Kelly K. Pontoni
216.513.6593
kellypontoniart@gmail.com
Kelly Pontoni
1720 Preyer Ave.
Cleveland Hts. Ohio 44118
216-513-6593
BFA Printmaking and Painting, The Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, Ohio, 2019
Awards
Waterloo Art Juried Exhibition, Cleveland, Ohio (June 2019)
Creativity Works, Grant self-initiated internship, Cleveland, Institute of Art, Cleveland, Ohio (2018)
Ohio College Opportunity Grant, Cleveland Foundation (2018)
Sue Wall Scholarship, Cleveland Institute of Art (2017)
Dorothe L. Neibes Painting Award, Cleveland Institute of Art (2017)
Suzy Spitz 77’ Memorial Scholarship, Cleveland Institute of Art (2017)
Selma A. Walzer Scholarship, Cleveland Institute of Art (2017)
Frank Wilcox Memorial, Cleveland Institute of Art (2017)
CIA Grant, Cleveland Institute of Art (2017)
Curated Shows
Splash of Summer / Out of the Archives, Moreland Court, Shaker Hts. Ohio (July2019)
Marvin Smith: Renaissance Man, Artist Archives of the Western Reserve, Cleveland Ohio (May2018)
Transformation from Student to Professional, Intown Club, Cleveland Ohio (October 2018)
Printmaking and Process, Kendal Oberlin, Oberlin Ohio, (December 2019)
City Reveries, Judson Manon, (November 2020)
Printmaking and Process, Judson Manor, University Circle, Ohio (April 2021)
CONVERGE, Artists Archives, LGBT Center of Cleveland, Lake Erie College, Metro Hospital, and Judson Manor, Cleveland, Ohio (August 2021)
The Breast Chronicles of Kathy Skerritt, Article Gallery, Cleveland, Ohio (October 2021)
Holiday With Archived Artists, Judson Manor, Cleveland, Ohio (November 2021)
Words, Judson Manor, Cleveland Ohio (May, 2022)
Art Through The Decades: William Martin Jean, Greater Cleveland LGBT Community Center (Summer 2022)
Queer Pulse…The Ripple Effect, Lakeland Community College, Kirtland Ohio (Summer 2022)
Juror:
2022 Cream of the Crop, Southern Museum of Ohio, Portsmouth, Ohio
Selected Exhibitions:
Solo
2017 Escape Velocity, Satellite Gallery, Cleveland, Ohio
Group
2022 Pride in Kent, FJKluth Gallery, Kent, Ohio
2022 Queer Hanky Project, Zygote Press, Cleveland, Ohio
2022 We Want Everything, Reinberger Gallery, Cleveland Ohio
2022 2022 AAWR Member’s Exhibition, Cleveland, Ohio
2022 Portals into Painting and Printmaking, Beachwood Community Center, Beachwood, Ohio
2021 Reveal, LGBTQ Juried Exhibition, Worthington Yards, Cleveland Ohio
2021 Lakeland Community College Annual Juried Skull Exhibition, Mentor, Ohio
2021 Bits and Pieces, Article Gallery, Cleveland Ohio
2021 Waterloo Art Juried Exhibition, Cleveland Ohio
2021Altered Book, Loganberry Books, Cleveland, Ohio
2021 Inprint the Air, Cleveland Institute of Art, Alumni Show, Cleveland Ohio
2021 2021 Annual Juried Works on Paper, Long Beach, New Jersey
2021 Bay Arts Annual Juried Exhibition, Bay Village, Ohio
2021 Artists Archives of the Western Reserves, Member show, Cleveland Ohio
2020 Identity: THINGS, Valley Art Center, Chagrin Falls, Ohio
2019 Waterloo Art Juried Exhibition, Cleveland, Ohio
No Art Left Behind, Artist Archives of the Western Reserve, Cleveland, Ohio
2018 Holiday Treats, Artists Archives of the Western Reserve, Cleveland, Ohio
Transformation from Student to Professional, Intown Club, Cleveland, Ohio
100 Show, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, Ohio
Waterloo Arts Juried Exhibition, Cleveland, Ohio
Brooklyn Art Project, Sketchbook, Brooklyn, New York
2017 100 Show, 78th St. Studios, Cleveland, Ohio
Constant as the Sun, Art Trust, MOCA, Cleveland, Ohio
Art of Giving, Progressive Corporation, Cleveland, Ohio
CIA Print Club, Praxis Fiber Workshop, Cleveland, Ohio
Emergence Spring Show, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, Ohio
Disaster Experiment, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland Ohio
Brooklyn Art Project, Sketchbook, Brooklyn, New York
2016 100 Show, Wine Spot, Cleveland Heights, Ohio
2015 Brooklyn Art Project, Sketchbook, Brooklyn New York
2014 Brooklyn Art Project, Sketchbook, Brooklyn New York
2013 Brooklyn Art Project, Sketchbook, Brooklyn New York
2012 Brooklyn Art Project, Sketchbook, Brooklyn New York
2011 Brooklyn Art Project, Sketchbook, Brooklyn New York
Private Collections:
Cleveland LGBT Community Center Art Collection, Cleveland, Ohio
Lorain Community College, Lorain, Ohio
Internship
Summer Internship, Morgan Art of Papermaking Conservatory, Cleveland Ohio (2016)
Studio in the School, New York City based Internship, Artist Archives of the Western Reserve, assisted collections registrar, Cleveland, Ohio (2018)
Professional Activities
Visiting Artists, talk about laser printmaking in my practice, Lorain Community College, Lorain, Ohio (2019)
Teachers Assistant, Image and Form Class, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, Ohio (2017)
Artist Assistant, Jose Paul Sacridiz, Encaustic Painting, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, Ohio (2017)
Moderator 2017 Scholastic Art and Writing Award for Printmaking, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, Ohio (2016)
Artist Assistant, Master Printer Karen Beckwith and Maggie Denk-Leigh, Litho Printing, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, Ohio (2016)
Artist Assistant, Debra Eck, Embroidered Binding, Morgan Art of Papermaking Conservatory, Cleveland, Ohio (2016)
Pulp Painting, Representing Morgan Art of Papermaking Conservatory, Akron Art Museum, Akron, Ohio
Artist Assistant, Paper Casting, Tom Balbo Art Director, Morgan Art of Papermaking Conservatory, Cleveland, Ohio (2016)
Artist Assistant, Anne Covell, Japanese Stab Binding, Morgan Art of Papermaking Conservatory, Cleveland, Ohio (2016)
Business, start up, owned and operated, Spirit of Clay LLC., Mayfield Village, Ohio (2004-2015)
Collections:
Cleveland Art Association (carta), two books, Kozo Book, and Last Words (2018)