Kelly Hall (b. 2001, Miami, FL) is a mixed-media artist based in Baltimore County. She earned her BFA in Art+Design with a Concentration in Painting, Drawing and Printmaking from Towson University and has shown her work at venues in Towson, MD and Baltimore, MD.
Hall combines acrylic paint and untraditional materials with abstracted figural imagery. Her current work explores personal experiences through juxtaposed colors and patterns. Color – as well as blending the lines between reality and abstraction through collage elements – interprets experiences in a way that is both pleasing to the eye and hectic to look at. In this way, it is easier to interpret how complex human experiences and raw encounters can be.

My work features a developing visual language that engages viewers on an intensely optical, physical, and psychological level.
I explore the complex emotional and physical feelings that stem from living with eczema by utilizing a varied combination of vibrant, fluorescent, neon colors with paint, patterns, and texture. This highly visual and playful color placement, as well as slightly uneven patterning, creates a unique dichotomy in the viewing experience.
What results is a reaction that places a physical strain on the eyes when viewing the work, while still engaging the audience in a way that makes it difficult to look away. This phenomenon is similar to personal experiences in being unable to disengage both visually and physically from an eczema flare-up.

The ringing sensation from the resulting visual stimulation creates a challenging perspective that mimics the obsessive and burning sensations while battling eczema symptoms on a daily basis.