Christopher Mackey Kelly
1060 N. Falling Waters Dr
Demorest, GA 30535
(706) 499-4217
Email: ckelly@piedmont.edu
Employment
2008-Present
Chair, Art Department
Associate Professor of Art
Piedmont College
Demorest, GA
2007 - 2008
Assistant Professor of Art
All levels of Ceramics
Art Appreciation, Drawing & Design
Education
2000
Master of Fine Arts, Ceramics and Ceramic Sculpture, Minor: Wood Working and Furniture Design
School for American Crafts Rochester Institute of Technology
Rochester, New York
1997
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Concentration: Ceramics
The University of Montevallo
Montevallo, Alabama
Apprenticeship
1997-1998
Studied under Jureomon Fujita, a traditional master craftsman
Experienced in anagama/wood firings
Trained in the “wazumi”, coil building technique
Echizen Pottery Village,
Fukui, Japan
Exhibitions
March 2015
Drawn, Drawing curated by Rose Esson Dawson
Bridgewater State University
March 2014
Mark of the Fire
Milwaukee Public Library
December 17, 2011 - March 31, 2012
Georgia Clayworkers, curated by Rick Berman
The Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia
Aug. 27- Sept.14, 2011
9th Annual: “Perspectives”: Georgia Pottery Invitational
Watkinsville, GA
March 30- April 30 2011
“Translating traditions” NCECA Concurrent Independent Exhibition
Kotler Art Gallery
Tampa, FL
November 2 – November 27, 2009
“Passages”, Solo Exhibition
Wallace L Anderson Gallery,
Bridgewater State College
Bridgewater, MA
August- September 2009
Faculty Showcase Exhibition
Piedmont College Art Gallery, Demorest, GA
February 8-May 3, 2009
“Passages”, Solo Exhibition
Meadows Museum of Art, Focus Gallery
Centenary College, Shreveport, LA
August 18- September 12, 2008
Faculty Showcase Exhibition
Piedmont College Art Gallery
September 27 – October 20 2007
Solo Exhibition
“Tempus Fugit”
WFAB Art Gallery
Louisiana College
Pineville, LA 71360
August 20 – September 13 2007
Ceramic Sculpture National Juried Exhibition
Honorable Mention Award
Virginia Scotchie, Juror
Nicholls State University
Thibodaux, LA
August 17 – September 22 2007
“2007 Spotlight”, American Craft Council Southeastern Juried Exhibition, Sandra Blain, Juror
Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts
Gatlinburg, TN
September 1 – September 19 2007
“Perspectives’” ‘07
50 Georgia Potters and Collectors
Watkinsville, Georgia
April 21 – April 29 2007
Invitational show
“Fired Works”
Macon, GA
October-November 2006
“Keeping the Fire”
Georgia Wood Firing Potters
Keith Rasmussen, Curator
Chattahoochee Valley Art Museum
LaGrange, GA
December 2006
Group show
Rome Council for the Arts
Rome, GA
November 2006
Group show
Echizen Cultural Center
Echizen, Japan
November-December 2005
Invitational show
Meadows Museum of Art
Shreveport, LA
September-November 2005
Florida Craftsmen 51st Anniversary Exhibition
Lewis Wexler, Juror
Ft. Lauderdale, FL
March 2005
“Enduring Legacy”
The William and Florence Schmidt Art Center,
Belleville, IL
November 2004-January 2006
Group Exhibition
Uncommon Denominator, National Traveling Exhibition
The Whole Gallery
NCECA Bus Tour
October-January 2005
Southeastern College Art Conference Exhibition
Jacksonville Museum of Modern Art
Jacksonville, FL
May 2004
“Spotlight”, American Craft Council Southeastern Juried Exhibition
West Virginia
May 2004
Jacksonville Coalition for the Visual Arts Exhibit
Jacksonville, FL
November 2003
St. Petersburg Clay National
Award: Honorable Mention
Don Ritz, Juror
St. Petersburg, FL
December 2003
Faculty Exhibition
University of North Florida
Jacksonville, FL
July-August 2003
Jacksonville Coalition for the Visual Arts Exhibit,
Award: 2nd in show
Jacksonville, FL
2002
“Handmade”, Works of the Florida Craftsmen Exhibition
Jacksonville, FL