@kelly-pelka-art.bsky.social
hello. i am a artist…
SPRING OPEN STUDIOS
Hosted by @manacontemporary_chicago in collaboration with the @monirafoundation ! Building wide events happening between 2-10pm!
This event is free and open to the public, coinciding with EXPO Chicago week.
Artists: @kelly-pelka-art.bsky.social and Andy Jenkins
So great!!!
21.03.2025 03:28 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
This a 7’x2’ mixed media piece. Cut strips of drop cloth (material) are painted and tied together to create an elongated organic form. Above it is a small circular form of the same material. A framed print is centered towards the bottom over the form, containing the word “wow” in white typography with a black background. The frame represents a window. As the viewer looks in, the art is looking at the viewer.
Combining. Arranging. Constructing.
21.03.2025 03:26 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Please join us for some visual storytelling!
432 Open Studio
Artists: @monstrochika and @kelly-pelka-art.bsky.social
“feeling, feeling, feeling…”
Saturday March 22nd
4-7pm
See Captions and Alt Text for more info
#kellypelka #monstrochika #multidisciplinaryartist #art #artexhibition #storytelling
12”x12” Black and White Archival Digital Photograph, arranged in a 9 panel grid. Images of a human shadow cast on a field of wild grasses are overlayed with shadows of an interior window. Each of the 9 panels are slightly different in contrast, but all images are the same composition. A note from the exhibition: Shadows are more than just the absence of light—they are symbols of the hidden, the fleeting, and the ambiguous. Across psychology, literature, art, and philosophy, shadows have long served as metaphors for the complexities of human experience. They invite us to explore what lies beneath the surface, confront the unseen, and embrace the mystery of what we cannot fully grasp. Carl Jung’s concept of the “shadow self” speaks to the parts of ourselves we often deny or suppress—the fears, flaws, and truths that challenge our ideal self-image. Yet, in engaging with this shadow, we embark on a journey of self-discovery, finding strength in vulnerability and balance in the dualities of our existence. Shadows shift, stretch, and dissolve, echoing the impermanence of our world. They remind us to savor the fleeting beauty of the moment, to find wonder in the transient, and to reflect on life’s fragile brilliance.
My photo “this, time…” is in the group exhibition SHADOWS at @chicagosculptureinternational opening 3/1-4/25
Curator: Micki LeMieux
The CSI Project Space Gallery is located at 1912 N. Damen Ave.
Gallery Hours: Fri, 2-6 pm; Sat, 12-8 pm; Sun, 1-5 pm
Portrait style artwork structured through use of line and color blocking- created on drop cloth using house paint.
“persuaded…”
60”x60”
Drop Cloth/House Paint/Posca Marker
Line - Color Blocking - Structure
Please join us for our multi-sensory show!
432 Open Studio
Artists: @johnairoart.bsky.social and @kelly-pelka-art.bsky.social
“shove it…”
Saturday February 22nd
4-7pm
Studio 432
Mana Contemporary Chicago
2233 S Throop St, Chicago, IL 60608
Music in this post by Deftones
This is a 5’x5’ art piece created on drop cloth, using house paint. White marks are presented as a winding, intertwining network of curved connected shapes, with hints of green peeking through vast areas of black. The raw material of the drop cloth frames the edges.
05.02.2025 04:56 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
This is a 5’x5’ art piece created on drop cloth, using house paint. White marks are presented as a winding, intertwining network of curved connected shapes, with hints of green peeking through vast areas of black. The raw material of the drop cloth frames the edges.
“attention…” (a tension)
2025
60”x60”
Drop Cloth/House Paint
#kellypelka #multidisciplinaryartist #interdisciplinary #art
This was so great!!!! If I didn’t end up moving too, (not to a coventry) Chicken Lady would still be with us 🩷
02.02.2025 03:45 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0😂
02.02.2025 03:42 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0I applied black house paint on a soft, raw drop cloth, using a large commercial brush. The texture of the surface dictates how saturated the paint is applied, leaving areas of the material exposed. The formations are created in rows of “blocks”, similar to a concrete or brick wall.
31.01.2025 17:35 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
I applied black house paint on a soft, raw drop cloth, using a large commercial brush. The texture of the surface dictates how saturated the paint is applied, leaving areas of the material exposed. The formations are created in rows of “blocks”, similar to a concrete or brick wall.
“city blocks…” (detail)
2022
5ft x 5ft
Drop Cloth/House Paint
26.01.2025 02:05 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
