Lacombe, LA
About Kelsey Conner:
Kelsey Conner is a Louisiana-based visual artist and muralist whose work explores nature, human experience, color, and story. Raised in Southeast Louisiana, her surroundings and connection to the region continue to influence the subjects, atmosphere, and sense of place within her work.
Working primarily through painting, and large-scale environmental artwork, Kelsey combines recognizable imagery with expressive mark-making, unexpected color, and tactile surfaces. Her subjects range from botanicals and landscapes to figurative work and moments drawn from everyday life. Rather than simply reproducing what she sees, she is interested in finding the personality, memory, humor, and emotion contained within a subject.
At the center of her practice is a desire to create artwork that rewards curiosity. Bold shapes and compositions often establish the work from a distance, while layers of texture, irregular lines, brushwork, and small details invite a second look.
Kelsey studied Fine Arts at the University of New Orleans and earned an Associate degree in Visual Communications from Delgado Community College. She has created original artwork and large-scale murals for residential, commercial, hospitality, and community spaces throughout the Greater New Orleans region.
Selected exhibitions
- Jazz and Heritage Foundation - New Orleans, LA, 2011
- Starbucks - Slidell, LA, 2010
- Delgado Community College - New Orleans, La, 2009
- Becca Gallery - New Orleans, LA, 2007
- University of New Orleans - New Orleans, LA, 2006
Education
- Delgado CC, Visual Communications - New Orleans, LA,2010
- University of New Orleans, Fine Arts - New Orleans, LA,2009
Press Accolades
- http://www.nola.com/community/st-tammany/index.ssf/2010/11/art_east_arts_evening_celebrat.html - Nov. 2010