About Kelly Towles

Kelly Towles is a Washington DC based artist.

Kelly was born in the US in Ohio, then moved to Australia to grow up in the middle of the desert in Alice Springs.

Kelly had kangaroos as pets and grew up watching BBC 1. This started the love affair with anime viewing shows such as Astro Boy, Danger Mouse and Space Battleship Yamato. He returned to the US after middle school.

Kelly Graduated from UMD where he meet his amazing wife Virginia.

They currently have 1 son and a saucy siberian husky.

Kelly Towles has painted murals in Tokyo, Taipei, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Las Vegas, and the Austin, to name a few. Studio work is always pushing forward with engraved tile as a canvas.

Currently based in Washington DC, Kelly Towles is the Director and Curator of DC WALLS MURAL FESTIVAL.