Sculpture
by Chris Kelly,
Harrogate.
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Commissions 2007
Edward I, Burgh Sands, N Carlisle, Cumbria
2007 Emlyn Hughes – Captain of Liverpool
and England
Borough of Barrow in Furness
2006 Wheel Number, The Field Gunners Association,
Portsmouth
2005 Barrow Engineering – Centenary
Sculpture Commission
Borough of Barrow in Furness
2005 Hugh McIlmoyle, Carlisle United Football
Club, Carlisle
2005
Royal Welsh Show, Builth
Wells, Powys
2004 Willie Horne - Rugby League Captain of
Barrow, England & Great Britain, Borough
of Barrow in Furness
2002 Shark, The Deep, Hull
2002 Tom Sheperd, Head of Hull Museums, Streetlife
Museum, Hull, East Riding
2001 Bacardi Bat, Bacardi Visitor Centre,
Puerto Rico
2001 Surfer, O'Neil Headquarters, Amsterdam
2000 Jazz Band, Tel Aviv, Israel
1998 Tree of Life, North York Moors National
Park, Sutton Bank, North Yorkshire
1992 Memorial Portrait Bust of Former Mayor
of Cardiff
Ron Watkiss CBE, Cardiff City Council - St
Davids Hall, Cardiff
1991 Portrait Bust of Charles Byrd, Cardiff
City Council, New Library, Cardiff
1990 Chartists Sculpture Commission, Newport
Borough Council - Westgate Square, Newport
1988 Shelley Sculpture Commission, Powys Sculpture
Trail - Welsh Water Authority, Elan Valley,
Powys
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Private
Commissions
2006 Jo Mahony, Hurdler for
Great Britain
Wirral, Manchester
2005 Annabelle, Robert & Charlotte –Three
Portrait Busts
Rhiwlas, Bala, Gwynedd
2004 Willie Horne Annual Trophy
Barrow Rugby League Club, Barrow
1995 Cherub Architectural Sculpture Commission
Dylans Antiquarian Bookstore, Swansea
1994 Nymph - Marble Figure
Roger Chapple, Cardiff
1994 Sundial - Brass sundial, commemoration piece
Ron Adam, Cardiff
1991 Alchemy- Sixteen Fibre Glass Figures and Leaded
Panels
Fostex International, Switzerland
1991 Docker Sculpture Commission
SA Brain and Co Ltd - The Wharf, Cardiff
1990 Stylus Company Logo - Bronze, Brass & Slate
relief plaques
Stylus Television Company, Cardiff
1985 Tai-Quon-Do International Federation Award
Trophy
Bronze Figure
1985 Laura Ashley Memorial Trophy
Bronze Figure
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Career
History
Education
1996- 2005 Part time Lecturer BTEC Diploma & Foundation
East Riding College, Beverley
1996-98 Tutor
Open College of Arts
1991-94 Part time Lecturer in 3 Dimensional studies
- PGCE
Cardiff Institute of Higher Education
1992 Part time Lecturer - Fashion and `Textiles BTEC
Barnfield College, Luton
1990-91 Part time 3D Lecturer - BA ED Fine Art
Cardiff Institute of Higher Education
1986-88 Part time Senior Sculpture technician - BA
Hons Fine Art
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Exhibitions
& Residencies
I have participated in numerous group exhibitions,
organising the production and presentation of many
exhibitions including 22 Fine Artists (1979-81),
Word and Image - Barcelona (1995), and have assisted
various installation artists including Mona Hatoum,
Mags Harries and other artists such as David Nash.
Solo exhibitions, residencies and workshops have
often run parallel to and been an integral part
of commissioned sculpture projects.
Commercial
During a career of over twenty years I have worked
in many areas of the Creative Arts including Theatre,
Television and Scenic companies as wide ranging
as W.N.O, The Royal Shakespeare Company, Taliesin
Television and Scenic Route.
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Qualifications
1981-84 Cardiff Institute of Higher Education
BA Hons Fine Art - First Class Honours and Fine Art
Award
1980-81 Jacob Kramer College, Leeds
Pre BA/Foundation Art and Design Course - Distinction
1971-78 St Thomas Aquinas Grammar School, Leeds
Group Exhibitions
1994 Old Library Artists Show 94
Old Library Gallery, Cardiff
1992 Garden Festival of Wales - Sculpture in the Landscape
Ebbw Vale, Wales
1990 Heads, Hands and Feet - a touring exhibition
of figurative sculpture
Margam Sculpture Park, Port Talbot
1990 Chapter Goes To Town - celebrating twenty years
of studio artists
The Old Library, Cardiff
1988 Chapter Artists - exhibition of paintings, prints
and sculpture
Pontypridd Cultural Heritage Centre, Pontypridd
1987 Artists in Residence - Twelve artists awarded
residencies in Wales
National Museum of Wales
1987 In the Landscape of Writers
Shire Hall, Presteigne
1986 5 Young Sculptors - sculpture in the landscape
Margam Sculpture Park, Port Talbot
1986 8 Chapter artists - 2D and 3D wok by selected
artists
Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff
1985 22 Fine Artists - ex Jacob Kramer students 1979-81
(exhibition organiser and participant)
The Exhibition Hall, Jacob Kramer College, Leeds
1985 Chapter Artists - multimedia exhibition of studio
artists
Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff
1984 Young Cardiff Artists - exhibition by the Association
of Artists and Designers in Wales
National Museum of Wales
1984 New Contemporaries
ICA, London |
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Solo
Exhibitions
2006 Small Works in Bronze
Red 22 marketing company, Hotel du Vin, Harrogate
1998 Shift exhibition
The Boathouse, Knaresborough, North Yorkshire
1989 Small Sculptures and Drawings
Arts Works Wales, Cardiff
1989 Recent Work
The Bridge Gallery, Polytechnic of Wales, Pontypridd
1986 Studies and Sculptures
Welsh Water Authority, Powys |
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Residencies
- (a selection)
1998 Helmsley Comprehensive School, North Yorkshire
1998 Easingwold Comprehensive School, West Yorkshire
1993 Caerleon Comprehensive, Gwent
1987 Elan Valley Visitors Centre, Rhayader, Powys
Workshops - (a selection)
1996 Wood carving demonstration
Gordon Reece Gallery, Knaresborough, North Yorkshire
1985-92 Summer Workshops, Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff |
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