Joan Marie Kelly
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Joan Marie Kelly has been living and teaching Art in Singapore since 2005 as a Senior Lecturer at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore. She is a member artist of Blue Mountain Gallery, a prominent and historic gallery in New York City and the heart of the art district. She has pursued a career of art making, as objects; paintings and ceram....
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Joan Marie Kelly has been living and teaching Art in Singapore since 2005 as a Senior Lecturer at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore. She is a member artist of Blue Mountain Gallery, a prominent and historic gallery in New York City and the heart of the art district. She has pursued a career of art making, as objects; paintings and ceramics. Yet Asia inspired her to develop a social art practice where she refers to herself as an Urban Ecologist, one who investigates the ecosystem of the city initiating artistic encounters with migrant and marginalized communities. Art became a means to witness and engage with the environments and daily lives of communities that are often represented by constructions of the media. She has conducted social art workshops in neighbourhoods of Kolkata, Shenzhen and Singapore, empowering people through creativity, often the experience inspires her paintings. 2017, she is the 2nd prize winner in the Glover Painting Prize, Australia. Her recent solo exhibitions were held in Blue Mountain Gallery New York City, Smith College USA, New Delhi India, Fez Morocco. Recent Biennale’s include, Beijing, Izmir, Turkey, Korea, and Casablanca.