![Mary Reid Kelley “Moon Gate,” 2021](https://vielmetter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/2021_fwm_blood_moon_cm_52-1-1024x676.jpeg)
Mary Reid Kelley
“Moon Gate,” 2021
“Moon Gate,” 2021
Mary Reid Kelley
“Moon Gate,” 2021
8-channel video, plaster, wood, metal pipe, paint, LED screens
113" x 24" x 27" [HxWxD] (287.02 x 60.96 x 68.58 cm); 117" x 24" x 24" [HxWxD] (297.18 x 60.96 x 60.96 cm)
Inventory #MRK171
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
“Moon Gate,” 2021
8-channel video, plaster, wood, metal pipe, paint, LED screens
113" x 24" x 27" [HxWxD] (287.02 x 60.96 x 68.58 cm); 117" x 24" x 24" [HxWxD] (297.18 x 60.96 x 60.96 cm)
Inventory #MRK171
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
![Mary Reid Kelley, Patrick Kelley “Blood Moon,” 2021](https://vielmetter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/reidkelley_170_bloodmoon_videostill01_hires.jpg)
Mary Reid Kelley, Patrick Kelley
“Blood Moon,” 2021
“Blood Moon,” 2021
Mary Reid Kelley, Patrick Kelley
“Blood Moon,” 2021
High definition video and 5.1 stereo audio
TRT: 9:51 mins
Edition 1 of 6, 2 AP
Inventory #MRK170.01
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
“Blood Moon,” 2021
High definition video and 5.1 stereo audio
TRT: 9:51 mins
Edition 1 of 6, 2 AP
Inventory #MRK170.01
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
![Mary Reid Kelley, Patrick Kelley “Blood Moon,” 2021](https://vielmetter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/reidkelley_170_bloodmoon_videostill04_hires.jpg)
Mary Reid Kelley, Patrick Kelley
“Blood Moon,” 2021
“Blood Moon,” 2021
Mary Reid Kelley, Patrick Kelley
“Blood Moon,” 2021
High definition video and 5.1 stereo audio
TRT: 9:51 mins
Edition 1 of 6, 2 AP
Inventory #MRK170.01
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
“Blood Moon,” 2021
High definition video and 5.1 stereo audio
TRT: 9:51 mins
Edition 1 of 6, 2 AP
Inventory #MRK170.01
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
![Mary Reid Kelley, Patrick Kelley “The Rape Of Europa,” 2021](https://vielmetter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/europastill04_72dpi-copy-1024x576.webp)
Mary Reid Kelley, Patrick Kelley
“The Rape Of Europa,” 2021
“The Rape Of Europa,” 2021
Mary Reid Kelley, Patrick Kelley
“The Rape Of Europa,” 2021
High definition video and stereo audio
TRT: 9:07 mins
Edition 4 of 6, 2 AP
Inventory #MRK168.04
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
“The Rape Of Europa,” 2021
High definition video and stereo audio
TRT: 9:07 mins
Edition 4 of 6, 2 AP
Inventory #MRK168.04
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
![Mary Reid Kelley, Patrick Kelley “The Rape Of Europa,” 2021](https://vielmetter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/therapeofeuropa_2021_still3_2-1024x576.jpg)
Mary Reid Kelley, Patrick Kelley
“The Rape Of Europa,” 2021
“The Rape Of Europa,” 2021
Mary Reid Kelley, Patrick Kelley
“The Rape Of Europa,” 2021
High definition video and stereo audio
TRT: 9:07 mins
Edition 4 of 6, 2 AP
Inventory #MRK168.04
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
“The Rape Of Europa,” 2021
High definition video and stereo audio
TRT: 9:07 mins
Edition 4 of 6, 2 AP
Inventory #MRK168.04
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
![Mary Reid Kelley, Patrick Kelley “I'm Jackson Pollock,” 2021](https://vielmetter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/reidkelley_169_imjacksonpollock_videostill02_hires.jpg)
Mary Reid Kelley, Patrick Kelley
“I'm Jackson Pollock,” 2021
“I'm Jackson Pollock,” 2021
Mary Reid Kelley, Patrick Kelley
“I'm Jackson Pollock,” 2021
video
TRT: 10:49
Edition 1 of 6, 2 AP
Inventory #MRK169.01
Courtesy of the artists, Vielmetter Los Angeles, Fredericks & Freiser Gallery New York, and Pilar Corrias Gallery London
“I'm Jackson Pollock,” 2021
video
TRT: 10:49
Edition 1 of 6, 2 AP
Inventory #MRK169.01
Courtesy of the artists, Vielmetter Los Angeles, Fredericks & Freiser Gallery New York, and Pilar Corrias Gallery London
![Mary Reid Kelley, Patrick Kelley “I'm Jackson Pollock,” 2021](https://vielmetter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/reidkelley_169_imjacksonpollock_videostill04_hires.jpg)
Mary Reid Kelley, Patrick Kelley
“I'm Jackson Pollock,” 2021
