Kelly Guo

Kelly Guois a recent graduate from Boston University, earning a BFA in graphic design with minors in business and innovation & entrepreneurship. She grew up in Brooklyn, NYC, where she is currently based. Her work explores the interplay between experiences and joy. Drawing inspiration from cultural traditions and childhood nostalgia, she invites viewers to pause, reflect, and celebrate the beautiful messiness of simply being human. Through a practice of designing interactive components, her work encourages audience participation and fosters a sense of resonance.

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Selected Works
Adumbrate
Unburrowing Time Capsules
Po Sum On

Thesis

Light as Air, Heavy as Time

Before the Air Runs Out (Installation)

Perfect Sunday (Installation)

If No One Could See (Installation)
Catch it While You Can (Workshop)

2025 BFA Thesis Branding

Client Work
guts.
Gelly (MIT)
Spheric Bio (MIT)

Exhibition / Installation
Sown Together
BU Beach Wishing Tree
Modular Alphabet

Branding / Campaign
Security Magnet
GovBall
Multiple Formats

Event Planning
Catch it While You Can
Untangle Launch Parties
Untangle Workshops
Untangle Photoshoot

Posters
I Love / I Hate
Boston Out Loud

Social Media
Pentel of America

Archive
Community Installation
Alphabet Posters
Studio Ghibli Cookbook
Order In Chaos
Kelly’s Animated Personas
On This Day

If No One Could See

Thesis Installation
2025

This installation invites the audience to share a secret or a confession using invisible ink pens. The installation is creating a platform that is feels both public and private. Though it is in a public space, participants are intentionally choosing to explore another person’s response. Using UV lights to unveil these hidden responses slows the process, encouraging curiosity, care, and reflection in a way that contrasts with the immediacy of fully exposed text.