Born: Mineola, New York, 1963.

Awards and Honors

Project Grant

PRESENCE, Binney and Smith, Inc., Easton Pennsylvania.
1999.

Project Grant

DENNOS MUSEUM CENTER - YOUR ART HERE, Antrim and
Leelanau County Youth Advisory Councils of the Grand
Traverse Community Foundation, Traverse City, Michigan.
1999.

Project Grant

MICHIGAN 4H FOUNDATION - STORYPAINT STUDENT
EXHIBITION/CREATIVE PROCESS, Benzie and Grand Traverse
Youth Advisory Councils of the Grand Traverse Community
Foundation, Traverse City, Michigan. 1998.

Project Grant

MICHIGAN 4H FOUNDATION - STORYPAINT STUDENT
EXHIBITION/CREATIVE PROCESS, Michigan Council for Arts
and Cultural Affairs, Detroit, Michigan. 1998.

Project Grant

DENNOS MUSEUM CENTER - ARCTIC SPIRIT, Michigan Technology Council and Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs, Ann Arbor, Michigan. 1997.

Project Grant

DENNOS MUSEUM CENTER - PERCEPTION, Michigan Technology Council and Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs, Ann Arbor, Michigan. 1996.

3rd Prize

IN YOUR DREAMS, Traverse Area Arts Council, Traverse City, Michigan. 1996.

Honorable Mention

TAAC 1996 REGIONAL SPRING SHOW, Traverse Area Arts Council, Traverse City, Michigan. 1996.

Selected Exhibitions (* Single Show)

ONGOING

(since 1995) STORYPAINT, Dennos Museum Center, Traverse
City, Michigan. Permanent Collection.

(since 1997) PERCEPTION, Dennos Museum Center, Traverse
City, Michigan. Permanent Collection

(since 1998) ARTWALKER, World Wide Web Exhibition,
http://artwalker.com, Juried.

(Since 2000) PARALLEL GALLERY, Northport, Michigan. Exhibition with regional artists, Juried.

2000

PICTURES OF PLACES AND PLANTS, L'Chayim, Beulah, Michigan. Exhibition with Nancy Stuck.

* PROTEST AGAINST INTERSTELLAR FLIGHT, L'Chayim, Traverse City, Michigan. Exhibition.

FRIDAY NIGHT LIVE, Downtown Development Association,
Traverse City, Michigan. Demonstration, Juried.

JUST TOUCH IT!, Dennos Museum Center, Traverse City, Michigan. Commission.

ADAM SOLOMON AND TIKISA, Dennos Museum Center Millikin Auditorium, Traverse City Michigan. Commission.

FOOLS, Benzie County Players, Benzonia, Michigan. Commission.

1999

THE LAST GESTURE, Corners Gallery, Arcadia, Michigan. Exhibition with Charly Hansen.

FRIDAY NIGHT LIVE, Downtown Development Association,
Traverse City, Michigan. Demonstration, Juried.

* TEN YEAR RETROSPECTIVE, L'Chayim Deli, Traverse City, Michigan.

* RECENT FIGURES, L'Chayim Delicatessen, Beulah, Michigan.
Exhibition.

ALL MEDIA SHOW, Traverse Area Arts Council, Traverse
City, Michigan. Exhibition, Juried.

1997

ARTS BELOW ZERO, Traverse Area Arts Council at the Dennos Museum Center, Traverse City, Michigan. Exhibition, Juried.

1996

* MY FIRST EARTH, Northern Delights Cafe, Benzonia, Michigan. Exhibition.

TAAC REGIONAL SPRING SHOW, Traverse Area Arts Council, Traverse City, Michigan. Exhibition, Juried.

UNION SIDEWALK ART PROJECT, Downtown Development Association, Traverse City, Michigan. Demonstration, Juried.

REGIONAL LANDSCAPE SHOW, Grand Traverse Visitors Center, Traverse City, Michigan. Juried.

DENNOS REGIONAL ART EXHIBIT, Dennos Museum Center, Traverse City, Michigan. Juried.

1995

ARTS BELOW ZERO, Traverse Area Arts Council at the Dennos Museum Center, Traverse City, Michigan. Juried.

UNION SIDEWALK ART PROJECT, Downtown Development Association, Traverse City, Michigan. Juried.

1994

* INNER ROOMS, Company Dance Traverse, Traverse City, Michigan. Interdisciplinary Performance.

1993

NEW YOU, Wonderland Gallery, Honor, Michigan. Exhibition, Invitational.

1992

GLOBE SHOW, Wonderland Gallery, Honor, Michigan. Exhibition, Invitational.

1991
GODS, Dally in the Alley, Traverse City, Michigan.
Exhibition, Invitational.

Commissions

FIND THE CREATOR, Dennos Museum Center, Traverse City, Michigan. 3/2000. Interactive sculpture.