“I'm Jackson Pollock,” 2021
Mary Reid Kelley, Patrick Kelley
“I'm Jackson Pollock,” 2021
video
TRT: 10:49
Edition 1 of 6, 2 AP
Inventory #MRK169.01
Courtesy of the artists, Vielmetter Los Angeles, Fredericks & Freiser Gallery New York, and Pilar Corrias Gallery London
“I'm Jackson Pollock,” 2021
video
TRT: 10:49
Edition 1 of 6, 2 AP
Inventory #MRK169.01
Courtesy of the artists, Vielmetter Los Angeles, Fredericks & Freiser Gallery New York, and Pilar Corrias Gallery London
![Mary Reid Kelley & Patrick Kelley, America Rides the Breakfast Table, Installation View, Photo credit: Robert Wedemeyer](https://vielmetter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/h07mrasel3aj0me3ahxe-1024x668.jpg)
Mary Reid Kelley & Patrick Kelley
America Rides the Breakfast Table
America Rides the Breakfast Table
Mary Reid Kelley & Patrick Kelley
America Rides the Breakfast Table
Installation View
Photo credit: Robert Wedemeyer
America Rides the Breakfast Table
Installation View
Photo credit: Robert Wedemeyer
![Mary Reid Kelley & Patrick Kelley, America Rides the Breakfast Table, Installation View, Photo credit: Robert Wedemeyer](https://vielmetter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/i50z86jutx3gfqp8pxlm-1024x665.jpg)
Mary Reid Kelley & Patrick Kelley
America Rides the Breakfast Table
America Rides the Breakfast Table
Mary Reid Kelley & Patrick Kelley
America Rides the Breakfast Table
Installation View
Photo credit: Robert Wedemeyer
America Rides the Breakfast Table
Installation View
Photo credit: Robert Wedemeyer
![Mary Reid Kelley & Patrick Kelley, America Rides the Breakfast Table, Installation View, Photo credit: Robert Wedemeyer](https://vielmetter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/fmzlzstzib0njmuvomdh-1024x677.jpg)
Mary Reid Kelley & Patrick Kelley
America Rides the Breakfast Table
America Rides the Breakfast Table
Mary Reid Kelley & Patrick Kelley
America Rides the Breakfast Table
Installation View
Photo credit: Robert Wedemeyer
America Rides the Breakfast Table
Installation View
Photo credit: Robert Wedemeyer
![Mary Reid Kelley & Patrick Kelley, America Rides the Breakfast Table, Installation View, Photo credit: Robert Wedemeyer](https://vielmetter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/vwmb1oncxgppctzoon4l-1024x681.jpg)
Mary Reid Kelley & Patrick Kelley
America Rides the Breakfast Table
America Rides the Breakfast Table
Mary Reid Kelley & Patrick Kelley
America Rides the Breakfast Table
Installation View
Photo credit: Robert Wedemeyer
America Rides the Breakfast Table
Installation View
Photo credit: Robert Wedemeyer
![Mary Reid Kelley & Patrick Kelley, Torpedo Juice, 2017, Photograph, transparency on lightbox, 73.25 x 37.25 x 1.5" [HxWxD] (186.06 x 94.62 x 3.81 cm), Edition 1 of 4, 2 AP](https://vielmetter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/npaiph2p1u9upsnovxdx-683x1024.jpg)
Mary Reid Kelley & Patrick Kelley
Torpedo Juice, 2017
Torpedo Juice, 2017
Mary Reid Kelley & Patrick Kelley
Torpedo Juice, 2017
Photograph, transparency on lightbox
73.25 x 37.25 x 1.5" [HxWxD] (186.06 x 94.62 x 3.81 cm)
Edition 1 of 4, 2 AP
Torpedo Juice, 2017
Photograph, transparency on lightbox
73.25 x 37.25 x 1.5" [HxWxD] (186.06 x 94.62 x 3.81 cm)
Edition 1 of 4, 2 AP
![Mary Reid Kelley & Patrick Kelley, Strong Poison, 2018, Custom monitor with custom electronics and video with sound; painted wood, metal, glass, and plastic; painted neopreme and polymer clay mask, 49 x 41 x 29" [HxWxD] (124.46 x 104.14 x 73.66 cm); Video RT 5:02, Photo credit: Robert Wedemeyer](https://vielmetter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/qefpxnxqzszm4cu1gpcg-683x1024.jpg)
Mary Reid Kelley & Patrick Kelley
Strong Poison, 2018
Strong Poison, 2018
Mary Reid Kelley & Patrick Kelley
Strong Poison, 2018
Custom monitor with custom electronics and video with sound; painted wood, metal, glass, and plastic; painted neopreme and polymer clay mask
49 x 41 x 29" [HxWxD] (124.46 x 104.14 x 73.66 cm); Video RT 5:02
Photo credit: Robert Wedemeyer
Strong Poison, 2018
Custom monitor with custom electronics and video with sound; painted wood, metal, glass, and plastic; painted neopreme and polymer clay mask
49 x 41 x 29" [HxWxD] (124.46 x 104.14 x 73.66 cm); Video RT 5:02
Photo credit: Robert Wedemeyer
