Kaelin Ian Cooper was born in 1996 in Chattanooga, TN. They moved to Murfreesboro in 2014, to receive their BFA in Studio Art. There they concentrate in printmaking and painting, growing and combining both to fit their mixed media style of artwork.They have shown their work in Nashville and Murfreesboro locations, being Cummins Station, East Nashville's Main Street Gallery, Out Central, and Murfreesboro's Murfree Gallery. Outside of galleries, Kaelin has been published in international and National Journals, such as, Freidericksburg Literary Review Magazine, Sink Hollow Journal, and the Santa Ana Review magazine. Kaelin's work is recognized internationally and nationally within the LGBTQ (Lesbian, Gay, Bi, Trans, and Queer) community, being a voice for the disenfranchised, while brining light to the beauty of the community. Being gender non-binary, Kaelin pictures themself as a work of art when in public, pushing the social contexts of what it means to be normal in 21st century America. While Kaelin makes “fine art” and creates bigger work, they also specializes in freelance illustration and character concept work. Though their work is already based on merging reality and fantasy, they create these illustrations that allow you to see the work in a new light, away from their larger prints and paintings.
Kaelin is currently working on creating broader works within the same topic, to give diverse crowds a feel for their art around America more. While expanding their portfolio, they aim to receive their masters in the next three to five years in Printmaking accompanied by painting. |