London exhibition for Ennis artist

ENNIS artist Ursula Kelly is currently exhibiting her work in London. The exhibition, entitled Intersecting, connecting, manifesting, draws much of its inspiration from the Killaloe area.

The exhibition features a video, book and installation. It began on November 6 at the London Print Studio and is due to close this week.
The video features a conversation between Ursula and a London market trader, focussing on how tenuous family relationships can be and the distance between himself and his young daughter.
The book and installation are the result of research carried out in Killaloe, as Ursula explains. “A friend found a shop ledger from Crotty’s in Killaloe, with dates from 1964-71. I went back with the ledger and interviewed a number of people using the book as a memory trigger.”
She said that her exhibition contains images related to that time. “Different people told different stories and the images are related to that. For example there is an image of Seán Ross Abbey in Roscrea where a woman had to go to after having a baby out of wedlock.”
In general terms, Ursula’s work addresses issues of social and personal identity, relationships, memories and consumerism while it is very much concentrated on ‘the other’. Through building relationships with different people, she aims to reflect the richness of daily life.
After studying in Limerick, she graduated from the Camberwell College of Art and Design at the University of the Arts, London, in 2008.
She is the first winner of the Circle Line award, something that was initiated last year as a unique opportunity for recent graduates of the University of the Arts London.
Born in Clare 29 years ago, Ursula is currently living and working in London.
She has been involved in group exhibitions in countries as far apart as Bulgaria and China. Closer to home, she has been involved in group exhibitions in Dublin, Cork, Limerick, Galway and Ennis.
For further information on her log onto www.ursulakelly.com.