Kelly Packer
About the Artist
Kelly Packer was born in Kalispell, Montana and grew up in the Missoula. Her paintings and drawings have been shown internationally and published in various books and literary journals. Based in Boise, Idaho for many years, she co-founded Enso Artspace, an artist collective and gallery space. Her work was selected for the 2010 Boise Art Museum Triennial, and in 2009 she was awarded an artist in residency grant through Boise’s downtown A.I.R. program. She holds a BFA from the University of Montana.
Kelly moved back to Montana in 2014 after a decade in Boise, Idaho and a stint in France. Kelly and her husband, the poet Adrian Kien, have collaborated on a number of projects including 40 Saints and Look Up, which included a book of poetry and drawings of the same name. An excerpt of Look Up was shown at the Danforth Gallery in Livingston, Montana. In 2015 they collaborated on a series entitled to the silver hurt of home, paying homage to Butte, their newly adopted city. The work was exhibited at Butte’s Clark Chateau.