Kelly Chuning (b. 1997, Southern California) is an interdisciplinary biracial Mexican-American artist currently based in northwest Montana. In 2020, she received her BFA in Studio Arts from Southern Utah University. 

Chuning considers her work autobiographical, examining the various forms of identity through speech and subjectivity. Being her own subject matter, she is dissecting the role of childhood and external/internal personas using language, needlework, sculpture, and photography. Transparency is instrumental as she unfolds memories and transgressions, with the viewer as a voyeur into her life. Meditating on events from her past in a meticulous manner, she is in search of her own truth and validity. Her work explores sexuality and the role of sexism, verbally and emotionally, reclaiming ownership of language and exploiting it, bringing back its agency for herself and the viewer. 
Vulnerability is at the forefront of Chuning's work, calling attention to intimate moments with family members, friends, strangers, and even herself. The isolation of being without a sense of place has become a device of romance and indifference, finding its bearing in her psyche—blurring the lines of subjectivity. Exploring the fine line between attraction and repulsion, Chuning creates spaces of subtle discontent covered in façade—uneasy and confronting. Utilizing the materials of her upbringing, she is interested in the divergence of memory with material and how that dictates our perceived notions of subjectivity.

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