Kelly Lycan is an installation and photo-based visual artist who lives and works in Vancouver, British Columbia.
[1] As a solo artist she has exhibited at galleries across Canada and the United States including Presentation House Gallery, Plug In, Institute of Contemporary Art, and Mercer Union.
[2] Lycan's installation and photo-based practice explores the ways in which images and objects exist in the world, and "the way objects are valued, devalued, and revalued, dependent upon their place of display",[3] Interested in the discrepancies between experience and reproduction, Lycan often re-purposes and re-contextualizes ordinary things, referencing the collections and methods of display found in museums, gift shops, and department stores.
Her dual employment of photography and sculpture suggests a fluid relationship between the specifics of each medium.
[14][15] She was also the recipient of the City of Vancouver Live-Work Studio from 2012 to 2015, a competitive award that offers highly regarded Vancouver-based artists low-cost live-work studios for a period of three years in support of their artistic practice.