Noel Kelly

Who is Noel Kelly?

Noel Kelly is an Irish art curator, critic, and art management specialist working in contemporary visual art.

Having founded The Art Projects Network - International Art Managers & Curators, Kelly curated exhibitions in Ireland on internationally. Kelly went on to become curator for Temple Bar Gallery and Studio in Dublin. In 2009 he co-curated the Slovenian National Pavillion in the Venice Biennale.

In 2007 Kelly was appointed Director of Visual Artists Ireland. VAI is the largest all Ireland Non-Governmental Organisation representing artists' rights both nationally and on an international basis. In March 2008, he was elected a Fellow of The RSA in recognition for his contribution to the visual arts. He is a board member of the Irish Visual Artists Rights Organisation, and in 2013 Kelly was elected to the position of President of the International Association of Art Critics - Ireland.

Kelly is also a writer on art with regular contributions to The Contemporary Arts Review, Circa, Juliette and artist monograph essays. His key area of interest is in the negotiation of art and politics.