KELLY BOEHMER
EDUCATION
2006
MFA, Studio Art, University of South Florida, School of Art and Art History, Tampa, FL
2003
BFA, General Fine Arts, Cum Laude, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
SOLO AND TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS AND FAIRS
2025
Rears Its Head, Solo exhibition, Day & Night Projects, Atlanta, GA
Cindy Lisica Gallery, Two-person Booth with Anthony Suber, Atlanta Art Fair, Atlanta, GA
2024
Lick My Wounds, Solo exhibition, Satellite Gallery, New York, NY
2023
Soft Adaptation, Two-person exhibition with Heather Deyling, 621 Gallery, Tallahassee, FL
Spotlight Artist Series, Solo exhibition, Savannah Gallery of Art, Savannah, GA
Beer Garden, Arts Southeast and Sulfur Studios at Green Truck, Solo Installation, Art Box, Savannah, GA
2022
Duo, Two-person exhibition with Mark McLeod, ATHICA (Athens Institute of
Contemporary Art), Athens, GA
Growling Stomach, Solo Exhibition, Arc Gallery, Chicago, IL
2021
Gnawing Feeling, Solo Exhibition, CICA Contemporary Art Solo Show Series,
Czong Institute for Contemporary Art Museum, Gimpo-si, Gyeonggi-do, South
Korea, catalogue
Embedded, Solo Exhibition, Telfair Museum, Jepson Center, for Boxed In/Break Out, juried by Dr. Kimberli Gant, awarded an honorarium, Savannah, GA
Beastly Luster, Solo Exhibition, Buckham Gallery, Flint, MI
2020
Pit of My Stomach, Solo Exhibition, Cedar House Gallery, Savannah, GA
2019
Kelly Boehmer - Pop-up Solo Exhibition: Savannah College of Art and Design, in conjunction with Sidewalk Arts, Forsyth Park, Savannah, GA
Fiber Redux, two-person exhibition with Meg Schaap, Howard County Center for the Arts, curated by Katie Wofford, Ellicott City, MD
Gut/Cut, two-person exhibition with Brittany Watkins, curated by Allison Westerfield, Park Ave Studio, Savannah, GA
2017
Character Study, two-person exhibition with Summer Wheat, Gutstein Gallery, curated by Ben Tollefson and Amanda York, Savannah, GA
Belly Up: Recent Works by Kelly Boehmer, Tallahassee Community College Fine Art Gallery, Tallahassee, FL
2016
Covers and Hides, Non-Fiction Gallery, Savannah, GA
Underbelly, 621 Gallery, Tallahassee, FL
2015
New Faculty Exhibition, two-person show with Jason Hoelscher, University Gallery, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA
2013
Heart Out, Centre Gallery, Tampa, FL
The Works of Kelly Boehmer, The Loft Gallery, Lakeland, FL
2011
Cryin' Time, The Front, two-person exhibition with Charles Carbia, New Orleans, LA
2006
Venus in Faux Fur, Edge Zones Art Space, two-person performance and installation with Rachel Hoffman, Miami, FL
2005
More at Home, National Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina, two-person exhibition with Charles Carbia, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS & PERFORMANCES
2025
Collective Threads, curated by Ana Waterson, The Invisible Dog, Brooklyn, NY
Of Myth & Men, Watchung Arts Center, curated by Christy E. O'Connor, Watchung, NJ
The Feels, three-person exhibition, Darrell E. Sechrest Art Gallery, High Point, NC
Roadside Reveries, curated by Anthony Record, Lighthouse Gallery, Tequesta, FL (catalogue)
2024
Up Close From Afar, Westbeth Gallery, curated by Valérie Hallier, New York, NY
Scythia: The 15th International Textile and Fibre Art Biennial, hosted at
Precarpathian Locallore Museum, juried, Ivano-Frankivs'k, Ukraine
Satellite Salon, Satellite Art Show, curated by Brian Andrew Whiteley, Miami, FL
2023
In Natura, Echo’s Studio, curated by Juliana Lauletta, Sao Paulo, Brazil
2022
The Maverick Expo: edition 13, curated by Joseph Latimore, New York, NY
Eight-Armed Sun Cross, Paradice Palase, curated by Kat Ryals, New York, NY
Grave New World, ABC No Rio hosted at the Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space
