- Noel Kelly (curator)
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Noel Kelly (born 1964) is an Irish art curator, critic, and art management specialist working in contemporary visual art.
In 2004, Kelly curated the NSK (Neue Slowenische Kunst) Dublin Event 2004. Kelly curated an exhibition of works by Alice Maher.
Kelly went on to become curator for Temple Bar Gallery and Studio in Dublin, as well as Senior Partner with the international arts management consultants - The Art Projects Network.
In 2007 Kelly was appointed Director (Chief Executive Officer) of Visual Artists Ireland. VAI is the largest all Ireland Non-Governmental Organisation representing artists' rights both nationally and on an international basis. In March 2008, he was elected a Fellow of The RSA (Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures & Commerce) in recognition for his contribution to the visual arts.
Kelly is also a writer on art with regular contributions to The Contemporary Arts Review, Circa, Juliette and artist monograph essays. His key area of interest is in the negotiation of art and politics.
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Exhibitions
CoCurator with Alenka Gregoric, Miha Strukelj, Slovenian National Pavilion [1], Venice Biennale 2009[1]
Florestania by Marjetica Potrč [2]– (October 2007) Temple Bar Gallery & Studios, Ireland
Paul Nugent – Vigil [3] (September 2007) Temple Bar Gallery & Studios, Ireland.
Rapid Eye Movement [4] – (Summer 2007) Group Exhibition with Risa Sato, Eoin McHugh, Mark Garry – Temple Bar Gallery & Studios
“Navigations: per Forma” [5]– (May 2007) Temple Bar Gallery & Studios, Ireland - Artists included: Edwina Ashton, Aideen Barry, Douglas Fishbone, Stacy Makishi, Almagul Menlibaeva, The Blue Noses Group, Iain Forysth and Jane Pollard, Richard Grayson, Bedwyr Williams, Anne McGuire & Wobbly, and “1927” Cabaret Most Curious: Miss Lillian Henley, Miss Esme Appleton, Master Paul Bill Barritt, Miss Suzanne Andrade
Lost in the Rhythm [6] – First Irish solo exhibition of the work of Matt Stokes (January 2007) Temple Bar Gallery & Studios, Ireland
Oh Let Me See Your Beauty When the Witnesses have Gone [7] (February 2007) as guest curator for Gallery Skuc, Slovenia, part funded by Culture Ireland. Artists included: Mark Clare (Ireland), Gordon Dalton (United Kingdom), Julian Dashper (New Zealand), Karen Henderson (United Kingdom), Melvin Moti (The Netherlands), Vanessa O’Reilly (Ireland), Alan Phelan (Ireland).
Noise South Dublin 2007, South Dublin County – a new online magazine aimed at introducing contemporary culture to the 13 – 25 year old age group.
Sacred Selections [8] – (February 2007) Contemporary Organ recital with Matt Stokes, with organist Paul Ayers– Christchurch Cathedral, Dublin
The Square Root of Drawing [9] - newly commissioned works by 92 Irish and International artists working within the area of drawing. Artists included: Edwina Ashton, Joe Biel, Heather Boaz, Jesse Bransford, Jemima Brown, Bettina Carl, Mark Clare, Liadin Cooke, Gary Coyle, Russell Crotty, Shane Cullen, Colin Darke, Katja Davar, Kate Davis, Alexandra do Carmo, Katy Dove, Blaise Drummond, Brendan Earley, Clodagh Emoe, Amanda Faulkner, Brian Fay, Paul Flannery, Anna Friedel, Laura Gannon, Mark Garry, Joy Gerrard, Franiska + Tim Gilmans, Ilana Halperin, Mike Haskett, Bjorn Hegardt, Diango Hernandez, Susanna Heron, Katie Holten, Yuko Ichimura, Jaki Irvine, Wendy Judge, Atsushi Kaga, Susan Kemenyffy, Sol Kjøk, Tim Knowles, Ansel Krut, Katharine Lamb, Ricardo Lanzarini, Roisin Lewis, Cedar Lewisohn, Caroline MacCarthy, David Mackintosh, Bea MacMahon, Alice Maher, Niamh McCann, Andrew McDonald, Eoin McHugh, Paul McKinley, Michael McLoughlin, Zoe Mendelson, Florian Merkel, Nick Miller, Rosalind Nasashibi, Áine NicGiollaCoda, Isabel Nolan, Glexis Novoa, Beth O’Halloran, Eamon O’Kane, Vanessa O’Reilly, Sally Osborn, Michael Paré, Graham Parker, Alan Phelan, Garrett Phelan, Steven Pippin, Daphne Plessner, Adam Putnam, Linda Quinlan, Damien Roach, Risa Sato, David Sherry, Sigga Bjorg Sigurdardottir, Lucy Skaer, Terry Smith, Susan Tiger, Jane Topping, Rob Voerman, Ulrich Vogl, Martin Walde, Pat Walker, Joe Walker, Corban Walker, Grace Weir, Mikkel Wettre, Miranda Whall, Simon Wood (October 2006)
Lars Arrhenius [10] - If Signs had Souls (July 2006)
Elina Brotherus [11] - The New Painting (June 2006)
