Biography | Kelly Sena

Kelly Sena; www.kellysena.com; Lives and works in Vienna, Austria
Education: California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA, M.F.A. 2002; Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, CA, B.F.A. 2000
One-Person Exhibitions
2012: For the Wild, The Suburban, Oak Park, Illinois; For the Wild, LA><ART, Los Angeles, California
2005: Leave, Take, Kill, One Twenty Gallery, Gent, Belgium
2004: Birds of North America, Anna Helwing Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2002: Skototropism, Thesis Exhibition, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA
2001: Canada Gobernardora, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA
Group Exhibitions
2017: The MYSYSPYN, Nemeth Art Center, Park Rapids, MN (curated by Matthew Schum)
2016: We Gave it Best, Now the Rest is up to the Hope Chest, traveling exhibition; USA to Austria, (curated by Johanna Braun)
2015: Masters of Photography (S)PACINGS, Kelly Sena & Michael Huey, MUSIZ Foundation, Sofia, Bulgaria (curated by Vladiya Miharylova)
2013: No Bingo for Felons, Arcadia University Art Gallery, Glenside, PA (curated by Alix Lambert & Julian Hoeber)
2006: ECO LUX : Art in the Light of Ecology, Lightbox, Los Angeles, CA
2005: International Geographic, Raquel Ormella and Kelly Poe, Artists Space, New, York, NY (curated by Christian Rattemeyer)
2005: Empire Style, 2102, Los Angeles; Post no Bills, White Columns, New York
2003: Aspects of Life in the Doomsday System, Sixteen:One, Santa Monica; PRSP, The Breeder Project, Athens, Greece
2002: Messy Fingers, Track 16, Santa Monica
2001: Kelly Poe, Mid–Residency Exhibition, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia; America Foto Latina, Museo de Las Artes de La Universidad de Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Mexico
2000: Too Much Space, Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles; Stills, Bolsky Gallery, Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles
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The hosts of Prison Radio sat down and talked with Kelly Poe about the recent art show she hosted, highlighting her own photography and Marie Mason’s paintings. In the interview she talks about how she first became involved in the cases of Green Scare prisoners, the art show and other topics. <iframe src="http://archive.org/embed/PrisonRadioShow-September282012" width="500" height="30" frameborder="0" webkitallowfullscreen="true" mozallowfullscreen="true" allowfullscreen></iframe></div>

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