Carly Creley

Carly Creley is a painter and photographer from Los Feliz in Los Angeles, California. She holds masters degrees in Environmental Science and in Education, and uses art to share her experiences in the natural world with others. Carly loves hiking, camping, and exploring new places. In addition to teaching science, Carly leads an annual volunteer week in Sequoia National Park, and is a guide at Griffith Observatory. Her work has been exhibited at Art Share L.A., the Ronald H. Silverman Fine Arts Gallery at California State University, Los Angeles, and galleries throughout Southern California. Her art has been published in Spectrum, The Sand Canyon Review, and East Jasmine Review. Her scientific research on tree squirrels has been published in the Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences. You can find her recent work here.

Carly’s project, submitted to “An Exhibition of Decolonial Transborder Art,” is entitled Environmental Justice in the Imperial Valley, a documentary on California’s own Imperial Valley. The Imperial Valley is beloved, but air pollution, water pollution, poverty, and human rights issues plague local residents. This project examines the hidden inequities and environmental justice issues that disproportionately affect residents and agricultural workers in the region.