at the C-Squat, curated by Kit Mills and Kristen Leonard, NYC, NY
Artfields, juried, Lake City, SC
Echoes of the Ancient, 56 Bogart #112, curated by Jacki Davis, Jolene Dosa, and
Ambrus Gero, Brooklyn, NY
Positive/Negative 37 - National Juried Art Exhibition, juried by Kevin W. Tucker,
Slocumb Galleries, Johnson City, TN (catalogue)
Garbage Person, Gallery C3, curated by Taylor Lee, Charlotte, NC
Satellite Art Show, with Moisturizer Gallery, curated by Brian Andrew Whiteley and Quinn Dukes, Miami Art Week, Miami, FL
2021
Unraveled: Confronting The Fabric of Fiber Art, The Untitled Space, curated by
Indira Cesarine, New York, NY
Apparitions, 3rd Annual Exhibition, Paradice Palase, New York, NY
Satellite Art Show, 1655 Meridian Ave., curated by Brian Andrew Whiteley and Quinn Dukes, during Art Basel, Miami, FL
2020
Experimental Fashion & Fiber Art Exhibition, Czong Institute for Contemporary Art
Museum, juried exhibit, Gimpo-si, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea (catalogue)
Life in a Pressure Cooker, Young Space, curated by Kate Mothes and Adam D. Miller, online
2020
B20: Wiregrass Biennial, Wiregrass Museum of Art, juried by Angie L. Barry, Dave Brown, and Mario Gallardo, 2nd Place People’s Choice Award, Dothan, AL, online
2019
PULSE Art Fair, Treat Gallery, in conjunction with Art Basel, Miami, FL
Satellite Art Show, Treat Gallery, New York, NY
Design Plus, Hyatt hosted by d | a | c | gallery, in conjunction with Art Basel, Miami, FL (catalogue)
Inhabited, The Projects Contemporary Art Space in FAT Village, curated by C3
(collaborative curatorial group: Leah Brown, Lisa Rockford and Kara Walker Tomé), Fort Lauderdale, FL
ArtCURATED, “Art FTL” Art Fort Lauderdale Art Fair, curated by Lisa Rockford, Fort Lauderdale, FL
RAUCOUS, Lyndon House Arts Center, curated by Beth Sale, Athens, GA
Animal Farm, Gutstein Gallery, juried exhibition, Savannah, GA
Clio Art Fair, HYDRA Art Project Inc., awarded free exhibition as a Call for Chelsea
Winner, New York, NY (catalogue)
2018
Rituals and Identity, Ann Street Gallery, curated by Virginia Walsh, Newburgh, NY
Alter Ego, “Any Day Now (Love Will Let Me Down), performance with Glitter
Chariot, in conjunction with deFINE ART, curated by Ben Tollefson and Amanda
York, Gutstein Gallery, Savannah, GA
Fiber Options: Material Explorations, Maryland Federation of Art Circle Gallery, curated by Jeanne Medina, Juror’s Choice Award, Annapolis, MD
2017
54th Annual Juried Competition, Masur Museum of Art, juried by Gia Hamilton and
Daniel Stetson, Honorable Mention Award, Monroe, LA
Gritty in Pink, Bailey Contemporary Arts, curated by Lisa Rockford and Megan
Castellon, Pompano Beach, FL (catalogue)
Cute & Creepy 3, Dedo Maranville Fine Arts Gallery, curated by Carrie Ann Baade, Valdosta, GA
Small Works Show, 440 Gallery, curated by Angel Bellaran, Brooklyn, NY
2016
Re-produce, Bailey Contemporary Arts, curated by Lisa Rockford, 1st Place Award, Pompano Beach, FL
2015
Felt Sew Knot Bound, The Projects Contemporary Art Space in FAT Village, curated by Leah Brown, Fort Lauderdale, FL
Dashing and Crashing, Vertigo Art Space, curated by Amber Cobb, Denver, CO
2015
(A) State of Florida, Alfstad&, curated by Danny Olda, Sarasota, FL
2014
Poor Happy, three-person exhibition with Andrew Nigon and Carmen Tiffany,
Swampspace, Miami, FL
Ringling Underground, Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, FL
Dashing and Crashing, Hyperlink at Zhou B Art Center, curated by Amber Cobb, Chicago, IL
The Stuff of Legends, Glitter Chariot video, Gray Matters Gallery, curated by Margaret Meehan, Dallas, TX
Acid Reflux, collaborative sculpture with Andrew Nigon, The Projects Contemporary Art Space, curated by Lisa Rockford, Fort Lauderdale, FL
2013