ADAM SOLOMON AND TIKISA CONCERT PAINTINGS, Dennos Museum Center Millikin Auditorium, Traverse City Michigan. 2/2000. Collaborative painting for live performance.

FOOLS, Benzie County Players, Benzonia, Michigan. 1/2000 Commission. Mural Painting for theatrical production.

UNION SIDEWALK ART PROJECT, Downtown Development Association, Traverse City, Michigan. 1996. Performance painting.

UNION SIDEWALK ART PROJECT, Downtown Development Association, Traverse City, Michigan. 1995. Performance painting.

INNER ROOMS, Company Dance Traverse, Traverse City, Michigan. Interdisciplinary performance.

Public Collections

Dennos Museum Center, Traverse City, Michigan.

Private Collections

Stephen and Patricia Braem, Beulah, Michigan.
Christopher and Soona Carden, Detroit, Michigan.
David Crowley, Beulah, Michigan.
Chastity and Casey Drobena Frankfort, Michigan.
Susan and Lindsay Fisk, Frankfort, Michigan.
Charley Hansen, Traverse City, Michigan.
Patrick Maple, Detroit, Michigan.
Nancy and Donald Sandweiss, Bonita, California.
Dirk and Alice Schwarz, New York, New York.
Geoffrey Sheinfeld MD, Chicago, Illinois.
Arthur Sills, Traverse City, Michigan.
Maho Sone, Brooklyn, New York.
Saskia van Wolferen and Joel Buzzell, Frankfort, Michigan.
Angela and David Williams, Beulah, Michigan.
Timothy and Catherine Wissenger-Davis, Evanston, Illinois.
Michael Zak, Clarkston, Michigan.

Bibliography (*reviews)

Kathleen Buday, "Day of the arts", Arts Borealis/Northern Express, Traverse City, Michigan. August 2000.

Mike Norton, "Storypaint connects visual art, written word" Traverse City Record-Eagle, Traverse City, Michigan November 1999.

Marta Hepler Drahos, "Figure artists present the Last Gesture", Traverse City Record-Eagle, Traverse City, Michigan November 1999.

Adobe Magazine, October 1999.

"Grant winner exhibits paintings", Benzie Record Patriot Summer Scene, Frankfort, Michigan, 1999.

* Justine Carryer and Pheobe Meskill, "Multimedia storytelling/Storypaint", CHI Conference News, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, May 20, 1999.

Susan Jul and Leon Watts, "A meeting of research minds, the 1997 basic research symposium at CHI 97", ACM SIGCHI Bulletin, New York, New York, October 1997.

Josephine Arrowood, "At the Dennos" Arts Borealis/Northern Express, Traverse City, Michigan, September/October 1997.

"Artist to give demonstration" Traverse City Record-Eagle, Traverse City, Michigan, 1996.

* Roger Green, "Northwest Michigan artists should take more risks in work" Ann Arbor News, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1996.

Josephine Arrowood, "Artist alive Daniel Kelly" Arts Borealis/Northern Express, Traverse City, Michigan, July/August 1996.

"Chalk one up" Arts Borealis, Traverse City, Michigan, Fall 1995.

"Wonderland opens in Honor" Traverse City Record Eagle, Traverse City, Michigan, September 1991.

Jody Taylor, "Festival offers up close, hands on view of area art," Traverse City Record Eagle, October 10, 1988.

Lectures and Public Speaking

Workshop

STORYPAINT STUDENT EXHIBIT/CREATIVE PROCESS, Artist
house, Inc. April - August 1998.

Workshop

ART TECHNOLOGY WORKSHOP, Tribal School of the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians, March - April 1997.

Lecture

MY FIRST EARTH, Northern Michigan Artists and Craftsmen, November 1996

Interview

INNER ROOMS, WIAA Interlochen Public Radio, March 1994.

Interview

NEW YOU, WIAA Interlochen Public Radio, May 1992.

Workshop

FUTURE TELEVISION WORKSHOP, Wonderland Gallery, March - May 1991.

Education

New School for Social Research, New York, New York. Undergraduate Studies, 1985.

Arts Related

1990 - 1995, WORLD CITIZEN FAIR, Artist house, Inc., Beulah, Michigan.

Cofounder and Facilitator of the "Open house, World Citizen Fair", an annual three day collaborative arts event. Included workshops, gallery exhibits, performance and group projects exploring art and global culture. International and regional attendance of 100-200.

1991 - 1993, WONDERLAND, Honor, Michigan

Cofounder of and contributing artist to Wonderland, an arts group promoting art education and exhibition with environmental themes. Organized and participated in several group exhibits for regional artists and performance events at the Wonderland Gallery in Honor, Michigan.

1991 - present

Creative Director of Artist house, Inc., a Michigan corporation specializing in new media design and development. Recent clients include Mecklermedia, Harper Collins and Addison Wesley. With Kelly's guidance, Artist house has commissioned new work from regional artists and underwritten artistic investigation.