EDUCATION

MFA University of Wisconsin-Madison, Painting/Drawing, 2002
BFA Minnesota State University, Painting/Drawing, 2000
ONE-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2022 (scheduled) Far/Near, Blanden Memorial Art Museum, Fort Dodge, IA
2021 Far/Near, River Arts Gallery, Prairie du Sac, WI
2019 Side by Side, Ringling Gallery, Baraboo, WI
2017 Homing, James Watrous Gallery, Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts, Letters; Madison, WI
2014 The Modernist Landscape, side by side with Andrea Jensen, Gallery 19, Chicago, IL
ON FOOT, Ice Age Trail Alliance Annual Conference, Sturgeon Bay, WI
2012 ON FOOT, Red Rocket Gallery, www.redrocketgallery.com
ON FOOT, River Arts Center, Prairie du Sac, WI
ON FOOT, Portage Center for the Arts, Portage, WI
2011 ON FOOT, Gallery 405, Marshfield, WI
ON FOOT, Common Wealth Gallery, Madison, WI
2009 Over Head, Under Foot, Founders Hall Gallery, University of Wisconsin-Manitowoc
2007 New Paintings, Southview Gallery, University of Wisconsin-Waukesha
2006 Rural Solitaire, James Watrous Gallery, Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts, Letters;
Madison, WI
2005 New Work, Schwalbach Gallery, University of Wisconsin-Baraboo/Sauk County
2003 Teem, DeRicci Gallery, Edgewood College, Madison, WI
2002 Umwelt, Porter Butts Gallery, University of Wisconsin-Madison

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GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2020 Faculty Show; Nohr Gallery, University of Wisconsin-Platteville, Platteville, WI
2019 Octagonal National All-Media, Octagon Center for the Arts, Ames, IA
2018 Rockford Midwestern Biennial, Juried, Rockford Art Museum, Rockford, IL
Our Time II, Schwalbach Gallery, UW-Platteville Baraboo Sauk County, Baraboo, WI
2017 150, Carnegie Art Center, Mankato, MN, curated by Brian Frink
Over and Over, curated by Deb Kayes, Glass Curtain Gallery, Columbia College, Chicago, IL
Beloit and Vicinity, Juried, Wright Museum of Art, Beloit, WI
UW-Colleges Art Department Faculty Exhibition, Priebe Gallery, UW-OshKosh
UW-Colleges Art Department Faculty Exhibition, Rahr West Museum, Manitowoc, WI
2016 Midwest Seasons, Center for the Visual Arts, Wausau, WI
Faculty Collects, Hastings College, Hastings, NE (curated)
Processes, Gallery of Design, SOHE, UW-Madison, curated by H. Adam Steinberg
Budde, Kelsey, Reinhart: Joel Salter Gallery, UW-Barron County, Rice Lake, WI (invitational)
2014 Wisconsin City, ArtStart Center for the Arts, Rhinelander, WI
2013 UW Colleges Faculty Exhibition, Center for the Visual Arts, Wausau, WI
Little Things, ViewARTS, Old Forge, NY
Americas, Northwest Art Center, Minot State University, Minot, ND
2012 Out of Context: New Abstract Art, Center for the Visual Arts, Wausau, WI
The Wisconsin Project, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI

ON FOOT (with Danica Oudeans) Aylward Gallery, Appleton, WI
2011 Chain Letter, Samson Projects, Boston, MA (invitational)
Faculty Exhibition, Rahr West Museum, Manitowoc, WI
Beloit and Vicinity, Juried, Wright Museum of Art, Beloit, WI (award, catalog)
43rd National Juried Exhibition, Octagon Center for the Arts, Ames, IA
2010 GREEN, Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA
Here and NOW and Then, ARTLofts Gallery, Madison, WI
Beloit and Vicinity, Juried, Wright Museum of Art, Beloit, WI (award, catalog)
Wordplay, John Michael Kohler Art Center, Sheyboygan, WI
FORWARD: A Survey of Wisconsin Art Now, Charles Allis Museum, Milwaukee, WI
2009 Wisconsin Biennial, Rahr West Museum, Manitowoc, WI (award; catalog)
41st National Juried Exhibition, Octagon Center for the Arts, Ames, IA
2008 61st National Juried Exhibition, Sioux City Art Center, Sioux City, IA (award)
Faculty Exhibition, Schwalbach Gallery, University of Wisconsin, Baraboo, WI
40th National Juried Exhibition, Octagon Center for the Arts, Ames, IA (award)
Faculty Exhibition, Pyle Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
2007 Wisconsin Triennial, Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, Madison, WI (catalog)
2006 Faculty Collection, Hastings College, Hastings, NE
2004 STRAY show, Chicago, IL, 2004
Faculty Exhibition, Furlong Gallery, University of Wisconsin-Stout, Menomonie, WI
Burnin’ Down the House, Unit B Gallery, Chicago, IL
…And Now for Something Completely Different, Unit B Gallery, Chicago
The Drawing Show, Unit B Gallery, Chicago, IL
The Drawing Show II, The Wiggle Room, San Antonio, TX
2003 Strange Places in Pictorial Spaces, Unit B Gallery, Chicago, IL
Dark Spring, Drive-Thru Gallery. Chicago, IL
The Drawing Show, Unit B Gallery. Chicago, IL
PAINT, CitArts Space. Madison, WI
Spring Group Show, Wendy Cooper Gallery, Madison, WI
Wallpatch, Commonwealth Gallery, Madison, WI

