Traci Kelly

I am an interdisciplinary artist working fluidly across diverse formations of visual, performance and textual languages. My work often unsettles notions of the corporeal and socio/political drive, opening up a space for doubt around the status of the lived and material body. Work is frequently made for specific contexts and sites, relying on the hauntings of history, the specific vernacular of place and a poetic turn of materials.

University of Reading 2010 Collaborative PhD Theatre/Fine Art 'Performing Intersubjectivity'

Birmingham University 2003 M.A. Fine Art

Nottingham Trent University 2002 B.A. Hons Fine Art

Coming soon…

Jun 2015 Kjerringøy Land Art Bienniel, Norway

Jun 2015 The Sleight of Hand Bureau for Emancipated Touch; The Small Collections, Nottingham Contemporary, Nottingham, UK

Selected Works

Oct-Nov 2014 The Drawing Board, writing residency, Primary, Nottingham, UK

Sep 2014 Import X port, Live performance, House of the Flying Wheel group exhibition, Backlit, Nottingham, UK

Jun 2014 Gatherings & Dispersals, installation, Broadcaster programme, Lincolnshire, UK

Jun 2014 Comings and Goings, public event for Waddington & Wellingore, Broadcaster programme, Lincolnshire, UK

Jun 2014 The Drop, video collaboration with Rita Marhaug, Kraft, Bergen, Norway

Dec 2013 Lost At Sea, interactive performance for an audience of one,
Hatch at Primary, Nottingham

Nov 2013 First Form and Laying To Rest, video collaborations with Rita Marhaug, Presented by Public Art Screens, NO at KinoKino - Senter for film og kunst, Sandnes, Vitenfabrikken, Sandnes; Tou Scene, Stavanger
; Gosen skole, Stavanger
; Sølvberget Kulturhus, Stavanger

Oct 2013 Phoenix, live performance collaboration with Rita Marhaug
British Ceramics Biennial, Stoke-on-Trent, UK

Sep 2013 Slipping, live performance collaboration with ...