Estate of Lee Kelly

BIO

Lee Kelly (1932-2022) is one of the most revered artists in the Pacific Northwest, best known for his monumental public sculptures throughout Oregon and the surrounding region. Born in 1932 in McCall, Idaho, Lee Kelly graduated from the Museum Art School at the Portland Art Museum (now known as the Pacific Northwest College of Art, PNCA) in 1959. Kelly's long, prestigious career and prolific nature have resulted in a significant body of work which can be seen in public and private collections throughout the country, including the Portland Art Museum (Portland, OR), Stanford University (Palo Alto, CA), New Orleans Art Museum (New Orleans, LA), Seattle Art Museum (Seattle, WA) and the City of Sapporo, Japan. As one of the most recognized artists in the Northwest, his modernist sculptures are a central focus at regional institutions such as Reed College, Oregon State University, Catlin Gabel School, the Oregon Health and Sciences University and the Washington Park Rose Garden. In 2012, one of his most significant works, Memory 99, was installed in Portland's North Park blocks, at the new home of PNCA. Kelly has been exhibiting at the Elizabeth Leach Gallery since the early 1980s. In 2010, he was the subject of a major career retrospective at the Portland Art Museum.


EXHIBITIONS

ARCHIVED:

Lee Kelly | Observatory at Jaipur
October 1 - 31, 2015

Lee Kelly | Pavilion
March 13 - April 26, 2014

Lee Kelly | Atacama
November 28 - December 29, 2012

Lee Kelly | Maquettes
October 6 - November 19, 2011

Lee Kelly | Chrome
November 4 - December 31, 2010

Lee Kelly | Cast bronze sculpture
January 7 - 30, 2010

Lee Kelly | Reflections of Khajuraho
June 4 - 27, 2009 

Lee Kelly Doubtful Sound
August 7 - 30, 2008 

Lee Kelly
June 28 - July 28, 2007 

Lee Kelly | Incidents of Travel
August 3 - September 2, 2006 

Lee Kelly | Icarus Revisited
August 4 - 27, 2005 

Lee Kelly | Travel Notes
February 3 - 26, 2000

MK Guth, Chad Buck and Lee Kelly
September 2 - October 9, 1999

Robert Lyons, Lee Kelly & Drake Deknatel
May 7 - 30, 1998

Lee Kelly, George Chacona & Alfred Harris
April 3 - 26, 1997

Henry Hillman Jr, Lee Kelly & Henk Pander
February 1995

Lee Kelly & Gerard Albanese
September 8 - October 1, 1994

Lee Kelly & Jon Feddersen
October 7 - 30, 1993

Lee Kelly & Paul Sutinen
May 7 - 30, 1992

Lee Kelly
February 2 - 28, 1989


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