# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mike-kelley
# Generated: 2026-08-13T11:08:14.639Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mike-kelley"
name: "Mike Kelley"
slug: "mike-kelley"
description: "Michael Kelley was an American artist whose work involved found objects, textile banners, drawings, assemblage, collage, performance, photography, sound and video. He also worked on curatorial projects; collaborated with many other artists and musicians; and left a formidable body of critical and creative writing. He often worked collaboratively and had produced projects with artists Paul McCarthy, Tony Oursler, and John Miller. Writing in The New York Times, in 2012, Holland Cotter described the artist as \"one of the most influential American artists of the past quarter century and a pungent commentator on American class, popular culture and youthful rebellion.\""
tagline: "American artist (1954–2012)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/4d/Mike_Kelley_-_Ectoplasm_Photograph_7%2C_1978.jpeg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Artists"
  slug: "artists"
profileType:
  name: "Artist"
  slug: "artist"
birthDate: "1954-10-27"
deathDate: "2012-01-31"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           51.25
  momentum:             1.8830242510699
  historical:           15.24709333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2246947/"
    handle:    "nm2246947"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.mikekelley.com/"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%83_%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%89_(%D9%81%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%86)"
    title: "ميك كيلى (فنان)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Kelley"
    title: "Mike Kelley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Kelley"
    title: "Mike Kelley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Kelley"
    title: "Mike Kelley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Kelley"
    title: "Mike Kelley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Kelley_(artist)"
    title: "Mike Kelley (artist)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Kelley"
    title: "Mike Kelley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Kelley"
    title: "Mike Kelley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Kelley"
    title: "Mike Kelley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Kelley"
    title: "Mike Kelley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9E%E3%82%A4%E3%82%AF%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B1%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC_(%E7%8F%BE%E4%BB%A3%E7%BE%8E%E8%A1%93%E5%AE%B6)"
    title: "マイク・ケリー (現代美術家)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Kelley"
    title: "Mike Kelley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Kelley"
    title: "Mike Kelley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Kelley"
    title: "Mike Kelley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%BB%D0%B8%2C_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BA_(%D1%85%D1%83%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%B6%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BA)"
    title: "Келли, Майк (художник)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Kelley"
    title: "Mike Kelley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Kelley"
    title: "Mike Kelley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/dff368da-83c0-4ab5-a668-1646ccce736a"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q543294"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump