Kelly Gruber is an interdisciplinary artist and aspiring art historian from St. Louis, Missouri. She graduated in 2016 from the Kansas City Art Institute with a BFA in Fiber and Art History. During her senior year she interned as a research and teaching assistant with art history professor Dr. Sherman Anderson. She spends her days thinking about art, science fiction, and fiber. Her many influences include Star Trek, the Arts and Crafts Movement, the Bauhaus, and Hubble telescope imagery. She then creates hand dyed textiles that blend her interests in the cosmos and creating fabrics by hand.