Kellyann Marie

Kellyann Marie is a queer transient responding to poverty and seeking a life in the in-between by creating pockets of home, through honoring the ephemera found there. By celebrating the second hand (second hand in that there is a proverbial hand to hold in objects from having been held), they work to connect queer life-art-home-godliness. Navigating life in a tent spread from the Southern U.S to the jagged rocks on the island of Ktaqmkuk, Kellyann embraces oversharing to honor the handmade skills that make life in poverty possible. The resulting work is paintings and textiles layered with personal narrative, meeting functional objects glorious in their usefulness –always centering the mark of the hand (to be thankful to have hands and that they would be so sweet as to leave a kiss on everything they might touch).

They are currently completing a Ph.D. in Cultural Studies at Queen’s University, holds a SSHRC funded MFA from Memorial University of Newfoundland, a BFA from Florida State University and has exhibited nationally and internationally.