Biography
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1965
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Born in Bristol, family moved to Australia
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1985
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Obtained a BA from RMIT University, Melbourne
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1995
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Obtained a MA from RMIT University, Melbourne
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Won the Anne & Gordon Samstag International Visual Arts Scholarship
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1996-97
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Studied as an Affiliate Student at the Slade School of Art
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1988
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First show at the Niagara Galleries, Melbourne
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2000
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Dobell cow sculpture displayed in 'Les Champs de la Sculpture', Paris
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2002
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Dobell cow sculpture displayed in 'La Parade des Animaux', Monte Carlo
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Solo Exhibitions
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1988
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Niagara Galleries, Melbourne
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1990
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Niagara Galleries, Melbourne
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The Essoign Club, Owen Dixon Chambers, Melbourne
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1993
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Niagara Galleries, Melbourne
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1995
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Niagara Galleries, Melbourne
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Piccadilly Gallery, London, UK
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1996
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Niagara Galleries, Melbourne
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Masters Exhibition, RMIT, Melbourne
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1997
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Piccadilly Gallery, London, UK, 'Painting the Dead Horse'
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1998
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Niagara Galleries, Melbourne
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2000
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Niagara Galleries, Melbourne, 'More Fucking Cows!'
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Piccadilly Gallery, London, UK
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L'espal centre culturel, Le Mans, France, 'John Kelly'
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2002
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Niagara Galleries, Melbourne
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Piccadilly Gallery, London, UK, ‘Culture Jam’
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2003
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Liverpool Street Gallery, Sydney, 'The Nice Paintings – From The Top Paddock’
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2004
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Niagara Galleries, Melbourne, ‘The Irish Rover’
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The Essoign Club, Owen Dixon Chambers, Melbourne, 'John Kelly'
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Project Space, RMIT, Melbourne, ‘The Drawing Room’
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2005
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Piccadilly Gallery, London, UK, ‘Incorrect Usage’
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Liverpool Street Gallery, Sydney, ‘Australian Cultural Product’
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Goodenough College, London, ‘Three Cows in a Pile’
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Niagara Galleries, Melbourne, ‘Project x 2’
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2006
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Piccadilly Gallery, London Dolliver Design Studio, Cork, Ireland, ‘There was an Australian, an Englishman and an Irishman...’
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Niagara Galleries, Melbourne, ‘Sun of Moonboy’
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McClelland Gallery + Sculpture Park, Melbourne, ‘Deconstructing Australia’
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2007
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The Room, Brighton, VIC, ‘John Kelly’
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Piccadilly Gallery, London Dolliver Design Studio, Cork, Ireland, ‘There was an Australian, an Englishman and an Irishman...’
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Musée d’Art Moderne de Contemporaine, Nice, France, ‘Cow up a Tree’
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2008
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Liverpool Street Gallery, Sydney, ‘Self Portrait from Afar’
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2009
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Salamanca Arts Centre, Battery Point, TAS, ‘Self Portrait from Afar’, third project from Kelly’s Garden curated series
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2010
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Agnews Gallery , London, UK, 'Probe'
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2011
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Michael Koro Gallery, Melbourne, ‘Enterprise’
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2013
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Liverpool Street Gallery, Sydney, ‘Look and Put (Irish Landscapes)’
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Oliver Sears Gallery, Dublin, Ireland, ‘Sticks and Stones’
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2014
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Australian Galleries, Derby Street, Melbourne, ‘From under my mother’s bed’
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The Doswell Gallery, Cork, Ireland, ‘Castlehaven’
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2015
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Australian Galleries, Roylston Street, Sydney, ‘From under my mother’s bed including recent etchings and steel cut outs’
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2016
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Oliver Sears Gallery, Dublin, Ireland, ‘Out There’
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Bett Gallery, Hobart, ‘The Moo Brew Etchings’
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Australian Galleries, Melbourne, ‘Hanging Rock’
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Australian Galleries, Melbourne, ‘The Moo Brew Etchings’
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Sotheby’s, Sydney, ‘John Kelly: Sculptures’
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Selected Group Exhibitions
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1988-1994
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Various group exhibitions in Australia
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1995
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Linden Gallery, Melbourne, ‘St Kilda Postcard Show’
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Dobell Drawing Prize Exhibition, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
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Sulman Prize Exhibition, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
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Benalla Visual Arts Festival, Benalla, VIC, ‘Australian Felix’
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Piccadilly Gallery, London, UK, ‘Piccadilly Gallery at Art ‘95’
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Geelong Art Gallery, Geelong, VIC, ‘Deakin University: Recent Acquisitions’
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Basel Art Fair, Basel, Switzerland
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Piccadilly Gallery, London
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London, UK and Edinburgh, UK, ‘Royal Overseas League Exhibition’
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Access Gallery, Sydney
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The Herald Sun Art Prize, Melbourne
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1996
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Royal College of Art, London, UK, ‘20th Century British Art Fair’
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London, UK and Edinburgh, UK, ‘Royal Overseas League Exhibition’
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Basel Art Fair, Basel, Switzerland
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Wynne Prize Exhibition, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
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Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Mornington, VIC, ‘12th Biennial Spring Festival of Drawing’
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Fifth Australian Contemporary Art Fair, Melbourne
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1997
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Halle Saint Pierre, Paris, France and Strausborg, France, ‘Oh La Vache!’
