Trek Thunder Kelly is an American artist based in Venice, California. He achieved national recognition with his performance-art candidacy in the 2003 gubernatorial recall election in California. Kelly wore only the color blue for the year preceding the vote, and championed his consistency during the campaign.[1][2] During the campaign, Kelly was a contestant on Game Show Network's Who Wants to Be Governor of California show, and afterwards, he appeared in How Arnold Won the West, a documentary about the election.[3][4]

In 2016 the Los Angeles Times profiled his five years of living in a van in Venice Beach.[5] Kelly's painting The Suicide of Frda Kahlo portrays Kahlo as androgynous.[6][7][8]

Kelly was the host of a 30-part video series by Carnival Cruise lines titles GO.[9]

References

  1. ↑ Wilentz, Amy (22 August 2006). I Feel Earthquakes More Often Than They Happen: Coming to California in the Age of Schwarzenegger. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 978-1-4165-3805-9.
  2. ↑ April 13, Joe Garofoli on (13 April 2013). "CA Recall Flashback: Trek Thunder Kelly. Performance Artist". Politics Blog.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  3. ↑ "Who Wants To Be Governor Of California?". www.iol.co.za.
  4. ↑ "How Arnold Won the West". TVGuide.com.
  5. ↑ Biagiotti, Lisa (March 2016). "On the Streets: The art of homelessness". Los Angeles Times.
  6. ↑ Estrada, Oswaldo (11 July 2018). Troubled Memories: Iconic Mexican Women and the Traps of Representation. SUNY Press. ISBN 978-1-4384-7191-4.
  7. ↑ Replicante (in Spanish). RGRV. 2007.
  8. ↑ "Frida Kahlo". catalogo.artium.eus.
  9. ↑ "These cruise lines are the special guest stars of travel TV shows". Los Angeles Times. 29 April 2019.
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