Biography

Tatana Kellner has been exhibiting her work for 40 years. Her work has been exhibited in numerous venues across USA, Canada and Europe, and she has had over 50 solo exhibitions. Recently, her work has been selected for inclusion in Museum of Fine Arts, Tallahassee, FL, the Everson Museum, University of Albany Museum, Dorsky Museum, Bowdoin College, Kentler International Drawing Space, Vassar College, Collar Works, Troy, NY, among many others. Kellner is the recipient of numerous grants and awards, including the Pollock Krasner Foundation (2018, 2005), The Creative Climate Award (2018), the Puffin Foundation (2013, 2008), New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowships (1992, 1996), Photographer’s Fund Award from the Center for Photography at Woodstock (2003, 1984), the Empire State Crafts Alliance Award (1985) and Ruth Chenven Foundation Grant (1985). Kellner has been awarded residencies at The MacDowell Colony, Yaddo, Banff Centre for the Arts, Light Work, Visual Studies Workshop, Saltonstall Art Colony, I-Park, Millay Colony, the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Artpark, Blue Mountain Center, Jentel, Foundacion Valparaiso, Bogliasco Foundation, Siena Art Institute, Ucross, Haystack and Ragdale Foundation. Kellner is a co-founder of the Women’s Studio Workshop, an artists’ workspace in Rosendale, NY. She was born in the Czech Republic and immigrated to USA in 1969. She lives and works in Kingston, NY.