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Basel Art Fair, Basel, Switzerland
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Musée Municipal A.G. Poulain, Normandie, France, ‘Vaches du XXe Siecle et Droles de Bovides’
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Glasgow Art Fair, Glasgow, Scotland
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Wynne Prize Exhibition, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
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London, UK and Edinburgh, UK, ‘Royal Overseas League Exhibition’
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1998
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Sulman Prize Exhibition, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
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Wynne Prize Exhibition, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
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Salon des Refusés, SH Ervin Gallery, Sydney
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Sixth Australian Contemporary Art Fair, Melbourne
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Basel Art Fair, Basel, Switzerland
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Access Gallery, Sydney
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Hill-Smith Gallery, Adelaide
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Virgin Airlines, Gatwick Airport, London
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Hammerson, 100 Park Lane, London, UK, ‘Figuring it Out'
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Galerie Luc Queyral, Paris, France, ‘Proposition Australiennes’
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Gallerie Commercio, Zurich, Switzerland, ‘Kuhkunst’
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1999
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Niagara Galleries, Melbourne, ‘Blue Chip II: The Collectors’ Exhibition’
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Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Mornington, VIC, ‘Horses for Courses’
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Espace Eiffel, Paris, France, ‘Salon Grands et Jeunes d’Aujourd’hui’
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Paris, France, ‘Les Champs de la Sculpture II’
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Basel Art Fair, Basel, Switzerland
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Royal Academy of Arts, London, ‘Summer Exhibition’
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2000
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Royal Academy of Arts, London, ‘Summer Exhibition’
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Sulman Prize Exhibition, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
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Foundation Coprim, Paris, France, 'Paysage'
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l’Espace, Adamski Designs, Paris, France, ‘Accents Australiens'
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2002
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Monte Carlo, Monaco, ‘Parade des Animaux’
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Ipswick Global Arts Link, Ipswick, QLD, ‘Ready, Set, Go! Sporting Life and Australian Art’,
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Basel Art Fair, Basel, Switzerland
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Royal Academy of Arts, London, ‘Summer Exhibition’
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2003
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Niagara Galleries, Melbourne, ‘Blue Chip V: The Collectors’ Exhibition’
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National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, ‘Fair Game: Art & Sport’
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McClelland Gallery, Langwarrin, VIC, ‘A Modelled World’
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2004
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Niagara Galleries, Melbourne, ‘Blue Chip VI: The Collectors’ Exhibition’
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Ballarat Fine Art Gallery, Ballarat, VIC and touring, ‘Imaging the Apple’
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Melbourne Art Fair, Melbourne
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The Triskel, Cork, Ireland, 'Taking Stock'
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2005
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Glastonbury Festival, Glastonbury, UK, ‘The Green Fields’
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The Triskel, Cork, Ireland, 'Taking Stock'
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McClelland Gallery, Langwarrin, VIC, ‘McClelland Contemporary Sculpture Survey and McClelland Award Exhibition’
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2006
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Melbourne Art Fair, Melbourne
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Belfast Print Workshop, Belfast, Ireland, ‘Cork-Belfast Printmakers Exchange’
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The Triskel, Cork, Ireland, ‘Fetish in a Box’
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Belfast Print Workshop, Belfast, Ireland, ‘10 x 10 Identity in Contemporary Ireland’
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Sculpture by the Sea: Tenth Annual Exhibition, Sydney
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2007
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Montalto Sculpture Prize: Finalist Exhibition, Red Hill, VIC
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The Hague, Netherlands, ‘Den Haag Sculptuur 2007’
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Ballarat Fine Art Gallery, Ballarat, VIC, ‘How Now Cow’
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Agnew’s, London, UK, ‘Looking forward – 25 British Artists’
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Glastonbury Festival, Glastonbury, UK, ‘The Green Fields’
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Sirus Arts Centre, Cork, Ireland, ‘Death and Desire’
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Toorak Festival of Sculpture, Toorak, Melbourne
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Auckland Art Fair, Auckland, NZ
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Hawkesbury Regional Gallery , Hawkesbury , NSW, ‘Bloodlines: Art and the Horse’
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2008
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Niagara Galleries, Melbourne, ‘Blue Chip X: The Collectors’ Exhibition’
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The Helen Lempriere National Sculpture Award 2008, Werribee Park, Melbourne
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Yarra Sculpture Gallery, Melbourne, ‘Ship of Fools, Ship of Hope, One World’
