Scott Kelly (1990) is a Paris based, New Zealand born artist. His work has been exhibited at the Seoul Museum of Art, a number of galleries across Europe and commissioned by Cornwall Park - New Zealand’s largest. He has been recognised by the likes of D&AD and Forbes, and featured in publications such as Vice, Dezeen, BBC and Maison & Objet. Having initially studied design, media and communication, Scott has moved away from a successful career in advertising - to explore the worlds of sculpture, installation, printmaking and conceptual art.
Scott is drawn to the unexplored everyday. His medium shifting work highlights the significance within the familiar, and reveals the spectacle buried beneath the humdrum.
To contact please email scott.conrad.kelly@gmail.com
Instagram @scottconradkelly
EXHIBITIONS
2024 The John Ruskin Prize, Shortlisted & exhibited Trinity Buoy Wharf, London, UK.
2024 Shapes and Things, Projection Room, London, UK.
2022 Act II, European Artistic Program. 4 week residency, Barcelona & Paris. Final exhibition at Yellow Cube Art Gallery, Paris.
2022 Interaction, Holy Art, Dalston, London, UK.
2021 Searching for Meaning, Outside the Zone, Shoreditch, London, UK.
2019 Vicious Circle, The Biscuit Factory, London, UK.
2018 Seoul Mediacity Biennale, Seoul Museum of Art (SeMA), Seoul, S. Korea.
2017 Summer, The Archivist’s Gallery, London, UK.
2017 The Art Fair, Subversion Gallery, Glasgow, UK.
2016 100 Days Project, Thievery Studios, Auckland, NZ.
PUBLIC WORKS
2021 Searching for Meaning, Public installation Shoreditch, London. UK.
2020 Signs of Times III, invited to commission pre covid.
2018 Signs of the Times II (Commission), Cornwall Park, Auckland, New Zealand.
2017 Signs of the Times, Various locations, New Plymouth, New Zealand.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
James, Vanita. ”Taking back control”, Hunger Magazine, Issue 21, September, 2021. p. 228 - 235
Schuh, Hannah “Clicked world”, Art-magazin, vol. 12, June, 2018. p. 10 & 11.
Malait, Marie-Jo. “Finding inspiration in other areas of Creativity”, Maison+Objet Paris, vol. 32. p. 26 & 27
King, Yumi. “(Eu Zen) terms and conditions of a good life”, Eu Zen - Seoul Mediacity Biennale, vol. 1. p. 32
Upcoming: “Stepping Stones”, Publisher Noordhoff.
OTHER HONOURABLE MENTIONS
The Guardian, Hunger Magazine, Dezeen, BBC, Smithsonian, Forbes, Its Nice That, Verge, The Guardian, Design Taxi, GQ, Kobini, BBC Podcast, Lonely Planet, Fast Company, Cool Hunting, Wired, New Zealand Herald, Tabi-labo, Business Insider, Designboom, Vice.
