Kelley Nicole Palmer 

Born 1980, Charlotte, NC

Lives + Works in Hudson Valley, NY

EDUCATION

Collage + Mixed Media, 2023

92nd St. Y, New York, NY

Soil as Art: Elegy and Revival, 2024

Swiss Institute, New York, NY

Today Special, 2024

Swiss Institute, New York, NY

The Color Blue: A Material, An Energy, A Feeling, 2024

Swiss Institute, New York, NY

Red and Black: Symbols, Language, and the Stories We Tell, 2024

Swiss Institute, New York, NY

Art Making and Preservation: Ecologies, Legacies, and Conservation, 2025

Swiss Institute, New York, NY

Art Objects: Found, Made and the Everyday, 2025

Swiss Institute, New York, NY

Light, Matter, and Being, 2026

Swiss Institute, New York, NY

CERTIFICATIONS

Evolution Yoga, Harrisburg, NC - 200 Hour Yoga Teacher Training

December 2013 - May 2014

Enlighten Yoga, Charlotte, NC - Prenatal Teacher Training

September 2017

Yoga For 12 Step Recovery Training

2018

Accessible Yoga Teacher Training

2018

I AM Yoga, Charlotte, NC - 300 Hour Yoga Teacher Training

January 2019 

EXHIBITIONS

Are We Free Yet, 2024 

Citrine Gallery,

Vapa Center, Charlotte, NC 

Fantastical Resistance, 2025 

Arts Factory at JSCU

Charlotte, NC 

COMMISSIONS

Breathe Yourself Into BEing, Mixed Media Collage, 11” x 14”, 2021

Philadelphia, PA

The Field Is Full Of Beauty, Mixed Media Collage, 11” x 14”, 2022

Philadelphia, PA

Vessel, Mixed Media Collage, 11” x 14”, 2022

Philadelphia, PA

Get Fresh Daily Ten Point Plan, 10 panel series, 4” x 6” panels, 2022

Philadelphia, PA

RESIDENCIES

Folklore & Collage 2025 Virtual Artist Residency

Kolaj Institute, New Orleans, LA

December 2025 - January of 2026

AWARDS

Evolution Yoga NC YTT Scholarship

Black Yoga Teacher Alliance Conference Scholarship

Rod Stryker Scholarship 

Healing Informed YTT Scholarship

Amplify and Activate Self Care Revolutionary Award

YS12R Training Scholarship 

Revolution WithIn Kripalu Scholarship

FEATURES

Honor [ Don’t Appropriate] Yoga Teacher Training 2020-2022

Maha Vira Yoga Teacher Training 2020-2023

Skill On Action Yoga Teacher Training 2020-2022

Body Positive Yoga Teacher Training 2020

Embody Inclusivity Summit 2019

Honor [ Don’t Appropriate] Yoga Summit’ 2019

I AM YOGA CLT Yoga Teacher Training 2018, 2019

Fare of The Free Child 2018

Body Positive Yoga Podcast 2018

Amplify and Activate Summit 2017, 2018

Mantra Magazine 2017

Pride Magazine 2015