Trading Places/CR.E.A.T.E. Programme

About the Project : Artists

Yvonne Cullivan| Nicola Curry| Julie Forrester| Angela Ginn | Cliona Harmey| Ann Henderson| Sharon Kelly| Dave Kinane| Andrew Livingstone | Anna Reitberger | Anushiya Sundaralingam | Niall Walsh

Sharon Kelly

Sharon Kelly's work explores the meaning of human experience - loss, grief - human relationships using drawn images, sound and video. She studied at the University of Ulster, gaining an MA in 1989. Her work has been shown in many exhibitions and in a variety of contexts most notably 'Lifting the Veil'- site specific project in National Maternity Hospital Dublin, 1994.

She has exhibited widely in UK, France, Poland, Canada and USA as well as extensively in Ireland. Kelly has undertaken many projects in schools colleges, hospitals - she was Artist in Residence with the Craigavon Area Hospital Group Trust 1996 - 2000. She has been the recipient of many awards, including Elizabeth Greenshield Foundation Award, Canada 1990; Alice Berger- Hammerschlag Trust Travel Award 1991; first prize Siolru, RHA, Dublin, 1994 and numerous awards from the Arts Council of Northern Ireland. She recently won the Bass Ireland Arts Award 2001. Sharon has recently been a part of a three year residency with Kids' Own, Multimedia Maps, exhibited at IMMA (Irish Museum of Modern Art) April to July 2003.

From the Artist's Portfolio

Night gown

Date: 2003
Medium: charcoal on paper
Size: 76 x 56 cms
Inspiration: "A well-worn nightdress belonging to my mother found its way to me in the post. It hung hauntingly in the studio. I keep looking at it and drawing it. It's about many feelings of comfort, loss, absence, love. I wanted the drawing to speak of fragility and strength, ephemerality and a very real physicality." - Sharon Kelly