Kelli Connell

Kelli Connell is a contemporary American photographer. Connell is known for creating portraits, which may appear as self-portraits, similar to the portrait work by Cindy Sherman.[3] Her work is held in the collections of Microsoft, the Columbus Museum of Art, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Museum of Fine Arts Houston, the Museum of Contemporary Photography and the Dallas Museum of Art.[4]

Kelli Connell
Born1974 (age 45–46)
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States
EducationTexas Woman's University[1]
Known forPhotography
MovementContemporary
Surrealist[2]

Artistic career
I use photography not as a means to show a truth but as a tool to question our thoughts about ourselves and our relationships with other people.
Kelli Connell, 2012[4]

Kelli Connell became a photographer to explore how photography can raise questions. In 2011, the Decode Books released her first monograph, labeled Double Life. In which she presented 36 arts of color of two young women occupied in their day to day activities of pleasure and reflection. Double Life seeks to question ideas of identity, gender roles, and expectations made by society on the individual. The series, which depicts a woman in a romantic relationship with herself, shows the "couple" having intimate and private moments in their lives. Connell uses the art to define the multiple sides of the self in the overall human experience. The portraits are also a case of identity. In an interview for The Advocate, Connell named Roni Horn, Francesca Woodman, James Turrell, and Seiichi Furuya as artists from whom she draws inspiration.[4] Connell worked with the same model over a series of years to produce the work.[3]

She is currently a professor at Columbia College Chicago.[5]

Personal life

Connell is married to sculptor Betsy Odom.[6]

Major collections

Major exhibitions

Bibliography
Work by Kelli Connell
  • with Susan Bright. Kelli Connell: Double Life. Seattle: Decode Books (2011). ISBN 0979337399
Work about Kelli Connell

References
  1. Kelli Connell (2007). "Bio & Resume". Kelli Connell. Retrieved 22 January 2012.
  2. Leo Costello. "Kelli Connell: Double Life". Art Lies. Archived from the original on 26 February 2013. Retrieved 22 January 2012.
  3. Martha Schwendener (2007). "Art in Review; Kelli Connell". Arts. New York Times. Retrieved 22 January 2012.
  4. Christopher Harrity (2012). "Artist Spotlight: Kelli Connell". Photography. The Advocate. Archived from the original on 24 January 2012. Retrieved 22 January 2012.
  5. "Kelli Connell - Faculty - Academics - Columbia College Chicago". www.colum.edu. Retrieved 2020-03-26.
  6. Maloney, Meghan (8 March 2013). "Kelli Connell and the Intimate Other". In the In-Between. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
  7. "Carnival". Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved 9 January 2020.


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