Approved: 09.09.2021

Stewart Kelly

Artist

Approved: 09.09.2021

Stewart Kelly MA, BA (Hons), PGCE, is an award winning, internationally recognised artist based in Manchester, United Kingdom.

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Artist Statement

Stewart Kelly MA, BA (Hons), PGCE, is an award winning, internationally recognised artist based in Manchester, United Kingdom.

Stewart graduated with a BA (Hons) in Fashion & Textiles Design from Liverpool John Moores University (2000), specialising in textile art and design. During his studies, Stewart exhibited and sold fabric designs with Indigo Salon at Premiere Vision in Paris. His clients included; Donna KaranRalph LaurenLauren VidalSahco Hesslein and Ralph Lauren Home Collection.

Following this, Stewart received an Arts & Humanities Research Council postgraduate award to study for an MA in Textiles at Manchester Metropolitan University (2002), specialising in fine art textiles. Since completing his studies, Stewart has established a profile as an international artist, showing his work in exhibitions across the United Kingdom, Europe, USA, Canada and China.

Throughout his career, Stewart has received several awards including, a Silver Medal at the 13th International Biennial of Contemporary Textile Artwith Scythia, Ukraine (2020), an Award for Excellence at From Lausanne to Beijing, 11th Fiber Art Biennale, China (2020), and an Award for Excellence at the State of Health: Illness, Recovery & Art, with Fiber Art Now, USA (2020).

Stewart’s work has featured in several international publications including Textile View (2002), Surface Design Journal (2018), Fiber Art Now (2020), Textile Fibre Forum (2020), and Embroidery Magazine (2023). In addition, he has published online interviews with TextileArtist.org (2015, 2020), Mr X Stitch(2016), Textile Curator (2016, 2021), ArteMorbida (2019) and Explore Fiber (2020).

Stewart is a member of AxiswebBankley Studios + Gallery, the European Textile Network and the Surface Design Association.

CV & Education

Exhibitions (Selected)

2022 - Drawn In, The Turnpike Gallery, Lancashire, UK

2022 - 60 Drawings + 10, The Whitaker Museum & Art Gallery, Lancashire, UK

2022 - Bankley: 30 Years of Artist Led, Bankley Studios + Gallery, Manchester, UK

2022 - Bubble: 22nd International Mini Textile Exhibition, Umelka Gallery, Bratislava, Slovakia

2021 - Beyond Boundaries, High Five Art, Baarle-Nassau, The Netherlands

2020 - The Joy of Repetition, Unit Twelve Gallery, Staffordshire, UK

2020 - Talking Sense: The Changing Vocabulary of Mind and Brain, The Portico Library, Manchester, UK

2020 - Dream: 5th International Triennial of Textile Art, TexpoART, Victoria & Theodor Pallady Art Galleries, Iasi, Romania

2019 | 2021 | 2023 - International Biennial of Contemporary Mini Textile Art, Scythia, Ivano-Frankivs’k, Ukraine

2019 - Hang Out, Bankley Studios + Gallery, Manchester, UK

2019 - Small Works, Arcade Contemporary Art Projects, Webster University, St Louis, USA

2018 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 - Fate, Destiny & Self Determination: An International Tapestry Project, International Fibre Festival 2018, King House, Roscommon, Ireland | Tuchmacher Museum, Bramsche, Germany | Tuch + Technik Textilmuseum, Neumunster, Germany | Mississippi Valley, Textile Museum, Ontario, Canada | La Encartada Fabrika-Museoa, Bizkaia, Spain | Turkish Textile Festival, Izmir, Turkey | Centre National D'Exposition, Quebec, Canada | Contextile, Guimarães, Portugal

2018 | 2020 - From Lausanne to Beijing: International Fiber Art Biennale, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China 

2018 | 2019 - 5th Triennial Textile Art of Today, Danubiana Meulensteen Art Museum, Bratislava, Slovakia | Tatra Gallery, Poprad, Slovakia | The Morovian Museum, Uherske Hradiste, Czech Republic | Pesti Vigadó Gallery, Budapest, Hungary | Historical Museum, Bielsko-Biala, Poland

2018 - Face to Face, World of Threads Festival, Queen Elizabeth Park Community and Cultural
Centre, Ontario, Canada (Solo)

2018 - Chaozhou International Embroidery Art Biennale, International Conference Center of Hanshan Normal University, Chaozhou, China

