KELLEY MOGILKA

MEDIUM

Painting

ARTIST STATEMENT

“My paintings are inspired by what I like to consider ‘The Muse’: sensitive, timeless, and yet fleeting moments of gesture in the female figure that evoke a contemplative or ethereal mood.”

ARTIST BIO

Kelley Mogilka is a figurative painter hailing from Edmond, Oklahoma. After obtaining her BFA in Studio Art at Oklahoma City University in 2018, she attended Laguna College of Art and Design for her Master of Fine Arts Degree in Painting. At the age of 25, Mogilka was recognized in Southwest Art Magazine’s 21 Under 31, Young Artists to Collect Now, and has won several awards for her paintings at the Laguna Plein Air Painters Association. Most notably, Mogilka was the recipient of the Emerging Artist Award at Pence Gallery in Davis, California, where she had her first solo exhibition in early 2023. She currently lives and works in Orange County, California as a full-time painter and Adjunct Professor at Laguna College of Art and Design.