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Fiona Kelly
Lecturer
Fine Art & Applied Art
BIO
AREA OF EXPERTISE: EXPANDED PRINTMAKING, INSTALLATION AND SCULPTURE
Fiona Kelly makes sculptural objects and printed matter with the aid of her foraged, ever-expanding archive of waste. This archive holds a compendium of debris; its natural and manmade constituents are altered and arranged to narrate human interactions with land and a demarcation of time.
She holds a MA from Crawford College and is continuing her research into the contemporary narrative of land use as a PhD candidate at NCAD, Dublin (2021-2026). She has been awarded numerous residencies including the Leitrim Sculpture Centre; The Burren College of Art; Art Students League of New York, USA; BIAP, Platform China, and is a European Pépinières pour Jeunes Artistes Laurate being Awarded a six month residency at Ratamo, Finland where she produced her debut solo show There are Thousands of Taps Dripping (2013).
Kelly’s work can be found in the public collections of the National Gallery of Ireland, the Crawford Art Gallery, and the Jyväskylä Art Museum, Finland.
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Website: https://fionakelly.co
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BA (HONS) IN CONTEMPORARY APPLIED ART (CERAMICS, GLASS, TEXTILES)
