Lisa Kelly

Lisa Kelly is a young emerging Irish artist.
Graduated with a BA Honours Degree in Fine Art at Liverpool Hope University.

Currently living and working in Derry, N.I.

A dialogue between painting and photography and the theme of portraiture informs the work. The use of paint is expressive and whilst the image has its origins within the photograph, an attempt is made to move beyond the strictly illustrative through the use of colour and expressionistic mark-making.
The portrait paintings offer a counterweight to the ‘selfie culture’, depicting the depth of personality and contradicting the shelter provided by the filtered ‘selfie’. In doing so, the artist embraces failure, anger, loneliness and feelings of insecurity, portraying them as the norm, and even as positive in some cases if channeled appropriately.

BA Hons in Fine Art @ Liverpool Hope University 2011 - 2014

- Spring 2019 Open Arts Exhibition - The Gasyard Centre, Derry, 2019

- Open Arts Exhibition - The Gasyard Centre, Derry, 2018

- Fields of Visions - Group Exhibition, Garden of Reflection Gallery, Derry, 2017

- Haunting - Group Exhibition, Bennigans, Derry, 2016



- Fun Palace - Group Exhibition, 35 Shipquay Street, - --

- Galway Fringe Festival - Visual Art Gallery, Victoria Place, Eyre Square, Galway 2015

- Derry 2016- Creating Contradictions, Solo Exhibition, The Craft Village, Derry 2015

- 10,000 Hours, Degree Show, Liverpool Hope University, 2014

- 10,000 Hours, Exchange Court, Liverpool, 2014

- Order and Disorder, The Gallery Liverpool, 2013

- Student Exhibition, Gordon Gallery, Derry, 2009

Public Displays:

- The Sooty Olive, Derry, 2015 - present

- The Coffee House, Atlantic Quay, Derry, 2014 - Present