A.D.Kelley
The “Third Culture Kid”


a “Short” Biography

Some historical / cultural context provided

Born - Miami Beach

  • Hollywood, Florida US (Age 0 – 4)

  • Vietnam war

  • Republican Dwight D. Eisenhower / Richard M. Nixon

  • Democrat John F. Kennedy / Lyndon B. Johnson

Birmingham, Alabama US (Age 4 - 5)

  • A focal point of the Civil Rights Movement, with the Birmingham Campaign of 1963 and the Civil Rights Act of 1964 playing key roles in challenging segregation and paving the way for desegregation and equality. 

  • Cuban missile crisis

Clarksville, Tennessee US (Age 5)

Saint Charles, Missouri US (Age 5 - 6)

  • Assassination of John F. Kennedy

  • Democrat Lyndon B. Johnson / Hubert H. Humphrey

Marietta, Georgia US (Age 6-7)

Primary / Elementary School

Ndola, Zambia in Africa (Age 8 -9)

  • Kenneth Kaunda the first president of Zambia

  • Learned how to swim

  • Assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee

Smyrna, Georgia US (Age 9)

  • Assassination of Robert F. Kennedy

Pembroke Pines and Hollywood, Florida US (Age 10 - 13)

  • Played Little League

  • Football (Pembroke Pines Rams)

    Middle School

  • Pony League baseball

  • Certified Red Cross Lifeguard

  • Started swimming competitively (olympic style meets)

  • Republican Richard M. Nixon / Spiro Agnew

  • Apollo 11 Launch July 16, 1969,

    • Moon Landing - July 20, 1969, at 20:18 UTC. Armstrong became the first to step onto the lunar surface six hours later on July 21 at 02:56 UTC

Tehran, Iran in the Middle East Age (13 – 17)

  • Tehran American School (TAS). Tehran, Iran

  • Summer baseball league TYBA - (Padres) The only player in the league to hit a home run. Made the Allstar team

  • Snow skinning - Dizin International Ski Resort, Gajereh, Alborz Province

  • Watergate scandal - result of the June 17, 1972 break-in at the Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate office complex in Washington, D.C

  • Nixon resigned August 8, 1974

  • Mohammad Reza Pahlavi - Shāhanshāh (Emperor - “king of kings”) of Iran

  • 1974 Republican Gerald Ford became president September 8,

  • Vietnam war ended with the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975

Smyrna, Georgia US (Age 17 – 18)

  • Democrat Jimmy Carter / Walter Mondale

Guam - a US territory in the Mariana Islands in the Pacific Ocean. (Age 18 – 19)

  • Graduated High School - https://www.gwhsgeckos.com

  • Quarterback of the football team - Geckos #12

  • Played semi-pro baseball in an adult baseball league against military unit teams and foreign and domestic civilian teams

  • First Job - J&G Payless

  • Certified as an open water scuba diver (PADI)

After high school:

I went to visit my moms’ side of the family in Livingston, Scotland and Edinburgh, Scotland (Age 19 – 20)

College:

  • Americus, Georgia US (Age 20 – 26) 10 miles from Plains GA (Jimmy Carter)

    • Graduated with BFA in painting and drawing

    • President of "Artists Associated"

    • On-campus housing Resident Assent

    • Student Body Chief Justice

  • Job - Pat’s Place in Americus, GA

  • Iran hostage crisis - November 4, 1979 – January 20, 1981

  • Democrat Jimmy Carter / Walter Mondale

  • Republican Ronald Reagan / George Bush

After College (“Adulting” and Making Art):

Atlanta, Georgia US (Age 26 – 28)

  • Married my first wife Julie

  • Started painting, drawing using pastels and making mono-prints

  • Started using my first computer to make art. A Commodore 64

  • Job - House of Frames Marietta, GA

  • Republican Ronald Reagan / George Bush

Chicago, Illinois US (Age 28 – 32)

  • Moved to Chicago supporting my wife’s desire to be near here dad’s family.

  • Job - Artists’ Frame Service - Art Conservation of private and corporate Art collections.

    Made some promotional videos of the Art conservation process quality measures employed

  • Started Creating Computer Art "ADK Graphics"

    • Vista / Targa (.tga) on a Windows DOS 386 Gateway 40 MB HD 5..5 floppy drive

  • Republican George Bush / Dan Quayle

Atlanta, Georgia (Age 32 – 37)

  • Moved Back to Atlanta so support my wife’s desire to be close to here ailing father

  • Jobs -

    • Light Visions - 3D animation

      • Animator, Using Digital Arts 3D modeling and animation system with an early version of Pixar’s render code (all command line, no GUI available).

      • Project Manager, Computer systems administrator and film processesing

      • Worked on post production projects with Vanderkloot Film and Television

        Orion Pictures: Robo-Cop 3

    • Spectragrafika Corporate Communications

      • Producer, Production Manager, System Administrator, Film processing

    • Video Equipment Consulting)

  • Democrat William J. Clinton / Albert Gore, Jr.

Smyrna, Georgia US (Age 37 – 42)

  • Jobs - Multisoft / BellSouth (FTE - IT Management)

  • Democrat William J. Clinton / Albert Gore, Jr.

  • Republican George W. Bush / Richard Cheney

  • September 11, 2001. attack World Trade Center Towers

  • Got my first motorcycle, a Yamaha V-Star Classic - Toured and photographed the Blue Ridge and Appellation Mountains

  • Wife’s father passed away

  • Separated from my first wife

Decatur, Georgia US (Age 42 – 47)

  • Went on a 3 week spiritual, arts and cultural tour of Japan by my self during “Golden Week” spring celebrations

  • Job - Electronic Data Systems (FTE - IT Management)

  • Republican George W. Bush / Richard Cheney

Adulting, Making Art and living in the south (Atlanta) was inconsistent with what I wanted out of life.
Left my wife, my job and Atlanta.

Edgewater, New Jersey (Age 47 – 48)

  • Job - AXA Equitable (FTE - IT Management)

  • Divorced my first wife

Manhattan - New York, NY (UWS) (Age 48 – 61)

  • Married Christine the most wonderful woman on the planet.

  • Democratic Barack Obama / Joseph Biden

  • Jobs :

    • AXA Equitable (FTE - IT Management)

    • Major League Baseball - Office of the Commissioner (FTE - IT Management)

    • TEKSystems (IT Management Consulting)

    • Interactive Data Pricing and Reference Data Inc.(FTE - IT Management)

    • Infosys (IT Management Consulting)

    • Kintyre / Turnberry Solutions Inc - Bluebell, PA (IT Management Consulting)

    • ITPeople Network (ITPN) (IT Management Consulting)

    • Cognizant (IT Management Consulting)

    • CS Technology (IT Management Consulting)

  • Republican Donald Trump / Mike Pence

West Shokan, Near Woodstock, NY Age 61 - to present

  • Democrat Joe Biden / Kamala Harris

  • Got my second motorcycle, an Indian Scout 60

  • Started snow skiing again.

  • Acquired a professional mirrorless digital 35mm camera and started doing photography again

  • Jobs -

    • Arch Systems Inc. (IT Management Consulting)

    • Sun Technologies (IT Management Consulting)

    • Currently - Burwood Group Inc.(IT Management Consulting - Blockchain, Artificial Intelligence and Web 3.O / Metaverse)

  • Republican Donald Trump / JDVance

  • Started Making Art - 80kArt.Studio - Fine Art, Digital photography / astrophotography, and digital Art.