Michael John Kelly: NOTHING

Wilding Cran Gallery Los Angeles · Mid-City

Exhibition on view: Jul 11, 2026 - Aug 1, 2026

Michael John Kelly: NOTHING presents new abstract paintings that merge traditional painting with digital collage. Working between physical and digital processes, Kelly fragments expressive brushstrokes and reassembles them into imagined forms that feel both sculptural and otherworldly. Drawing on science fiction, art history, and post-punk music, the exhibition explores abstraction as a way of navigating an increasingly fragmented, post-human world.

Artist

Michael John Kelly

Michael John Kelly (b. 1975, Provo, Utah) is a Los Angeles-based painter whose practice combines traditional painting with digital collage to investigate abstraction, perception, and materiality. Blending physical and virtual processes, his work reflects influences from science fiction, art history, and contemporary visual culture. He received his MFA from the University of California, Los Angeles, and has exhibited internationally, including in Los Angeles, New York, Miami, Basel, London, Berlin, Düsseldorf, and Istanbul.

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