Marina Kelly is a multidisciplinary artist who designs situations that bring people together; creating intimate occasions, site responsive performances, live art tableaux and sculptural installations. Marina completed her Masters of Fine Arts from the Art Department at the The University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2012. She then worked as the Program Coordinator for UW-Madison's Creative Arts Community (aka, The Studio) and assisted with coordination of the Interdisciplinary Arts Residency Program (IARP) for the Division of the Arts. Currently, Marina serves as Assistant Director of the Undergraduate Research Scholars program (URS) at UW-Madison.
Marina regularly teaches an Improvisational Movement series, most recently hosted at the Madison Circus Space (MCS).
RÉSUMÉ
EDUCATION
2012--Masters of Fine Arts, Emphasis on Time-Based Art, University of Wisconsin-Madison
2000--Masters of Science in Social Work-School Social Work, University of Wisconsin-Madison
1996--Bachelors of Arts-Women's Studies & Social Welfare, University of Wisconsin-Madison
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2019-present—Assistant Director, Undergraduate Research Scholars (URS) program, UW-Madison
2012-present—Instructor, Creating Dance Through Structured Improvisation
2012-2019—Programs Coordinator, The Studio Creative Arts Learning Community (2012-2018) / Interdisciplinary Arts Residency Coordinator (2018-2019), UW-Madison Division of the Arts
2011-present—Guest Artist/ Instructor, UW-Madison. Madison, WI
Introduction to Video, Performance & Installation Art (Art 318) w/ Laurie Beth Clark, fall 2020, fall 2021
Paradigms & Process in Academic Inquiry (Inter L&S 250) w/ Hannah Bailey, fall 2020, fall 2021
Transcommunality (Design Studies/ Art/ Dance/ Theatre & Drama/ Chican@ & Latinx Studies 330/ Latin American, Caribbean, and Iberian Studies) w/ Arts Institute Artist-in-Residence Laura Anderson-Barbata, spring 2015
Creativity & the Civic Minded Culture w/ Patrick Sims-Department of Theatre & Drama, fall 2013
Intro to Video, Performance and Installation w/ Instructor Jose Carlos Teixeira (Art 318), fall 2012
Intro to Video, Performance and Installation (Art 318) w/ Douglas Rosenberg, fall 2012 & spring 2012
Service Learning in Art w/ Gail Simpson-Art Department, fall 2011 & spring 2012
Digital Art Processes w/ Chele Isaac-Art Department, fall 2012
Critique Facilitator: First Year Review Show-Two Fer w/ Megan Katz-Art Department, fall 2012
Summer 2017—Instructor, UW-Madison Art Department. Course: Digital Storytelling (Art 469)
2013-2018—Instructor, UW-Madison's Creative Arts Community/ Studio Fall Seminar, Mapping Your Creative Practice (Integrated Arts 110)
Fall 2017—Instructor, UW-Madison Art Department. Course: Introduction to Art (Art 100)
2011-2015—Production Assistant/ Video Production Assistant, Douglas Rosenberg/ Art Works Videos
2005-2018—Freelance Producer/ Production Assistant
2009-2011—Project Assistant, Interdisciplinary Arts Residency Program, UW-Madison Arts Institute
2007-2008—Editor, Conference Proceedings of the 2007 Conney Conference on Jewish Arts
2006-2009—Docent, Madison Museum of Contemporary Art (MMoCA)
2003-2010—Photography Assistant, POP Studio/ Kim Keyes Photography
2008—Print Traffic Coordinator, 2008 Wisconsin Film Festival
2006-2008—Administrative Assistant, TAPIT/ New Works Theater Ensemble
2003-2008—Social Worker, Malcolm Shabazz City High School, Madison Metropolitan School District
SELECTED EXHIBITS/ PERFORMANCE
2018—A NATURAL CONCLUSION TO FLOATING IN SPACE (live art tableaux. mixed media performance) w/ Jim Vogel, Bethany Alwa, Aliza Rand & Stephanie Rearick. Elastic Arts, Chicago, IL, Arts and Literature Lab, Madison, WI
2016—SUBTERRANEAN GARDEN (durational performance) w/ Helen Hawley, as part of the one day Municipal show, Madison, WI
2016—FELDMAN/ CAGE MASHUP (music/ reading / performance) w/ Stephanie Rearick and the Sound Out Loud Ensemble as part of Breaking Ground, UW-Madison Mead Witter School of Music, Madison, WI
