemporary Expression in the Ancient Medium of Pigmented Wax, by Joanne Mattera published by Watson-Guptill, 2001

“Resounding pigments under a veil of beeswax” The Oregonian, art review of solo show, June 22, 2001

Artweek, Review of “Interval, Frames, and Accelerations” by Lois Allan, September, 2000

Willamette Week, Art review of “The Cooperators”, August, 1998

The Oregonian, Art review of “The Cooperators”, August 7, 1998

Anodyne, Review, August, 1998

New American Paintings, The Open Studios Press, Number 19, 1998

Willamette Week, Art review, December, 1997

“Waxing Poetic” Willamette Week, Art review of solo show, November, 1996

Reflex, Art review of solo show, November, 1995

COLLECTIONS Tonkin Torp, LLP, Portland, OR
The Swedish Hospital, Seattle, WA
The American Consulate, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Chemeketa Community College, Salem, OR
Collection of Stroebe Zine and Associates, Portland, OR
Collection of Mark Power, Washington, D.C.

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