curriculum vitae
kelly parker
(816) 629-8518 | kelly@woodsongstudio.com | www.woodsongstudio.com
I am a designer and maker of contemporary studio furniture. In addition to creating commissioned works I also teach, lecture and write.
b. Phoenix, Arizona
Currently lives and works in Parkville, Missouri
education
1991 Bachelor of Arts – Biochemistry, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
exhibitions
2022 Innovation + Design competition and exhibition, Congdon Yards campus, High Point, NC
2021 A Fine Craft Exhibition, Indiana University Kokomo Downtown Art Gallery, Kokomo, IN
2020 Works in Wood 21, New Hope Arts Center, New Hope, PA, Jurors Choice Award (Jurors: Joseph Seltzer, artist, Bucks County, PA and Ward Stevens, artist, Perkasie, PA)
2019 46th Mid-States Craft Exhibition, Evansville Museum, Evansville, IN
(Juror: Dr. Chrystine Keener, assistant professor of Renaissance and Baroque Art and Culture at Ringling College of Art and Design, Sarasota, FL)
2017 American Craft Today: Chairs, The Bascom Gallery, Highlands, NC, Best in Show (Juror: Brian Fireman, artist, Tryon, NC)
2015 Group Exhibition, Wallace Gallery, Kansas City, MO
2014 The Gallery Show, Todd Weiner Gallery, Kansas City, MO
2012 The Group Exhibition, Todd Weiner Gallery, Kansas City, MO
collections
Bridging the Gap, Kansas City, MO
Shadowcliff Mountain Lodge, Grand Lake, CO (3 pieces)
Private collection, Aspen, CO
Private collection, Fairview, KS (6 pieces)
Private collection, Kansas City, MO
Private collection, Scottsdale, AZ
Private collection, Shawnee, KS
Private collection, Springfield, MO (2 pieces)
Private collection, Weatherby Lake, MO (3 pieces)
teaching
2024 Instructor, Florida School of Woodworking
– Instructor, Guild of Oregon Woodworkers
2023 Instructor, Florida School of Woodworking
– Instructor, Guild of Oregon Woodworkers
2022 Instructor, Florida School of Woodworking
2021 Instructor, Florida School of Woodworking
2020 Instructor, Centre for Fine Woodworking, Nelson, New Zealand
– Instructor, Florida School of Woodworking
2019 Instructor, Fine Woodworking HANDS ON Tampa
Instructor, Florida School of Woodworking
2018 Instructor, Florida School of Woodworking
bibliography
Jonathan Binzen, “Readers Gallery,” Fine Woodworking, no. 305 (Oct. 2023): 76.
Jonathan Binzen, “Readers Gallery,” Fine Woodworking, no. 290 (Aug. 2021): 80.
Nicole Bradley, “A chemist-turned-woodworker in Parkville makes jaw-dropping and sentimental furniture pieces,”, Kansas City, Sept. 8, 2020,
https://www.kansascitymag.com/a-chemist-turned-woodworker-in-parkville-makes-sentimental-furniture-pieces/
Jonathan Binzen, “Readers Gallery,” Fine Woodworking, no. 276 (Aug. 2019): 74.
Jonathan Binzen, “Readers Gallery,” Fine Woodworking, no. 269 (Aug. 2018): 76.
Jonathan Binzen, “Readers Gallery,” Fine Woodworking, no. 267 (Apr. 2018): 79.
Jonathan Binzen, “Readers Gallery,” Fine Woodworking, no. 259 (Feb. 2017): 78.
Karen Ridder, Interview, The Kansas City Star, May 10, 2016, 2C
The Furniture Society, Rooted: Creating a Sense of Place: Contemporary Studio Furniture, ed. Steffanie Dotson, (Atglen: Schiffer Publishing, 2015), 91.
Jon Marriott, “The Woodland Mills HM126 Band Saw Mill,” Sawmill &Woodlot Management, no. 137 (Jul. 2015): 4-8.
Jonathan Binzen, “Readers Gallery,” Fine Woodworking, no. 247 (Jun. 2015): 75.
Elizabeth Murray, “Green, Not Just for the Tree this Season,” Kansas City at Home 28, no. 9 (Dec. 2014): 18.
publications as a author
“At the Intersection of Chemistry and Craft,” Pen and Chisel, no. 2, (July 2021).
“PantoRouter Tool Review,” Australian Wood Review, no. 108 (Sept. 2020): 10.
“Triptych Boxes,” Australian Wood Review, no. 104 (Sept. 2019): 26-33 and cover.
“Making Ideas,” Australian Wood Review, no. 89 (Dec. 2015): 96-97.
grants/awards
2016 Professional Development Grant, The Krenov Foundation (first recipient of this grant)
2015 Educational Grant, Furniture Society
– Scholarship, Marc Adams School of Woodworking
2014 Scholarship, Anderson Ranch Arts Center
– Scholarship, Marc Adams School of Woodworking
residencies
2023 Collaboration New Zealand, Whangarei Heads, New Zealand
2017 The Centre for Fine Furniture, Nelson, New Zealand
2015 Michael Fortune, Warsaw, Ontario, Canada
2014 Michael Fortune, Warsaw, Ontario, Canada
2013 Michael Fortune, Warsaw, Ontario, Canada
David Polivka, Kansas City, MO
professional organizations
Furniture Society, Brooklyn, NY
Best of Missouri Hands, Columbia, MO, Juried Member
exhibitions juried
2021 4th Annual Selkirk College Fine Woodworking Student Design Competition, Nelson, British Columbia, Canada
2019 Australian Wood Review Student Awards, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
professional service
2021 Board of Directors, Friends of the Florida School of Woodwork, Tampa, FL