Edward Kelly (born 1946) is a contemporary English painter.
He was born in Liverpool, England, in 1946. He studied at Liverpool College of Art between 1963 and 1967, during which time he studied in Italy under a John Moores Travel Scholarship. He took a Higher Diploma at Birmingham College of Art between 1967 and 1968 and taught at Chelsea College of Art from 1974 to 1996.
His solo exhibitions include the Bootle Art Gallery, Liverpool (1969), the Camden Arts Centre, London (1982), Air Gallery, London (1985), Kapil Jariwala Gallery, London (1987, 1991), Arts in Mann Gallery, Isle of Man (1991), Smith Janwala Gallery, London (1994), Courtyard, Hereford (2005),[1] Martin's Gallery, Cheltenham (2006),[2] House of Manannan and Manx Museum, Isle of Man (2012)[3] ,[4] Artwave West, and Dorset (2012).[5][6] Edward Kelly's painting Sea Cross is in the collection of the National Gallery of the Isle of Man.
In 1969 he exhibited with Sylvia Goth at the Bluecoat Gallery, Liverpool, as a John Moores scholar. In 1980 he exhibited with Simon Willis at Bedford Way Gallery in London. From 1999 to 2001 he exhibited in group shows at Culture Gallery, Broadway, New York. In 2012 he filmed an interview with playwright Peter Terson, excerpts of which were screened at the British Film Institute.[7]
Ken Kiff praised his "hard won images" in 1987.
Environmental campaigner
editEdward Kelly moved from London to an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty in the Wye Valley in the mid 1980s.[8] During the late 1990s increasing trend towards the use of agricultural polytunnels came to dominate the landscape in some parts of the Wye Valley, and in particular near the artist's residence. He launched the Campaign for Polytunnel Control which seeks that erection of polytunnels should be controlled by planning permission, owing to their massive scale and visual impact. In relation to the campaign Edward Kelly has been interviewed by national press and has appeared in national newspapers and on TV and presented at various government hearings and government reports.[9][10][11][12][13][14]
He was portrayed as a character in Pentabus Theatre Company's play "Strawberry Fields" that dealt with the issues associated with migrant workers in industrial scale strawberry farms.[15]
References
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- ^ "Edward Kelly Island Paintings". Manx National Heritage. 21 June 2012. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 2 December 2013.
- ^ "Majestic isle exhibition launched". BBC News. 27 June 2012.
- ^ "Edward Kelly in Dorset". artofengland.uk.com. 10 May 2013. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 2 December 2013.
- ^ "Edward Kelly". Artwave West. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 2 December 2013.
- ^ BFI (2012). "Peter Terson: The Artisan Playwright TV season at BFI Southbank in May 2012" (Press release). Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 2 December 2013.
- ^ Vidal, John (3 May 2004). "How strawberries became a blight on the landscape". TheGuardian.com. Archived from the original on 10 April 2016. Retrieved 14 December 2016.
- ^ Vidal, John (3 May 2004). "How strawberries became a blight on the landscape". TheGuardian.com. Archived from the original on 10 April 2016. Retrieved 14 December 2016.
- ^ Harrison, David (11 July 2004). "England's green and plastic land". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 5 May 2013.
- ^ "Landmark vote on polytunnels ruling". Archived from the original on 10 December 2007. Retrieved 15 February 2009.
- ^ "High Court polytunnel ruling is blow say growers". 22 December 2006. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 2 December 2013.
- ^ http://archive.ledburyreporter.co.uk/2006/10/19/80232.html[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Has the plastic bubble burst?". Hereford Times. 22 March 2007. Archived from the original on 22 July 2011. Retrieved 15 February 2009.
- ^ "Strawberry Fields". pentabus.co.uk. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 2 December 2013.