Kelly Ingleright-Telgenhoff
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Kelly Ingleright-Telgenhoff: Artist Statement
My paintings, drawings and fiber works explore the duality that exists in life. I often pair the beautiful with the grotesque, the real with the abstract, the minimal with detailed, the boundlesswith the bound, and desire with loathing. Mentally contemplating and evaluating the dual natureof objects and their meaning provides a thoughtful, cathartic, and creative journey. As I work, I ruminate over how to create a special tension in a mundane object. My entire painting, drawing or sculpting process hinges on double and triple meanings -- word or mental puzzles that keep me mentally sharp because I want to create something that is more than the sum of its parts, while referencing dualities found in life experiences. Finding a way to elevate common everyday objects is the goal. The objects depicted in my work become iconic forms -- they transform and transcend their original meaning and purpose. At times the items depicted are moldy, decaying, or just plain distasteful, yet they possess some type of beauty because of the way the item is manipulated on the canvas. By creating a simplified background that is coupled with a detailed rendering of a highly detailed subject placed in the foreground promotes a push-pull tension. Often I expand an object several times beyond its actual size which is another way to elevate the object into some monolithic form. This extreme enlargement of the chosen item leads to a special level of abstraction even though the object from a distance is recognizable. Creating the intersection of abstraction and realism certainly adheres to my concept of duality. While I do use a traditional academic system of under painting, the hues utilized are simply different shapes and forms placed next to one another if seen close up; however, upon standing ten feet away from the work, the subject comes into focus as a whole piece with slight nuances of color change and a tight form. Narrative scenes are an important component of my work. I enjoy a good story -- this probably connects to years of teaching as an Art Historian and Historian and my love of detail. While the scenes depicted are not quite real, although they may seem familiar, they are more surreal due to distortion of space. It is this in-between space where the arcane, sublime, and eerie tension exists and speaks to my overriding sense of dread. |
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Artist Bio
Kelly Ingleright-Telgenhoff (b. 1965) is a Michigan native with an extensive educational resume. She holds an MA in History (Western Michigan University), graduate work in Art History (Michigan State University and Indiana University), and recently acquired an MFA from the University of North Texas (2016). She has won teaching and research awards as well as art competition awards. Kelly has been a Texas resident for twelve years and currently resides in Weatherford Texas where she works from her home studio. She has been teaching Art History and History at the college and university level for more than twenty years. Kelly currently teaches Art History courses and Painting and Drawing courses for local colleges.
Kelly began showing work professionally five years ago in the Dallas/Fort Worth area.
She has had several solo and two person shows and has been in a large number of juried shows and group exhibitions. She has been invited to show
work at the Craighead Green Gallery for New Texas Talent Show (2016) and RO2 Gallery’s Chaos show (2016). Her work is also part of the permanent collection of the Old Post Office and Museum in Graham Texas as well as several private collections.
This artist’s work primarily focuses on the intersection of abstraction and realism in large oil, acrylic or mixed media landscape and still life paintings. For her, the tension of the symbolic and the literal, as well as abstract and real, provides an interesting and challenging place to dwell. The settings she creates are not quite real. Yet, there is a narrative affiliated with each work that might be understood immediately or with great rumination.
Kelly began showing work professionally five years ago in the Dallas/Fort Worth area.
She has had several solo and two person shows and has been in a large number of juried shows and group exhibitions. She has been invited to show
work at the Craighead Green Gallery for New Texas Talent Show (2016) and RO2 Gallery’s Chaos show (2016). Her work is also part of the permanent collection of the Old Post Office and Museum in Graham Texas as well as several private collections.
This artist’s work primarily focuses on the intersection of abstraction and realism in large oil, acrylic or mixed media landscape and still life paintings. For her, the tension of the symbolic and the literal, as well as abstract and real, provides an interesting and challenging place to dwell. The settings she creates are not quite real. Yet, there is a narrative affiliated with each work that might be understood immediately or with great rumination.