![Mary Reid Kelley & Patrick Kelley, Memorial to the USS Reuben James, 2018, Custom monitor with custom electronics and video with sound; painted wood, metal, leather, and glass; painted neopreme and polymer clay mask, 72 x 28 x 15" [HxWxD] (182.88 x 71.12 x 38.1 cm), Photo credit: Robert Wedemeyer](https://vielmetter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/b5bcypot7p1xldmduupp-695x1024.jpg)
Mary Reid Kelley & Patrick Kelley
Memorial to the USS Reuben James, 2018
Memorial to the USS Reuben James, 2018
Mary Reid Kelley & Patrick Kelley
Memorial to the USS Reuben James, 2018
Custom monitor with custom electronics and video with sound; painted wood, metal, leather, and glass; painted neopreme and polymer clay mask
72 x 28 x 15" [HxWxD] (182.88 x 71.12 x 38.1 cm)
Photo credit: Robert Wedemeyer
Memorial to the USS Reuben James, 2018
Custom monitor with custom electronics and video with sound; painted wood, metal, leather, and glass; painted neopreme and polymer clay mask
72 x 28 x 15" [HxWxD] (182.88 x 71.12 x 38.1 cm)
Photo credit: Robert Wedemeyer
![Mary Reid Kelley & Patrick Kelley, Harry S. Truman, 2017, Photograph, transparency on lightbox, 25.5 x 30 x 1.5" [HxWxD] (64.77 x 76.2 x 3.81 cm), Edition 1 of 4, 2 AP](https://vielmetter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/gnzd1syxggxknilkude4-1024x683.jpg)
Mary Reid Kelley & Patrick Kelley
Harry S. Truman, 2017
Harry S. Truman, 2017
Mary Reid Kelley & Patrick Kelley
Harry S. Truman, 2017
Photograph, transparency on lightbox
25.5 x 30 x 1.5" [HxWxD] (64.77 x 76.2 x 3.81 cm)
Edition 1 of 4, 2 AP
Harry S. Truman, 2017
Photograph, transparency on lightbox
25.5 x 30 x 1.5" [HxWxD] (64.77 x 76.2 x 3.81 cm)
Edition 1 of 4, 2 AP
![Mary Reid Kelley & Patrick Kelley, Gaudy Night, 2017, Photograph, transparency on lightbox, 78.75 x 37 x 1.5" [HxWxD] (200.03 x 93.98 x 3.81 cm); 38.38 x 80.13 x 1.75" [HxWxD] (97.49 x 203.53 x 4.45 cm), Photo credit: Robert Wedemeyer](https://vielmetter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/s5p8vf128z5lrv5doixz-839x1024.jpg)
Mary Reid Kelley & Patrick Kelley
Gaudy Night, 2017
Gaudy Night, 2017
Mary Reid Kelley & Patrick Kelley
Gaudy Night, 2017
Photograph, transparency on lightbox
78.75 x 37 x 1.5" [HxWxD] (200.03 x 93.98 x 3.81 cm); 38.38 x 80.13 x 1.75" [HxWxD] (97.49 x 203.53 x 4.45 cm)
Photo credit: Robert Wedemeyer
Gaudy Night, 2017
Photograph, transparency on lightbox
78.75 x 37 x 1.5" [HxWxD] (200.03 x 93.98 x 3.81 cm); 38.38 x 80.13 x 1.75" [HxWxD] (97.49 x 203.53 x 4.45 cm)
Photo credit: Robert Wedemeyer
![Mary Reid Kelley & Patrick Kelley, Six Decisive Battles of Childhood,, 2018, Painted wooden ladder, table and wall text; painted neopreme and polymer clay masks; canvas cloth with paint, 144 x 37.5 x 84" [HxWxD] (365.76 x 95.25 x 213.36 cm) dimensions variable, Photo credit: Robert Wedemeyer](https://vielmetter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/ghhaonvuhenvg7ap9dhy-928x1024.jpg)
Mary Reid Kelley & Patrick Kelley
Six Decisive Battles of Childhood,, 2018
Six Decisive Battles of Childhood,, 2018
Mary Reid Kelley & Patrick Kelley
Six Decisive Battles of Childhood,, 2018
Painted wooden ladder, table and wall text; painted neopreme and polymer clay masks; canvas cloth with paint
144 x 37.5 x 84" [HxWxD] (365.76 x 95.25 x 213.36 cm) dimensions variable
Photo credit: Robert Wedemeyer
Six Decisive Battles of Childhood,, 2018
Painted wooden ladder, table and wall text; painted neopreme and polymer clay masks; canvas cloth with paint
144 x 37.5 x 84" [HxWxD] (365.76 x 95.25 x 213.36 cm) dimensions variable
Photo credit: Robert Wedemeyer
![Mary Reid Kelley & Patrick Kelley, In the Body of the Sturgeon, 2018, Photo credit: Robert Wedemeyer](https://vielmetter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/wwdhfmkgvq364a9o7joz-1024x703.jpg)
Mary Reid Kelley & Patrick Kelley
In the Body of the Sturgeon, 2018
In the Body of the Sturgeon, 2018
Mary Reid Kelley & Patrick Kelley
In the Body of the Sturgeon, 2018
Photo credit: Robert Wedemeyer
In the Body of the Sturgeon, 2018
Photo credit: Robert Wedemeyer
![Mary Reid Kelley & Patrick Kelley, [Still]In the Body of the Sturgeon, 2018, Photo credit: Robert Wedemeyer](https://vielmetter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/cfltx99hjbd7tzpfruex-1024x1024.jpg)
