“Carmody’s virtuosic handling of paint is quietly gestural,” says curator Katherine French. “Her paintings are not only intelligently composed, but also filled with an exquisite sensitivity to light. In them, she manages to successfully re-interpret 19th century realism for contemporary audiences in a way that is fresh, original and absolutely sincere.” – Katherine French, Curator Kelly Carmody (b. 1977, Massachusetts) is an award winning figure, landscape and still life painter working in the greater Boston Metropolitan area. She attended the Massachusetts College of Art in Boston, MA (1995­-97) and furthered her studies at the Art Students League in NY (2009-­11). She completed her formative years of training in the studio of Numael Pulido where she learned the disciplined principles of Classical Painting. Carmody has exhibited in many prominent institutions throughout her career such as the Portrait Society of America and the Art Students League in New York, the BP Portrait Award Show at the National Portrait Gallery in London, and the Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington D.C. She is also known for winning national oil painting accolades such as the Edmund C. Tarbell Award in portraiture from the Boston Guild, the Charles Movali Excellence in Painting, the Blanche E. Colman Award, the Newcomb Award for Traditional Painting at the Rockport Art Association, 3rd place in the Portrait Society’s International Portrait Competition, and most recently the North Shore Arts Award from the Guild of Boston Artists. Kelly Carmody has been a featured artist in American Art Collector, Fine Art Connoisseur, International Artist Magazine, Fine Art Today, Southwest Art, Studio Visit Magazine, Boston Magazine, and The Boston Globe. Carmody has won grants from the Ludwig Foundation, Turkey Land Cove Foundation, and Massachusetts Cultural Council, as well as receiving an Edward G. McDowell Travel Grant and the Walter Feldman Grant. She currently paints and teaches with her husband, Viktor Butko in and around their Waltham, MA studio.