Biography: Mick O’Kelly studied for his BFA at the National College of Art and Design Dublin, (1982-1985) and did his MFA at the California Institute of the Arts USA, (1995-1997). He is currently doing a PhD with Interface at the University of Ulster Northern Ireland. He is a visiting artist to art schools in Ireland, UK, Germany, France, Finland and Brazil. He has exhibited nationally and internationally and engages in contextual art initiatives beyond the gallery and museum structure. Ongoing concerns in his work and research acknowledge the changing nature of contemporary art, and issues of situated practice, location and context. His work was included as part of the inaugural exhibition in the Gallery of Photography at Meeting House Square in 1996.
His piece in the current exhibition was a projection work from Imagined Identity, which was shown in the Gallery of Photography at Wellington Quay, in 1992.
