Ken Kelleher, CV
Ken Kelleher is an American sculptor. He studied art at Alfred University under sculptors Glenn Zweygardt and William Parry. After college he worked at Hudson Studio, Art Foundry in Niverville, NY where he did finishing work on cast bronze pieces by William Tucker and Anthony Caro, as well as other artists. Before becoming a Creative Director in Advertising he produced several series of large abstract sculptures, several of which were sold into private collections. Now twenty years later, Ken has returned to having a full time studio practice. He lives and works with his wife of 25 years at Rehoboth Farm in NH.
In Collections
Massive Reach, Private collection, Buffalo NY
Mysterious Connection, Private Collection, Alfred NY
Papillon, Three meter bronze public sculpture, in the permanent collection of Al Khaliji Bank, Doha, Qatar: 2019
Madrigal, Seven meter public sculpture, Kushan, China Sculpture Park: 2020
Becoming, Private collection, Surabaya, Indonesia (in production): 2020 - 2021
Scribble, Four meter stainless steal sculpture, Doha, Qatar: 2021
Inner Child, Set of four three meter stainless steel sculptures, Krasnodar Park, Russia: 2021
Boundless Sea of Stars, Six meter mirror finish stainless, Hangzhou, China: 2021-2022
Velocity Variation, Ten meter mirror finish stainless, Mongolia, China: 2021
Back in the Saddle, Six meter mirror finish stainless, Royal Caribbean’s Wonder of the Seas: 2022
OOLALA, Three meter stainless with blue mirror finish: 2021-2023
Hand Drawn Sculpture, Five meter blue stainless, San Diego: 2023
Cosmos Deluxe
Spiral Vortex, 7.5 meter mirror finish stainless, Regis Maya Resorts, Cancun, Mexico: 2023
Year of the Dragon, Inflatable, Bangkok, Thailand: 2024
Flower Dream, Hyundai Mall: 2024
Collection for Boulevard City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia: 2024
Ellie, Six meter public sculpture
Magmus, Six meter public sculpture
Elio, Six meter public sculpture
Fine Feathered Friends, Six meter public sculpture
Iridessa, Six meter public sculpture
Garden Sasquatch, Six meter public sculpture
SHOWS
1991. - 7 Sculptures, Wood & Steel Explorations, Alfred, NY
2001. - Outside In, Group Sculpture Show, Kent Moses Museum, Exeter, NH
2019. - Off the Charts, Group Show for Art Basel, Manolis Projects, Miami, FL (reviews by Anthony Haden-Guest)
2020. - Art Palm Beach, Miami, FL
2024. - Airside x Anchorball, Hong Kong, China
PRESS
MyModernMet - The US based art & culture magazine that celebrates creativity and promotes a positive culture. Fubiz - A Paris based art & culture magazine.
Ideel Art - A London based site focusing on contemporary art
Gessato - A NYC based magazine that celebrates exceptional art, architecture, and style.
Designboom - The first and most popular digital magazine for architecture & design culture. daily news for a professional and creative audience.
Ignant - A Berlin based interdisciplinary online magazine featuring the finest in art, design photography fashion and architecture.
Collater.al - An Italian online magazine, focused on the contemporary creative culture: illustration, design, music, trends and street cultures. Feel Desain - An art & culture magazine based in Turin, Italy.
AD Magazine - Magazine on architecture, culture and art. (Russian site)
WhiteHot Magazine - Off the Charts, Group show review, Anthony Haden-Guest
STATEMENT
Whether it’s a personal place, corporate, communal, institutional, I see art as a means of engagement to provoke thought, dialogue, introspection and conversation. It becomes part of the fabric of our life. Some articles on my work have made it sound like the renderings I’m doing are the art, but in actuality, the designs I’m doing are meant to be built. I’ve partnered with some of the worlds best fabrication teams to fabricate and install them. they can be installed anywhere in the world. The renderings are created in models with consideration for how they would be fabricated, engineered, installed and the ultimate goal of these renderings is creating permanent pieces. All of these are available for purchase, exhibition & commission. I can be hired for custom collaboration