Mary Reid Kelley & Patrick Kelley
[Still]In the Body of the Sturgeon, 2018
[Still]In the Body of the Sturgeon, 2018
Mary Reid Kelley & Patrick Kelley
[Still]In the Body of the Sturgeon, 2018
Photo credit: Robert Wedemeyer
[Still]In the Body of the Sturgeon, 2018
Photo credit: Robert Wedemeyer
![Mary Reid Kelley & Patrick Kelley, [Still] In the Body of the Sturgeon, 2018, Photo credit: Robert Wedemeyer](https://vielmetter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/ujagxmreal1hibsi2cz6-1024x1024.jpg)
Mary Reid Kelley & Patrick Kelley
[Still] In the Body of the Sturgeon, 2018
[Still] In the Body of the Sturgeon, 2018
Mary Reid Kelley & Patrick Kelley
[Still] In the Body of the Sturgeon, 2018
Photo credit: Robert Wedemeyer
[Still] In the Body of the Sturgeon, 2018
Photo credit: Robert Wedemeyer
![Mary Reid Kelley & Patrick Kelley, In](https://vielmetter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/akvxnzkdcz6ajb4rgwmt-1024x683.jpg)
Mary Reid Kelley & Patrick Kelley
In
In
Mary Reid Kelley & Patrick Kelley
In
In
![Mary Reid Kelley & Patrick Kelley, The Queen's English, 2008, Single Channel DVD with sound, 4:20 M:SS, Video still](https://vielmetter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Mary_Reid_Kelley_1273452219_2.jpg)
Mary Reid Kelley & Patrick Kelley
The Queen's English, 2008
The Queen's English, 2008
Mary Reid Kelley & Patrick Kelley
The Queen's English, 2008
Single Channel DVD with sound
4:20 M:SS, Video still
The Queen's English, 2008
Single Channel DVD with sound
4:20 M:SS, Video still
![Mary Reid Kelley & Patrick Kelley, The Queens English, 2008, Single Channel DVD with sound, 4:20 M:SS, Video still](https://vielmetter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Mary_Reid_Kelley_1272767660_0.jpg)
Mary Reid Kelley & Patrick Kelley
The Queens English, 2008
The Queens English, 2008
Mary Reid Kelley & Patrick Kelley
The Queens English, 2008
Single Channel DVD with sound
4:20 M:SS, Video still
The Queens English, 2008
Single Channel DVD with sound
4:20 M:SS, Video still
![Mary Reid Kelley & Patrick Kelley, Sadie, The Saddest Sadist, 2009, Singlechannel DVD with sound, 7:23 M:SS, Video Still](https://vielmetter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Mary_Reid_Kelley_1273452215_0.jpg)
Mary Reid Kelley & Patrick Kelley
Sadie, The Saddest Sadist, 2009
Sadie, The Saddest Sadist, 2009
Mary Reid Kelley & Patrick Kelley
Sadie, The Saddest Sadist, 2009
Singlechannel DVD with sound
7:23 M:SS, Video Still
Sadie, The Saddest Sadist, 2009
Singlechannel DVD with sound
7:23 M:SS, Video Still
![Mary Reid Kelley & Patrick Kelley, Sadie, The Saddest Sadist, 2009, Singlechannel DVD with sound, 7:23 M:SS, Video Still](https://vielmetter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Mary_Reid_Kelley_1273452182_2.jpg)
Mary Reid Kelley & Patrick Kelley
Sadie, The Saddest Sadist, 2009
Sadie, The Saddest Sadist, 2009
Mary Reid Kelley & Patrick Kelley
Sadie, The Saddest Sadist, 2009
Singlechannel DVD with sound
7:23 M:SS, Video Still
Sadie, The Saddest Sadist, 2009
Singlechannel DVD with sound
7:23 M:SS, Video Still
![Mary Reid Kelley & Patrick Kelley, Sadie, The Saddest Sadist, 2009, Singlechannel DVD with sound, 7:23 M:SS, Video Still](https://vielmetter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Mary_Reid_Kelley_1273452142_0.jpg)
Mary Reid Kelley & Patrick Kelley
Sadie, The Saddest Sadist, 2009
Sadie, The Saddest Sadist, 2009
Mary Reid Kelley & Patrick Kelley
Sadie, The Saddest Sadist, 2009
Singlechannel DVD with sound
7:23 M:SS, Video Still
Sadie, The Saddest Sadist, 2009
Singlechannel DVD with sound
7:23 M:SS, Video Still
![Mary Reid Kelley & Patrick Kelley, Large QE Front, 2010, Watercolor on paper, 16.5" x 19.5" framed (14" x 17" unframed)](https://vielmetter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Mary_Reid_Kelley_1273452123_0.jpg)
Mary Reid Kelley & Patrick Kelley
Large QE Front, 2010
Large QE Front, 2010
Mary Reid Kelley & Patrick Kelley
Large QE Front, 2010
Watercolor on paper
16.5" x 19.5" framed (14" x 17" unframed)
Large QE Front, 2010
Watercolor on paper
16.5" x 19.5" framed (14" x 17" unframed)
![Mary Reid Kelley & Patrick Kelley, Large QE Side, 2010, Watercolor on paper, 16.5" x 19.5" framed (14" x 17" unframed)](https://vielmetter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Mary_Reid_Kelley_1273452240_0.jpg)
