Kellye Eisworth is a San Francisco-based artist utilizing the photographic medium to explore themes of memory, pain, vulnerability, and the concepts of innate and constructed identity. Though often entering into a dialogue about larger social norms, much of her work is rooted in the autobiographical; whether through direct self-exploration or through empathetic encounters with others, her artistic practice allows her to interpret and understand her own personal history as well as the world around her.
Eisworth has exhibited her work across the country, including First Street Gallery in New York, NY; the MPLS Photo Center in Minneapolis, MN; and The Center for Fine Art Photography in Fort Collins, CO. She has also been featured in several online and print publications, such as Lenscratch, Analog Forever, and Fraction Magazine. A Louisiana native, she received her BFA in photography from Louisiana State University in 2012 and an MFA in interdisciplinary media arts at the University of Colorado in 2016. Eisworth currently serves as an editor and managing director at Lenscratch.
EDUCATION
2016 MFA, Interdisciplinary Media Arts Practice, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO
2012 BFA, Photography, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2021 CPAC Annual Members’ Show, Colorado Photographic Arts Center, Denver, CO
THREE ACTS: A Survey of Shame, Emotion, and Oblivion, invitational, RedLine Contemporary Arts Center, Denver, CO (in conjunction with the Denver Month of Photography biennial)
Shame Radiant, invitational, RedLine Contemporary Arts Center, Denver, CO (in conjunction with the Denver Month of Photography biennial) (catalogue)
Denver Collage Club, invitational, Alto Gallery, Denver, CO (in conjunction with the Denver Month of Photography biennial)
2020 Solo Exhibition, Topographies of Pain, East Window, Boulder, CO
11th Annual Self-Published Photobook Show, online exhibition, The Griffin Museum of Photography and The Davis Orton Gallery
2019 Denver Collage Club, invitational, Alto Gallery, Denver, CO (in conjunction with the Denver Month of Photography)
Two-Person Exhibition, Subject & Surface, Seidel City, Boulder, CO (with artist Forrest Lotterhos in conjunction with the Denver Month of Photography)
2018 CPAC’s 2018 Annual Members’ Show, The Colorado Photographic Arts Center, Denver, CO (catalogue)
HEREAFTER, Glassel Gallery, LSU School of Art, Baton Rouge, LA (in conjunction with the SPE South Central Regional Conference)
2017 Between the Medium: Seeing Photographically, Redline Contemporary Arts Center, Denver, CO (in conjunction with the Denver Month of Photography) (catalogue)
Positive Manipulation, Open Studios Gallery, Boulder, CO (in conjunction with the Denver Month of Photography)
2016 2016 MFA National Competition, First Street Gallery, New York, NY
2016 College Collective, The Genesee Center for the Arts and Education, Rochester, NY
Play Nice! Visual Notions on Gender, invitational, Good Thieves Press, Denver, CO
Spring 2016 MFA Thesis Exhibition, University of Colorado Art Museum, Boulder, CO
2014 Alternative Processes, The Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, CO (catalogue)
2013 Skin, invitational, pop-up gallery, Boulder, CO
King Exhibition, Visual Arts Complex, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO
Sig_Null, invitational, Counterpath Press, Denver, CO (catalogue)
10th Anniversary Art Melt Invitational, Shaw Center for the Arts, Baton Rouge, LA
Portraits 2013, The Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, CO
2012 Black & White: The Absence of Color, MPLS Photo Center, Minneapolis, MN (catalogue)
The Human Condition, MPLS Photo Center, Minneapolis, MN (1st Place) (catalogue)
Forum 35’s 9th Annual Art Melt, Shaw Center for the Arts, Baton Rouge, LA (Best in Show)
Solo Exhibition, Indelible Ink, Art Space Perkins, Baton Rouge, LA
Two-Person Exhibition, The Kids Are Alright, invitational, 229 Gallery, Baton Rouge, LA (with artist Colin Roberson)
2011 Forum 35’s 8th Annual Art Melt, Louisiana State Museum, Baton Rouge, LA
20x20x20 Compact Competition, LSU Student Union Gallery, Baton Rouge, LA
PUBLICATIONS
2020 PARDON MY CREEP, self-published (collaboration with artist Britland Tracy)
SELECTED GRANTS & AWARDS
2016 Beverly Sears Grant, University of Colorado
2015 Neuman Family Fellowship, University of Colorado
2014 Getzelman Endowment, University of Colorado
Hearst Fellowship Award, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass, CO
2012 1st Place, The Human Condition, MPLS Photo Center, Minneapolis, MN
Best in Show, Forum 35’s 9th Annual Art Melt, Shaw Center for the Arts, Baton Rouge, LA
CURATORIAL PROJECTS
2017 Picture/Book: A Photographic Object, Norlin Library Special Collections Department, University of Colorado (in conjunction with the Denver Month of Photography)