Artist Happy Hour Series: Kelly and Kyle Phelps

Kelly and Kyle Phelps create high relief figurative ceramic narratives influenced by their blue-collar background. The use of the figure can be the perfect vehicle to talk about topics like race, class, politics, environment, religion, sexuality, gender, poverty, war, and other issues of our time.

The identical twin brothers grew up in a blue-collar/factory environment in Indiana where they were inspired by the working class. They work together to combine hand crafted figurative works with found objects from actual factory sites to create narratives that depict the everyday struggles of the common men and women who worked in various manufacturing plants, steel mills, and foundries.

Click to read more about Kelly and Kyle in Ceramics Monthly from December 2016: https://ceramicartsnetwork.org/ceramics-monthly/ceramic-art-and-artists/ceramic-artists/kelly-kyle-phelps-centerville-ohio/
Instagram: @kelly_and_kyle_phelps