www.kellycave.com

Kelly Cave is a working artist born and raised in Princeton Junction, New Jersey. She received her BFA from Syracuse University, completed her MFA at the University of Cincinnati, and then served as Artist in Residence in sculpture at Northwest Missouri State University. She has attended residencies and created public artworks at Salem Art Works, Franconia Sculpture Park, the Scottish Sculpture Workshop, The Gilbertsville Expressive Movement, and participated in the 2020 Nashua International Sculpture Symposium. In the spring of 2021 she completed a major public artwork in Glenside, PA as part of the Arcadia Public Art Project. Currently, Cave is a student at Teachers College Columbia University in pursuit of a EdDCT degree in Art and Art Education. Her research examines how we navigate the unknown in creative spaces, with the intention of reorienting our perspective on moments of uncertainty. She explores painting the unknown not just as a space of unease and obstacles, but instead, as a space ripe with the potential to harvest creativity. Through this research, she hopes to shed light on the value of creative spaces and convince the world of the value of Art, especially within education systems.