2016—PIQUE-NIQUE APRÈS LE COUCHER DU SOLEIL (picnic/ poetry/ social practice) as part of Feeding Farmers, a Spatula & Barcode project, Madison Museum of Contemporary Art Triennial, Madison, WI
2016—REVERIE (object poetry) as part of Preservatif, curated by Niki Johnson, Marshall Arts Gallery, Memphis TN
2015—KEA (land art) as part of Earth Sculpture, Farley Center for Peace, Justice and Sustainability, Verona, WI
2015—RELIANCE (video installation) w/ Christine Olson as part of Earth Sculpture, Farley Center for Peace, Justice and Sustainability, Verona, WI
2015—WHISPER/ THE VIBRANCY OF OBJECTS (sound/ movement) w/ Sally Morgan at Future Interstates, The Cowles Center for Dance & The Performing Arts, Minneapolis, MN
2015—LILI & GRADY (video) as part of Engendered, curated by Niki Johnson & Kim Hindman, Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design (MIAD), Milwaukee, WI
2015—REVERIE (object poetry) as part of Preservatif, curated by Niki Johnson, Stockholm Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
2014—HELIX DUETTE (live art tableaux) w/ Ruby Tingle, Manchester, UK
2014—ORDINARY DANCES (performer/ contemporary dance). Choreography/ Direction: Collette Stewart, Olin Park Shelter, Madison, WI
2014—ASYLUM (sound sculpture/ public art) w/ Megan Katz, Madison, WI
2013—OUT OF WATER (performer/ live-art work) directed by Helen Paris & Caroline Wright. Performance Studies International, Stanford, CA
2013—FARMWORK RETROSPECTIVE (video/ photo/sculptural installation) w/ Megan Katz. Overture Center, Madison, WI
2013—ASYLUM (sound installation) w/ Megan Katz & Erin Hood. Madison, WI
2013—WILD AMERICA (installation) w/ Jesse Damiani. Curated by Ellen Siebers and the Monsters of Poetry. Commonwealth Gallery, Madison, WI
2012—DIM ALL THE LIGHTS (performance/ dance) w/ Gregory Grube, Megan Katz & Dustin Maxwell. Bryant Lake Bowl, Minneapolis, MN
2012—25 POSES FOR TOP AND BOTTOM (live art/ movement) w/ Gregory Grube & Megan Katz. Bare Bones Dance, Madison, WI
2012—ENTRAINMENT (gallery show). Featuring live art, looping video installations and sculpture, Madison, WI
2012—PALIMPSEST w/ Megan Katz. Five channel video installation at Bookless, Madison, WI
2011—HERE WE LEFT IT w/ Dear Heart Dance. Private home/ public performance, Madison, WI
2011—HEY, FIGHTER (immersive performance) w/ Erin Hood. Ford's Boxing Gym, Madison, WI
2011—SPOKEN FOR (performance/video) w/ Megan Katz. Young Women's Caucus show, Raandesk Gallery, New York, NY
2011—LILI AND GRADY (video). Beacons show, Urban Institute for Contemporary Art, Grand Rapids, MI
2010—SUGAR RIVER (performance). Inside Story Festival (curators: Helen Paris & Leslie Hill). Mitchell Theatre, Madison, WI
2010—HOUSEDANCE (screen-dance). Dancer/ co-editor. Directed/produced by Michael Eckblad. Red Hook International Film Festival, Brooklyn, NY
2010—FARMDANCE (community dance work). Dear Heart Dance. Director/producer/dancer. Dane County Farmer's Market & West Star Farm, Dane County, Madison, WI
2008—ON TIME (installation/performance). RAW, The Project Lodge. Madison, WI
2008—IMMERSED (video/film/photo) w/ Kim Keyes. Commonwealth Gallery, Madison, WI
2007—HOME (land art/performance). Findhorn woods. Findhorn, Scotland, UK
2007—RESIDENT.ALIEN. (video) with Kate Hewson & Jason Bahling. Out of Timespace: Visuality and Alterity. San Francisco Art Institute
2006—RESIDENT.ALIEN. (performance/video/installation) w/ Kate Hewson. TRANS Exhibit, Ironworks Building, Madison, WI
2005—RUNAWAYS (polaroid transfer prints). Sunroom Gallery, Madison, WI
2005—THE STORM (contemporary dance). Li Chiao-Ping Dance: Laughing Bodies, Dancing Minds. Stoughton Opera House, Stoughton, WI
2002—THE BELL JAR (contemporary dance). Random Transformations Dance Company. Kanopy Dance Center, Madison, WI
2002—AND STILL WE RISE (aerial dance). Cycropia Aerial Dance Company: Firefly. Choreography: Kate Hewson & Jennifer Reuf. Orton Park, Madison, WI
SELECTED VIDEO PRODUCTIONS
2012—SCREENDANCE ANTHOLOGY (ADF Video/ Art Works Video). Video Editor
2012—SALLY GROSS DOCUMENTARY (Douglas Rosenberg, producer/ director). Camera Operator/ Boom Mic Operator.
