EDUCATION:

Master of Fine Arts 1978-1980
Painting and Photography
University of California, Santa Barbara

Bachelor of Arts 1970-1974
Double Major: Studio Art (Printmaking Emphasis) and Religious Studies (Cross-Cultural Emphasis)
University of California, Santa Barbara

SELECTED AWARDS:

Wrought Iron Railing Design: 2010
Santa Barbara Airport Terminal

Santa Barbara County Child and Family Services 2008
Building “Percent for Art” Proposal: Santa Barbara County Arts Commission, the County Art in Public Places Committee, and the Department of Alcohol, Drug and Mental Health Services, Finalist, Collaboration with Alfred Ramirez and Isabella Kelly-Ramirez

Children's Museum of Santa Barbara 1992
Third Place (Collaboration with Alfred Ramirez)


SELECTED WORK EXPERIENCE:

Colleen M. Kelly, Architectural Design + Drafting 1986-Present
Residential design, remodels, additions, full architectural plans, permitting, modifications, supervision

Kelly-Ramirez Residence 1996-1997
Owner, Supervisor, Designer, Builder, Residential Remodel & Second Floor addition to family home

Kelly-Ramirez Residence 1982-1983
Owner, Supervisor, Designer, Builder
“Unit One” Homes for People Pilot Project
Major Residential rehabilitation and remodel of existing condemned house
Builder, Supervisor of New Residence (infill project)

Project Architect 1989-1990
Michel De Camaret, A.I.A.

Finish Carpenter 1980-1984
ATN Construction Company
Bortolozzo Construction Company
Eloquence Construction Company

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS:

Santa Barbara Printmakers: 17th Annual Juried Exhibition: Peake Gallery, Santa Barbara, 2010

Ninth Annual Assemblage Art Show: (Green) More Than a Color, Art from Scrap Gallery, 2010

Small Images: Atkinson Gallery, Santa Barbara City College, 2010, 2009, 1981, 1979

Recycled, Repurposed; Art from a disposable society: Ventura County Arts Council Atrium Gallery, 2009

Eighth Annual Assemblage Art Show, “Circles”: Art From Scrap Gallery, 2009

Seventh Annual Art From Scrap Assemblage Exhibit and Benefit, “Fabric”: Art From Scrap Gallery, 2008

Edge: Channing Peake Gallery, Santa Barbara County Contemporary Artists, 2008

Three: Art from Scrap Gallery, Collaboration with Alfred Ramirez and Isabella Kelly-Ramirez, 2008

House, Exhibit and Auction: Contemporary Arts Forum, 1995

Chairity Exhibit and Auction: Contemporary Arts Forum, 1994

Un Ange Passe: Westmont College Gallery, 1993

The Coastal Project, 1988-1993, A Retrospective: College of Creative Studies Gallery, University of California, Santa Barbara, 1993

Santa Barbara Outdoor Dance Festival, Coastal Project: Robin Bisio’s Cormorant Dance Foundation. Thousand Steps to Ledbetter Beach, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993

Children's Museum of Santa Barbara Exhibition Competition: Co-sponsored by A.I.A. and Green Dragon, Collaboration with Alfred Ramirez, 1992

Outer Space Gallery Window: Contemporary Arts Forum, 1989