A Moment in Time [12] - Contemporary Painting at Temple Bar Gallery & Studios, co-curated with Marian Lovett. Artists included: BridA, Wolfgang Aichner, Robert Armstrong, Brian Ballard, Christopher Banahan, Mary Rose Binchy, Michael Boran, Stephen Brandes, Cecily Brennan, Thomas Brezing, Murielle Celis, Chung Eun-Mo, Tom Climent, Michael Coleman, Paul Coleman, Oliver Comerford, Diana Copperwhite, Margaret Corcoran, David Crone, Colin Crotty, Mick Cullen, Padraig Cunningham, Paul Doran, Blaise Drummond, Nathalie du Pasquier, Cecilia Edefalk, Felim Egan, Simon English, Sean Fingleton, Bridget Flannery, Martin Gale, David Godbold, Patrick Hall, Joe Hanley, Pat Harris, Gottfried Helnwein, Ronnie Hughes, Patricia Hurl, Ivar Kaasik, Atsushi Kaga, Gillian Kane, Claire Kerr, John Kingerley, Gillian Lawler, Nevan Lehart, Mary Lohan, Eoin MacLochlainn, Elizabeth Magill, Brian Maguire, Katrina Maguire, Fergus Martin, Mark McCreevy, John Moore, Ute Müller, Makiko Nakamura, Mick O’Dea, Beth O’Halloran, Eamon O’Kane, Mark O’Kelly, Niamh O’Malley, Bart O’Reilly, Geraldine O’Reilly, Rebecca Peart, Alice Peillon, Eugenio Percossi, Patrick Pye, Greg Rook, Leda Scully, Dermot Seymour, Sean Shanahan, Noel Sheridan, Linda Shevlin, John Shinnors, Desmond Shortt, John Noel Smith, Miha Strukelj, Scott Sturgill, Mark Swords, Mia Taylor, Cora Thorpe, Margaret Tuffy, Andrew Vickery, Hanneline Visnes, Sarah Walker, Kate Warner, Jongsuk Yoon (Dec 2005 - Jan 2006)
Garrett Phelan - Black Brain Radio [13] (January 2006)
Mark Clare - Know Thyself [14] (August 2005)
Finola Jones - Artificially Reconstructed Habitats [15] (April 2005)
Ene-Liis Semper Licked Room & FF/REW plus Father & Shifting Focus by Mark Raidpere [16] (March - April 2005)
Fused Festival, South Dublin County - APN assists with strategic direction and provides the visual arts curatorial element for this festival. Artists featured included: Vuk Ćosić , Lionello Borean & Chiara Grandesso, Geoffrey Thomas, Heath Bunting, Reynald Drouhin, Joseph & Donna McElroy, Lasse Rae, Young Hae Chang Heavy Industries, Pierre Mertens, and Shirin Kouladjie.
Portraits by Alice Maher - Mestni Muzej, Ljubljana, Slovenia (January 2004)
Country - Galerija Equrna, Ljubljana, Slovenia. (March 2004) Artists included: Corban Walker, Fiona Mulholland, Sarah Pierce, Alice Maher, Alan Phelan, Garrett Phelan.
Producer of Neue Slowenische Kunst Event Dublin 2004 [17] o Conference - Art & Politics: The Imagination of Opposition in Europe o NSK - New Collectivism Passport Office - Installation/Performance o NSK - IRWIN East Art Map - Installation o NSK - Dept of Pure & Applied Philosophy - Performance o NSK - Noordung Theatre Supremat - Theatre o NSK - Michael Benson's Predictions of Fire - Film o NSK - Laibach Occupied Europe 2004 Concert - Music
Curator - “Visual Arts, 18th Cúirt Festival, Galway Arts Centre”. Works by Attilla Csorgo, Dusan Kirbis, Ema Kuegler, New Collectivism, and Mladina. (2004)
Discussion Groups & Conference Chairing
European Council of Artists Conference on Mobility, Chair person Noel Kelly with speakers: Eva Lichtenberger MEP, Austria member of the Legal Committee at the European Parliament; Helena Drnovsek Zorko, Slovenia International Cultural Relations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Lolita Jablonskiene, Lithuania Ambassador of the European Year for Intercultural Dialogue; Ole Reitov, Denmark programme manager, Freemuse; Pauline Hadaway, Northern Ireland director, Belfast Exposed; Maria Badia i Cutchet MEP, Spain member of the Cultural Committee at the European Parliament. (December 2009)
You’re not welcome: A discussion about the implications for artists and institutions of the UK Home Office’s new points based visa system. Liverpool Biennial, Site, Hope Street Lecture Hall, Hope Street, Liverpool, Speakers: David Jacques (Artist), Pauline Hadaway (Director, Belfast Exposed, and Yvette Vaughan Jones (Visiting Arts, UK). Chair: Noel Kelly (CEO Visual Artists Ireland). - (September 2008)
Does Autonomy Matter? Gasworks 155 Vauxhall Street, London, Panel Discussion with Munira Mirza, Andrew Brighton, Sonia Dyer, and Noel Kelly. Chair: Allessio Antoniolli (Director Gasworks and Triangle Arts Trust) - (December 2007)
“Rural Evolution: Progressive Development or Sustainable Viability” an international cross-disciplinary symposium on new models of governance, with Marjetica Potrc, Andreas Lang (Architect/Public Works, UK), Wapka Feenstra (Artist/NL), Dominic Stevens (Architect/IRL), and Sheila Gallagher (Green Sod Land Trust/IRL), chaired by Nathalie Weadick, (Director, The Irish Architecture Foundation).
