Born

Kel y Goff
Born 1980  Willemstad, Curaçao  Netherlands Antilles
Education
Rhode Island School of Design  Providence, RI
Master of Fine Arts, Sculpture -With Honors  2009 New College of Florida  Sarasota, FL
Bachelor of Arts, Visual Art- Sub-concentration Biology/Chemistry  2002 Exhibitions
The Wassaic Project  Maxon Mills, Wassaic, NY  2012
RISD Summer Faculty Show  Woods-Gerry Gallery, Providence, RI  2011
Moonlight, Mai Tais, and Magic  Allegra LaViola Gallery, New York, NY  2011
American Demonic  Davidson Contemporary, New York, NY  2010  Curated by Eve Biddle
Tectonic  Gallery Aferro, Newark, NJ  2010  Curated by Yvonne Davis (catalog)
Free Range  WORK Gallery, New York, NY  2009 (catalog)
The Wassaic Project  Maxon Mills, Wassaic, NY  2009
RISD MFA Graduate Exhibition  Rhode Island Convention Center, Providence, RI  2009
Pollinate  Galapagos Arts Space, DUMBO, Brooklyn, NY  2009  Curated by Trevor Freedland
A Thin Veneer  Chace Center, Gelman Gallery, Providence, RI  2009
Everything is Fine/ The Market is Fine  Ristie’s, 235 Westminster St., Providence, RI  2009
We’ve Killed It, Mounted It, and Cut Its Flesh…  Sol Koffler Gallery, Providence, RI  2009
Slide Slam  Real Art Ways, Hartford, CT  2009  Juror: Kristina Newman-Scott
The Wassaic Project  Maxon Mills, Wassaic, NY  2008  Curated by Bowie Zunino and Eve Biddle
Lapse of Time  Chace Center, Gelman Gallery, Providence, RI  2008
Boston Young Contemporaries  808 Gallery, Boston, MA  2008  Juror: Carole Anne Meehan
The Pawtucket Foundation Prize Exhibition  Narragansett Bay Insurance, Pawtucket, RI  2008
fear/less  Sol Koffler Gallery, Providence, RI  2008
Animata: Creatures in Contemporary Society  Sol Koffler Gallery, Providence, RI  2008
Landscapes and Tool Portraits  Gimme, Ithaca, NY  2006  SOLO Exhibition
Open House: Narratives of Domestic Space  Isermann Gallery, Sarasota, FL  2002
Group collaboration with Julie Ault of Group Material
New Material(s)  Isermann Gallery, Sarasota, FL  2002  SOLO Thesis Exhibition
5  Behind the Blue Door Gallery, Sarasota, FL  2001
Kel y Goff
Awards and Grants
White Columns Curated Artist Registry  2011
Full Fellowship for Residency, Vermont Studio Center  2008
RISD Awards of Excellence, Honorable Mention  Juror: Ian Berry  2008
RISD Graduate Sculpture Fellowship  2007- 2009
Silvia Leslie Herman Young Scholarship  2007 -2009
New College Foundation Thesis Grant  Funded research and exhibition materials  2002
New College Foundation Research and Travel Grant Funded travel in Italy  2001
Teaching
Adjunct Faculty  RISD, Sculpture Department  2012
Adjunct Faculty  Salve Regina University, Art Department  2012
Guest Lecturer  Massachusetts Institute of Technology, D-Lab: Design  2011
Design Team Mentor  Massachusetts Institute of Technology, D-Lab: Design  2011
Guest Lecturer  Art Department, Salve Regina University  2011
Visiting Critic  Graduate Studies Department, RISD  2010
Instructor  RISD, Continuing Education  2009 - 2012
Professional Endeavors
Owner and Designer  Stratum Fine Carpentry  Custom furniture and systems  2009-2012
Curator  RISD Museum, Gelman Gallery, “From Big Box to White Box”  2008
Gallery Talk  RISD Museum, Free-to-the-Public Night  2008
Artist Lecture  Pawtucket Foundation Prize Exhibition  2008

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