gillian ross kelsey

Statement

The process of painting and the resulting surface is all important to me.
Repetitive movements of paint - layer on layer, pouring, spreading, dripping paint -
inventing ways to make a work which will compel the viewer
to look, consider, and hopefully recognize it as a new experience.


Web Site www.grkgallery.co.uk

Education

1969 - 1970 Grimsby School of Art - Foundation
1970 - 1973 Camberwell School of Art, London (B.A. Hons) Fine Art Painting - Subsidiary - Print Making -
1992 - 1994 Nottingham Trent University - M.A. Fine Art

Employment

1976 - 1994 Grimsby School of Art - Lecturer

Selected solo exhbitions

2006 Plas Glyn-y-Weddw - Llanbedrog, North Wales
2004 Theatre Ardudwy - Harlech, North Wales.
2003 Plas Glyn-y-Weddw - Llanbedrog, North Wales
2003 Theatre Ardudwy - Harlech, North Wales
2002 Buckley Library Gallery - North Wales
2002 Ruthin Library Gallery - North Wales
2000 Plas Glyn-y-Weddw - Llanbedrog, North Wales
1999 Bottle Kiln Gallery - Ilkeston, Derbyshire
1997 Nottingham Castle Museum & Art Gallery
1996 Bottle Kiln Gallery - Ilkeston, Derbyshire
1993 Nottingham Castle Museum & Art Gallery
1986 Derby Playhouse
1981 Theatre Ardudwy - Harlech, North Wales

Selected mixed exhbitions

2004 The Ashbourne Gallery - Ashbourne, Derbyshire
2004 Y Tabernacle - Welshpool, North Wales
2003 Pump House Gallery - Battersea Park, London - 'As long as it takes'
2002 Angel Row Gallery - Nottingham - 'As long as it takes'
2001 Createx - Nottingham - Museum of the South West & Paradiso Texas and Sweden
1999 Mappin Art Gallery - Sheffield
1995 Harlech Bienale - Harlech, North Wales
1998 The Atrium Gallery - Derby
1997 The Botanical Gardens - Birmingham
1996 Bonnington Gallery, 'Post' (Celebration Nottingham)
1989 Welsh Open - Mostyn Gallery, Llandudno
1980 Rufford Gallery - Rufford, Nottinghamshire
1975 Browse and Derby - Cork Street, London
1973 Browse and Derby - Cork Street, London

Awards

2003 Leicester City Art Gallery - (Barceloneta Award)
2002 Nottingham Open - Nottingham Museum and Art Gallery
2001 Derby Open - (Topographical Award)
2001 Lincolnshire Artists Open - Usher Gallery, Lincoln - (Sue Hayward Award)
2000 Derby Open - (Breedon Brok Award)
2000 Lincolnshire Artists Open - Usher Gallery, Lincoln - (Sue Hayward Award)