Conor Kelly

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Installation view of 'Do U Feel Like We Do? at Intermedia Gallery, CCA Glasgow 2014.
(Cotton, X-frame, photographic background, studio lights, towels, oil paint, turntable, amplifier, speakers, silicon gel bracelets, screws, inkjet prints, coins, plaster and video paint.) Photo: Tom Nolan

'Science Fiction (Uakari)'
2014
Oil on linen

'In Heaven (They breed Mandylions)'
2014
Oil, woodstain and polyethylene on canvas

'False Positive (for Lance Armstrong)'
2014
Oil, inkjet print and tape on polyethylene

Installation view of 'Pentimentos and Soda' at Collective Gallery, Edinburgh as part of New Work Scotland Programme 2013. (l to r) 'Rollies' 2013 and 'The Baroness! (D.B.)'.

'The Baroness! (D.B.)'
2013
Oil on canvas
(56cm x 71cm)

'La Tour du Travail'
2013
Exercise ball station, exercise balls
(Dimensions variable)

'I am a machine whose pressure gauge has gone to pieces!'
2013
Oil on canvas
(102cm x 81cm)

Installation view of 'Pentimentos and Soda' at Collective Gallery, Edinburgh as part of New Work Scotland Programme 2013. (l to r) 'I am a machine whose pressure gauge has gone to pieces!' 2013, 'La Tour du Travail' 2013 and 'The Baroness! (D.B.)' 2013.

'La Tour du Travail'
2013
Exercise ball station, exercise balls
(Dimensions variable)

Ambulance (for Adler Christensen)
2009-2013
Oil on canvas
(56cm x 71cm)

Ambulance (for Thylacinus Cynocephalus)
2013
Oil on canvas
(130cm x 97cm)

Rollies
2013
Towels, acrylic gesso.
(Dimensions variable)

Installation view of 'Golden Years' at Glasgow Project Room 2012. (l to r) 'The Informant (part 3) 2012, 'Pieface (Portrait of the Artist as a Supergrass)' 2012, 'The Informant (part 2)' 2012, 'Elegy To The Fallen Sons And Daughters Of Hip-Hop' 2012, 'The Informant (part 1)' 2012.

Installation view of 'Golden Years' at Glasgow Project Room 2012. (l to r) 'The Informant (part 1)' 2012, 'Golden Hours (Golden Age)' 2012 and 'Foreign Holiday' 2012. Photo Ruth Clark.

'Elegy To The Fallen Sons And Daughters Of Hip-Hop'
2012
Oil, acrylic and spraypaint on canvas
(103cm x 128cm)

'Golden Hours (Golden Age)'
2012
Oil and acrylic on canvas
(120cm x 120cm)

'The Informant (part 3)
2012
Steel, perforated leather, wood, oil, acrylic & spraypaint.
(Dimensions variable)

'The Informant (part 1)
2012
Steel, perforated leather, spring scale, acrylic & spraypaint.

Installation view of 'Golden Years' at Glasgow Project Room 2012. (l to r) 'The Informant (part 2)' 2012, 'Elegy To The Fallen Sons And Daughters Of Hip-Hop' 2012, 'The Informant (part 3)' 2012.

Installation view of 'The Beast That Shouted Love At The Heart Of The World' at +44 141 Gallery, Glasgow (with Mark Briggs and Jim Colquhoun) (l to r) 'Erotic Misery Machine' 2012 and 'Black Lungs (for David Icke) 2012.

"Erotic Misery Machine'
2012
Plywood, metal, plastic, paint, money, V.C. war medals, magnifying glass, saucisson, button, train ticket, cold sore cream, spoon, stones etc..
(Dimensions Variable)

'Black Lungs (for David Icke)'
2012
Oil on canvas
(69cm x 81cm)

Installation View of 'The Monstrous Lamp' Kunstverein Arnsberg 2011.

Installation view of (l to r) 'K-Hole/The Peacock Angel' and 'Don't Switch Dicks in the Middle of a Screw, Vote Nixon in '72' at Transmission Gallery, Glasgow 2011.

Installation View of 'Turn It On Again' at SWG3 Projects with Niall Macdonald and Emmett Walsh as part of Glasgow International 2010. Foreground includes 'benchs', a collaborative piece.

'Three Decades of Non-Stop Pornographic Innovation'
2010
Oil on canvas
(80cm x 97cm)

'Black Lungs (for Vera Lynn)'
2010
Oil on canvas
(80cm x 97cm)

Installation View of 'Turn It On Again' at SWG3 Projects with Niall Macdonald and Emmett Walsh as part of Glasgow International 2010.

Installation View at Glasgow Project Room 2009. Including (l to r) 'Reqiuem for the Proxies (No 1)' 2009, 'To Every Projector And Adventurer' 2009 and 'The Revolutionary Haircut' 2009.

Conor Kelly

1980 born in Cork, Ireland

Lives in Glasgow, United Kingdom

Education

2008 MFA, Glasgow School of Art
2002 BA Fine & Applied Arts, University of Ulster, Belfast.

Grants

2013 Artist Development Bursary, Creative Scotland
2010 Creative Development Grant, Creative Scotland
2010 Culture & Sport Glasgow Visual Arts Grant Scheme
2009 Culture & Sport Glasgow Visual Arts Grant Scheme
2006 Mackendrick Scholarship (Glasgow School of Art)
2003 Arts Council of Northern Ireland Individual Artist Award

Solo Exhibitions

2014 'Do U Feel Like We Do?, Intermedia, CCA, Glasgow.
2013 'Pentimentos and Soda', Collective, Edinburgh.
2012 'Conor Kelly's Golden Years', Glasgow Project Room, Glasgow.
2011 'Lampara Descomunal/The Monstrous Lamp, Kunstverein Arnsberg.
2009 'The Revolutionary Haircut', Glasgow Project Room, Glasgow.
2007 ‘A Brief History Of Wormroot’, Engine Room Gallery, Belfast.

