Kelda Van Patten is an artist and freelance photo illustrator based in Portland, Oregon. She creates disorienting pictorial spaces that utilize still life arrangements, collage, drawing, animation, and re-photography. Her compositions playfully shift perceptions of reality and artifice.

Clients and Publications
Bloomberg Businessweek
Apple
Meta
Fraction Magazine
Create! Magazine
Talking Pictures

Kelda holds a BFA from the San Francisco Art Institute, an MFA from the Pacific Northwest College of Art, and an MAT from Lewis & Clark College. She is a member of Well Well Projects in Portland and has received multiple grants from the Regional Arts and Culture Council. Her recent artist residencies include the Kala Institute in Berkeley, CA, Jentel in Sheridan, WY, and the Sitka Center for Art and Ecology in Otis, OR. Select works are held in the collection of the Jordan Schnitzer Family Foundation.

Recent Exhibitions
If I had a flower..., Well Well Projects, Portland, OR (2024)
Companians, The Vestibule, Seattle, WA (2023)
Fresh, Klompching Gallery, Brooklyn, NY (2022)

Work available at Klompching Gallery, Koslov Larsen, and Mantel PDX. For other purchase inquiries or freelance opportunities, contact the artist directly.