Kelly Ciurej [kel-ē sho͝o-rā] (b. Chicago, IL) is a visual artist currently based in Honolulu, HI.
Engaging in photography, performance, installation and digital printing processes, her work examines the tension between collective mythologies and lived experience, using the photographic image as a site where fact, fiction, memory, and ideology intersect.
Ciurej’s work is held in various private and public collections and has been exhibited in both group and solo shows in spaces including the Hawai’i State Art Museum, Hō’ikeākea Gallery, Schaefer International Gallery, Gallery ‘Iolani, The Rhode Island Center for Photographic Arts, The Florida Museum of Photographic Arts, Shockboxx Gallery LA, SXSW in New York City, among others. She holds a BA from St. Xavier University of Chicago and a Masters of Fine Arts from University of Hawai’i at Mānoa.
[Behind the scenes footage filmed and edited by Jasmine Quiñones 2017]
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email kellyciurej@gmail.com
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