Kelly Kruse / Contemporary Illumination / Artist & Musician
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CURRICULUM VITAE


SOLO EXHIBITIONS

​2022
  • ​O Mirabile Mysterium - Kairos Gallery, St. Andrews Anglican Church - Mt. Pleasant, SC
  • O Mirabile Mysterium - Coram Deo Gallery - Omaha, NE
2021
  • Geheimnis - John XXIII Gallery, The Basilica of St. Mary - Minneapolis, MN
  • Geheimnis - Four Chapter Gallery - Kansas City, MO​ (June & July)
2020 
  • Geheimnis - Sojourn Arts - Louisville, KY (March 8-April 26)
2019
  • Psalms for Prayer - Briarcliff Church -  Kansas City, MO
  • Let the bones that you have broken rejoice - Grace Presbyterian Church - Lawrence, KS
2018
  • True and Better - BVBC, Overland Park, KS
  • Let the bones that you have broken rejoice - Four Chapter Gallery - Kansas City, MO ​
  • Magnificat - John XXIII Gallery, The Basilica of  St. Mary - Minneapolis, MN
2017
  • Magnificat - The Benedictine Center - St. Paul, MN
  • All Flesh is Grass - Beggar's Table Gallery - Kansas City, MO
  • To Stand in Tension - Redeemer Fellowship - Kansas City, MO
  • My Iron Heart - Four Chapter Gallery - Kansas City, MO 

MUSEUM + INSTITUTIONAL EXHIBITIONS

2023
  • ​O Mirabile Mysterium - Hoedeman Gallery of Sacred Art - The University of St. Thomas Aquinas - St. Paul, MN​
2020​​
  • Iversen Center for Faith Commission - University of St. Thomas Aquinas, St. Paul, MN
  • Idealized Imperfection - Department of Art History Gallery, University of St. Thomas Aquinas - St. Paul, MN (Two-person show with Natalia Berglund)
2018​
  • Illumination: wrestling with God through visual art, poetry, and music - selections from Brahms Requiem and Holy Sonnets exhibiitons - Mabee Library, Mid-America Nazarene University
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GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2023
  • "Hidden & Revealed" - Christ Community Church, Leawood - curated by Kelli Sallman

​2020
  • "Beauty from Ashes"- Kairos Gallery - St. Andrews Anglican Church - Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina (with artists Bruce Herman, Sandra Bowden, Edward Knippers, Grace Carol Bomer, Glenn Howell, and Amelia Whaley)

2019
  • "To Flourish"- THE SHEMA - Four Chapter Gallery - Kansas City, MO (juried exhibit - second prize)
  • "Pure Joy" - Genesis 1:1 Arts - Kansas City, MO (invitational exhibit)

2017
  • "Renaissance 12:21" - Four Chapter Gallery - Kansas City, MO (curated exhibit)

2016
  • "Set Apart" - Calvary Chapel Gallery - Kansas City, MO (invitational exhibit)

2015
  • Kansas City Artists Coalition - "Public Hanging"
  • TRA Art Show, BWAC -Brooklyn, NY (juried exhibit)
  • Hobbs Open Studios - Kansas City, MO
  • "Beauty" - Meridian Street Gallery - Indianapolis (curated exhibit)​

COLLECTIONS

The University of St. Thomas Aquinas (permanent installation in the Iversen Center for Faith) - St. Paul, MN
St. Andrews Anglican - Mt. Pleasant, SC
The Basilica of St. Mary - Minneapolis, MN
Redeemer Fellowship - Kansas City, MO
Briarcliff Church - North Kansas CIty, MO
DEMDACO

CURATORIAL

2021 - present: curator of the Four Chapter Gallery
​Selected exhibits:
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  • 2021, The Process of Becoming​
  • 2022, In The Waiting
  • 2022, Those Who Dream in the Midst of Sorrow

WRITING, SPEAKING, AND TEACHING

2022, O Mirabile Mysterium - 110 page book with images of paintings and meditations inspired by Genesis 1
2021, Eternity in Our Heart (Essay) - Ekstasis Magazine/Christianity Today
2021, Ecclesiastes through Art - 3-hour seminar on Ecclesiastes facilitated by the exhibit, "Geheimnis" at Christ Community Church in downtown Kansas City
2020, Geheimnis, Illuminating the Book of Ecclesiastes: searching for meaning in a world that passes away - art book containing fifteen essays on mystery, mortality, and glory

PRESS

2022 - Collected Magazine (Spring 2022 issue; feature interview)
2021 - Comment Magazine (Fall 2021 issue, featured cover artist)
2021 - Gather Magazine (June issue, featured cover artist)
2021 - The University of St. Thomas Aquinas - interview about the Iversen Center for Faith Commission
2020 - Independence Examiner cover story

EDUCATION

2011 - MM Voice (Magna Cum Laude), Opera Studies - Indiana University 
2008 - BM Voice (Summa Cum Laude) - Iowa State University
2004 - Renaissance Studies program - British Institute of Florence, Italy
All artwork, photographs, and text on this site are copyright © Kelly Kruse, 2014-2022. No content may be used without express permission from the artist. All rights reserved.
  • Home
  • About
    • ARTIST STATEMENT
    • BIO
    • CV
    • ILLUMINATION
    • FAQ
  • WORK
    • BODIES OF WORK >
      • O MIRABILE MYSTERIUM
      • ICF Commission >
        • Nous
        • Psuche
        • Kardia
        • Pneuma
        • Soma
        • Sarx
      • GEHEIMNIS
      • TRUE AND BETTER
      • BROKEN BONES REJOICE
      • MAGNIFICAT
      • My Iron Heart
      • To Stand in Tension >
        • FEELINGS: DEEPER QUESTIONS
      • All flesh is grass >
        • THE PROCESS
    • OTHER PROJECTS >
      • THE SHEMA
      • REDEEMER KINGDOM PAINTING
      • Psalms of Light
      • The Prayer Card Project
      • WHY WE CREATE
    • PARTNERSHIPS >
      • words of life
    • LICENSING/PRINT & COLLABORATIVE PROJECTS >
      • And He Shall Reign
      • The Beauty of Weakness
      • True & Better
    • Commissions
  • Contact
    • Email me
    • Newsletter
  • Shop
    • Books >
      • O Mirabile Book
    • Spring 2022 Collection
    • Ornaments 2022
    • My Etsy Shop
  • PATREON
  • YouTube