Michael Kellner earned a Doctor of Philosophy from The Ohio State University, a Master of Fine Arts from the University of Cincinnati, and a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Louisville. He joined CCAD in 2019 and was promoted to Professor in 2025. In 2022, he was recognized with a CCAD Teaching Excellence Award.
In his creative research, Kellner makes drawings and sound pieces and maintains an ongoing collaborative project with Austin, Texas-based visual artist Alexandra Robinson. He is inspired by iterative artmaking practices, graphic notation, and contemporary pop and avant-garde music. Additionally, he researches in the areas of care ethics, perception, play theory, and creativity, striving not only to think about what it means to bring something new into the world but also under what conditions the new is allowed to flourish. From 2021-25, Kellner served as editor for the academic journal FATE in Review, a peer-reviewed journal addressing pedagogy in first-year art and design programs.
