Nelly Kate

Boston, MA

Nelly Kate (she/her) was raised in the American South. She is studio artist with an expanded practice in sound, expressing its material power through tones, tapes, water, wood, metal, and fiber. Her work takes the form of installation, performance, and print.

Over the past decade, Nelly has experienced fluctuations between late-deafness and hearing. This informs her creative research and insistence upon slowness, the awkwardness of inclusion, collaboration, and repetition. Which is to say, she centers disability-led projects and perspectives while convincing more friends and family to learn sign language with her.