I Lost You There (Shining in and Catching Me), Glitter Chariot performance, 2301 N. Miami Ave., juried storefront, during Art Basel, Miami, FL
2012
Sixth All-Media Juried Biennial, Art and Culture Center of Hollywood, juried by Hunter
Braithwaite and Gean Moreno, Hollywood, FL
Fiber Optics, 1310 Gallery, curated by Lisa Rockford, Fort Lauderdale, FL
Get Us Through the Night, Glitter Chariot performance, The Front, New Orleans, LA
Dissonance, “Fountain of Sorrow”, Glitter Chariot performance, Florida State
University Museum of Fine Arts, Tallahassee, FL
Heart to Heart Talk, performance with Chuck Carbia, TEDxFSU: The Collaborative Collective, Club Down Under, Tallahassee, FL
2011
Cute & Creepy, Florida State University Museum of Fine Arts, curated by Carrie Ann
Baade, Tallahassee, FL (catalogue)
Intersecting Cultures/Virtual Worlds, The Underground Gallery at the Betsy, curated by Leslie King-Hammond and Lowery S. Sims, Miami, FL
2010
Ribbon of Darkness, Glitter Chariot, The Front, performance, New Orleans, LA
2008
Seeing Green: an Eco-art Exhibition, Alija Derzelez House (national monument), three- person show, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
2007
Combined Talents: The Florida International Competition, Honorable Mention, Florida State University Museum of Fine Arts, Tallahassee, FL
2006
Hechas de Amore, Edge Zones Art Space, performance series and soft sculpture installation with Rachel Hoffman, Miami, FL
BEDART, “Venus in Faux Fur,” Hotel Nash, two-person performance, and installation with Rachel Hoffman, in association with the 8th Gay and Lesbian Film Festival, curated by Dana Keith, Miami, FL
Freaks, "Yours Truly", Glitter Chariot, performance, Privateer Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Circa Puerto Rico ’06 First International Art Fair, “Tranceplant”, performance,
Puerto Rico Convention Center, performance series, San Juan, Puerto Rico
12th Annual El Corazon Art Exhibition, Bath House Cultural Center, curated by Jose Vargas, Dallas, TX
30th Annual Juried U.S.F. Student Art Exhibition, Contemporary Arts Museum,
The Salvador Dali Museum Best in show award, juried by Claudia X. Valdes,
Tampa, FL
2005
16th Annual University Student Exhibition, juried by Christopher Wool, Atlantic
Center for the Arts, New Smyrna Beach, FL
12th Annual All Florida Show, Centre Gallery, juried by A. A. Rucci, Merit Award, Tampa, FL
2004
Ser Libre, Gala Corina, juried by John Langley, Tampa, FL
2003
1st Annual Juried Show, The H. Lewis Gallery, juried by Linda DePalma, Baltimore, MD Microperformance, Fiasco’s, collaborative performance with FrenchMottershead, Tampa, FL
2001
Yearbook, The H. Lewis Gallery, Baltimore, MD, juried by Leslie Shaffer
SELECTED PRESS
Alexis Clements, “Atlanta Art Fair Shines a Spotlight on the Southeast”, Hyperallergic, October 1, 2025 (photos).
Sadie Monroe, “Kelly Boehmer on Soft Sculpture, Dark Humor, and the Beautifully Grotesque”, loveMELT x Paradice Palase, https://lovemelt.substack.com/, Aug 17, 2025 (photos and videos).
Leia Genis, “Three exhibitions offer variety that pleases and dismays”, Arts ATL, April 29, 2025 (photos).
Jay Schlichter, Florida Weekly Palm Beach, “Roadside Reveries: A new exhibition explores the uncanny beauty of Florida vacations”, April 24, 2025.
Abigail Duffy, “On the Road Again with ‘Roadside Reveries’”, Palm Beach Illustrated, April 3, 2025.
Ryan Madson, “Madson’s Top Ten Pinks” Impact Magazine, Volume 3 Number 2, 2024.
Kevin Brown, “Meet Kelly Boehmer | Artist & Professor”, Shoutout LA and ShoutoutLA.com, August 26, 2024 (photos).
Kat Ryals, “Interview: Kelly Boehmer”, Paradicepalace.com, April 5, 2024 (photos).
Jane Axell, “Kelly Boehmer: Trauma, Taxidermy & Textiles”, Textileartist.org, 2024 (photos).
Holli Harms, “Up Close From Afar (Westbeth Art Gallery)”, TheFrontRowCenter.com
Oct 8, 2024 (photos).
