About
Growing up, I was able to create in so many ways. This experience shaped me and influenced my art practice philosophy today, rooted in exploration and experimentation.
I view my process as a continuous loop of painting, wandering, photographing, and discovering. Travel to urban cities around the world is always inspiration, but I also draw from nature, science, and everyday life. Common themes include memory, the energy of place and time, and snippets of connections and conversations. I think a lot about the energy I find and how to translate and communicate it through the work.
In the studio, I love experimenting with mark-making, gesture, process, and materials. I repurpose non-traditional materials and often incorporate photographs, scanned images, and art remnants into works before layering, sanding, scraping, and dripping paints, inks, and enamel. My visual language comprises a history of marks, saturated colors, typographic elements, organic drips, and lyrical gestures resulting in unique works that are bold, raw, and rhythmic.
BIO
Kelly Seeber is an abstract painter and photographer, born in San Francisco Bay, now living and working in Virginia. Seeber is known mostly for her large abstract paintings, and was awarded a Painting Fellowship by the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (VMFA) in 2017. In 2024, Seeber held a 2nd solo exhibit with the VMFA titled, "Pink Light, Palaces, and Temples; In Honor of Wanderlust" and also exhibited with 2nd Street Gallery and Quirk Hotel in Charlottesville, VA. Seeber has been featured in local magazines and blogs such as MOMA, Design Crush, and The Art Hunters. Seeber's work is held in private collections throughout the United States. Seeber earned an Associate of Arts and a Bachelor and Master of Science degree. In 2015, Seeber founded Urban Theory Studios, LLC and began exhibiting her art.