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Melbourne Art Fair, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne
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The Third Guangzhou Triennial, Guangzhou Museum of Art, Guangzhou, China, ‘Farewell to Post Colonialism’
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2009
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Cork Printmakers and Tristel Arts Centre, Cork, Ireland, ‘Today I joined a gang in the woods’, curated by Emma Mahony
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Liverpool Street Gallery, Sydney, ‘Summer exhibition’
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2010
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Liverpool Street Gallery, Sydney, ‘Blue Chip: Collectors’ Exhibition’
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National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taiwan, ‘At the Crossroads’
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2011
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Goteborg International Biennial for Contemporary Art, Goteborg, Germany
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Crawfort Art Gallery, Cork, Ireland
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2014
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Australian Galleries, Derby Street, Melbourne, ‘Australia Day 2014 Celebratory Exhibition’
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Australian Galleries, Derby Street, Melbourne, ‘one of each’
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2015
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Void Gallery, Derry, Ireland, 'Horse'
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2016
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Anne & Gordon Samstag Museum of Art, Adelaide, ‘Fleurieu Art Prize’
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Australian Galleries, Melbourne, ‘Conjuring, Alchemy and Allure’
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Collections
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Artbank, Australia
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Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
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Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide
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Baker and McKenzie, London, UK
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Ballarat Fine Art Gallery, Ballarat, VIC
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Benalla Art Gallery, Benalla, VIC
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Bendigo Art Gallery , Bendigo, VIC
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City of Yarra Collection, VIC
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Deakin University Art Collection, VIC
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Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou, China
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Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Gold Coast, QLD
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Gallery of Sport, Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
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Holmes a Court Collection, Cowaramup, WA
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La Trobe University Collection, VIC
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Leeuwin Estate, Margaret River, WA
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Maharam Collection, New York, USA
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McClelland Sculpture Park and Gallery, Langwarrin, VIC
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Murdoch Collection, Australia
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Musée Municipal A G Poulain, Normandie, France
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Museum of Old and New Art, Moorilla, Hobart
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National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
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National Sports Museum, Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
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Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Launceston, TAS
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Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane
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Tasmania Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart
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Trinity College Collection, Melbourne
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Western Mining Collection, Australia
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Numerous private and corporate collections in Australia, Europe and USA
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Commissions, Grants, and Awards
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1988
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Project Grant, Visual Arts Board, Australia Council
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1992
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The Melbourne Theatre Company 1992-1993 Season Programme, I Hate Hamlet
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1993
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City of Richmond Acquisitive Art Award
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John Storey Memorial Scholarship, The Queen’s Trust Grant, RMIT
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1994
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Barcelona Studio, Visual Arts/Craft Board, Australia Council
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1995
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Anne and Gordon Samstag International Visual Arts Scholarship Award
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St Kilda Postcard Show
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2001
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Project Grant, South East Arts
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2002
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Professional Development Grant, Visual Arts/Craft Board, Australia Council
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2005
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‘Moo Brew’, paintings for Moorilla Estate, TAS
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2015
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‘Man lifting cow’ for Brimbank Council
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2016
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Fleurieu Art Prize (Finalist), Anne & Gordon Samstag Museum of Art, Adelaide
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Bibliography