Mary Reid Kelley & Patrick Kelley
Large QE Side, 2010
Large QE Side, 2010
Mary Reid Kelley & Patrick Kelley
Large QE Side, 2010
Watercolor on paper
16.5" x 19.5" framed (14" x 17" unframed)
Large QE Side, 2010
Watercolor on paper
16.5" x 19.5" framed (14" x 17" unframed)
- Born in Greenville, South Carolina
- Lives and works in Saratoga Springs, New York
- 2009
- MFA, Yale University School of Art, New Haven, CT
- 2001
- BA, St. Olaf College, Northfield, MN, Magna cum Laude
Selected Solo and Two Person Exhibitions
- 2024
- "Mary Reid Kelley and Patrick Kelley: Best Femmes Forever," La Ferme Du Buisson, Noisiel, France
- 2022
- "Night Kitchen," Contemporary Dayton, Dayton, OH
- "Unrefined Verbiage," Fredericks & Freiser, New York, NY
- 2021
- "Blood Moon," The Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philadelphia, PA
- "The Rape of Europa," The Gardner Museum, Boston, Massachusetts
- 2019
- Studio Voltaire, London, UK
- 2018
- "I Smelled A Raw Recruit: The World War Films of Mary Reid Kelley and Patrick Kelley," Butler Gallery, The Castle, Kilkenny, Ireland
- "We Are Ghosts," Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD (Link)
- "Mary Reid Kelley," Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Culver City, CA
- 2017
- "Mary Reid Kelley," MUDAM, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg (Link)
- "We Are Ghosts," Tate Liverpool, Liverpool, UK (Link)
- 2016
- "We’re Wallowing Here In Your Disco Tent," The High Line, New York, NY
- "Screen Space: Mary Reid Kelley," Art Gallery Of Western Australia, Perth
- “The Minotaur Trilogy,” Arratia Beer, Berlin, Germany
- “A Marquee Piece of Sod: The WWI Films of Mary Reid Kelley,” Kunsthalle Bremen, Bremen, Germany
- "Mary Reid Kelley," Museum Leuven, Leuven, Belgium (Link)
- 2015
- "Mary Reid Kelley," Multimedia Art Museum, Moscow, Russia
- "The Thong of Dionysus," Fredericks & Freiser, New York, NY
- "Hammer Projects: Mary Reid Kelley," Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA (Link)
- 2014
- "Swinburne's Pasiphae," Pilar Corrias Gallery, London UK
- "Mary Reid Kelley," Neuer Kunstverein Wien, Vienna, Austria
- "Mary Reid Kelley: Working Objects and Videos," Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art, New Paltz, NY; traveling to SUNY Albany, NY
- 2013
- "Mary Reid Kelley," The Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston, Boston, MA
- "The Syphilis of Sysiphus, Mary Reid Kelley with Patrick Kelley," The Contemporary Austin, Austin, TX
- "Priapus Agonistes," Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Culver City, CA
- 2011
- "The Syphilis of Sisyphus," Fredericks and Freiser, New York, NY
- 2010
- "Mary Reid Kelley," Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Culver City, CA
- "You Make Me Iliad, Pilar Corrias Gallery, London, England
- 2009
- "Sadie, The Saddest Sadist," Fredericks & Freiser, New York, NY
- 2007
- "Bring Superior Forces to Bear," Rochester Art Center, Rochester, MN
- 2006
- Paper Union Augsburg College Christensen Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
Selected Group Exhibitions
- 2021
- "20 Years," Vielmetter Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
- "Groups and Spots: Contemporary Art at Baloise," Museum Franz Gertsch, Burgdorf, Switzerland
- 2019
- "the rest of history," Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art, Virginia Beach, VA
- "Damn! The Defiant," Fredericks & Freiser, New York, NY
- 2018
- "The Classical Now," Somerset House East Wing Kings College, London, UK
- FRONT Triennial, Cleveland Triennial for Contemporary Art, Cleveland, OH
- “Blind Faith: Between the visceral and the Cognitive in Contemporary Art,” Haus der Kunst, Munich, Germany
- 2017
- "Commercial Break," Public Art Fund, New York, NY
- Artists’ Film International 2017, ‘This Is Offal’, sponsored by Hammer Museum, LA. Multiple international locations throughout 2017, including Whitechapel Gallery, London, UK
- "Life a User’s Manual," Art Encounters Contemporary Art Biennale, Timisoara and Arad, Romania
- “The Arcades: Contemporary Art and Walter Benjamin,” The Jewish Museum, New York, NY
- “Gray Matters,” Wexner Center for the Arts, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
