David Kelly has been working as an artist and teacher in Australia and South-East Asia since the early 1980s. His work features in private collections throughout Asia, Europe, Australia, USA and South America, as well as corporate, consular and national collections. He is represented by ReDot Fine Art Gallery, Singapore, and is a graduate of the University of South Australia, School of Art, Architecture and Design – Bachelor of Education (Secondary Art) and Master of Visual Art – where he has also been a painting and drawing studio tutor.
“… the diverse environments in which I have lived and traveled provide the inspiration for my work, drawing on distilled memories to capture something of their essence. An emotion related to a place and time rather than a recreation of physical reality. The results of natures own creative and degenerative processes. The tactile and visual qualities of weathered surfaces and the stories they tell. A personal response to events of that place. Dilapidated shearing sheds behind my old South Australian farm house, walls of Cambodia’s Angkor and Tuol Sleng prison museum, overgrown ruins of Argentina’s Missiones and seasonal change of the ubiquitous eucalypts surrounding my home studio. The process of all that we are and do, returning to the earth, also seen in the rocky outcrops of Arkaroola and the Kimberley, bleached coastlines of Yorke Peninsula and twisting sungai of Borneo. All these life experiences are drawn together by the common thread of aged textures, deeply weathered surfaces and rich colours of the earth. The outcomes are themselves products of elemental processes, each with their own story, each a unique entity…”
2022
‘Yongcheonsu’ – Daejeong yongcheonsu, Jeju-do, South Korea
2015
‘An unconfirmed number’ – University of South Australia, Liverpool Street Gallery
2013
‘Layers of Time’ – ReDot Fine Art Gallery, Singapore
2011
‘Essence of Eucalypt’ – The Atrium Gallery, Australian High Commission, Singapore
2010
‘Tuol Sleng – silent walls’ – eye2eye Fine Art Gallery, Adelaide SA
2008
‘Eucalyptus’ – eye2eye Fine Art Gallery, Adelaide SA
‘Landmarks’ – Santos Centre, Adelaide SA
2007
‘Recent Work’ – Greenhill Galleries, Adelaide, SA
2005
‘Earthworks’ – Australian High Commission, Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei Darussalam
2004
‘Sungai’ – Alliance Francaise de Brunei Darussalam, Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei Darussalam
2003
‘Horizons’ – Australian High Commission, Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei Darussalam
2022
‘Quietude’ – with Brenda Paik Sunoo – Daejeong yongcheonsu, Jeju-do, South Korea
2016
‘An unconfirmed number’ – with Greg Johns & Todd Hunter – ReDot Fine Art Gallery, Singapore
2013
‘Confronted’ – with Rita Hall – Light Square Gallery, Adelaide College of the Arts SA
2012
‘Warrangarim’ [Gija: meeting] – with Gordon Barney – CCAE, Darwin, NT
2013
‘Celebrating Australian Creativity in Singapore’ – The Atrium Gallery, Australian High Commission, Singapore
2012
‘Heysen Prize for Interpretation of Place’ – Hahndorf Academy SA
2011
‘Intangibles in Terra Australis’ – Flinders University Art Museum, Adelaide SA
2010
The Blake Society – Director’s Exhibition
’The Waterhouse – selected works’ – National Archives of Australia, Canberra ACT
’The Waterhouse’ – South Australian Museum, Adelaide SA
‘Intangibles in Terra Australis’ – Sala kubo-kutxa San Sebastian, Spain [ ArtsSA ]
‘The Heysen Trail Exhibition’ – McLarenvale, Parachilna, North Adelaide SA
2009
‘Paddington Art Prize’ – Sydney NSW
‘City of Albany Art Prize’ – Albany WA
2008
‘Heysen Prize for Interpretation of Place’ – Hahndorf Academy SA – winner
‘Redland Art Award’ – Brisbane QLD
‘City of Albany Art Prize’ – Albany WA
‘Macquarie Fine Art Exhibition’ – invited artists – Adelaide SA
2007
’The Waterhouse’ South Australian Museum, Adelaide SA
2005
‘Boat’ – EmpireArt Gallery, Empire Hotel and Country Club, Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei Darussalam
2004
‘Artiade 2004 – Visual Arts Olympics’ – Tsalapatas Exhibition Space Volos – Athens, Greece
‘Art Forum – Brunei’ – National Gallery, Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei Darussalam
‘Citibank Exhibition’ – Li Gong Exhibition Space, Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei Darussalam
‘Local Colour’ – Empire Hotel and Country Club, Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei Darussalam
2003
Rainforest Gallery – inaugural exhibition – Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei Darussalam
1988
‘Culture works’ – senior student workshop participants and tutors Universidad de Cordoba – Cordoba, Argentina
Workshop exhibition – Mendoza, Argentina
Warmun Art Centre – Turkey Creek, WA (ArtsSA grant recipient) 2012
National Gallery, Brunei Darussalam
Australian High Commission, Brunei Darussalam
BHP Billiton, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Santos, Adelaide
Pinsent Masons MPillay LLP, Singapore
Private collections in Australia, South East Asia, Europe, USA and South America
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