Kelly Sweeney

Education

  • MA Fine Art, Chelsea School of Art, UAL
  • PGCE in Art & Design, University of Reading
  • BA Hons in Fine Art (First Class), Nottingham Trent University


Solo Presentations

  • 2021 Night Comers, The Function Suite, London
  • 2020 Witches, Scamps and Things, Hoxton 253, London
  • 2016 Transient, BSMT Space, London


Group Shows

  • 2022 On Gossip and the Glamour, Touchbase, Folkestone
  • 2021 Ineffable, LUVA Gallery, London
  • 2021 Absent Authors, APT Gallery, London
  • 2020 The Function Suite, London
  • 2019 Ghosting, Toynbee Studios, LADA DIY Project
  • 2019 Micro, Air Gallery, Manchester (selected by the gallery)
  • 2019 Re-purpose/Reverse, Studio1.1, London (selected by Keran James and Michael Keenan)
  • 2019 Cabinet, Espacio Gallery, London
  • 2018 Dirty Un\Realism, Studio 1.1, London
  • 2018 Painting Open, No Format Gallery, London (selected by the gallery)
  • 2018 Curator’s Selection Painting Open, Belcanto, London
  • 2018 Drawing Open, No Format Gallery, London (selected by the gallery)
  • 2018 Does the Body Rule the Mind?, Studio1.1, London (Selected by Keran James and Michael Keenan)
  • 2017 Creekside Open, A.P.T Gallery, London (Selected by Jordan Baseman)
  • 2017 Strangelands, Collyer Bristow Gallery, London
  • 2017 Make//Shift, Air Gallery, Manchester
  • 2017 Lubomirov/Angus-Hughes Gallery Summer Show, London (selected by the gallery)
  • 2017 The Human Stain , Studio1.1, London (Selected by Keran James and Michael Keenan)
  • 2016 Lubomirov/Angus-Hughes Gallery December Show, London (selected by the gallery)
  • 2016 Looking Up, Studio1.1, London (Selected by Keran James and Michael Keenan)
  • 2016 Lubomirov/Angus-Hughes Gallery, London (selected by the gallery)
  • 2015 Strobe Manoeuvre, Unit 3, ASC, London
  • 2015 Fright Flicks Film Festival, Pillbox, London (Selected by Film Hub London and supported by BFI)
  • 2015 Zeitgeist Open, London (Selected by Domo Baal, Rebecca Geldard, Annabel Tilley and Rosalind Davis)
  • 2015 Hix Award, CNB Gallery, London (Selection panel included Tracey Emin, Anita
  • Zabludowicz, Edward Lucie-Smith and Eliza Bonham Carter)
  • 2015 Painted Surfaces, Surface Gallery, Nottingham (selected by the gallery)
  • 2014 Zeitgeist Open, London (Selected by Andrew Bick, Juan Bolivar, Annabel Tilley and Rosalind Davis)
  • 2014 Hotel Elephant Studio’s, London
  • 2014 Office Sessions Part I Anchorage House, London
  • 2014 Orbital Gallery, Millbank Tower, London
  • 2014 MA Show, Chelsea School of Art, London
  • 2014 Chelsea Salon with Converse, London
  • 2014 Chelsea Triangle Space Interim Show, London
  • 2014 Camden Group Show, London
  • 2013 Chelsea Introductory Show, London


Screening Events

  • 2022 Film Jam Launch, London
  • 2020 The Horse Hospital, London
  • 2020 Moving Image Salon, London


Awards and Residencies

  • 2021 Jerwood Arts 1:1 Award
  • 2021 Oppenheim Trust
  • 2020 The Eaton Fund
  • 2020 National Lottery Project Grant, Arts Council England
  • 2020 Support Grant, Arts Council England
  • 2018 Long-listed for John Moores Painting Prize
  • 2018 DYCP Award, Arts Council England
  • 2015/16 Trelex Residency, Switzerland (Funded residency program)
  • 2015 Hix Award Finalist. Awarded second prize (presented by Tracey Emin and Mark Hix)
  • 2014 Shortlisted for Bloomberg New Contemporaries
  • 2014 Chelsea School of Art Patron’s Bursary.


Collections

Private collections include the UK, Thailand, France, New York, Singapore, Berlin and Canada.