Born in the United States in 1967, the artist Kelli Yon grew up in Northern California and Munich, Germany. After studying bio-psychology and German as an undergraduate, Yon received an MFA from the California College of Arts in 1997. 

Kelli’s personal practice is photography based social landscapes and concentrates on the investigation of spaces where mental states and belief systems directly inform ones interpretation of place. Her work has been exhibited since 1994 in such venues as Haines Gallery and SF Camerawork in San Francisco, at Nicolai Fine Art in New York, Blankstudios in England, the Secrist Gallery in Chicago and Blue Sky in Portland, Oregon.