Galerie Uhn
Kelly M. O'Brien
Play With Fire No. 55 (Edgy 9), 2017, Paper, spray paint, flame, 38x38 cm
This May Be Under the Stated Weight (Aftermath), 2019, Steel, glass, paper, thread,
tulle, plastic. 230 x 350 x 122 cm
A Cover for Some Secret Fragility, 2019, Wolle, Glas, Aluminium, 40 x 80 x 15 cm
Biography
Born 1963 in Norfolk, Virginia, USA
Master of Arts, Human Development, George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA
Bachelor of Arts, International Studies and French, Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, USA
Master of Fine Art, Bath Spa University, Bath, United Kingdom (2019)
Selected Exhibitions
2020
Galerie Uhn, Königstein, Germany
2019
Bath Spa University
Locksbrook Gallery, Bath, UK
Centrespace, Bristol, UK
MA Degree Show, Bath
Spa University, Bath, UK
Wells Art Contemporary, Wells, UK
Kunstverein Familie Montez, Frankfurt, Germany
Atkinson Gallery, Street, UK
44AD Art Space, Bath, UK
2018
Galerie Uhn, Königstein, Germany
Centrespace, Bristol, UK
Black Swan, Frome, UK
MFA Interim Show, Bath Spa University, Bath, UK
The Cells Residency, Trowbridge, UK
2017
Black Swan, Frome, UK
Stadtgalerie, Bad Soden, Germany
Galerie Uhn, Königstein, Germany
ACEarts Gallery, Somerton, UK
44AD Art Space, Bath, UK
Lifespan Cancer Center, East Greenwich, RI, US
2016
grassgrün, Frankfurt, Germany
2015
Women and Infants Hospital, Providence, RI, US
44AD Art Space, Bath, UK
Royal United Hospital, Bath, UK
Bristol Art Museum, Bristol, RI, US
Galerie Uhn, Königstein, Germany
The National Institutes of Health Gallery, Bethesda, MD, US
Hoxie Gallery, Westerly Library, Westerly, RI, US
Candita Clayton Gallery, Pawtucket, RI, US
2014
Printmakers Inc, Alexandria, VA, US
Moitié Gallery, Providence Art Club, Providence, RI, US
grassgrün, Frankfurt, Germany
Galerie Uhn, Königstein, Germany
2013
Gallery Art Alley, Sofia, Bulgaria
Red Door Gallery, Aix-en-Provence, France
Institut d‘Etudes Politiques, Aix-en-Provence, France
Collections
University of California,
Irvine Library Special Collections, Irvine, CA
Corcoran College of Art Collections Library, Washington, DC
Cornell University, Johnson Museum of Art, Ithaca, NY
George Mason University, Fairfax, VA
Library of Congress, Washington, DC
Lifespan Comprehensive Cancer Center, East Greenwich, RI
Rhode Island College, Providence, RI
Women and Infants Hospital, Providence, RI
Awards
Residency, PADA, 2020
H I X Award, shortlisted 2019
Ruskin Prize, longlisted 2019
Harbutt Fund Bursary 2019
Residency, Trowbridge Arts 2018
Publications
Encountering Commercial Installations, Sendpoints Publishing Co., Ltd, Guangdong, China (Fall 2015)
Julie Chen, editor, 500 Handmade Books, Lark Books, Asheville, North Carolina, USA
Sandra Salamony, editor, 1,000 Artists' Books: Exploring the Book as Art, Quarry Books, San Francisco, California
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