Kelley Benes
Altadena, CA
beansofjohn@gmail.com @beansofjohn
Beans of John, also known as Kelley Benes, is an artist based out of Los Angeles. Her work is deeply inspired by nature, science, and the human body. Over the years, she has become an avid collector of natural objects and artifacts which now serve as inspiration for her work. Combining her fascination with strange objects, patterns in nature, and the human body led to the collection of work, Beans of John. On top of making unsettling objects made up of teeth, shells, eggs, eyes, and human hair, Kelley is also a practicing taxidermist & forest school instructor.
FEATURED / PAST EXHIBITIONS
EBTKS Group Exhibition, 2023, La Luz De Jesus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Surrealism Now!, 2022, Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, CA
Voyage LA, 2022, Check Out Kelley Benes’s Story
Voyage LA, 2021, Meet Kelley Benes: Sculptor & Amateur Naturalist
Beautiful Bizarre, 2020, Beautiful Bizarre Art Prize 2020: Entries Closed [preview of entries]
Blue Review, 2020, 20 Most Important Female Artists of 2020
Hi Fructose, 2020, The Unsettling Sculptures of KT Beans
Black Book Media, 2019, Gift Guide
Oneg Magazine, 2018, In the Sea of the Ugliest