Bio

Contact: info@kellysturhahn.com

Kelly Sturhahn is an artist and professor currently residing in Florida.  She holds a Master of Fine Arts degree from Hunter College in New York, and a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Ringling College of Art and Design in Florida.  Sturhahn’s installations, drawings, and paintings have been widely featured in solo and group exhibitions in prestigious museums and galleries.  Highlights include solo exhibitions in Florida at Polk Museum of Art in Lakeland, and at 6th Street Container in Miami (Miami’s “Best Alternative Art Gallery” according to Miami New Times), as well as solo projects in New York at Ann Street Gallery, Times Square Gallery, and Skylight Gallery.  Her work has also been featured in numerous group exhibitions at Cheryl Hazan Contemporary (NY), Newhouse Center for Contemporary Art (NY), Boca Museum of Art (FL), Polk Museum of Art (FL), Prism Arts (PA), The Space/Fardom Gallery (NY), Hudson Guild (NY), Garbageman Astronaut Space (OR), Skylight Gallery (NY), Artists Space (NY), and Jack the Pelican Presents (NY), among others; and has been represented at art fairs including Scope in New York and Grendel Miami, during Art Basel.  Her artwork may be found in both private and public collections.  Sturhahn was pleased to receive an Artist Honorarium from the Newhouse Center for Contemporary Art in New York for her site-specific installation, Along the Hudson.  Her work has also been highlighted in various publications including Exploring Studio Materials: Teaching Creative Art Making to Children, published by Oxford University Press.  Sturhahn was also a Visiting Artist and Lecturer at The Ringling College of Art and Design in Florida, and an Artist-in-Residence and grant recipient at The Vermont Studio Center (VT), and at Salem Art Works (NY).