Kelly Kleinschrodt
b. 1983 (Opelika, Alabama USA)
Lives and works in Santa Monica, CA
Education
2011 MFA, University of California, Los Angeles, CA
2005 BFA, The Art Institute of Boston at Lesley University, MA
Writing
2022 Kleinschrodt, Kelly. “Murmelte Instrumente: The Body, Like a Hand to an Instrument.”
Living Matter: The Preservation of Biological Materials in Contemporary Art, edited by
Rachel Rivinec and Kendra Roth, Getty Conservation Institute, 2022, pp. 217–225.
2022 Kleinschrodt, Kelly. “That Mothers Might Live.” Hamam Magazine: Strange, vol. 5, 2022,
p. 24-31.
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2014 Murmelte Instrumente, Andrew Rafacz Gallery, Chicago, IL
2012 vvater cut, UNTITLED Art Fair, Carter & Citizen, Miami, FL
2011 distant already, Carter & Citizen, Los Angeles, CA
2008 Deep Space (v. I), Crisp London Los Angeles, London, UK
2008 Deep Space (v. II), Crisp London Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
Selected Group Exhibitions
2017 This Too Shall Pass, Steve Turner Contemporary, Los Angeles, CA, curated by Pablo
Rasgado
2016 Siren, Five Car Garage, Santa Monica, CA
2015 Incognito, SMMOA, Santa Monica, CA, selected by Philipp Kaiser
2014 Control Lapse, Josh Lilley, London, UK
2014 FIAC (OFF)ICIELLE Art Fair, Josh Lilley, Paris, FR
2014 White Balancing, The Foundry, Los Angeles, CA, organized by Hayley Minor
2013 heroes, Carter & Citizen, Los Angeles, CA
2013 HAPPENING: LACE Benefit Art Auction, LACE, Los Angeles, CA, selected by Analia
Saban
2013 The New Now, Carter & Citizen, Los Angeles, CA
2013 the origin of the world /\ the force of the source \/ the cause of the vigor, Samson
Projects, Boston, MA
2012 Cognitio Arsphobiae: Show Therapy, The Wand, Berlin, DE
2012 HAPPENING: LACE Benefit Art Auction, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions (LACE),
Los Angeles, CA, selected by Geoff Tuck
2011 Family Romance– Adult Contemporary, Kavi Gupta, Berlin, DE, organized by James
Krone and Marc LeBlanc
2011 Abstract Smallness, PØST, Los Angeles, CA, curated by Farrah Karapetian
2011 MFA Exhibition I, MFA Thesis, New Wight Gallery, UCLA Broad Art Center, Los Angeles,
CA
2010 Dirty Black Summer – Adult Contemporary, Kavi Gupta, Berlin, DE, organized by James
Krone and Marc LeBlanc
2009 The Sharon Show, Dan Graham, Los Angeles, CA, curated by Vincent Ramos
2009 Between the Surface, Stephen Cohen Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, curated by Alexis
Hudgins
2009 Invite, Circus Gallery, Hollywood, CA
2009 Mysterium, Kinkead Contemporary, Culver City, CA
2008 30 under 30: Young Women in Art Photography, Humble Arts Foundation at 3rd Ward,
Brooklyn, NY, curated by Lumi Tan and Jon Feinstein
2007 Sculptrue, PawnShop Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2007 Drip Event (for George Brecht), Pawnshop Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, curated by Natilee
Harren
Selected Performances
2016 séance (for Semmelweis), Sister Annex, Santa Monica, CA
2015 prepared violinist II, Beacon Arts Building, Inglewood, CA
2013 triangulation (FATHER-SON-DAUGHTER), Carter & Citizen, Los Angeles, CA
2012 triangulation (FATHER-SON-DAUGHTER), The Wand, Berlin, DE
2011 theme and variations (for solo violinist & breast pump), Carter & Citizen, Los Angeles, CA
2011 theme and variations (for solo violinist & breast pump), UCLA/Warner Studios, Culver
