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Current online project: Quarantine Journal Sketchbook March 2020, ongoing Upcoming events: Illuminated Books Dixon Gallery and Gardens, Memphis, Tennessee October to January 2020 solo exhibition Eclectic Eye, Memphis, Tennessee November 6th, 2020 to January 6, 2021 Opening reception Friday, November 6th lecture on illuminated books and liturgical illustration Dixon Gallery and Gardens, Memphis, Tennessee December 2nd at noon solo exhibition Walter Anderson Museum of Art January to August 2022
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Martha Kelly is an painter, printmaker, and illustrator from Memphis, Tennessee, who began exhibiting work in galleries around the Southeast since 1999. She has had gallery shows in Tennessee, Florida, North Carolina, and Alabama, and her first museum show was at Dixon Gallery and Gardens in 2015. She has done illustrations for Chalk Line Books, Memphis Magazine and Memphis Parent, Call to Worship magazine, and Concierge magazine, as well as posters, brochures, and web illustrations for Cape Resorts. Her first book illustrations were for the study guide to Revelation published by the Presbyterian Church, U.S.A. Martha was the Varnell Artist-in-Residence at Memphis Theological Seminary for the 2015-2016 and 2016-2017 school years. Her most recent illustration project is the new Book of Common Worship for the Presbyterian Church, U.S.A., published April 2018 by Westminster John Knox Press. The images below are a couple of the linoleum block illustrations for that book.
Email Martha directly at marthakellyart@gmail.com. You can search this website, including the blog, by topic or medium. All images © Martha Kelly -- All Rights Reserved |