The Promiscuous Diversity of Contemporary Painting, Panel discussion with J J Charlesworth, Robert Armstrong (October 2007)
Is Pop Music Bad for Adolescents? Discussion forum with Dr Adrian North – Temple Bar Gallery & Studios – (January 2007)
Drawing Now? New Directions in Contemporary Drawing – in collaboration with DIT Mountjoy Square, with Tim Knowles and Catherine De Zegher (November 2006)
Radio Art Symposium in collaboration with The Irish Museum of Modern Art, with Anna Colin (Resonance 104.4fm), Heidi Grundman (Kunstradio, Austria), Lorelei Harris (Features, Arts & Drama Editor with RTÉ Radio 1) – (January 2006)
Francis McKee - Art from Glasgow discussion concerning the current trends in the Glasgow Art Scenes. (November 2005)
Just who do you think you are? - Open forum to question multi-culturalism in society - in collaboration with Create. (August 2005)
Why Publish! - In collaboration with the Institute of Art, Design, and Technology, with contributions from Tate Publishing (Clare O’Leary), Bookworks (Maria Fusco), Attelier (David Smith), and Factotum (Richard West) (April 2005)
In Conversation with... Hanno Soans - (March 2005)
In Conversation with… 4 Venice Curators - in collaboration with British Council Northern Ireland, Wales, and Scotland. Chaired by Caoimhin MacGiollaLeith, Art Forum with panellists: Sarah Glennie (Ireland), Hugh Mulholland (Northern Ireland), Karen MacKinnon (Wales), and Jason E. Bowman (Scotland) - (February 2005)
Guest speaker at “Networking in Europe” conference arranged by The Arts Council of Ireland with participants from European and Asian arts councils and ministries.
Guest adviser to FO.AM group art project think tank, via KILBA Multimedia Centre, Chateau de Halloy, Belgium July 2004.
Writings & Editorial
(2008) 'The Book of Swells - Sol Kjok', The Book of Swells Catalogue
(2007) 'Curators: Best Practice in Project Management' The Contemporary Arts Review [2]
(2007) '“Eoin McHugh: A glance behind the scenes”', The Contemporary Arts Review
(2007) 'Eoin McHugh: Confusion', Lyon Exhibition Catalogue
(2006) 'Beyond the Eurovision', Juliet Magazine Summer
(2006) 'A Stranger in her native city, The Life and Work of Susan McWilliam', Circa Magazine
(2006) 'Some Random Thoughts on a Cold Winter’s Day', The Contemporary Arts Review [3] (2005) 'Art in politics, and artists are politicians', Context Magazine
(2005) 'Review: Was Du Brauchst at Kevin Kavanagh Gallery', Circa Magazine 114
(2005) 'Review: Offside and Offsite Live at Dublin City Gallery', Circa Magazine 113
(2005) 'Sporadic November Sunshine in a Winter City – A Walk through New York', The Contemporary Arts Review[4]
(2004) 'Art and Politics: The Imagination of Opposition in Europe' [5]
References
- ^ "At the heart of a new art world". The Irish Times. 10 July 2009. http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/features/2009/0710/1224250378417.html. Retrieved 13 July 2010.
- ^ Contemporary Arts Review - 'Curators: Best Practice in Project Management'
- ^ Contemporary Arts Review - 'Some Random Thoughts on a Cold Winter’s Day'
- ^ Contemporary Arts Review - 'Sporadic November Sunshine in a Winter City – A Walk through New York'
- ^ 'Art and Politics: The Imagination of Opposition in Europe' at Google Books
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