Kelly Moore

2D/3D

Lau, Moore/Lau-Moore

April 17, 2019

Mentors: Sally Brogden & Jered Sprecher

Kelly Moore 2D/3D Lau, Moore/Lau-Moore

America is described as a “melting pot” but how true is this? A “melting pot” insinuates a thoroughly mixed concoction, a fondue of savory spice, but it is obvious how America is less like a melting pot and more like a thick, chunky stew. Every flavor is distinct just as how different race is often differentiated. Each race treats other races differently. Some stick out more than others, but sometimes you get a bite that just tastes like the broth of the stew. I consider this bite to be the multiracial individuals in America. As a biracial woman, I think there is potential for America to be a true melting pot. Multiracial individuals are the physical culminations of cultures coming together harmoniously.

As a Caucasian-Asian, I experience the privilege/discrimination of being white but also the privilege/discrimination of being Asian (as the “model minority”). But my main concern is acceptance. I am often seen as the “white cousin” or the “Chinese cousin”. What I want is to just be a part of my family without any racial distinction/discrimination.

In my art, I meld Chinese culture with “south of the Mason-Dixon line” culture. This mixture creates something strange yet beautiful. My art is a celebration of culture. This celebration allows me to insert myself within it. As I claim these cultures as my own, I turn to specific moments in my childhood such as playing and eating at my grandparents’ homes. Food is an important component in any culture and is what I look forward to when visiting both sets of grandparents. Kitchens and dining rooms are the places where familial acceptance and togetherness takes place. Language and distance are barriers that hamper emotional attachments. The physical act of cooking for someone and taking the time to dine with her is proof of love and acceptance in the family.

As an artist, I am also a part of two different worlds of art making: as a ceramicist and as a painter. I push these two worlds into one by considering my paintings as sculptural objects and my ceramics as painterly objects. I use ink and acrylic paint, bringing together Eastern and Western mediums.Paste and tape bind pages from my sketchbook to the surface of my paintings. These pages allow me to physically insert myself into the history of painting and the Chinese and Southern cultures. In my ceramics, I use china paint, a Western oil paint-like glaze, to create Chinese inspired designs. The sculptural forms I use are furniture, specifically Chinese folding screens and ceramic garden stools, which are often used as decorative pieces in Western homes (see Oriental Trading Post’s website for example). These garden stools are typical furniture seen in Asian families’ homes as well. The table and dish ware in my installation are from my immediate family’s home. The table was my great grandmother’s dining table from my father’s side and the dish ware comes from my immediate family’s kitchen cabinets. In this installation I am surrounding the table with six garden stools. Each garden stool is painted with a Chinese zodiac sign that represents a member of my immediate family. The painted screens show the kitchen and dining areas of my mother’s family’s home and my father’s family’s home surrounding the scene like an embrace. The two worlds of my mother’s family and my father’s family are brought together and create the reality in which I exist.

Lau, Moore/Lau-Moore encompasses my love for my family, culture, history and heritage.

Lau, Moore/Lau-Moore, 2019, porcelain, china paint; acrylic and ink on paper and canvas; wooden table; porcelain dishes; chopsticks, metal silverware; flowers and mason jar, approx. 20’x10’x5’

KELLY MOORE 2220 Allenridge Drive Sevierville, TN 37876

865.804.7998 kmoore71@vols.utk.edu

EDUCATION

2019 BFA (Painting, Drawing, and Ceramics) University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN Summa Cum Laude, GPA 3.99, Dean’s List