- “The Humors,” MUMA, Melbourne, Australia
- “Blind Faith,” Haus der Kunst, Munich, Germany
- Invitational Exhibition of Visual Arts, American Academy of Arts & Letters, New York, NY
- 2016
- "Mixtape 2016," Pilar Corrias Gallery, London, UK
- "Sexting," Kate Werble Gallery, New York, NY
- "World War I And American Art," Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
- “Inaugural Exhibition,” Romeo, New York, NY
- "Objects Do Things," Centre for Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw, Poland (Link)
- 2015
- "Not Really," curated by Sue Canning, Castle Gallery, College of New Rochelle, New Rochelle, NY
- "Making Histories," curated by Raechell Smith and David Cateforis, H&R Block Artspace, Kansas City Art Institute, KS
- "Classicicity: Ancient art, contemporary objects," BREESE LITTLE, London, UK
- "The Beast and the Sovereign," MACBA Museu d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain; Württembergischer Kunstverein Stuttgart, Germany
- "By the Book," Sean Kelly Gallery, New York, NY
- "Whos Speaking?," KLEMMS, Berlin, Germany
- "SITE 20 Years / 20 Shows," SITE, Santa Fe, NM
- "Pratfall Tramps," Atlanta Contemporary Art Center, Atlanta, GA
- "Homespun," Marlborough School, Seaver Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
- 2014
- "Pale Fire," The LeRoy Neiman Gallery, Columbia University School of the Arts, New York, NY
- "Tightened As If By Pliers," curated by Joshua Bienko and Leeza Meksin for Ortega y Gasset Projects, Knockdown Center, Queens, NY
- Art Rotterdam Fair, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
- "Rose Video 03: Maria Lassnig and Mary Reid Kelley," Rose Art Museum at Brandeis University, South Waltham, Massachusetts
- 2013
- "Through the Eyes of Texas: Masterworks from the Alumni Collections," Blanton Museum of Art, University of Texas, Austin, TX
- 2012
- "Pencil Pushed," University of Tennessee: Ewing Gallery of Art and Architecture, Knoxville, TN
- "Buy Me Bananas," Kate Werble Gallery, New York, NY
- "Rear View Mirror," Space B, New York, NY
- "Weighted Words," Zabludowiz Collection, London, UK
- "Re-Generation," MACRO Testaccio, Rome, Italy
- 2011
- "StageCraft; Brian Bress, Deville Cohen, Kate Gilmore and Mary Reid Kelley, University of Southern Florida, Tampa, FL
- "Doublespeak," Salt Lake Art Center, Salt Lake City, UT
- "Texture.Txt," Regina Rex, Brooklyn, NY
- "Images From a Floating World," Fredericks and Freiser, New York, NY
- "Words," Brand 10 Art Space, Fort Worth, TX
- 2010
- "The Dissolve," SITE Santa Fe Eighth International, Biennial, Santa Fe, New Mexico
- Signal & Noise Media Art Festival, VIVO Media Arts Center, Vancouver, CA
- "Fast Forward 2 The Power of Motion," ZKM Museum of Contemporary Art, Karlsruhe, Germany
- "Ludicrous!", Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia
- 2009
- "Will Happiness Find Me?" Marvelli Gallery, New York, NY
- 2008
- Interval(le)s, Journal, University of Liege Publications
- 2006
- "Uncle Tom to Peeping Tom," Wisconsin African American Womens Center, Milwaukee, WI
- 2005
- "Pinko Commies," Altered Esthetics Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
- 2004
- "Draw," Soo Visual Arts Center, Minneapolis, MN
Bibliography
- 2022
- Jenelle Porter, Robert Storr, Jackie Murray, Catherine Wood, and Kathy Noble. Foreword by Christina Vassallo. "Mary Reid Kelley & Patrick Kelley," Co-published by The Fabric Workshop and Museum and Gregory R. Miller & Co, New York, NY
- Wilk, Elvia. "Corpus Meets Corpse," The New York Review Of Books, New York, NY (Link)
- Larios, Pablo. "The Village People," Mousse Magazine, January
- 2021
- Watlington, Emily. "The Fate Of Europa: Mary Reid Kelley And Patrick Kelley At The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum," Art in America, December 22 (Link)
- Breaux, JT. "Titian’s ‘Women, Myth, and Power’ at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum pits classical art versus modern morality," The Berkeley Beacon, October 7 (Link)
- Cascone, Sarah. "Titian’s ‘Poesie’ Paintings Transformed Western Art. One U.S. Museum Is Showing Them All Together—and It Will Never Happen Again," Artnet, August 26 (Link)
