Cheryl Kelley is an American artist born in 1968 in Houston, Texas. She received her BFA from the University of Houston in 1992. Kelley is known for her photorealistic paintings and has had numerous solo and group exhibitions since 1998, including at the Seven Bridges Foundation, Bucknell University, and the New Gallery in Houston. Her work is included in both public and private collections.

1. Cheryl Kelley
www.cherylkelley.com
cherylkelley@live.com
Biography
Born December 23, 1968 in Houston , Tx.
Education
1992 University of Houston, Houston, TX, BFA
1987 High School for the Performing and Visual Arts, Houston , Tx.
Solo Shows
2015 Seven Bridges Foundation, Greenwich, CT
2013 Samek Art Gallery, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA
2013 Bernarducci Meisel, New York, NY
2012 “Detailed” Scott Richards Contemporary Art, San Francisco, CA
2010 Bernarducci Meisel, New York, NY
2010 New Gallery, Houston, TX
2009 “Heavy Metal”, Scott Richards Contemporary Art, San Francisco, CA
2009 New Gallery, Houston, TX
2008 Lyons Wier Ortt, New York, NY
2007 “Somnambulist” New Gallery, Houston, Tx.
2006 “Wheels”, Lyons Wier Ortt Gallery, New York, NY
2005 “Muscle Cars”, Lyons Weir Gallery, New York, NY
2005 “American Muscle”, New Gallery, Houston TX
2003 “Flight”, New Gallery, Houston, TX
2002 “Self Portrait”, New Gallery, Houston, TX
2001 New Gallery, Houston, TX
1998 Artist’s Loft, Galveston, TX
Group Show
2013 Route 66, Skidmore Contemporary art, Malibu, CA
2013 Photorealism Revisited, Oklahoma City Museum of Art 2012
Photorealism, The Galerie de Bellefeuile, Cananda
2012 Beyond Reality. Hyper Realism and American culture
Vero Beach Museum, Vero Beach, Florida
2011 Hunting Prize finalist gala, Houston, TX
2010 Grand Re-opening, Bernarducci Meisel, New York, NY
2010 “Four Women”, Bernarducci Meisel, New York, NY
2009 Hunting prize finalist gala, Houston, TX
2008 Pulse Miami, Lyons Wier Ortt Gallery
2008 Red Dot Miami, Scott Richards Contemporary
2008 Aqua Hotel,Miami, New Gallery
2008 Lyons Wier Ortt, works on paper, NYC, NY
2008 Scott Richards contemporary, San Francisco, CA
2008 Fotofest, New Gallery, Houston, Tx
2008 LA art Fair, Scott Richards Contemporary
2007 Bridge Art Fair, Art Murmur Gallery, Miami, Fl.
2007 Lyons Wier Ortt, NYC
2007 “Sexy Beasts” Art Murmur Gallery, Los Angelas, Ca.
2005 “Auto Show,”The Arts Center of the Central Region,Troy, NY
2005 Florence Bienalle, Florence, Italy
2005 Art LA, Santa Monica Civic Center, Los Angelas, CA.
2005 Assistance league, Houston, TX.
2004 Scope Miami, Miami, FL.
2003 “Celebration of Contemporary Art,” The Woodlands Resort and Conference

2. Center, The Woodlands, TX
2002 Paul Rodgers Gallery, New York, NY
2002 Stefan Stux Gallery, New York, NY
2002 Hooks Epstien Gallery Houston, TX
2001 Skott Forman Gallery, Boca Raton, FL
2001 Assistance League, Houston, TX
2001 Visual Arts Alliance, Houston, Tx
2001 National Art Services, Houston, TX
2001 “Sultry,” Houston Community College, Houston, TX
2000 New Gallery, Portrait Show, Houston, TX
1999 New Gallery, Introductions, Houston, TX
1999 Transco Tower Gallery, Houston, TX
1999 HSPVA Alumni Exhibition, Houston, TX
1999 Aragon/Mihalic Gallery, Taos, NM
1999 Galleria Encantada, Taos, NM
1999 Mixed Emotions Gallery, Houston, TX
1998 Artist’s Loft, Galveston, TX
1998 Perna Gallery, Taos, NM
1998 Galveston Arts Festival, Galveston, TX
1990 Lawndale Performance and Art Center, Houston, TX
Grants / awards
2012 Pollock Krasner Grant
Lectures
2014 Seven Bridges Foundation, artist series, Greenwich, CT
2013 Oklahoma City Museum of art, “Techniques of the photorealist painter”
2010 Pearl Museum, annex of Museum of Fine Art Houston
Reviews and Publications
Photorealism in the Digital Age by Louis Meisel, Nov 2013
Art News review, June 2013
Exhibition catalog, Bernarducci Meisel Gallery Feb. 2013
American Art Collector, February, 2013
San Francisco Weekly, blogs June 2012
Nob Hill gazette, Cover, San Francisco, CA June 2012
Visual Art Source weekly newsletter, June 22 2012
American Art collector, Nov. 2010
Harper’s Magazine cover, August, 2009
American Art Collector, Sept 2009
New York Times, The Moment, Dec. 15, 2008
Oranges and Sardines, summer 2008
The Morning News, May 2008
New American Painting, 2008
Houston Press, April 2007
New York Times, Oct. 2006
New American Painting, Oct. 2005
Animal Magazine, New York, NY, Sept. 2005
Village Voice, New York, NY, June 21 2005
New York Sun, May 31, 2005
Paper City Art Notes, 2005
Art Gallery, Houston Arts News Letter, Feb, 2005
Houston’s Other, July 2000
Art Lies, Summer 2000

3. Collections
Richard and Karla McKenzie, Seven Bridges Foundation, Connecticut
Warren Silverberg, Los Angeles, CA
Jonathan Kellerman,
Mr. & Mrs. Eliot Cutler, ME
Mr. & Mrs. Steven Shoflick, CO
Patti S. Lieberman, NY
Mr. John Campi, SC
Mr. & Mrs. Philip Cowen, NY
Mr. & Mrs. Dale Jones, NY
Mr. Linden Nelson, MI
Sandy Baklor
John Holt, Seattle, WA
Richard Massey, New York, NY
Howard Tullman, Chicago, Illinios
Don and Chris Sanders, Houston, TX
Lester Marks, Houston, TX
Anthony’s Restaurant, Houston, TX
Les Marks, Houston, TX
Tony Vallone, Houston, TX
Jerome and Saundria Gray, Houston, TX
Blake Pratz, Houston, TX
John & Becca Thrash
Dr. David Ross, London, UK
Jeff Shankman, Houston, TX
Matt Assiff, Houston, TX
Ed & Debrah Levy, Houston, TX
Lenny & Theresa Friedman, Houston, TX
Carrie Shapiro, New York, NY
Anthony & Dina Chase, Houston, TX
Aramco, Saudi Arabia
John Arnold, Houston, TX
Marilyn Vinson Georges, Houston, TX