2015 Sevier County High School Sevierville, TN GPA 4.0, Valedictorian

2013 Governor's School for the Arts Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN GPA 4.0

STUDY ABROAD EXPERIENCE

2017 Contemporary Art and Fashion, May 11-31 Santa Reparata International School of Art, Florence, Italy

EXHIBITIONS

2019 Honors Exhibition, Group Exhibition, May 3-June 10 Ewing Gallery of Art, Knoxville, TN

2019 Sniffing Glue, Capstone Group Exhibition, April 17 Ewing Gallery of Art, Knoxville, TN

2019 Sculpture accepted into the 72nd Annual Student Art Competition Ewing Gallery of Art, Knoxville, TN

2018 (w)e(a)stern, Solo Exhibition, September 14-16 Gallery 1010, Knoxville, TN

2018 Sculpture accepted into the 71st Annual Student Art Competition Ewing Gallery of Art, Knoxville, TN

2017 Sculpture accepted into the 70th Annual Student Art Competition Ewing Gallery of Art, Knoxville, TN

2017 Sculpture accepted into the Sculpture Group Show Gallery 1010, Knoxville, TN

2017 Hapa Happening, Solo Exhibition, September 15-17 Gallery 1010, Knoxville, TN

PUBLICATIONS AND REVIEWS

2019 Paintings published in Phoenix Literary Arts Magazine, Spring ed.

2018 Featured on UTK School of Art Diversity and Inclusion webpage, Student Spotlight: Kelly Moore

2018 Capella, Natalia. “Art students share inspirations for award-winning work” Daily Beacon. Sept. 2018.

2018 Lewellyn, Emily. “Showcase personifies The Phoenix’s spring publication” Daily Beacon. Apr. 2018.

2018 Painting published in Phoenix Literary Arts Magazine, Fall ed.

2018 Paintings published on Stirring Literary Magazine website, Fall, vol. 21 ed. 1

2018 Sculpture published in Phoenix Literary Arts Magazine, Spring ed.

2018 Drawing published on the Phoenix Literary Arts Magazine website, Spring ed.

PUBLIC LECTURES

2018 Kimberly D. Iles Scholarship Recipient Presentations University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN

WORKSHOPS

2018 Anderson Ranch, Snowmass Village, CO, June 4-8 Personal Narrative with Porcelain with Beth Lo

AWARDS/SCHOLARSHIPS

2019 University of Tennessee Extraordinary Academic Achievement Citation

2019 “UT Potters Award” at the 72nd Annual Student Art Competition School of Art, University of Tennessee Ewing Gallery of Art, Knoxville, TN

2018-2019 Kimberly D. Iles Art Scholarship School of Art, University of Tennessee

2018-2019 Buck Ewing Scholarship School of Art, University of Tennessee

2015-2019 HOPE with Merit Supplement Scholarship University of Tennessee

2015-2019 UT Volunteer Scholarship University of Tennessee

2015-2018 First United Methodist Church of Sevierville Scholarship

2018 Dorothy Dille and Charles Pfitzer Travel Award School of Art, University of Tennessee

2018 Undergraduate Travel Award School of Art, University of Tennessee

2018 “Adventurous Concept” Award at the 71st Annual Student Art Competition School of Art, University of Tennessee Ewing Gallery of Art, Knoxville, TN

2017 Orin B. and Emma G. Graf Study Abroad Scholarship School of Art, University of Tennessee

2017 Pre-Portfolio Award School of Art, University of Tennessee

2017 “Best Video Installation” at Handheld Festival School of Art, University of Tennessee Knoxville Museum of Art, Knoxville, TN

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2018-2019 Muralist, July-January Kent Woods’s personal residence, Kodak, TN

2018 Illustrator to UT Linguistics Department, May University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN

2018 Illustrator to Donna Martin, March-July

2016-2018 Illustrator to James Threipland, October-March

2016 Muralist, June-July The Wilderness Resort, Sevierville TN

2015 Caricature and Face Painting, April-August Kaman’s Art Shoppe located inside Dollywood, Sevierville, TN

VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE/COMMUNITY SERVICE

2018-2019 UT School of Art Peer Mentor

2018-2019 UT School of Art Social Media Ambassador

2016 Gatlinburg Fire Rescue Volunteer, December

2016 Knoxville Museum of Art Children’s Classes Volunteer, July

2016 Donation Processor, February-November UT Forensic Anthropology Center, Knoxville, TN

2016 Anthropology Research Facility Assistant to the Donation Photographer, July- December UT Forensic Anthropology Center, Knoxville, TN