- Goldstein, Caroline. "‘I Didn’t Want to Fictionalize’: Watch Mary Reid Kelley Explain How Her Eerie Videos Reanimate Forgotten Women’s History," Artnet, August 19 (Link)
- Cotter, Holland. "Can We Ever Look at Titian’s Paintings the Same Way Again?," The New York Times, August 12 (Link)
- 2019
- Fullerton, Elizabeth. "'They're our female supervillains!' Artists mash up Ayn Rand and Gwyneth Paltrow," The Guardian, July 2 (Link)
- Watson, Denise. "MOCA's new exhibition fills in the "The Rest of History," the stories often discarded in the telling of America's story," The Virginian-Pilot, March 22 (Link)
- Campbell, Andy. "Mary Reid Kelley and Patrick Kelley," Artforum, February (Link)
- Wood, Eve. "Mary Reid Kelley & Patrick Kelley," Artillery, January 2 (Link)
- 2018
- Knight, Christopher. "Review: Harry S. Truman at the center of this wonderfully weird, strangely poignant art show," Los Angeles Times, November 30 (Link)
- Horst, Aaron. "Mary Reid Kelley & Patrick Kelley at Susanne Vielmetter," Carla, November 29 (web) (Link)
- Dunne, Aidan, "Kelleys’ bizarre creations crackle with energy of early cinema," The Irish Times (web), August 4 (Link)
- Thorne, Harry, "The Burlesque Worlds of Mary Reid Kelley and Patrick Kelley," frieze, April 5 (Link)
- Cromwell, Tim, “From Hirst’s Medusa to Quinn’s marble bust: new London show explores how classical art inspires contemporary artists,” The Art Newspaper, March 6 (Link)
- Culpan, Daniel, "Mary Reid Kelley and Patrick Kelley at Tate Liverpool," Artforum, January (Link)
- 2017
- Searle, Adrian, “Drag acts and drunken sailors – Mary Reid Kelley and Patrick Kelley: We Are Ghosts review,” The Guardian (web), November 21 (Link)
- Sharp, Sarah Rose, “Artists Embrace the Grayscale,” Hyperallergic (web), July 20 (Link)
- Wallace, David, “Walter Benjamin’s Unfinished Magnum Opus, Revisited through Contemporary Art,” The New Yorker (web), May 9 (Link)
- Pinto, Ana Teixeira, “Review: Mary Reid Kelley at Kunsthalle Bremen, Germany,” frieze (web), January 14 (Link)
- 2016
- Jeppesen, Travis, “Critics’ Pick: Mary Reid Kelley at Arratia Beer,” Artforum (web), April 1 (Link)
- Teixeria Pinto, Ana, “Mary Reid Kelley’s ‘The Minotaur Trilogy’,” art agenda (web), April 11 (Link)
- Scher, Robin, “Sara Cwynar and Mary Reid Kelley Named Winners of the Baloise Art Prize,’ ArtNews (web), June 14 (Link)
- Gleisner, Jacquelyn, “MacArthur Fellow Mary Reid Kelley on Dismantling Sexual Taboos with Humor,” Hyperallergic (web), October 26, (Link)
- Lamon, Madeleine, “Meet the Penn Design critic who snagged a MacArthur ‘Genius Grant’,” The Daily Pennsylvanian (web), October 27
- “Vincent Fecteau, Kellie Jones, Mary Reid Kelley, Maggie Nelson, Claudia Rankine, and Joyce J. Scott Among 2016 MacArthur Fellow,” Artforum (web), September 22
- Segal, Corinne, “Video artist, MacArthur fellow Mary Reid Kelley on recovering history’s lost narratives,” PBS News Hour (web), October 2
- Chiaverina, John, “Kellie Jones, Vincent Fecteau, and Mary Reid Kelley Named MacArthur Fellows,” ArtNews (web), September 22 (Link)
- Frank, Priscilla, “Video Artist Mary Reid Kelley on Why the Urge to Apply Makeup is Fundamentally Human,” The Huffington Post (web), September 23 (Link)
- 2015
- Heartney, Eleanor, Sex, Mayhem, and Ghosts of the Unconscious, ArtNews, January
- Jadrnak, Jackie, Site Sante Fe celebrates 20th Anniversary, Albuquerque Journal, March 6
- Lampe, Lilly, The Work of Four Seriously Funny Women Artists, Hyperallergic, March 26 (Link)
- Detweiler, Henry, Review: Artists fuse funy-haha, funny-odd and existential angst in ACACs Pratfall Tramps, Arts ATL, March 26
- Carver, Jon, Santa Fe: 20 Years / 20 Shows at SITE Santa Fe, art ltd, May/June
- Cahill, James, A Wandering Will: Mary reid Kelley Discusses Swinbrunes Pasiphae, Los Angeles Review of Books, May 25
- IX Moscow International Biennale, Fashion and Style in Photography 2015, Multimedia complex of Actual Arts, Moscow, Russia
- Reid Kelley, Mary, Sam Messer, BOMB Magazine, Summer
- Lord, Benjamin, Mary Reid Kelley at The Hammer, Carla, Fall
- Boucher, Brian, Mary Reid Kelleys Lush Videos Take on the Minotaur and Nicki Minaj, ArtNet News (web), October 23
- Rees, Allyson, Mary Reid Kelley Reimagines Mythology from a Womans POV, LA Confidential, May 12
- 2014
- Applin, Jo, Reviews: Mary Reid Kelley, ArtForum, December
