About
Michael Kellner was born in Buffalo, New York. After moving twice early in his life, he was raised in Northern Kentucky.
He graduated from Covington Catholic High School. He enrolled in the Allen R. Hite Art Institute at the University of Louisville and graduated with a BFA in drawing. He went on to attend the College of Design, Art, Architecture and Planning at the University of Cincinnati where he received a MFA in two-dimensional studies.
His work has been exhibited in a variety of venues highlighted by solo exhibitions in Leavenworth, Kansas, Louisville, Kentucky and Jacksonville, North Carolina. Working out of his studio in Wilmington, North Carolina, he continues to make art work whenever he is not teaching.
In the past he has taught in the School of Art and the School of Design at the University of Cincinnati, the Hite Art Institute at the University of Louisville and Jefferson Community College in Louisville, Kentucky.
Currently he is a full time instructor at Coastal Carolina Community College in Jacksonville North Carolina where he teaches all levels of Drawing, Design, Printmaking, Photography and an introductory class entitled Art Appreciation.