Come see my new installation, Fallout Shelter. The show will run from April 3 through May 1. Upstairs are fellow artists Kieran Myles-Andrés Tvebakk and Lamia Abukhadra. Look for my encompassing, subterranean experience in the basement of the gallery.

Fallout Shelter | Kelley Meister
April 3-May 1, 2021

 Basement Gallery
Hair + Nails Gallery 2222 E 35th St., MPLS, MN 55407

 Other Artists Exhibiting on Main Floor:
Kieran Myles-Andrés Tverbakk
Lamia Abukhadra

 Opening Reception:
Saturday, April 3, 7-10pm

 Open Hours: 
Sat/Sun 1-5pm
 or by appointment: hairandnailsart@gmail.com

 Covid Precautions:
Masks required!
Limit of 10 occupants in gallery
HEPA air filters in all rooms of the gallery
Backyard open for masked social distancing hangout during opening while waiting for limited entry into show

 Accessibility:
The exhibition is on two floors. The main floor is wheelchair accessible. The basement exhibition space is reached by 12 wooden stairs. Images and descriptions of the basement portion of the exhibition are provided. A single-stall ungendered bathroom is located in the basement.

 On Wednesday, April 14 and Tuesday, April 20, I will be hosting a Live Virtual Visit at 6pm CT for anyone who wants to experience the show virtually with me. I will provide a gallery tour of the space and answer any questions. Please fill out the registration form here to attend and let me know of any accommodations you will need.

Postponed from 2020, the 10th Art(ists) on the Verge cohort (Candice Davis, AP Looze, Kelley Meister, and Sarah Nassif) will present our work this spring and summer. My mobile experience, Hot Zone, a 100-mile bike ride from Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant to Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant along Hahawakpa/Misi Ziipi/Mississippi River will take place in 3 segments on Saturdays throughout the summer. Participants may join up to ~15 total for each ride (TBD due to social distancing and other COVID restrictions at the time of the ride), all others will be invited to watch via live stream. We will be doing environmental monitoring of the river valley, using radiation monitoring equipment as well as our eyes, hands, and phones to draw and photograph our observations of the flora and fauna along the way.

Stay tuned for more details about how to join and/or watch! And please get in touch if this sparks any interest!

Beaming at you from the southern shores of France in the small ville of Cassis. The sea is captivating. Look! See more about my residency here > Camargo Foundation <

Beaming at you from the future to a point in the past to talk about my September 2019 artist residency at the Anderson Center in Red Wing, MN. 

In case you missed it, I've got big, big drawings up at 801 N Washington Ave. in Minneapolis. I'm really proud of these giant drawings, and I really want you to get to see them in their giant glory! They're all part of my larger project, Last Vacation Before the End of the World, which is a multimedia exploration into life in the nuclear age. 

801 Gallery doesn't have open hours, so if you want to come see my work (and the other 3 artists: Jaffa Aharonov, Josie Winship, and Marc Lamm), here are your options:

• Sun, Apr 29th - 12:30-2:30pm - brunch for Science Museum friends and family, but feel free to join the science nerds and me if that time works for ya!
• Sat, May 5th - 4-7pm - stop by and wish me a happy birthday (it's the next day!) and hear about how my recent #atomictourism research trip went!
• Artist Talk: Sunday, May 20, 1pm
• Make arrangements with me to meet you there - anytime now through end of May! (I'll make the arrangements to make sure it's open, etc.)
• Make an appointment with the gallery directly by calling Jeremy 612.636.7187.

So bring your friends, family, neighbors, co-workers, comrades, and conspirators and spread the word!

P.S. All work in the show is for sale! 

 Come out, come out, this Saturday to see my new drawings! (SCROLL FOR DETAILS)

Find out why I'm erasing so much! ​

See why I've been buying all the yellows Wet Paint has to offer!

Still drawing biiiig drawings. This one is 12 feet across, 5 feet tall. I'm not sure where it's going, I'm not sure what exactly I'm doing or why I'm making charcoal drawings, buuuut that's what I'm doing. Come see them Feb- April at Gallery 801 in Minneapolis! More details forthcoming...

I have a show coming up in February @ 801 Gallery in Minneapolis, and because the walls are so huge, I've been experimenting with big, big, big drawings. I have that old drawing I made during The World is Falling Apart and So Are We...,  and so I'm making more drawings, not quite that large, but similar subject (aka based off of the film I just made, of course!) as companions for it for this show. It's fun, a little intimidating, and very messy making these huge charcoal drawings. I'm also playing with this cool stuff that Janet Groenert gave me many years ago, a water-soluble black graphite. It's fun! Check it out below.

Check out the new video below for excerpts from my June performance. I'm looking to tour it, so if you're interested in bringing it your way - hit me up! email: kelley@kelleymeister.com

​(special thanks for Cully Gallagher for filming and to Katie Burgess for doing 2nd camera)

New York Mills – November 28, 2012

See Crush Project (2007) at Feminist Video Quarterly, #6. What does it mean to be crushing? And why are they so crushing? This project explores the development of a crush, sharing intimately with the audience my crushes, objects I've given and received from crushes, and other tidbits as an homage to Sadie Benning, my ultimate artist-crush.

In Spring 2018, I will be traveling throughout the southwest US to research nuclear testing sites, thanks to the Jerome Travel/Study fund.
I am so excited and mildly terrified to see these places in person. This research will inform a longer version of “Now I am Become Death, the Destroyer of Worlds” , Part 2 of Last Vacation Before the End of the World, and much more work in the future.