Biography

Kelly Clark was born a bright child with busy hands.  Her unendingly supportive parents placed pencils, markers, paints, and thread in her fingers while reminding her to continually look outside and explore the natural world.  Art and nature flowed together sinuously, simultaneous gifts to be sought after and melded together.

After receiving a B.F.A. from San Jose State University in Pictorial Fine Art with a Minor in Eastern Art History, Kelly and her husband, Brad, relocated to Seattle to pursue a lifestyle congruent with their beliefs in the importance of quality of life and preservation of nature.

Exhibitions

2010 Works from VENATION, Capitol Hill ArtWalk at Evergreen Chiropractic, Seattle, WA

2010 VENATION, La Familia Gallery, Seattle, WA

2009 REOCCURRING THOUGHTS, Vino Verite, Seattle, WA

2009 AQUA ART MIAMI, Miami, FL

2009 5x5 BY THIRTY, La Familia Gallery, Seattle, WA

2009 ARTIST SKETCHES, La Familia Gallery, Seattle, WA

2009  OBLIQUE SCAPES, Ghost Gallery at Stylus, Curator Laurie Kearney,  Seattle, Washington

2008  DREAMS COME TO ME, Art on the Ridge Gallery,  Seattle, Washington

2008  I STILL AM, Sona Gallery,  Naples, Florida

2007  INSPIRED BY THE MOKELUMNE, Hutchens Street Square,  Lodi, California

2006  A PERSONAL ODYSSEY, Herbert Sanders Gallery, SJSU,  San Jose, California

2006  LIMINAL, Barefoot Coffee Roasters,  San Jose, California

2005  SELAH, Herbert Sanders Gallery, SJSU,  San Jose, California

Education

2006  BFA Fine Art, Minor Eastern Art History, San Jose State University

1999 - 2001  Selected Botanical Illustration Classes under Charles Stasek for Point Reyes Education System

Honors and Experience

2006 Painting Assistant to Darren Waterston, Was and Is Not and Is To Come, ICA San Jose, California

2002 – 2006 Dean’s Scholar BFA Program, San Jose State University, California