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AWARDS & HONORS

2011 People’s Choice Award, Beloit and Vicinity, Wright Museum of Art
2010 Summer Research Grant, University of Wisconsin-Colleges
Professional Development Award, UW-Colleges Art Department
Second Place, Beloit and Vicinity, Wright Museum of Art
2009 Honorable Mention, Wisconsin Biennial, Rahr West Museum
2008 First Place, 40th National Juried Exhibition, Octagon Center for the Arts
Third Place, 61st National Juried Exhibition, Sioux City Art Center
2007 Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching, University of Wisconsin-Colleges
2003 Artist-in-Residence Grant, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
2002 Brown/Keanjte Fellowship, Madison, WI
2001 Edith L. Gilbertson Fellowship, Madison, WI
2000 Hal Lotterman Fellowship, Madison, WI
Carl Heise Fellowship, Madison, WI

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TEACHING

2020-present
Professor, Department of Performing and Visual Art, University of Wisconsin-Platteville
2014-present

Associate Professor, Department of Performing and Visual Art, University of Wisconsin-
Platteville Baraboo/Sauk County

2008-2014

Assistant Professor, Department of Performing and Visual Art, University of Wisconsin-
Colleges

2005-2007
Lecturer, Department of Performing and Visual Art, University of Wisconsin-Colleges
2004-2005
Lecturer, Department of Art and Design, University of Wisconsin-Stout

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PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

University of Wisconsin-Madison Memorial Union, Madison, WI
Minnesota State University, Centennial Union, Mankato, MN
Wingra Elementary School, Madison, WI

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UNIVERSITY AND COMMUNITY SERVICE

2005- present
Director, James A. Schwalbach Gallery, University of Wisconsin-Baraboo/Sauk County
Curator, University of Wisconsin-Platteville Baraboo/Sauk County Permanent Collection
2019 Facilitator, Visual Arts Classic Regional High School Art Competition
2013 Facilitator, Visual Arts Classic Regional High School Art Competition
2012 Host and Facilitator, Visual Arts Classic Regional High School Art Competition
2011 Guest Speaker and Juror, Capitol Conference Exhibition, Pyle Center, Madison, WI
Juror, Baraboo High School Art Exhibition
Host and Facilitator, Visual Arts Classic Regional High School Art Competition
2010 Juror, Summer Arts Classic, Sauk County Art Association, Baraboo, WI
Guest Speaker and Juror, Winterfest, Sauk County Art Association, Baraboo, WI
2009 Juror, Baraboo High School Art Competition
2005 Visiting Artist, University of Wisconsin-Stout, Menomonie, WI
2004 Visiting Artist, Edgewood College. Madison, WI
2003 Edgewood College. Madison, WI
Artist-in-Residence, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
2002 Visiting Critic, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2017 Wisconsin State Journal, On View: ‘The Endless Unbegun’ and ‘Homing’
2017 Isthmus, Review: “Looking Skyward and Inward”
2014 Chicago Artist Resource, “The Modernist Painter”
2013 Pathways Across America, “Artists of the National Trails System”
2012 From the River Bank, “Ice Age Trail”
2010 Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, “Review: FORWARD”
2009 Manitowoc Free Press, “Letha Kelsey, Over Head, Under Foot featured”
2008 Sioux City Custom Press, “61st Juried National Opens December 11”
2007 Wisconsin State Journal, “Wisconsin Triennial Opens at MMoCA”
2007 UW-Waukesha Alumni News, “Letha Kelsey – Rural Solitaire through April 13”
2006 Madison Magazine, “August Arts and Entertainment”
2005 Chicago Reader, “Making the Rounds: Special Events”
2004 Chicago Sun Times, “Get a Taste of Chicago Art”
2004 New City, “Five Shows to See Now”
2004 Chicago Reader, “Plumbing the Sublimity of the Ennui”
2003 San Antonio Community Calendar, “Drawing Show II”