Gerard & Kelly have collaborated since the early 2000s to develop a distinctive body of work that situates movement, narrative, and critical theory in direct conversation with architecture and site. Their projects often unfold in iconic modernist spaces and have been presented by leading institutions across Europe and the United States.
Hailing from the farms of Ohio and the coal country of Pennsylvania, Brennan Gerard and Ryan Kelly met in New York and launched a collaboration that led them to the Whitney Museum Independent Study Program, where they were Van Lier Fellows from 2009-2010, and then to the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), where they earned their MFAs in 2013 from the Interdisciplinary Studio under the direction of artist Mary Kelly.
Ruins, their first solo show in a European institution, was presented by the Carré d’Art – Musée d’art contemporain de Nîmes in 2022–2023. Solo exhibitions and performances of their work have been presented by Marian Goodman Gallery, Paris (2025), Fondation Maeght, Saint-Paul de Vence (2024), Centre Pompidou, Paris (2023), Marian Goodman Gallery, New York (2022), MAMCO, Geneva (2020), MOCA, Los Angeles (2020), Festival d’Automne, Paris (2017 and 2019), The Getty Museum, Los Angeles (2019), Pioneer Works, New York (2018), Palais de Tokyo, Paris (2016), New Museum, New York (2014), and The Kitchen, New York (2014).
They participated in the 2023 NGV Triennial at the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, the 2023 and 2017 Chicago Architecture Biennials, and the 2014 Made in L.A. Biennial at the Hammer Museum, Los Angeles. Their work has been included in group exhibitions at Château La Coste, Le Puy‑Sainte‑Réparade (2025), Collection Lambert, Avignon (2024), Le Commun, Geneva (2024), High Line, New York (2023), FRAC Franche-Comté, Besançon (2022), and Solomon R. Guggenheim, New York (2015), among others.
Gerard & Kelly have received numerous awards and grants, including the VIA Art Fund (2024), Mondes nouveaux program of the French Ministry of Culture (2023), Graham Foundation (2014), and Art Matters (2013). Their works are held in the permanent collections of the Carré d’Art, Nîmes; FRAC Franche-Comté, Besançon; Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York; LACMA – Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Hammer Museum, Los Angeles; National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne; Serralves Museum of Contemporary, Porto; and Whitney Museum of American Art, New York.
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