Conor Kelly

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Born: Cork, Ireland 1980
Lives: Glasgow, United Kingdom

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



Solo Exhibitions
Solo Project, Glasgow Project Room. (upcoming) 2012
Lampara Descomunal/The Monstrous Lamp, Kunstverein Arnsberg. 2011
The Revolutionary Haircut, Glasgow Project Room. 2009
A Brief History Of Wormroot, Engine Room Gallery, Belfast. 2007



Group Exhibitions
2012
The Beast That Shouted Love at the Heart of the World, + 44 141 Gallery,
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, Exeter Phoenix Gallery, Exeter.
Members show, Transmissions Gallery, Glasgow.

2010
muhl-tuh-fair-ee-uhs, SunBear Gallery, Edinburgh.
Must I Paint You A Picture? Members Show, Transmission Gallery, Glasgow.
Turn It On Again, SWG3 Projects, Glasgow International Festival.
Saltwater, The Tall Ship, Glasgow Harbour, Glasgow International Festival.
Say What What Way, Shopat34 Artist-run-space, London.
Open West 2010, Summerfield Gallery, University of Gloucestershire,
Cheltenham.

2009
Posthumous Hummus, A.Vermin, Glasgow.
Arts Council of Northern Ireland - Recent Acquisitions,
The Braid Mid-Antrim Museum, Ballymena, Northern Ireland.
The Revolutionary Haircut, Glasgow Project Room. (solo)
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 .
Old And New, Pentagon Gallery, Glasgow.
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
The Commuter Nightmare, Engine Room Gallery, Belfast.
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.
Straight, Catalyst Arts, 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.
University of Ulster Degree Show, Belfast.



Bibliography
Mareike Maack �Abstrakte Malerei und Kunst aus dem Scanner� Westf�lische Rundschau, Nr 275, 25/11/2011.
Gaby Decker �Schichten eines K�nstlers� Sauerland Kurier, 27/11/2011.
Talitha Kotz� �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.


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



Projects
Artist's talk at University of Ulster, Belfast. 2011
Artist�s talk at Transmission Gallery, Glasgow (with Anna Tanner). 2010
Void Residency at Curfew Tower, Cushendall, Northern Ireland. 2009
Void Residency at Curfew Tower, Cushendall, Northern Ireland 2009

Publications
�Euphoric Economies�, i Quarterly Magazine Volume 1 Issue 1, i Publications. 2009
�An Adventurer�s Guide To The Subjugation Of The Island Of
Sapouti� with Emmett Walsh in cahoots with A Shoal Of Mackerel. 2007