Klea McKenna

Klea McKenna

Fellow: Awarded 2023
Field of Study: Photography

Competition: US & Canada

Klea McKenna is a visual artist who also writes and makes films. She is known for cameraless photography and her innovative use of light-sensitive materials. Her work is held in several public collections, including San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA; Getty Museum, Los Angeles, CA; Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA; United States Embassy Collection; Mead Art Museum, Amherst, MA; Museum of Fine Arts Boston, MA, and The Victoria & Albert Museum, London. She studied art at UCLA, UCSC and California College of the Arts. A book that covers seven years of Klea’s work is forthcoming from Saint Lucy Books. She lives in San Francisco with her partner and their young children.

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