Biography
Jennifer Kelly lives and works in Carrick-on-Shanon, Co. Leitrim. She is a middle child of seven children who grew up in county Kildare. Her interest in nature was awoken during time spent fishing with her father beside the rivers and lakes of Kildare and Wicklow as she grew up.
While attending a FETAC course in Art and Design at the Abbeyleix School of Further Education in County Laois the opportunity arose to apply as a mature student for an Honours Degree in Ceramics at the Limerick School of Art and Design. Here she embraced the opportunity to explore her interest in nature through the medium of ceramics.
Exhibitions:
January 2017: 'The Rough with the Smooth' - Arts Centre, Nelson street, Clonmel, Co. Tipperary.
April 2016: 'Open' - The Church Gallery, Limerick School of Art and Design, Clare Street, Limerick.
March 2015: '1260 Degrees' Limerick School of Art and Design's 3rd Year Ceramics Exhibition, Presbyterian Church,
O'Connel St. Limerick.
June 2013: Abbeyleix PLC Graduate Exhibition, Dunamaise Thearte, Portlaoise, Co. Laois.
July 2012: 'Connections' - a solo exhibition of textiles, based on the Waterways of Ireland. The Very Small Gallery, Carrick on Shannon, Co. Leitrim.
Jennifer Kelly lives and works in Carrick-on-Shanon, Co. Leitrim. She is a middle child of seven children who grew up in county Kildare. Her interest in nature was awoken during time spent fishing with her father beside the rivers and lakes of Kildare and Wicklow as she grew up.
While attending a FETAC course in Art and Design at the Abbeyleix School of Further Education in County Laois the opportunity arose to apply as a mature student for an Honours Degree in Ceramics at the Limerick School of Art and Design. Here she embraced the opportunity to explore her interest in nature through the medium of ceramics.
Exhibitions:
January 2017: 'The Rough with the Smooth' - Arts Centre, Nelson street, Clonmel, Co. Tipperary.
April 2016: 'Open' - The Church Gallery, Limerick School of Art and Design, Clare Street, Limerick.
March 2015: '1260 Degrees' Limerick School of Art and Design's 3rd Year Ceramics Exhibition, Presbyterian Church,
O'Connel St. Limerick.
June 2013: Abbeyleix PLC Graduate Exhibition, Dunamaise Thearte, Portlaoise, Co. Laois.
July 2012: 'Connections' - a solo exhibition of textiles, based on the Waterways of Ireland. The Very Small Gallery, Carrick on Shannon, Co. Leitrim.