
What is She Made Of?
Featuring Kelly Tapia-Chuning
Harsh Collective is pleased to announce What Is She Made Of?, a solo exhibition featuring four series from Kelly Chuning: “Mestiza,” “IT’S ALL JUST TALK,” “PRETTY LITTLE THINGS,” and “WOMB.”
Kelly Chuning (b. 1997) is an interdisciplinary Latinx artist from southern Utah currently based in Detroit, MI. She received a BFA in Studio Arts from Southern Utah University. Chuning utilizes felting, mark-making, and derogatory language as a form of activism within her practice to examine the power dynamics attached to gender, racial identity, and language. She has exhibited nationally and internationally, with her first solo exhibition at The Red Arrow Gallery (TN) in 2022. Her work has been featured in The Nashvillian, create! Magazine, All SHE Makes, Artsin Square, and Friend of The Artist. She recently completed residency at Stove Works in Chattanooga, TN and her work is in collections at Onna House in East Hampton, NY and the Southern Utah Museum of Art. Chuning is currently pursuing her MFA in the Fiber Department at Cranbrook Academy of Art, where she was awarded a Gilbert Fellowship