On Exhibit

Visit the Library’s gallery space upstairs to view Ms. Kelly’s work. 
More can also be found on the main floor.

Martta Kelly has been a digital photographer for 13 years, using an iPhone exclusively. Her favorite subjects are flowers, trees, animals, abandoned structures, architecture, street scenes, and anything quirky that captures her imagination.

In addition to the Verona Public Library, her work has been featured at Studio Montclair; Montclair Public Library; West Caldwell Public Library; Berkshire-Hathaway Real Estate Gallery, Montclair; 1650 Gallery, Los Angeles; iPhone Art Exhibit, St. Helena, CA; Sixteen Mile Arts, Milton, Ontario; P1xels at an Exhibition (online, now defunct); and the International Black and White Spider Awards, where she won Honorable Mentions in both the Photojournalism and Silhouette categories. In 2025, she took first place in the photography category at the Essex County Senior Citizens Juried Art Show, for her photo, Blue Heron. In 2024,her photo, Cherry Blossom Princess, also won first place at the same show and received an Honorable Mention in the non-professional photography category at the statewide competition. Some of her work was recently featured in an installation at The Oyster Point Hotel Gallery in Red Bank, NJ.

Martta was born and raised in Roseland, NJ, later moving to Caldwell, NJ, where she was graduated from James Caldwell High School. She went on to study journalism at Syracuse University.  Martta currently lives in West Orange, NJ, with her husband, Tom, and their two spoiled tabby cats. She has worked as a medical writer for more than two decades.