Mark O’Kelly

Mark O’Kelly (b.1968) lives and works in Dublin and Limerick. He is a lecturer in Fine Art at Limerick School of Art and Design. He is a graduate of the Slade School of Fine Art (1992) and of the National College of Art and Design, Dublin (1990). Exhibiting paintings, vitrines and installations, his work is the outcome of a practice of image research that explores the space between the photographic document and the cosmetic image. The studio based painting practice at the core of this work has provided the foundation for a series of specifically conceived installations addressing theories of representation, reproduction and quotation.

Current and Upcoming exhibitions/ projects include,
The curation of the exhibition Starting Over, Temple Bar Gallery + Studios, Dublin, 2013
Modern Families, Lewis Glucksman Gallery, Cork, 2013.

Previous exhibitions include,
Periodical Review 2, Pallas Projects, Dublin, 2012/13. After the future, EVA International Biennale, Limerick, 2012. Last, Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin, 2012. Transitive Relationships, Limerick City Gallery of Art 2012. Figure of 8, Kevin Kavanagh Gallery Dublin 2011, (solo). Leaders and Followers, Temple Bar Gallery Dublin 2010, (solo) Cinema Impero, Occupy Space, Limerick 2010, (solo). Unconscious, The Black Mariah, Cork, 2009, (solo). Mark O’Kelly, Kevin Kavanagh Gallery, 2008, (solo). Selective Knowledge, ITYS, National Bank of Greece Cultural Foundation, Eynard Mansion, Athens 2008. Mark O’Kelly and Stephen Loughman, Galway Arts Centre, 2008. Presence, Limerick City Gallery of Art, 2007. New Territories; Cityscapes, ARCO Madrid, 2006,Other Visions: Representation in Contemporary Irish Painting and Photography, Purdy Hicks, London 2006, In Fashion, Limerick City Gallery of Art, 2005, (solo).
His work is in collections that include the Irish Museum of Modern Art, the OPW and in the collection of the Arts Council of Ireland.

(For further information)
www.markokelly.ie