Curriculum Vitae
Education
2016 MFA., Painting and Drawing, University of North Texas, Denton, TX
2004 Ph.D., candidate, History of Art, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
2000 Graduate Studies, History of Art, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
2000 M.A., History (American) Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI
1992 B.A., History, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI
Teaching/ Research/professional Experience
2016 Adjunct (Painting / Art History), TCCD Northwest, Fort Worth, TX
2016 Adjunct (Painting / Art History), Weatherford Community College, Weatherford TX
2014-2016 Teaching Assistant and Teaching Fellow, University of North Texas, Denton, TX
2013-2014 Adjunct, Teaching Assistant and Fellow, University of North Texas, Denton, TX
2007- 2010 Visiting Instructor, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX
2012-2013 Adjunct, Tarleton State University, Stephenville, TX
2005-2009 Visiting Instructor, Trinity University, San Antonio, TX
2000-2004 Teaching Assistant, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
2001-2003 Visiting Lecturer, IUPUI (Herron School of Art), Indianapolis, IN
2002 Visiting Lecturer, Butler University, Indianapolis, IN
Solo Exhibitions and Two Party Exhibitions
2016 Gallery 414, Khandha: Five meanings of Existence, Fort Worth, TX Curated by John Hartley
(MFA exhibition)
2016 Breckenridge Fine Arts Center, A Quiet Refuge, Breckenridge, TX Curated by Victoria
McPherson
2015 Atrium Gallery, UNT Health Science Center, Sacred/Temporal,
Heather Braman Gaton/Kelly Ingleright-Telgenhoff
Fort Worth, TX
2015 Gallery 76102, The Ties That Bind: Ruminations on Identity, Memory and Spirituality,
Fort Worth, TX Curated by Rachel Kennedy
Selected Group Exhibitions
2016 Umbrella Gallery, Material Evidence and Forms of Alteration, Dallas TX
2015 Gallery 414: “Twentysomething” Fort Worth, TX
2015 CVAD MFA Showcase, North Gallery, Denton, TX
2015 Order Up! Cora Stafford Gallery, University of North Texas, Denton, TX
2014 University of North Texas, Fall MFA Show, Lightwell Gallery, Denton, TX
2014 Gallery 76102, UTA Faculty Show, UT Arlington/Fort Worth Center, Fort Worth, TX
2012 Works on Paper: 9 x 12 show, Fort Worth Community Art Center, Fort Worth, TX
2010 Tarleton State University, Faculty Exhibition, Stephenville, TX
2010 F6 Gallery, All Girls Show, Arlington, TX
Selected Juried Exhibitions
2016 500X Gallery Annual Juried Show, 500X Gallery, Dallas, TX
2015 Annual Voertman Competition, University of North Texas, CVAD Gallery, Denton, TX
2015 500X Gallery Annual Juried Show, 500X Gallery, Dallas, TX
2014 4th Annual Competition: 897 Square, Gallery 76102, Fort Worth, TX
2013 3rd Annual Competition: 897 Square, Gallery 76102, Fort Worth, TX
2013 Tarrant County College (Northwest) Student Art Exhibition, Fort Worth, TX
Private and Museum Collections
2012 I Scream for Ice Cream!, Old Post Office and Museum, Graham, TX
Awards and Outreach
2014 University of North Texas Lightwell Gallery, Assisted with Art Beyond Sight, Outreach
Project affiliated with SMU, Curated by Elaine Pawlowicz
2012 Second Place, Tarrant County College, Student Art Exhibition, Fort Worth, TX
2013 First Prize, Tarrant County College, Student Art Exhibition, Fort Worth, TX
2010 Honorable Mention, Adjunct Teaching Award/ College of Liberal Arts, University of Texas
at Arlington, Arlington, TX
1998 First Place, Research Recognition Day, Council of Graduate Students Michigan State
University, East Lansing, MI
Presentations/publications
2010 Art Demonstration, Weatherford Artist Association, Weatherford TX
2010 Department of Women’s Studies and English (UTA), “Georgia O’Keeffe, Spin Doctors,
and Revenge,” Arlington, TX
1999 Susanna and the Elders: Lessons of Honor and Virtue in Renaissance and Baroque Visual
Images, 25th annual Case Western Symposium, Cleveland, OH
1999 Susanna and the Elders: Lessons of Honor in the Patrician Renaissance Home, 2nd annual
Michigan State University Spartan Forum, East Lansing, MI
1998 A Stylistic Iconographic and Contextual Analysis of Artemisia Gentileschi’s
Pommersfelden Susanna and the Elders, Paper presented at 1st annual Michigan State
Spartan Forum, East Lansing, MI
1995 Eric Sloane: Artist as Public Historian, Michigan Academician Conference, Ferris State
