Troy Kelley

Troy Kelley is Artist Development & Project Manager with Goldman Global Arts, the curators of the Wynwood Walls in Miami and the Houston Bowery Wall in NYC and has been with the company since 2015. Troy was born Barberton, a small town in Northeast Ohio, went to college at The Art Institute of Pittsburgh studying Industrial Design which included 3D design & special effects for film and TV, graduating in 1995. His career trajectory has taken him from creating stained glass windows to an independent record label to a major tire manufacturer pushing that cubicle life. His wife was a sales rep with art publisher Gingko Press Books and was instrumental connecting Troy to get the job at Wynwoodm Walls just as GGA was forming. Troy has managed every artist at the Walls since 2015, including legacy walls by Futura, Kenny Scharf and Shepard Fairey. Building relationships as project manager has enabled a natural progression into Artist Development, as he knows every detail about each artist’s production and style. His education & varied work experience has culminated in applying his artistic background, amicable Midwest attitude and his rabid passion of street art knowledge into his position today. He is a fanboy at heart and puts that authentic passion into his role with GGA and The Wynwood Walls. When he’s not ordering paint, meeting artists, and safety-checking work sites, he bounces between his new home in Los Angeles and Wynwood Walls in Miami.