Once referred to as "The King of Halloween", the haunting, illustrious and sometimes eccentric Kelli Klymenko, was born in 1972 in Paterson, New Jersey under the name of James Matthew Klymenko. He changed his name at the age of sixteen upon the death-bed of his great grandmother, as a symbol of death and rebirth (which is a theme throughout his life).

He made his first major debut as a visionary photographer at a gallery showing known as "The Nemesis Collective" in 2003 in Manhattan, New York. This spawned the completion of four published photography books formulated from over 19,000 images presented at the 2003 show. He later moved on to writing his first novel, "Finding Angels", published August 1, 2005 [US], which was known as "the seven year project" by those close to him. He formed his production company 'Xenthia Rising Productions' in late 2001.

mini biography by Scott Widitor