Phoebe Kelly





Phoebe Kelly is a visual artist and photographer living and working in Naarm (Melbourne).

She uses photography, casting and processes of material transferral to investigate the potential of translating the intangible into the physical.

For any commissions, sales or to say hi - phoebejkelly@outlook.com

For all licensing enquiries - licensing@kintzing.com 

Instagram- @phoebejkelly


I acknowledge the traditional custodians of the land on which I work and live, the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung people of the Kulin Nation, and pay my respects to Elders past, present, and emerging. I recognise that sovereignty has never been ceded





Selected Exhibitions


Solo

2023 - Collective Breath, Incinerator Gallery, Melbourne (in collaboration with Nikhil James Arlo and Chloe Arnott)

2021 - light marks, COOLCHANGE Contemporary Gallery, Perth


Group

2024 - Photo Access Dark Matter Residency Exhibition (Upcoming)

2024 - National Photographic Portrait Prize exhibition, National Portrait Gallery, Canberra

2024 - Reality and its Double, Brunswick Street Gallery, Melbourne

2024 - Hold on, DRIVER ARI, Melbourne

2023 - The Politics of Snails, IN ARI, Maroochydore, QLD

2023 - d’shut Art Salon #1, d’shut ARI, Melbourne

2023 - Last Milk, MILK Gallery, Melbourne

2022 - Vanishing Points, Stable ARI, Brisbane

2021  - BLINDSIDE B-SIDE 2021, Blindside Gallery, Melbourne

2021 - IRIS Award Finalist exhibition, Perth Centre for Photography, Perth

2019 - VCA Graduate Exhibition, Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne

2018 - Hatched National Graduate Show, Perth Institute of Contemporary Art, Perth

2017 - On-Sight, Queensland University of Technology,Brisbane

2017 - Little Secrets Little Lies, Paddington Substation Gallery, Brisbane

2017 - Negative Feedback, Curated by George Muncey, Printspace Gallery, London, UK

2017 - Tensions, Frank Moran Gallery, Brisbane

2017 - 1 Degrees // 2 Degrees, BSAF, Brisbane Powerhouse

2017 - Wild Wonders, Brunswick Street Gallery, Melbourne

2016 - Surface and Reality, Bloc Projects Gallery, Sheffield

2016 - Suss it Out, Hassel Studios, Brisbane

2016 - Gender Gaze, Brisbane Festival, Metro Arts, Brisbane

2016 - Tender Turf, Hassel Studios, Brisbane



Selected Awards, Grants and Publications

2024 - National Photographic Portrait Prize Finalist, National Portrait Gallery, Canberra

2024 - 20,000 Return, self-published zine for the Photo 2024 Festival PhotoBook Fair.

2021 - IRIS Award Finalist,  Perth Centre for Photography, Perth

2021 - SUNStudios Emerging Photographer Award Finalist

2020 - City of Melbourne Quick Response Art Grant, Melbourne City Council

2018 - Somewhere Else, self-published zine.

2017 - Eyeline Publishing Limited prize, awarded at the Visual Arts Graduation Exhibition, Queensland University of Technology


Residencies 

2024 - PhotoAccess Dark Matter Residency, Canberra 


Project Participation 

2020 - 'Abyss Lessons: Vortexual Thinking amidst the Ecological Turn', Bus Projects, Melbourne

2020 - Draw In: Round 2, created and run by Kari Lee McInneny-Mcrae and Brigit Ryan, VIC


Selected Professional Experience

2023 - Current, Festival Officer, Merri-bek City Council

2023 - Associator Producer, RISING Festival 

2022 - 2023, Artist Support Coordinator, MILK Artist Run Initiative

2021- 2023, Programming Assistant, RISING Festival

 2019 - 2021  Volunteer, Bus Projects

2018  Office Assistant, Frieze Masters

2018  Studio Assistant, Shoreditch Studios, London

2018  Gallery Assistant, Rebecca Hossack Gallery, London



Bibliography

2024 Transference Magazine Feature for 20,000 Return

2018 In Residence ARI, "Interview: Phoebe Kelly", Soph Kubler.

2017 1 DEGREE//2DEGREES, exhibition magazine, 'Phoebe Kelly', Remi Roehrs (e.d.).

2017 Inbtwn Magazine, Issue 2

2017 Decorated Youth Magazine, Issue 16

2017 Ibis Zine, Issue 6

2016 Gender Gaze, Open Category Runner up, Metro Arts

2016 F-Stop Magazine, Human Body, Issue 79

2016  Ibis Zine, Issue 5