Solo Exhibitions
Home Movies. Allen/Thomas Gallery, Neenah, Wisconsin, 2000
Sunday at the Beach. Performance with Corvus at XoinX Tea Room, Chicago, Illinois, 1998
Method of Happiness. Southern Light Gallery, Amarillo, Texas, 1998
Memento Mori: A Photo Quilt. CAGE Art in the Windows Project, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1991
Selected Exhibitions
Alma Art & Interiors, Chicago, Illinois, 2024
This Long Pursuit, two-person show with Bruce Riley at Oliva Gallery, curated by Kate Roth, Chicago, Illinois, 2024
Alma Art & Interiors, Chicago, Illinois, 2023
Stardust: Artists Inspired by Life Forms from the Cellular to the Celestial, curated by Sal Campbell of the Beverly Area Arts Alliance, Simmerling Gallery, Beverly Arts Center, Beverly, Illinois, 2023
Group Show, Octagon Center for the Arts, Ames, Iowa, 2023
The Best Side, curated by Paul Branton and Sal Campbell of the Beverly Area Arts Alliance, Simmerling Gallery, Beverly Arts Center, Beverly, Illinois, 2022
Women’s Works 2021 – 34th Annual Show, Northwest Arts Council, Woodstock, Illinois, 2021
Blue (online), O’Hanlon Center for the Arts, Mill Valley, California, 2021
Unfinished/Accidents: Art About Serendipity, Manifest, Cincinnati, Ohio, 2020
Beyond Material, Sierra Nevada College, Incline Village, Nevada, 2015
Beyond Material: Through the Surface. Scene Metrospace, East Lansing, Michigan, 2015
Beyond Material: Pattern's Presence. Grand Valley State University, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 2014
Hyperbolic Identities - in ex voto. Gallery Ex Voto, Louisville, Kentucky, 2010
20 Years/20 Artists: An Exhibition of Work by Cty of Cincinnati Artist Grant Recipients – Art Academy of Cincinnati, Ohio, 2010
Three Chicago Artists, Interlochen Arts Academy, Interlochen, Michigan, 2004
Botanica. Flatfile, Chicago, Illinois, 2001
Man/Woman/Child. Flatfile, Chicago, Illinois, 2001
LyonsWier Packer Gallery, Chicago, Illinois, 2000
Quilt. North Park University, Chicago, Illinois, 2000
Homage: The Vintage Photograph. Aron Packer Gallery, Chicago, Illinois, 1999
The Photograph Transformed. Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, Illinois, 1998
Lithographic Works from Mark Patsfall Graphics. Aronoff Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1998
Earthly Impressions, presented by the American Cultural Center in Prague and sponsored by the Ohio Arts Council. Traveled to the Castle Museum, Trebic; the Cultural House, Bechyne; and the American Cultural Center, Prague. 1997
The Altered and Planned Photograph. Presented by Aron Packer Gallery, Chicago, Illinois, 1997
Michael Cosar Galerie, Dusseldorf, Germany. 1996
Searching for Ground: Reconfiguring the Family Album, University of Colorado at Boulder, 1996
Recent Acquisitions. Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1993
Grants and Residencies
Individual Artist Program Grant, City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs & Special Events, Chicago, Illinois, 2023/2024
Farwell House Artist in Residency, Frederick, Illinois, 2023
Community Arts Assistance Program, City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs, Chicago, Illinois, 1999, 1997, 1996
Ucross Foundation Residency, Ucross, Wyoming, 1992
Cincinnati Arts Allocation Committee Grant, 1991-1992
Publications
Square Magazine, Issue 1001. http://www.squaremag.org/2019/04/issue-1001-is-out/
Joelle Hoverson, "kelly's mittens," More Last-Minute Knitted Gifts, pp. 58-60, Stewart, Tabori and Chang, 2010
Joelle Hoverson, "kelly's pincushions," Last-Minute Patchwork + Quilted Gifts, pp. 45-47, Stewart, Tabori and Chang, 2007
Stein, Lisa, “Old Arts Find New Practitioners,” Chicago Tribune, Tempo Sections, February 11, 1999
Smith, Shawn Michelle, “Fragile Testimony: Family Photographs and Kelly McKaig’s DreamWorlds,” Frontiers: A Journal of Women Studies, Volume XIX, Number 3, 1998
Lattimore, Steve, Circumnavigation Stories. Cover photograph. Houghton Mifflin Company, 1998
Photo Metro, Volume 14, Issue 140, pp. 18-19, September, 1996
Pinhole Journal, Volume 8, #3, p. 24, December, 1992
Selected Collections
Cincinnati Art Museum
Cincinnati Bell
Graham Nash
Ucross Foundation, Wyoming
Education
2024, Hyde Park Art Center Professional Pathways Bridge Program, Chicago, Illinois
2017, Human Marks, Drawing, Stitching, Batik and Bookmaking, Dorothy Caldwell, Shakerag Workshops, Tennessee
2013, Master Class, Tactile Notebooks and the Written Word, Sandra Brownlee. Cat in the Hat Textiles, Newburgh, Scotland
2013, Three Ls and Three Cs: Two Clusters for Spinners' Delight and Edification, Deborah Robson. Kentucky Sheep and Fiber Festival
2012, Botanical Alchemy, India Flint. Cleveland, Ohio
2011, Landskin, India Flint. West Chester, Pennsylvania
2010, A Walk in the Woods, India Flint. Shakerag Workshops, Tennessee
2008, Spinning workshop, Leslie Hauck. The Spinners Loft, Nova Scotia, Canada
University of Iowa, B.A. English, 1988