“Hollie M Kelley’s portraits explore contemporary surrealism through surprise juxtapositions, aiming to challenge notions of reality and serve to remind the viewer that perception is reality, life has light and dark, and time is fleeting. Hollie’s work expresses an ongoing interest using personal memory and perception to create interesting new narratives and hyper real scenarios. Nomadic children, animals, and apocalyptic landscapes combine to serve as a metaphor for escape, from the mundane, the current times we are living in, and from reality.”

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Australian artist/Illustrator Hollie M Kelley graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Art from Melbourne’s RMIT in 2009. She recently quit her “day job” to pursue art full time & lead a quieter lifestyle in rural NSW. Hollie still exhibits regularly in Melbourne & beyond.

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HOLLIE M KELLEY
Born 1986, Albury NSW

Education:
2007-2009 Bachelor Fine Art (Painting) with Honours, RMIT, Melbourne
2006 Diploma Fine Art, Latrobe College of Design, Melbourne
Exhibitions:
2012
-9×12 Budapest, Beata Szechys gallery, Budapest, Hungary
-Rambler Collective debut show, Paradise Hills Gallery, Richmond, Melbourne
2011
-Drawing 11B, Brunswick Street Gallery, Fitzroy, Melbourne
-Small Feet, Big Shoes (Solo show), Window 99, Fitzroy, Melbourne
-Small works show, Brunswick Street Gallery, Fitzroy, Melbourne
-Drawn, curated by Laura Couttie, Brunswick Street Gallery, Fitzroy, Melbourne
-Group show, curated by Steph Shields, Latrobe Contemporary Gallery, Morwell
2010
-Small works show, Brunswick Street Gallery, Fitzroy, Melbourne
- Wondernamel, First Site Gallery, Melbourne
2009
- RMIT Graduate Painting Show, RMIT, Melbourne
- Black and White Show, Latrobe Contemporary Gallery, Morwell
- RMIT Painting Auction, RMIT Gallery, Melbourne
- The Garage Show (with Ryan McGennisken), Yarraville, Melbourne
- Annual Fundraising Auction, First Site Gallery, Melbourne
2008
- The Entrepreneur Motivator Series, Fitzroy Lofts, Melbourne
- Annual Fundraising Auction, First Site Gallery, Melbourne
2006
- Latrobe Graduate Show, Latrobe St Gallery, Melbourne
- Let Me Think In Pieces, Clunes Art Gallery, Clunes
Commissions:
2012
-Three little birds, Hotham Street, Traralgon
Volunteering:
2010- Hannah Bertram: ‘The Silence of Becoming and Disappearing’, artist’s assistant
2009- Hannah Bertram: ‘Now they are gone, I hold them’, Dianne Tanzer gallery, Fitzroy , Melbourne
2008- Martin Boyce: ‘The Kaldor Project’ RMIT Alumni Courtyard
Collections:
Fitzroy Lofts, Melbourne
Private collections in Australia, New York, Britain

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To contact Hollie directly email: hollie.maree99@gmail.com