- Cuir, Raphael, Mary Reid Kelley, Art Press, December
- Boucher, Brian, "Guggenheim Foundation 2014 Fellows Include Mary Reid Kelley, La Toya Ruby Frazier," Art in America online, April 10 (Link)
- 2013
- Thomson, Allese, "500 Words: Mary Reid Kelley," Artforum.com, August 14 (Link)
- Yurkevich, Vanessa, "Mary Reid Kelley Debuts at the ICA Boston," Artinfo, October 2 (Link)
- McQuaid, Cate, Images speaking of desire and fear at the ICA, The Boston Globe, August 1 (Link)
- Frank, Priscilla, Mary Reid Kelleys 3D Historical Tableaux Come To ICA Boston, The Huffington Post, July 29 (Link)
- Cheh, Carol, Review: Mary Reid Kelley: Priapus Agonistes, Pastelegram, July 26 (Link)
- Vitamin D2: New Perspective in Drawing, Phaidon Press, May
- 2012
- Art:21 Art in the Twenty-First Century Season 6, PBS Television Series and Companion Volume
- Searle, Adrian, How performance art took over, The Guardian, July 3
- McClemont, Doug, Reviews: Mary Reid Kelley, ARTNews, March
- Goings On About Town: Art, Mary Reid Kelley, The New Yorker, January
- Davis, Ben, Finding the Reason In Mary Reid Kelleys Mad Rhymes About French History, Artinfo, January 6
- 2011
- Johnson, Ken, Mary Reid Kelley: The Syphilis of Sisyphus, New York Times, December 1
- Beckman, Ericka, Mary Reid Kelley, Sadie the Saddest Sadist, Artforum, December
- Boucher, Brian, Mary Reid Kelley, In Plain Frenglish, Art in America, November 11
- 2010
- Robecchi, Michele, Mary Reid Kelley, Pilar Corrias-London, Flash Art, November
- the dissolve, Site Santa Fe Biennial Catalogue, curated by Sarah Lewis and Daniel Belasco
- Allen, Emma, Verbal Play and Venereal Disease: A Q & A with Mary Reid Kelley, ArtInfo, June 15 (Link)
- Mizota, Sharon, Modern girl, Los Angeles Times, May 21 (Link)
- Ryan, Bartholomew, Marx On My, Lenin Mary Reid Kelley, Metropolis M, April (Link)
- Kazanjian, Dodie. The Body Eccentric. Vogue, February 2010. p. 188-193.
- 2009
- Smith, Roberta, Make Room for Video, Performance and Paint, New York Times, December 31
- Madoff, Steven Henry, Openings: Mary Reid Kelley, Art Forum, November
- Storr, Robert, So it Goes, Frieze, Issue 127, November/December
- Boucher, Brian, Mary Reid Kelley, Art in America, November 13
- Vilas, Amber, Mary Reid Kelley in New York, Art Info, September 25
- 2008
- Pearse, Emma, Artist Mary Reid Kelley Goes to War, New York Magazine, July 14
Awards, Grants and Fellowships
- 2016
- Baloise Art Prize, Art Basel
- MacArthur Fellowship
- 2015
- AICA Award: Best Time-Based Format, Second Place: Mary Reid Kelley: Working Objects and Videos at SUNY New Paltz, Dorsky Museum
- 2014
- Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship
- 2013
- Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Grant
- 2012
- The Shifting Foundation Grant
- 2011
- Production Residency at EMPAC, Renessalear Polytechnic Institute
- Rome Prize, American Academy in Rome
- 2009
- Alice Kimball English Travel Fellowship, Yale University, New Haven, CT
- Rema Hort Mann Foundation Grant
- 2008
- CAA Visual Arts Fellowship
- Schoelkopf Travel Grant, Yale University, New Haven, CT
- Beinecke Library Research Fellowship, Yale University New Haven, CT
- Guest Lecturer, Women and Art at Yale, Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT
- 2004
- Jerome Foundation Artist Residency Fellowship at Blacklock Nature Sanctuary, Moose Lake, MN
- 2001
- Art Apprenticeship, St. Olaf College Department of Art and Art History, Northfield, MN
Teaching Experience
- Senior Critic, UPenn School of Design
- Critic, Yale University School of Art
Public Collections
- Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery at Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY
- Greenville County Museum of Art, Greenville, SC
- Goetz Collection, Munich, Germany
- Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA
- Kadist Foundation, San Francisco, CA
- Kunsthalle Bremen, Bremen, Germany
- The Morgan Library & Museum, New York, NY
- MUDAM, Luxembourg, Luxembourg
- Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Boston, MA
- UBS Art Collection, New York, NY
- University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor, MI
- Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
- Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT
- Zabludowicz Collection, London, UK