Check out Kelly’s next MoFlo retreat in Baja, Mexico at the gorgeous El Campo! Early bird ends March 1!
Kelly is pitching the band Coldplay on an immersive music video collab. Check it out!
Kelly recently collaborated with her daughter,Eyala Wainwright (18), on the most recent article of I SEE YOU SEE online magazine called: FOR THE LOVE OF SEA AND SURF – a mom and daughter story, featuring Kelly’s photography, & Eyala’s surf documentary THE CORNER CULTURE, which has over 7,000 views on YouTube. Check them both out!
Kelly collaborated with her son,Ezra Wainwright (15), on the Kiosk of Curiosity public art project, designing a bubble-gum pink fantasy streetscape of downtown Cape Town called THINK PINK using 3D printing. Curated by Mission for Inner City Cape Town. Now on view downtown Cape Town at St. Georges Mall.
Kelly Wainwright is a multidisciplinary artist, movement facilitator, writer, and creative producer working across painting, installation, photography, text — and her signature movement practice, MoFlo (Movement + Floorwork).
Her practice spans vivid abstraction and large-scale, immersive experiences — from collapsing PB&J sculptures to women bathing in milk beneath wide skies. Whether through paint, fabric, sound, movement, or ritual, her work explores how we connect, and come alive.
Kelly is teaching MoFlo (movement & floorwork) classes every Friday at the Kalk Bay Community Center from 10:30-11:30. Classes start again on January 23, after the holidays. Don’t have FOMO! Go check it out after a dip in the tidal pool & a sauna — all in the same location!
It’s all about bringing people back into their bodies — through play, color, sensory immersion, words, bones, gravity, throw, flop, and float — helping us remember the flavor, the saltiness, the smells, the pulse of being alive.
Renihabiting our own skin again — fully, messily, beautifully.
Rooted in intuition and improvisation, her process is tactile and embodied — a dance between the absurd and the intimate.
“In my painting practice, I embrace raw canvas, unprimed surfaces, and unvarnished expression. I resonate deeply with fearless mark-makers like Richard Serra, Cy Twombly, and Jean-Michel Basquiat. Energy, honesty, and texture are playfully explored, and imperfection is celebrated.”
Based in Cape Town and working globally, Kelly is currently developing two major installation projects, continuing her abstract painting practice, and offering MoFlo classes, workshops, & retreats.
This site offers a window into all of it.
→ Explore the PAINTINGS tab for recent works.
→ Visit TOO MUCH/NOT ENOUGH & KINK for immersive proposals and curator packets.
→ See the MOFLO RETREATS tab for more info on her upcoming MoFlo Retreat in Baja, Mexico
Her podcast — THE WAY WE LIVE, & book of poetic musings — b. Wilder, launch very shortly!
Contemporary Artist: Kelly Wainwright 
I love it, especially the shower pics and your capturing of movement in stills.