City, CA
2010 prepared violinist I, UCLA/Warner Studios, Culver City, CA
2009 jump, Low Lives: International Festival of Live Networked Performances, presented by
FiveMyles, Brooklyn, NY / Diaspora Vibe Gallery, Miami, FL / Project Row Houses,
Houston, TX, curated by Jorge Rojas
2009 séance, Call Me Lightning, Fellows of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA, curated by
Vincent Ramos
2008 Exchange Rate: 2008, (a project by Elana Mann), Venice, CA/Mexico City, MX
2007 pillow / breath, Pawnshop Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Selected Screenings
2015 Beacon Arts Building, Inglewood, CA
2013 ART SEEN, Nitehawk Cinema, New York, NY
2012 Moving Image Video Art Fair, New York, NY
2010 Dirty Black Summer – Adult Contemporary, Kavi Gupta, Berlin, DE
2010 Eject Festival, Museo Ex Teresa Arte Actual, Mexico City, MX
2009 Open Art Mexico, Museo Ex Teresa Arte Actual, Mexico City, MX
2009 10th International Performance Art Festival, OPEN Contemporary Art Center, Beijing, CN
Selected Bibliography
Harren, Natilee. “The Eternal Metabolic Network: Fluxus, Food, and Ecofeminism.” Living Matter: The Preservation of Biological Materials in Contemporary Art, edited by Rachel Rivinec and Kendra Roth, Getty Conservation Institute, 2022, pp. 55-63.
Moon, Kavior. “Pablo Rasgado.” Art Forum, vol. 56, no. 4, December 2017.
Cook, Greg. “The Origin of the World… at Samson Projects.” The Boston Phoenix, January 2013.
Harren, Natilee. “Farrah Karapetian: Lead Apron,” Art Forum, March 2012, pp. 287.
Cheh, Carol. “Kelly Kleinschrodt with Morgan Paros, theme and variations (for solo violinist and breast pump), Carter & Citizen, Culver City, September 10-October 22, 2011.” Another Righteous Transfer, October 2011.
Tuck, Geoff. “Kelly Kleinschrodt distant already at Carter & Citizen.” Notes on Looking, September 2011.
Melissa Steckbauer, Wendy Vogel. “She Says, She Says.” Berlin Art Link, August 2011.
Melendez, Franklin. “Art LA Contemporary, UCLA, and the Hammer Museum.” ARTslant Los Angeles, February 2010.
Mccloud, Ayanna Jolivet. “Low Lives, what was gained, lost, and remembered.” Labotanica, August 2009.
Mann, Elana. Exchange Rate: 2008. Self-published, 2009, pp. 57, 82-83.
Rand, Paul. “Rev. of Deep Space, Kelly Kleinschrodt.” THE Magazine. December 2008.
Crisp, Hillary. “Kelly Kleinschrodt: Deep Space.” [Exhibition catalog]. Crisp London Los Angeles, 2008.
Crisp, Hillary. “Sculptrue.” [Exhibition catalog]. Crisp London Los Angeles, 2007.
Awards
2011 Elaine Krown Klein Fine Arts Scholarship, UCLA, University Fellowship, UCLA
2010 Elaine Krown Klein Fine Arts Scholarship, UCLA, University Fellowship, UCLA
2007 Vermont Studio Center, Artist in Residence, Johnson, VT
2005 Photography Award Recipient, The Art Institute of Boston at Lesley University
2005 Valedictorian, The Art Institute of Boston at Lesley University
Professional Experience
Independent Portfolio Development Consultant (2011-present)
Independent Art Consultant (2011-present)
Professor, Introduction to Photography, Summer Art Institute, UCLA Department of Art (2011)
Teaching Assistant, UCLA Department of Art (2009-2011)
Registrar, Ace Gallery Los Angeles (2005-2006)
Professor, Introduction to Black and White Photography, The Art Institute of Boston at Lesley University (2005)