Michael Kelly (b. 1956)
1956 Born Orange, NSW
1983-85 NSW Art Certificate (Honours) National Art School, Sydney, NSW
1985-87 B.A. Fine Arts (Distinction) Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne, Vic
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2010 The Catalano Collection - Art Gallery of Ballarat, Vic
2010 Eutick Memorial Still Life Award - Coffs Harbour Regional Gallery, NSW
2010 Rick Amor Drawing Prize - Art Gallery Of Ballarat, Vic
2010 NSW Parliament Plein Air Painting Prize – NSW Parliament House, Sydney
2009 Earth, Sea and Sky - Charles Nodrum Gallery, Melbourne
2008 NSW Parliament Plein Air Painting Prize - Parliament House, Sydney
2006 Contempora, Stephanie Burns Fine Art, Canberra, ACT
2005 Homage to Cezanne, Stephanise Burns Fine Art, Canberra, ACT
2004 Australian Landscapes, Stephanie Burns Fine Art, Canberra, ACT
2003 Plein-Air Painters, Australian Galleries, Melbourne, Vic
2003 Geelong Print Prize, Geelong Gallery, Vic
2003-04 500 Fridays – Ten Years Of Contemporary Plein-Air Painting, Geelong Gallery and regional galleries, Victoria
2002 Melbourne Art Fair, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne, Vic
2002 The Painted Fold - The Garment In Art, Charles Nodrum Gallery, Melbourne. 2002 The Human Portrayed, Charles Nodrum Gallery, Melbourne
2001 James Farrell Self Portrait Award, Castlemaine Art Gallery, Vic
2001 Dunmoochin, A Tribute: Clifton Pugh and Michael Kelly, Barn Gallery, Montsalvat, Melbourne, Vic
2001 Melbourne Savage Club Prize, Dickerson Gallery, Melbourne, Vic
2001 Male Nude – A Private View, Charles Nodrum Gallery, Melbourne
2000 2000 Jacaranda Drawing Award, Grafton Regional Gallery, Grafton, NSW
2000 City of Whyalla Art Prize, Whyalla Art Gallery, Whyalla, SA
1998 1998 National Works On Paper Prize, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Vic
1998 9 x 5 By Twenty-Five, George Adams Gallery, Vic.Arts Centre, Melbourne
1997 13th Biennial Spring Festival of Drawing, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Vic
1997 Mulch and Metaphor: The Garden In Contemporary Art, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Vic
1996 Melbourne Painters ; Rick Amor and Michael Kelly, Tony Palmer Fine Art, Sydney
1996 Australians in London, Mall Galleries, London, UK
1995 Artworkz 7, Gallery 101, Melbourne, Vic
1995 Emerging Melbourne Artists, Tony Palmer Fine Art, Sydney
1994 A4 Art, Westspace Gallery, Melbourne, Vic
1993 Option, Westspace Gallery, Melbourne, Vic
1990 Some Melbourne Painters, Perth Galleries, Perth, WA
1989 B.P. Australia Acquisative Prize, Sth. Melbourne Gallery, Melbourne, Vic
1989 Heidelberg and Heritage, Linden Gallery, Melbourne, Vic
1989 St. Kilda 3, Linden Gallery, Melbourne, Vic
1989 Sculptors on the Wall, Others on the Floor, 70 Arden St. Gallery, Melbourne
1988 St. Kilda 1, Linden Gallery, Melbourne
1988 Site Of Execution, Australian Centre Of Contemporary Art., Melbourne
1986 The Christmas Show, Blaxland Gallery, Sydney
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2008 Fleeting Moments: Michael Kelly - Bondoora Homestead Gallery, Melbourne
2007 1988 – 2003. Survey Exhibition, Bundoora Homestead Gallery, Melbourne
2006 Still Lives and Bundanon Landscapes, Stephanie Burns Gallery. Canberra
2004 Recent Paintings, Australian Galleries, Sydney
2003 Recent Paintings and Works on Paper, Charles Nodrum Gallery, Melbourne
2000 Recent Paintings, Charles Nodrum Gallery, Melbourne
1997 Recent Work, Diane Tanzer Gallery, Melbourne
1995 Paintings, Westspace Gallery, Melbourne
1992 Recent Work, Artcontrol Gallery, Melbourne
1990 Drawings and Paintings, Footscray Gallery, Melbourne
1989 Paintings, 70 Arden St. Gallery, Melbourne
COLLECTIONS
Art Gallery of Ballarat
Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery
La Trobe University
City of Darebin
Reserve Bank of Australia
101 Collins St
Clayton Utz
BDO Nelson Parkhill
C.A.E. Melbourne
Dunmoochin Foundation
Bundanon Foundation
Private collections
GRANTS / PRIZES / RESIDENCIES
2009 Artist-in-Residence Clayton Utz, Sydney, Australia
2005 Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant. New York, NY, USA
2005 Artist-in-Residence Bundanon, NSW, Australia
2000-03 Artist-in-Residence Dunmoochin, Victoria, Australia
1994 Artworkz 7 Acquisative Prize - Gallery 101 Collins St., Melbourne, Vic
PUBLICATIONS AND ARTICLES
The Australian – 'Shining A Light on Art of Painting Outdoors' : Michaela Boland, 16 April, 2010
The Age - Activism Tackles the Ordinary - The Year in Review: Robert Nelson, 24/12/2008
The Age - Kelly Country Proves Prophetic. Robert Nelson, 8/10/2008
The Canberra Times - Fresh Look at Boyd's Bundanon: Philip O'Brien, Times 2; 21/3/2006
The Australian - WISH Magazine, Launch Issue: Time Lapse - Nick Cubbin, Oct. 2005
The Canberra Times - 'Realists Present Their Landscapes', Sonia Barron, 9/6/2004
Herald Sun - Open Air on Canvas : Review, Visual Arts, Jeff Makin, 10/3/2003
The Age - Landscape Painting No Picnic - Robert Nelson, 8/2/2003
Geelong Gallery - Art On The Spot: Contemporary Plein Air Painting, Ronald Millar
The Sunday Age - Trees Company - Fred Williams, Penleigh Boyd and Michael Kelly, Robert Nelson, 9/7/2000
Imprint - The Art of The Prize: Di Waite, Vol 33 #3, 1998
Dictionary of Australian Artists - D.W. Thorpe, Melbourne, 1992