Kelly Ciurej (kel-ē sho͝o-rā) is a visual artist born and raised on Chicago’s Southside.
Rooted in personal experiences, Ciurej feels an extreme draw to dissecting and interpreting both her “sticky” psychological attachment to home, and the “comfort foods” associated with it. Through the use of photographs, performance, artificial materials, and digital printing processes, she is interested in the ways in which photographs distort memories and instead create invented realities. She has been exhibited nationally in both group and solo shows, recently including the Hawai’i State Art Museum, the Rhode Island Center for Photographic Arts, Shockboxx Gallery in Los Angeles, and BOX13 Artspace in Houston, TX.
Ciurej has worked with several non-profit organizations including the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago and Maine Media Workshops + College. She holds a BA in Art and Design from St. Xavier University and an MFA from the University of Hawai’i at Manoa.
Kelly Ciurej is currently based in Honolulu, Hawai’i.
[Behind the scenes footage filmed and edited by Jasmine Quiñones 2017]
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Contact:
email ciurej.k01@gmail.com
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