2011—CIRCLING w/ Sally Gross (Douglas Rosenberg, producer/ director). Production Assistant. Featured at the Dance on Camera Festival: Walter Reade Theater & Elinor Munroe Film Center, Lincoln Center, New York, NY (spring, 2013)
2007 & 2008—ACCESS COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER. Production/ video editing
2007—HIDDEN AGENDA (w/Jim Mathews). Artist Profile: Carol Chase Bjerke. Camera/editing/video production
2005—TAKING A BOW (w/Jim Mathews). Artist Profile: Ellen Moore. Camera/ editing/ video production
GRANTS
2011—Blink Grant, Madison Arts Commision: Asylum: a sound installation in three fronts
2011—New Arts Venture Challenge. Dear Heart Dance: HAUNT HOUSE attraction (October 2011)
2010—Wisconsin Arts Board Grant, with funds from the National Endowment for the Arts. Dear Heart Dance: FARMDANCE community dance project
2010—Dane County Cultural Affairs Commission Grant. Dear Heart Dance: FARMDANCE dance project
SIGNIFICANT RESIDENCIES/ WORKSHOPS
2017—PAUL MICHAEL HENRY BUTOH WORKSHOP. Centre for Contemporary Arts, Glasgow, Scotland, UK
2017—PSYCHOACOUSTICS. Sound engineering/ manipulation workshop in association with the Florian Hecker sound installation at Tramway in Glasgow, Scotland, UK
2016—BLACK MOUNTAIN SCHOOL RESIDENCY. Black Mountain, North Carolina.
2016—DELICIOUS MOVEMENT BUTOH WORKSHOP w/ Eiko as part of Platform 2016 . St. Mark's Church on the Bowery, NYC, NY
2013—SCRIBUS 13 RESIDENCY. Artfunkl Artspace, Manchester, England, UK
2013—INEFFABLE INTANGIBLE SENSATIONAL. Miguel Gutierrez Workshop at Defibrillator Art Space. Chicago, IL
2012—THE WANDERING LAKE. Small gestures workshop with performance and video artist Patty Chang. Madison, WI
2011—DELICIOUS MOVEMENT BUTOH WORKSHOP. Workshop w/ Eiko & Koma at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago, IL
2011—ZOE SCOFIELD PERFORMANCE WORKSHOP. Gage Gyrokenesis and improvisation workshop at Time Based Art (TBA 11) in Porland, Oregon
2011—TEETH PERFORMANCE WORKSHOP. Composition and improvisation workshop at Time Based Art (TBA 11) in Portland, Oregon
2005-2011—SUMMERWORK AT THE FARM. A yearly retreat held at the rural wisconsin home of Douglas Rosenberg and Li Chiao-Ping
2010—LIZ LERMAN DANCE EXCHANGE. Collaborative, inter-generational workshop at the John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Kohler, WI
2007--SIMON WHITEHEAD/ LOCATOR 15. A meditative art/ movement workshop. Findhorn, Scotland
2008 & 2010--DIEGO PINON. Attended (2008) and organized (2010) Butoh Ritual Mexicano workshop