kirk fanelly currently lives and works in his hometown of charlotte. he received a ba in visual art from brown university and split his undergraduate time between brown and neighboring rhode Island school of design—completing courses in their painting & illustration departments. in addition to his undergraduate work, fanelly attended a formative fellowship at yale.

fanelly’s work has been featured in solo and group exhibitions across the eastern united states including: davidson college smith gallery, appalachian state turchin center, winthrop university rutledge gallery, artspace (richmond), and the southeastern center for contemporary art (winston-salem). his most recent exhibition was a solo show at the atlanta botanical garden that featured large-scale studies of plants and flowers. fanelly’s work can be found in public and private collections internationally. grants awarded include: north carolina arts council fellowship grant; marie walsh sharpe foundation fellowship; and yale norfolk fellowship.