Kelly Guo

Kelly Guois a recent graduate from Boston University, earning a BFA in graphic design with minors in business and innovation & entrepreneur-ship. 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 a moment 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

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

Multiple
Formats

Visual Identity, Motion graphic
2024

Multiple Formats is an annual Contemporary Art Book Symposium weaves together conversations about artist books and higher education, pedagogical practices involving artist books, artist advocacy, and artist book distribution, collection, and access. Intended to be an elastic and inclusive forum for discussions about artist book publishing, Multiple Formats pays particular attention to publishing by graphic designers, the use and creation of artist books in visual arts programs, publishing as a personal and collaborative process, and other topics of interest.