Kelley O’Leary is an interdisciplinary artist based in El Cerrito, CA. She received a MFA in Art Studio from University of California, Davis and a BA in Art with a minor in Anthropology from University of California, Santa Cruz. O'Leary's speculative practice examines the internet as an alien and elemental planetary network. Her work imagines beyond linear and computational time to inhabit unfamiliar geological landscapes. Her work has been exhibited at San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery, Root Division, Jan Shrem & Maria Manetti Shrem Museum of Art, Well Well Projects, Pallas Gallery, Incline Gallery, and Studio 106 LA among others. She has been an artist in residence at Kala Art Institute, Bullseye Glass, Irving Street Projects and VR Art Camp. She was the recipient of the LeShelle and Gary May Art Purchase Prize, the Mary Lou Osborn Award and the Dean’s Summer Research Fellowship at University of California, Davis. Kelley is a member of Imaginaries of the Future Collective, a self-organizing nomadic collective of artists and thinkers founded by Beatriz Cortez. She is co-curator of the Bay Area-based new media art salon, Living Room Light Exchange. Kelley is an adjunct professor of art and design in Silicon Valley.
pronouns: she/they/it
email: kelleyeoleary@gmail.com
instagram: @kelley__oleary
Photo by Macy Castenada Lee
pronouns: she/they/it
email: kelleyeoleary@gmail.com
instagram: @kelley__oleary
Photo by Macy Castenada Lee