Kelly Boehmer, “Kelly Boehmer: On Anxiety”, Monograph published by Artsin Square, 2024 (photos).
Stephanie Huber, “Lick My Wounds: Kelly Boehmer’s soft sculptures tap into an anxiety familiar to all of us”, Whitehot Magazine, August 7, 2024 (photos).
Victoria J. Fry and Emma Hapner, “Kelly Boehmer: Absurd Beauty”, Visionary Art Collective, visionaryartcollective.com, interview, December, 2023 (photos).
Hannah Hightman, “Odradek Volume I: The Art of Taxidermy”, book published by Blurb, includes images and interview, 2023.
Shanna Marie, “Kelly Boehmer: Sparkling, Vibrant, Visceral, death”, The Savannahian, November 13, 2023 (photos).
Shea Pire Cobb, “Observations”, book published by Buckham Gallery, Flint, MI, 2022.
Theresa Medoff, “3 Places to Indulge Your Artsy Side”, AAA Living Magazine, January, 2022.
Neha Jambhekar, “Editors’ Picks: 12 Events for Your Art Calendar This Week, From Greater New York to Archtober”, #2 “Apparitions” at Paradice Palase, New York, Artnet News, October 4, 2021.
Rachael Flora, “Glitter and guts: Kelly Boehmer’s ‘Embedded’ on display in Jepson Center windows”, The Savannahian, July 19, 2021 (photos).
Rob Hessler, “Kelly Boehmer is bringing faux fur, glitter and taxidermy to the Jepson Center, Telfair Museums”, Do Savannah and SavannahNow.com, May 3, 2021.
Irene Kukota, “Unraveled. Confronting the fabric of fiber art”, Meer.com, Apr 17, 2021(photo).
Dana-Marie Lemmer, “B20 Artist Interview with Kelly Boehmer”, Wiregrassmuseum.org, August 2, 2020 (Photos).
Rachael Flora, “5 Questions with Kelly Boehmer”, Connect Savannah, August 14, 2019.
Rob Hessler, “Art off the Air: Kelly Boehmer Reinvents the Call of the Wild”, Do Savannah and dosavannah.com, December 6, 2019 (Photos).
Kayla Goggin, “200-Word Review: Kelly Boehmer’s ‘Covers & Hides’”, Savannah Art Informer, Oct 14, 2016 (Photos).
Hunter Braithwaite, “Poor Happy: Kelly Boehmer, Andrew Nigon, and Carmen Tiffany”, The Miami Rail, Fall, 2014 (Photo).
Anny Crane, “Interview with Kelly Boehmer”, Textile Arts Center, Textileartscenter.com/blog, February 26, 2013 (Photos).
Danny Olda, “Kelly Boehmer Threads the Needle”, Art At Bay, September 26, 2013
AWARDS
2021
Boxed In/Break Out, Telfair Museum, juried by Dr. Kimberli Gant, awarded a $1,000 honorarium, Savannah, GA
2020
2nd Place People’s Choice Award, B20: Wiregrass Biennial, Wiregrass Museum of Art, juried by Angie L. Barry, Dave Brown, and Mario Gallardo, Dothan, AL, online
2018
Juror’s Choice Award, Fiber Options: Material Explorations, Maryland Federation of
Art Circle Gallery, curated by Jeanne Medina, Annapolis, MD
2006
The Salvador Dali Museum Best in Show Award, 30th Annual Juried U.S.F. Student Art Exhibition, Contemporary Arts Museum, juried by Claudia X. Valdes, Tampa, FL
2006
Jack and Jeanne Rozier Winter Fellowship, University of South Florida, School of Art and Art History, Tampa, FL
2005
Jack and Jeanne Rozier Winter Fellowship, University of South Florida, School of Art and Art History, Tampa, FL
School of Art and Art History’s Paris Program Scholarship, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL
Graduate Research and Travel Grant, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL
2004
Las Damas De Arte Award, University of South Florida, School of Art and Art History, Tampa, FL
1999
Trustee Scholarship, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
Presidential Scholarship, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
LECTURES, CONFERENCES, AND PRESENTATIONS
2025
Co-chair, SECAC, “Making It: From Habit to Ritual; Nurturing the Flow State”, Roundtable Discussion, Cincinnati, OH
2024
Artist Talk and Tour, Westbeth Gallery, New York, NY
Artist Talk, Sulfur Studios and ARTS Southeast hosted at Green Truck, Savannah, GA
2023
Saturday Catch-up, artist talk with Pop-up Exhibition at Cleo the Gallery, Savannah, GA
Artist Lecture, Fiber Guild of the Savannahs, Oatland Studios, Savannah, GA
2022