Group Exhibitions

2014
True Places Never Are, Youghal, Cork. (Aug 14)
Cryptids, Glasgow Project Room (with Liam Allan, Amelia Bywater, Luke Collins, Nick Evans and Shireen Taylor) (curator).
Vision & Values / Member’s Show, Transmission Gallery, Glasgow.
Things go Dark (with Fiona Burke, Michael Canning, David Godbold, Conor Kelly, Elizabeth Magill, Eoin McHugh, Stephen McKenna, Alison Pilkington, Jennifer Trouton.) The Model, Sligo.

2013
Nuggets, Voidoid Archive, Glasgow.
Prismism / Member’s Show, Transmission Gallery, Glasgow.

2012
'P.D.A Curtain Showroom', The Telfer Gallery, Glasgow.
'The Beast That Shouted Love At The Heart Of The World' +44 141 Gallery, SWG3, Glasgow. (with Mark Briggs and Jim Colquhoun)

2011
'Haunt', The Old Hairdressers, Glasgow.
'Overseas – Jahresgaben 2011', Kunstverein Arnsberg.
'SAM DEROUNIAN ALEX IMPEY FLORRIE JAMES CONOR KELLY
GRAHAM KELLY KARI ROBERTSON TESSA LYNCH CHARLOTTE
PRODGER MICHAEL SMITH', Transmission Gallery, Glasgow.
'Exeter Contemporary Open 2011', Phoenix Gallery, Exeter.
'Members' Show', Transmission Gallery, Glasgow.

2010
'muhl-tuh-fair-ee-uhs', SunBear Gallery, Edinburgh.
'Shall I Paint You A Picture?' Members Show, Transmission Gallery, Glasgow.
'Turn It On Again' SWG3 Projects, Glasgow International 2010.
'Saltwater' The Pumphouse, Glasgow Harbour, Glasgow International 2010.
'Say What What Way' Shop at 34 Artist-run-space, London.
'Open West 2010' Summerfield Gallery, University of Cheltenham.

2009
'Posthumous Hummus', A.Vermin, Glasgow.
'Arts Council of Northern Ireland - Recent Acquisitions',
The Braid Mid-Antrim Museum, Ballymena, Northern Ireland.
'Disparition', Zero Station, Portland, ME, U.S.A.
'How to Manage When Everything is a Priority', The Grace and Clark Fyfe Gallery, Glasgow School of Art.

2008
'Jahresgaben 2008', Kunstverein Arnsberg, Arnsberg.
'And So It Goes', Artnews Projects, Berlin.
‘MFA Degree Show’, Tramway, Glasgow.
‘Flock GLASGOW-TLV’, Bezalel Gallery, Tel Aviv.
‘Arts Council of Northern Ireland - Recent Acquisitions’ The Carnegie Centre, Larne.

2007
‘The Weirding and the Uncanny’, Glasgow School of Art.
‘MFA Interim Show’, Glasgow School of Art.
'Student Exhibition', Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh.

2006
‘Group Show’, Engine Room Gallery, Belfast.

2005
‘Group Show’, Clotworthy Arts Centre, Antrim.
‘Group Show’, Engine Room Gallery, Belfast.

2004
‘Group Show’, Church Lane Gallery, Belfast.
‘Drawing Conclusions’, Waterfront Hall, Belfast.

2003
‘Trust in Art’, Hillsborough Castle, Hillsborough.
'no distance’, Space Gallery, Belfast.
‘Integrating 4’, Engine Room Gallery, Belfast.

2002
‘Group Show’, Gallerie Zurich, Belfast.
‘RDS Travelling Exhibition’, RDS Dublin, Church Gallery, Limerick, University of Ulster, Belfast.
‘Summer Show’, Engine Room Gallery, Belfast.
‘Degree Show’, University of Ulster, Belfast.

Projects

2011 Artist Talk at University of Ulster, Belfast.
2010 Artist Talk with Anna Tanner at Transmission Gallery, Glasgow.
2009 Void Gallery Artist's Residency at Curfew Tower, Cushendall,
Northern Ireland.
2009 ‘Euphoric Economies’, i Quarterly Magazine Volume 1 Issue 1, i Publications.
2007 ‘An Adventurer’s Guide To The Subjugation Of The Island Of
Sapouti’ Artists' Book with Emmett Walsh in cahoots with A
Shoal Of Mackerel.

Collections

The Arts Council of Northern Ireland
The Carvill Group

Bibliography

Mareike Maack ‘Abstrakte Malerei und Kunst aus dem Scanner’ Westfälische Rundschau, Nr 275, 25/11/2011.
Gaby Decker ‘Schichten eines Künstlers’ Sauerland Kurier, 27/11/2011.
Talitha Kotzé ‘Must I Paint You A Picture ?’ The List (Issue 660), 2 July 2010.
Sean P Feeny ‘Memorializing Roger Casement’ Donegal News, No144, Monday, August 31st, 2009.
Liz Shannon ‘Glasgow School of Art MFA Degree Show’ The List, Issue 605, Jun-Jul 2008.
Slavka Sverakova ‘Belfast 3-13 September 2007’ Circa 122, Winter 2007.
Jenny Lee ‘Distance wins the day’ The Irish News, 23rd August 2003.

Links

www.gsamfa.com
www.glasgowinternational.org
www.re-title.com/artists/conor-kelly.asp

Contact

Ground Right,
11 Nairn Street,
Glasgow,
G3 8SE.
Phone: 0141 5869461
Email: conorjkelly@hotmail.com