Kelsey Arrington (American, b. 1992) is an African American fine art photographer and mixed-media artist. Born and raised in Detroit, MI, Arrington earned her BFA in Photography from the College for Creative Studies in 2015 before moving to Washington DC to work in the photographic archives at the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art. In 2020, she returned to her hometown.
Through her artwork, Arrington investigates the depths of identity in the context of American sociocultural anthropology. Working through a process of research and photographic manipulation, she aims to excavate personal truths regarding her own Blackness and womanhood.