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Catalogues, Books, and Films
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Moet et Chandon (exhibition catalogue), 1988
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John Kelly (exhibition catalogue), Niagara Galleries, Melbourne, 1993
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Neville Drury, Images 2 – Contemporary Australian Painting, Craftsman House Press, 1994
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Moet et Chandon (exhibition catalogue), 1994
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Australian Arts Diary, illustrated, 1995
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Australia Felix (exhibition catalogue), Benalla, 1995
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Royal Overseas League (exhibition catalogue), London, 1995
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John Kelly (exhibition catalogue), Niagara Galleries, Melbourne, 1995
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Barry Humphries, The art of John Kelly (exhibition catalogue), The Piccadilly Gallery, London, 1997
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Anne and Gordon Samstag International Visual Arts Scholarship (exhibition catalogue), University of South Australia, 1996
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Royal Overseas League (exhibition catalogue), London, 1997
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John Kelly (exhibition catalogue), Niagara Galleries, Melbourne, 1998
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Basel Art Fair (exhibition catalogue), 1998
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Cow up a Tree, Niagara Galleries, Melbourne, 1999
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John Kelly – New Paintings and Sculpture (exhibition catalogue), The Piccadilly Gallery, London, 200
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More Fucking Cows! (exhibition catalogue), Niagara Galleries, Melbourne, 2000
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Laura Murray Cree, Awesome! Australian Art for Contemporary Kids, Craftsman House, Sydney, 2002
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The Nice Paintings – From the Top Paddock (exhibition catalogue), Niagara Publishing, Melbourne, 2003
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Australian Cultural Product (exhibition catalogue), Niagara Publishing, Melbourne, 2004
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Sun of Moonboy (exhibition catalogue), Niagara Publishing, Melbourne, 2006
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Sun of Moonboy (exhibition catalogue), Niagara Publishing, Melbourne, 2006
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Australian Art Pack Animals 1788 – 21st Century, The Creative School Supply Company, 2007
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Robert Lindsay, Deconstructing Australia (exhibition catalogue), McClelland Gallery and Sculpture Park, Melbourne, 2006
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Sonia Payes, Untitled: Portraits of Australian Artists, Macmillan Publishing, Melbourne, 2007
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The Helen Lempriere National Sculpture Award at Werribee Park 2008 (exhibition catalogue), The Helen Lempriere National Sculpture Award, Melbourne, 2008
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Self Portrait from Afar (exhibition catalogue), Liverpool Street Gallery, Sydney, 2008
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John Doggett-Williams, Deconstructing John Kelly, Fine Eye Productions, Melbourne, 2008
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Articles and Reviews
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Gary Catalano, The Age, 17 February 1988
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Alison Barclay, “Cow of a job for a talented artist”, Herald Sun, 8 June 1993
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Anna Clabburn, “Laughing at national sacred cows”, The Melbourne Times, 23 June 1993
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Openline, RMIT “John Storey winner milks memories of wartime cows”, RMIT University, 16 June 1993
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Chris Johnston, “Painting a cows tale”, Western Independent, Melbourne
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Robert Nelson, “Moet has depth and seduction”, The Age, 4 January 1995
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Anna Clabburn, Asian Art News (Australian Supplement), May 1995
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Andrew Block, “Cudding Edge”, Herald Sun, 1 March 1996
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Susan McCulloch, “Metaphorically Phar-fetched”, The Australian, 4 November 1997
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“The weekend’s best: Art”, The Age, 28 November 1998
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“Kelly: London to Brighton”, Artlink, volume 18, No. 4, 1998
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“John Kelly L’Australie Aux Champs”, Connaissance Des Arts, No 561, May 1999
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“John Kelly dans le cadre des Champs de la Sculpture 2000”, press book, comprehensive collation of international media coverage, Agence Hymann, Renault Associees, Paris, 2000
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Anna Clabburn, “Stripes and squares animate landscape carnival”, The Australian, 10 November 2000
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Robert Nelson, “Shock of the moo”, The Age, 8 November 2000
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Jeff Makin, “Suspended animation”, Herald Sun, 20 November 2000
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“Docklands is out on a limb for art”, Melbourne Yarra Leader, 12 February 2001
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Susan McCullock-Uehlin, “Packing art and leaving home”, The Weekend Australian, 2 June 2001
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Jeff Makin, “Roses all the way”, Herald Sun, 4 February 2002
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Alison Harper, “Market perspective”, The Australian Art Market Report, Issue 4, 2002
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“Market perspective”, The Australian Art Market Report, Issue 5, 2002
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Louise Bellamy, “Bull market for Niagara”, The Age, 24 April 2003
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Bob Hart, “In the bid time”, Herald Sun, 3 May 2003
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Georgina Safe, “Painter mocks arts council bull”, The Australian, 20 June 2003
