Artspace

Mark
KELLY

Mark Kelly studied printmaking at the Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology and also at the Crawford College of Art and Design Cork. He participated in an exhibition of contemporary Irish art in Scotland; also in Portrait Ireland. Mark has been involved in print shows with the Cork Arts Festival and was awarded a special commendation at the 'Impressions' Open print show in 1996.He further enhanced his studies with courses in Digital Video Production and Information Technology and currently teaches Art, Craft and Design in Galway. His work resides in public and private collections in Ireland and abroad.

EXHIBITIONS

2010

Couleurs d'Irlande

Artspace Group Show

Galerie du Faouedic - Lorient - France

2008

Solo, The Project Room, Artspace Studios, Galway

Galway Culture Night, Artspace Studios

Selects The Project Room, Artspace Studios, Galway, Galway Culture Night

2007

IONTAS Small works exhibition, Sligo Art Gallery.

Artspace 21, Galway Arts Festival, GTI, Fr. Griffin Rd, Galway.

2006
Galway Arts Festival
Artspace Group Show

Open Drawing Exhibtion
The Cathedral Gallery
Limerick

2005
Between Walls,
Norman Villa Gallery
Galway

Portrait Ireland
Newtownbarry House
Wexford

Starraic Gallery
Roundstone
Co Galway

2004
TULCA Festival of Visual Art
University Collage Hospital Galway

Galway/Lorient Festival
Lorient
France

Showcase
Galway Arts Centre

2001
Artspace at the Radisson Hotel
Galway

Artspace 1, Artspace group show,
Siamsa Tire Arts Centre
Tralee, Co Kerry.

2000
Meitheal, Artspace group show
Belltable Arts Centre,
Limerick.

Cork Printmakers. Wandesford Quay Project
Fenton Gallery,
Cork

Summer Works, Artspace group show
Dep, Arts Heritage, Gaeltacht and the Islands
Dublin

1999

IN PARALLEL, contemporary Art from Ireland,
Gracefeilds Arts Centre, Scotland.

1998

IN PRINT, Cork Arts Festival
Cork







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Using everyday objects and materials I am presently investigating socially conscious themes through constructs that engage the viewer in an experience of visual ideas. Ultimately Art is not expression but communication by other means. The language is universal and I'm currently exploring the universe