Mindy June Kelly

Mixed Media Artist

"I am fascinated by relics of our past and the expansive possibilities of our future. My work tries to reconcile those two seemingly discordant facets of our lives while also embracing whimsy"

Mindy is originally from Atlanta, GA and has called Chattanooga home since 2006. Mindy spent 20 years in the beauty industry. She was an Aveda Salon owner and educator the last ten years of her career. Mindy has been creating her whole life and chose to shift her professional focus into an art direction in 2017. She has been featured in various art shows, including Four Bridges, and different venues in Chattanooga. Her artwork resides in private collections around the Southeast and as far as Bahrain!

Mindy chose mixed media as her focus in art making because she loves to collect bits of history that are overlooked or forgotten. Old books, magazines, notes, and manuals are given new life in her work that mixes collage with paint, pencil, and ink to tell a new story. Mindy is currently working on two series. The first is the Beauty series begun in 2017 and ever evolving featuring whimsical portraits of women. Her new series, Edge of Chaos, is inspired by the very same theory in physics. Each piece employs various techniques relying on the chemical reaction of materials and the building of layers to dictate the direction each piece takes.

Mindy welcomes commissions for work that speaks to what you love. She can be contacted through InTown Gallery or her website at www.mindyjunekelly.com