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John Kelly, “Letters”, Art Monthly Australia, August 2003
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John McDonald and John Kelly, “Branding time at the oz co. corral”, Australian Art Review, November 2003
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Alison Harper, “Interview with John Kelly”, The Australian Art Market Report, Issue 10, 2003
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Terry Ingram, “Merger streamlines art market”, The Australian Financial Review, 14 November 2003
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Patricia Anderson, “Apparitions and metaphors”, The Australian, 15 November 2003
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Geoff Maslen, “Gavel fails to fall for most vendors”, The Age, 1 December 2003
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Harbant Gill, “Having a cow of a time”, Herald Sun, 28 January 2004
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Louise Bellamy, “A gain for the galleries”, The Age, 25 June 2005
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Harbant Gill, “So who’s a silly moo?”, Herald Sun, 28 June 2005
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Jeff Makin, “Pun in the moonlight”, Herald Sun, 20 November 2006
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Harbant Gill, “Now it’s three cows up a tree”, Herald Sun, 26 Marh 2007
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Ailin Quinlan, “Artist brings animal attraction home”, Irish Examiner, 2 April 2007
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Brian O’Connell, “Pull the udder one”, The Irish Times Magazine, 7 April 2007
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Katrina Stickland, “No sacred cows”, The Australian Financial Review, 6 December 2007
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Harbant Gill, “Peril vaults back”, Herald Sun, 18 February 2008
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“It’s a date: Helen Lempriere Centenary Exhibition at Werribee Park”, Royal Auto, April 2008
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Fergal Gaynor, “Crawford Open 2007 – the sleep of reason”, Circa 123, Spring 2008
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John P O’Sullivan, “Enjoy the View”, The Sunday Times, 03 August 2014
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James Cockington, “Art to Adore for Heifer and Heifer”, Sydney Morning Herald, ‘Money’, 22 October 2014
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Capone, Alesha, “Artist John Kelly begins work on Man lifting cow statue for Sunshine”, Brimbank Leader, 11 November 2015
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Kylie Northover, “Cow-up-a-tree-artist John Kelly – Australia’s most famous artist you never knew”, The Age, 18 December 2015
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Margaret Burin, “Australian artist John Kelly brings cows home to mark humble beginnings”, ABC News, 20 August 2016
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Sally Glaetzer, “How a beer label led to Leigh Carmichael’s brilliant new career”, The Mercury, 29 October 2016
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Writing by the artist
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“In advance of the Crawford open”, Recirca.com, 2007
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“Making a meal of sculpture”, Recirca.com, 2008
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“If I were you I wouldn’t start from here – The way things go”, Recirca.com, 2008
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“The spectacle of expectation in public”, Recirca.com, 2008
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“An Open Letter From John Kelly to the PM”, The Art Life blogspot, 2008
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“Wotif, Wotif...”, The Artlife, 2008
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“Sean Lynch”, Circa magazine, Ireland 2008 Summer edition
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“The impossibility for shopping in the mind of a stuffed d’oh eyed panda”, Circa magazine, Winter edition Ireland, 2008
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“First Past the Post-Colonial”, Art Monthly Australia, November 2008
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“Prayer for the Potato Crop”, Art Monthly Australia, March 2009
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“The Beauty of Distance”, Art Monthly Australia, July 2009
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“Is that your dog”, A Biennale Romance, www.recirca.com, 2009
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“Grin and bear it”, Circa magazine, Ireland, Summer 2009
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“On the beach – a letter from Nice”, Recirca.com, 2009
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“Not exactly about cricket”, The Art Life, 2009
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“Letter from an Australian”, originally published in Art Monthly, Issue No 322, December 2009/January 2010, p 38
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“Bacon ‘n’ Eggs”, Art Monthly Australia, March 2010
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“From Melbourne to Monaco (via Princess Grace boulevard)”, The Art Life, April 2010
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“Thingamajig, the secret life of objects”, The Art Life, May 2010
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“The Caretaker and the Guesthouse”, The Art Life, June 2010
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“William Dobell, An artist’s life, Book review”, Art Monthly Australia, November 2010
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“Close Examination, Fakes, Mistakes and Rey Mysterio – A year in review”, The Art Life, December 2010
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“Flying High I & II: Airplane, the Terminal Convention and Sirium Matters”, The Art Life, February 2011
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“Memory Places”, Art Monthly Australia, April 2011
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“The Golden Thread: Hany Armanious at the Venice Biennale, “The Art Life, July 2011
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“Art, Branding and Camouflage Cows”, The Art Life, August 2011
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“Artist and the State and the State of the Arts”, www.papervisual.com, September 2011
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“PAN DEMON i UM: The Goteborg International Biennale of Contemporary Art”, www.recirca.com, September 2011
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“The Garden Shed”, Visual Arts News, November-December 2011
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