Artist talk for Boxed In/Break Out, Telfair Museum, Jepson Center, Savannah, GA
2021
Studio Tour, Paradice Palase, video available on Paradice Palase website and Instagram, Brooklyn, NY
Artist talk for Beastly Luster – Conversation with Gallery Director, Michele Leclaire, Buckham Gallery, Flint, MI
Studio Tour, Ely Center of Contemporary Art, video available on ECOCA website and Instagram, New Haven, CT
2019
Artist Talk with the artists from RAUCOUS, Lyndon House Arts Center, Athens, GA
Presenter, Talk about Teaching, “The Fine Art of Critiques”, Savannah College of
Art and Design, Savannah, GA
Artist Talk, Savannah College of Art and Design, Alexander Hall, Savannah, GA
2018
Panelist, co-presenting with Chuck Carbia, Parties & Parades panel discussion, Mid- America College Art Association Conference, Lincoln, NE
2016
Artist Talk, 621 Gallery, Tallahassee, FL
2015
Artist Lecture, Georgia Southern University, as part of the New Faculty Exhibition with Jason Hoelscher, Statesboro, GA
2010
Presenter, Pecha Kucha Night, 621 Gallery, Tallahassee, FL
2009
Visiting Artist Lecturer, University of South Florida, Painting and Drawing Department, Tampa, FL
STUDY ABROAD AND RESIDENCIES
2024
Bischoff Inn Micro-Residency, Tamaqua, PA
2009-11
Artist-in-Residence and Board Member, 621 Gallery, Tallahassee, FL
2005
Summer Study Abroad, University of South Florida, School of Art and Art History, Paris, France, and Venice, Italy
CURATORIAL PROJECTS
2011
Co-curator with Charles Carbia, Dispensability and Good Intentions, 621 Gallery, Tallahassee, FL
2008-15
Co-director with Chuck Carbia, Violet McLendon Gallery, Marianna, FL
2006
Co-curator with Liza Oliver and Shawn Cheatham, Postcolonialism and After, Covivant
Gallery, Tampa, FL
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS AND REPRESENTATION
2025-
Artsy, works available through Lighthouse Art Center at Artsy.com
Cindy Lisica Gallery, works available, Cindylisica.com
Satellite Art Gallery, works available at satellite-show.com/shop-art-now
2023-
Selected Artist List, Artisinsquare (magazine), artsinsquare.com
2022-
White Columns Artist Registry, curated artist registry, New York, NY
2021-
Represented by SCAD Art Sales, works available at scadartsales.com, Savannah, GA
2020-
Paradice Palase, Member, Brooklyn,NY
Satellite Art Club, Member, Brooklyn, NY
2020-
Sulfur Studios, Member, Savannah, GA
2019-2020
Represented by d | a | c | (Design Art Concepts, gallery), Miami, FL and Mykonos Greece
2009-11
621 Gallery, Board Member, Savannah, GA
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Saint Bibiana, The Bardo (Mansion on Forsyth), NINE dot ARTS, Savannah, GA
Cindy Lisica, Savannah, GA
Clinton Edminster, Savannah, GA
Christopher Olszewski, Savannah, GA
Matt Toole, Savannah, GA
Maureen Garvin, Savannah, GA
Alexandro Santana, Savannah, GA
Ben Tollefson, Savannah, GA
Florida Network of Youth and Family Services, Tallahassee, FL
Luna and Thierry Joubert, Sarajevo, Bosnian and Herzegovina
Dr. Arturo and Lisa Mosquera, Miami, FL
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2018-
Professor of Foundations Studies, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA
2015-18
Lecturer, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA
2014-15
Instructor, Lemoyne Center for the Visual Arts, Tallahassee, FL
2013
Instructor, Summer Arts Program, Capital City Youth Shelter, Tallahassee, FL
2012-15
Adjunct Faculty, Tallahassee Community College, Tallahassee, FL
2008-15
Adjunct Professor, Chipola College, Marianna, FL
2007-15
Adjunct Professor, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL
2006-11
Adjunct Professor, The Art Institute of Pittsburgh -- Online Division
2006-09
Studio Art Instructor, Instructor for adults with developmental disabilities, Pyramid Studios, Tallahassee, FL
2004-06
Graduate Assistant, Instructor of records, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL
2003-04
Teaching Assistant, University of South Florida Tampa, FL