Kevin Kelly was born in upstate New York and graduated from Pratt Institute in 1982. He has been living and working in Dumbo, Brooklyn since 2007.

He has shown his work across the United States, including New York, Los Angeles, Miami, Santa Fe and Westport. His work is in numerous collections including Simon Cowell in Los Angeles.

His piece Solar Powered Cell Phone Charger was installed in Brooklyn Bridge Park as part of the 2012 Dumbo Arts Festival. His 10 meter high permanent outdoor sculpture DodecaCaryatid was installed in Markham, Ontario in December 2015. He completed a commission for a 13 ft high version of his dice double helix sculpture entitled Double Down in 2018, also in Markham, Ontario. His work is included in the collection of the NYU Medical Center.

His sculpture has also been featured in films and network tv shows such as The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Duplicity, Arthur, The Sorcerer’s Apprentice and Remember Me.

After years of working in sculpture exclusively, painting has become his new passion. This group of paintings is from his "From All We Shine On" series