Edward Kelly

Who is Edward Kelly?

Edward Kelly is a contemporary English painter. He was born in Liverpool, England in 1946. He studied at Liverpool College of Art between 1963–67, during which time he studied in Italy under a Joohn Moores Travel Scholarship. He took a Higher Diploma at Birmingham College of Art between 1967–68, and taught at Chelsea College of Art from 1974 to 1996.

His solo exhibitions include the Bootle Art Gallery, Liverpool, the Camden Arts Centre, London, Air Gallery, London, Kapil Jariwala Gallery, London, Arts in Mann Gallery, Isle of Man, Smith Janwala Gallery, London, Courtyard, Hereford, Martin's Gallery, Cheltenham, House of Manannan and Manx Museum, Isle of Man, Artwave West, Dorset.

In 1969 he exhibited with Sylvia Goth at the Bluecoat Gallery, Liverpool as a John Moore's scholar. In 1980 he exhibited with Simon Willis at Bedford Way Gallery in London. In 1999 to 2001 he exhibited in group shows at Culture Gallery, Broadway, New York. In 2012 he filmed an interview with playwright Peter Terson, excerpts of which were screened at the British Film Institute.

Ken Kiff praised his "hard won images" in 1987.