2017 - Fantastic Fibers, Yeiser Art Center, Paducah, USA

2017 - Echo Chamber, Bankley Studios + Gallery, Manchester, UK

2016 | 2018 | 2020 | 2022 - International Biennial of Contemporary Textile Art, Scythia, Kherson & Ivano-Frankivs’k, Ukraine

2016 - Traces, Hand & Lock, London, UK (Solo)

2016 - Process, Bankley Studios + Gallery, Manchester, UK

2015 | 2017 | 2022 - Fibremen: International Exhibition of Contemporary Textile Art, Scythia, Kherson & Ivano-Frankivs’k, Ukraine

2015 - Bodyworks, Bankley Studios + Gallery, Manchester, UK (Solo)

2014 - Traces, Bowery Gallery, Leeds, UK (Solo)

2014 - The Studios #2: Drawing Possibilities, The Studios Gallery, Derbyshire, UK

2014 - Human Clay Revisited, Studio Eleven Gallery, Hull, UK | The Ropewalk, Lincolnshire, UK

2013 - Life Lines, The Turnpike Gallery, Lancashire, UK (Solo)

2012 - Go Figure, Studio Eleven Gallery, Hull, UK

2012 - Life Lines, The Beetroot Tree, Derbyshire, UK (Solo)

2012 - Hospitality Re-Viewed, Baltic Creative, Liverpool, UK

2012 - 60 Drawings, Bankley Studios + Gallery, Manchester, UK

2011 - Life Lines, Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester, UK (Solo)

2010 - Crafted, Kirkby Gallery, Liverpool, UK
 

Publications (Selected)

2023 - In Good Hands, Embroidery Magazine, Volume 74, March | April 2023, ISSN 1477-3724

2021 - Beyond Boundaries, TxP (Textiel Plus), Volume 65, Issue 256, ISSN 2589-0638

2021 - 20 Years of Review and Reflection: From Lausanne to Beijing International Fiber Art Biennale and Symposium, Zhuangshi, Issue 2021-2, Tsinghua University Publication, ISSN 0412-3662

2020 - Excellence in Fibers V, Fiber Art Now, Volume 9, Issue 2, ISSN 2163-5358

2020 - How Art Heals: Exploring Your Deep Feelings Using Collage, Schiffer Publishing, Ltd. ISBN 0764361465

2020 - State of Health: Illness, Recovery & Art, Fiber Art Now, Volume 9, Issue 4, ISSN 2163-5358

2020 - 20 Years of Thinking, Making & Communicating Ideas, Textile Fibre Forum, Artwear Publications, Issue 138, ISSN 0818-6308

2019 - The Exploration of New Era Fiber Art, Zhuangshi, Issue 2019-3, Tsinghua University Publication, ISSN 0412-3662

2018 - 5th Triennial Textile Art of Today, Textile Art of Today Publication, ISBN 978-80-973111-0-0

2018 - Beijing Fiber Art Biennale, Cover Magazine, Hali Productions Ltd, Issue 53, ISSN 2042-7069

2018 - Chaozhou International Embroidery Art Biennale, China Fiber Art Publication, ISBN 978-7-5180-5771-9

2018 - From Lausanne to Beijing: 10th International Fiber Art Biennale, China Fiber Art Publication, ISBN 978-7-122-22746-4

2017 - Paper, Ink & Stitch, Inspirations, Inspirations Publications, Issue 94, ISBN 1320-4610

2017 - Striche, Stiche und Papier, Patchwork Professional, Partner Medien Verlags, Issue 03-2017, ISSN 1434-5080

2016 - Forms, Figures and Fine Art, Be Creative with Workbox, River Media Devon Ltd, Issue 159, ISBN 977205678702001


Awards

2020 - Award for Excellence, From Lausanne to Beijing: 11th Fiber Art Biennale, China

2020 - Award for Excellence, State of Health: Illness, Recovery & Art, Fiber Art Now, USA

2020 - Silver Medal, 13th International Biennial of Contemporary Textile Art, Scythia, Ukraine

2001 - Postgraduate Study Award, Arts & Humanities Research Council, UK


Training

2009 - Foundation Course in Art Therapy, British Association of Art Therapists, UK

2008 - Introduction to Art Therapy, British Association of Art Therapists, UK

2007 - Certificate in Counselling ConceptsManchester Adult Education Service, UK
 

Education

2006 - PGCE (Further, Higher & Adult Education), Manchester Metropolitan University, UK

2002 - MA Textiles, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK

2000 - BA (Hons) Fashion & Textiles Design, Liverpool John Moores University, UK