In April 2006 Kelsey began a relationship with the San Diego, California, indie band Grand Ole Party doing the cover art for their EP release that year.
The artwork is titled "Iris" and featured in Brookes' new "Meditations on Symmetry" series on display in Malibu, California in 2012.
[3] According to his website, "Kelsey's figurative paintings draw influence from Hindu and Buddhist deities, exotic animals and sex, as well as rustic American quilts.
Each figure is adorned with ghostly representations of the natural world... animals and plants that unfold from the body into the surrounding canvas.
We wanted to set up that type of relationship.”[5] 2017: "1.618 Monoprints" Pace Prints, New York, NY 2017[6] "The Mathematics Underlying Art" Jacob Lewis Gallery, New York, NY[7] "Position" Library Street Collective, Detroit, MI [8] 2015: "Psychedelic Space" Quint Gallery, La Jolla, CA[9] "Plants Of The Gods" Eric Firestone Gallery, East Hampton, NY[10] 2013: "Better Living Through Chemistry" Judith Charles Gallery, New York, NY [11] 2012: "Meditations on Symmetry" - Malibu, CA[12] 2009: "Kelsey Brookes: BIGGER, BRIGHTER, BOLDER" - Quint Contemporary Art, La Jolla CA[citation needed] 2008: "Kelsey Brookes"- New Image Gallery, Los Angeles, CA[citation needed] 2007: "Supernumerary"- Milieu Galerie/Artspace, Bern, CH[citation needed] 2009: "HOMING IN: An Exhibition of 50 San Diego Artist" @ Quint Contemporary Art - La Jolla, CA 2008: "Kids Today" @ Semi Permanent Conference- StupidKrap.com, Sydney, AU "Poster Renaissance 2"- New Image Art, Los Angeles, US 2007: "Santa's Ghetto"- Pictures on Walls, Bethlehem, Palestine "Replace 'Please' with Fast & 'Thank you' with Good"- Lab 101, Los Angeles, US "Aqua Art Miami" @ Art Basel- New Image Art Gallery, Miami, US "Brodeo"- New Image Art Gallery, Los Angeles, US "Ten Years After..."- Colette, Paris, FR "The Return of Sanity"- Andenken Gallery, Denver, US 2006: "Santa's Ghetto"- Pictures on Walls, London, UK "The 125th Anniversary of the Internet"- Fecal Face, Black Market Gallery, Los Angeles, US "TNT Inside-Out"- Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, San Diego, US "Stench"- Lazarides Gallery, London, UK 2005: "Santa's Ghetto"- Pictures on Walls, London, UK