University, Big Rapids, MI
2016 MFA., Painting and Drawing, University of North Texas, Denton, TX
2004 Ph.D., candidate, History of Art, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
2000 Graduate Studies, History of Art, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
2000 M.A., History (American) Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI
1992 B.A., History, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI
Teaching/ Research/professional Experience
2016 Adjunct (Painting / Art History), TCCD Northwest, Fort Worth, TX
2016 Adjunct (Painting / Art History), Weatherford Community College, Weatherford TX
2014-2016 Teaching Assistant and Teaching Fellow, University of North Texas, Denton, TX
2013-2014 Adjunct, Teaching Assistant and Fellow, University of North Texas, Denton, TX
2007- 2010 Visiting Instructor, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX
2012-2013 Adjunct, Tarleton State University, Stephenville, TX
2005-2009 Visiting Instructor, Trinity University, San Antonio, TX
2000-2004 Teaching Assistant, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
2001-2003 Visiting Lecturer, IUPUI (Herron School of Art), Indianapolis, IN
2002 Visiting Lecturer, Butler University, Indianapolis, IN
Solo Exhibitions and Two Party Exhibitions
2016 Gallery 414, Khandha: Five meanings of Existence, Fort Worth, TX Curated by John Hartley
(MFA exhibition)
2016 Breckenridge Fine Arts Center, A Quiet Refuge, Breckenridge, TX Curated by Victoria
McPherson
2015 Atrium Gallery, UNT Health Science Center, Sacred/Temporal,
Heather Braman Gaton/Kelly Ingleright-Telgenhoff
Fort Worth, TX
2015 Gallery 76102, The Ties That Bind: Ruminations on Identity, Memory and Spirituality,
Fort Worth, TX Curated by Rachel Kennedy
Selected Group Exhibitions
2016 Umbrella Gallery, Material Evidence and Forms of Alteration, Dallas TX
2015 Gallery 414: “Twentysomething” Fort Worth, TX
2015 CVAD MFA Showcase, North Gallery, Denton, TX
2015 Order Up! Cora Stafford Gallery, University of North Texas, Denton, TX
2014 University of North Texas, Fall MFA Show, Lightwell Gallery, Denton, TX
2014 Gallery 76102, UTA Faculty Show, UT Arlington/Fort Worth Center, Fort Worth, TX
2012 Works on Paper: 9 x 12 show, Fort Worth Community Art Center, Fort Worth, TX
2010 Tarleton State University, Faculty Exhibition, Stephenville, TX
2010 F6 Gallery, All Girls Show, Arlington, TX
Selected Juried Exhibitions
2016 500X Gallery Annual Juried Show, 500X Gallery, Dallas, TX
2015 Annual Voertman Competition, University of North Texas, CVAD Gallery, Denton, TX
2015 500X Gallery Annual Juried Show, 500X Gallery, Dallas, TX
2014 4th Annual Competition: 897 Square, Gallery 76102, Fort Worth, TX
2013 3rd Annual Competition: 897 Square, Gallery 76102, Fort Worth, TX
2013 Tarrant County College (Northwest) Student Art Exhibition, Fort Worth, TX
Private and Museum Collections
2012 I Scream for Ice Cream!, Old Post Office and Museum, Graham, TX
Awards and Outreach
2014 University of North Texas Lightwell Gallery, Assisted with Art Beyond Sight, Outreach
Project affiliated with SMU, Curated by Elaine Pawlowicz
2012 Second Place, Tarrant County College, Student Art Exhibition, Fort Worth, TX
2013 First Prize, Tarrant County College, Student Art Exhibition, Fort Worth, TX
2010 Honorable Mention, Adjunct Teaching Award/ College of Liberal Arts, University of Texas
at Arlington, Arlington, TX
1998 First Place, Research Recognition Day, Council of Graduate Students Michigan State
University, East Lansing, MI
Presentations/publications
2010 Art Demonstration, Weatherford Artist Association, Weatherford TX
2010 Department of Women’s Studies and English (UTA), “Georgia O’Keeffe, Spin Doctors,
and Revenge,” Arlington, TX
1999 Susanna and the Elders: Lessons of Honor and Virtue in Renaissance and Baroque Visual
Images, 25th annual Case Western Symposium, Cleveland, OH
1999 Susanna and the Elders: Lessons of Honor in the Patrician Renaissance Home, 2nd annual
Michigan State University Spartan Forum, East Lansing, MI
1998 A Stylistic Iconographic and Contextual Analysis of Artemisia Gentileschi’s
Pommersfelden Susanna and the Elders, Paper presented at 1st annual Michigan State
Spartan Forum, East Lansing, MI
1995 Eric Sloane: Artist as Public Historian, Michigan Academician Conference, Ferris State
University, Big Rapids, MI
