Quarry Studio

GERARD J. KELLY

GALLERY REPRESENTATION:

State of the Arts, Commercial Street, Corner Brook, NL
Red Ochre Gallery, Duckworth St., St. John’s, NL

SELECTED SOLO SHOWS:

2008 Self Realized, Arts and Culture Center, Gander, NL
2007 Self Realized, Arts and Culture Center, Corner Brook, NL Arts and Culture Center, Stephenville, NL
2006 Worry, Contentment, World Trade Center, Halifax, NS
2005 Selected Works, Arts and Culture Center, Corner Brook, NL
2003 Washed Up FURDER, Arts and Culture Center, Corner Brook, NL
2002 Washed Up, Arts and Culture Center, Corner Brook, NL
2001 Conversations with the Goddess, ARTsPLACE Gallery, Annapolis Royal, NS
2000 Artifactual Artifices, Arts and Culture Center, Corner Brook, NL
1999 In the Temple of the Goddess, Arts and Culture Center, Corner Brook, NL
1985 Three Pieces of Art, Resource Center for the Arts Gallery, LSPU Hall, St. John’s , NL

SELECTED GROUP SHOWS:

AWARDS:

2008 Travel Grant, Newfoundland Arts Council
1999 Project Grant, Newfoundland Arts Council
1986 Study Award, Burin Peninsula Arts Council
1985 Project Grant, Newfoundland Arts Council

COLLECTIONS :

Art Gallery of Newfoundland and Labrador, St. John’;s, NL
North Star Cement, Corner Brook, NL
ARTsPLACE Gallery, Annapolis Royal, NS
Government of Newfoundland and Labrador
The Sculpture Forum, La Have, NS

Private Collections including:

BIBLIOGRAPHY

The Western Star, Gerard J. Kelly, Sculptor, December, 2002
Conversations with the Goddess, Michael Wickerson, catalogue, 2000
The Humber Log, Artifactual Artifices, March, 2000
The Southern Gazette, Marystown Artist, April, 2000
The Western Star, Sculptors ply their..., August, 2000
The Beauty of Objects, Charlotte Jones, catalogue, 1999
The Communicator, Vol. 13, NOS. 4-5, Sept/Oct 1999
The Newfoundland Herald, In the Temple of the Goddess, May, 1999

SELECTED ARTICLES PUBLISHED

The Newfoundland Herald, Popescu, the collective unconscious, January 30, 1999
The Newfoundland Herald, Traveling down, Pathways, August 22, 1998
The Newfoundland Herald, The State of the Arts, August 15, 1998
The Newfoundland Herald, Carving his own Niche, December 12, 1998
The Newfoundland Herald, Jean-Claude Roy, Panoramic view, September 26, 1998

RELATED ACTIVITIES:

2008 Elected to Board of Governors for Visual Artist of Newfoundland and Labrador, and CARFAC
National CARFAC Representative for Newfoundland and Labrador
2007 HHMHS lecture and question period ,
Artist Colloquial, SWGC, Corner Brook, NL
2006 Atlantic Stone Carving Symposium, Presentation SWGC, NL
2005 Atlantic Stone Carving Symposium, Inverness, NS
2004 Ceramic Shell Casting, workshop, La Havre., NS
Bronze Casting , Building your own foundry, Professional Development Workshop, La Havre, NS
Raku, Junior High Mini Course, Sir Wilfred Grenfell College, Corner Brook, NL
2003 Wood Carving and Multi-media Sculpture, workshops, Labrador Arts Festival., Natuashish, Happy-Valley-Goose Bay, NL
Bronze Casting, Presentation, Visual Arts Dept., West Viking College, Stephenville, NL
Raku, Junior High Mini Course, Sir Wilfred Grenfell College, Corner Brook, NL
2002 Stone Carving, Presentation, Humber Elementary, Corner Brook, NL
2001 Clay Relief, Junior High Mini Course, Sir Wilfred Grenfell College
2000 Stone Carving, Instructor, Sculpture Forum, La Have, NS
Studio Assistant, John Greer, East Dover, NS
Clay: The Human Figure, Continuing Education Dept., Sir Wilfred Grenfell College, Corner Brook, NL
1999 Clay: The Human Portrait, Continuing Education Dept., Sir Wilfred Grenfell College, Corner Brook, NL

EMPLOYMENT:

1996 to Present
Sculpture Technician
Fine Arts Dept. Corner Brook, Newfoundland
S.W.G.C. Memorial University of Newfoundland
1997 to 1999
FREE-LANCE ARTS COLUMNIST
The Newfoundland Herald
St. John’s, Newfoundland
Weekly Magazine
1994 to 1996
SOLE-PROPRIETOR
Crumpwood Productions
Marystown, Newfoundland