Born and raised in Minnesota, Kellie Hames attained her BFA in printmaking from Minnesota State University Moorhead in 2010.
Pursuing her love for lithography,
Hames applied and was accepted to the world-renowned Tamarind Institute
in Albuquerque, New Mexico in 2011. This institution accepts eight
students each year to study all aspects of fine art lithography and
collaborative printing. After successfully completing the first year
Printer Training Program Hames was solely chosen to stay for a second
year to work in conjunction with senior shop manager and professional
printer Bill Lagattuta in the Master Printer Training Program. Together
Hames and Lagattuta worked with and printed for nationally and
internationally renowned artists including Charles Arnoldi, Alison Saar,
Jim Dine, Toyin Odutola, Willie Cole, and Matt Magee among others.
After successfully completing the second year apprenticeship Hames was
awarded a Master Printer certificate from Tamarind Institute and to this
day holds the record for the most editions pulled by a second year
apprentice printer.
Following her study in Albuquerque
Hames returned to the Midwest to obtain her MFA and work with Michael
Barnes and Ashley Nason at Northern Illinois University.
Her work has been exhibited
nationally, most notably at the Plains Art Museum (Fargo, ND), The North
Dakota Museum of Art (Grand Forks, ND) and the University of the Arts
Gallery (Philadelphia, PA), among others.
Hames is currently studying at Northern Illinois University and residing in DeKalb, Illinois.
Kellie can be reached by email at khames@gmail.com
