Kelly db Irving

Born:
October 7, 1953: New Westminster, BC, Canada

Education:
CELTA certificate - 2008 - IH Akcent, Prague, Czech Republic
Kayak Guide Certification (Level One) - 2000 - Rainforest Kayak Adventures, Tofino, BC, Canada
Internet Site Design Certificate - 1999 - Computer Master, Victoria, BC, Canada
BFA (Honours) - 1993 - University of Victoria, Victoria, BC
Visual Arts Diploma Program - 1978 - Victoria College of Art, Victoria, BC

Visual Arts Exhibitions:

Solo:
2009 - photography, Talisman Books & Gallery, Pender Island, BC
2008 - photography, Talisman Books & Gallery, Pender Island, BC
1989 - 'Fresh Man Art' - drawings, sculpture - Studio 554 1/2, Victoria, BC
1988 - 'Grazed' - painting - Said Gallery, Victoria, BC
1988 - 'Hang it Out to Dry' - paintings - Squeaky's, Victoria, BC
1985 - 'The Trap' - Open Space Gallery (entrance), Victoria, BC

Paired:
2012 -'Same Same... But Different' - photographs and mixed media, Corre Alice Gallery, Cumberland, BC (with Joanna Rogers)
2011 - 'Same Same... But Different' - photographs and mixed media, Anglican Hall, Pender Island, BC (with Joanna Rogers)
2004 - 'Off the Map'- mixed media - Community Hall, Pender Island, BC (with Scott Clark)

Group:
2012 - 'Art Off the Fence' - mixed media, outdoor exhibition, Pender Island, BC
2012 - 'LP' - mixed media, Deluge Gallery, Victoria, BC
2006 - 'Pender Creatives' - curator & painting, Anglican Hall, Pender Island, BC
1998 - 'Arting Around' - painting - Community Hall, Pender Island, BC
1996 - 'Stella Maris Artists' - painting - Hope Bay Store, Pender Island, BC
1995 - 'Spring Show' - mixed media - Stella Maris Gallery, Pender Island, BC
1995 - 'Community' - sculpture - Stella Maris Gallery, Pender Island, BC
1993 - 'Visual Arts Honours Exhibition - photoworks - University of Victoria, Victoria, BC
1993 - 'Erotica for April Fools' - photowork - New Era Social Club, Victoria, BC
1990 - '20/20' - sculpture - Mirairi Inc., Victoria, BC
1990 - 'Big Society' - sculpture - Noah Becker studio, Victoria, BC
1989 - 'Autoretrato 89' - painting - Appreciations Art Centre, Victoria, BC
1989 - 'Summer Solstice' - sculpture - Mystic Lane Productions, Vancouver, BC
1988 - 'Gallery on Wheels' - painting - Open Space Gallery, Victoria, BC
1985 - 'Three Sides Of' - painting - David Merino studio, Victoria, BC
1984 - 'Urban Targets' - mixed media - Open Space Gallery, Victoria, BC
1984 - 'Contemporary Art in Victoria' - installation - Alley Art, Victoria, BC
1983 - 'T-shirts as Art' - screenprinted T-shirts - Stones Gallery, Victoria, BC

Photographs Published:

Magazines:
Fine Woodworking
Bride (Australia)
Monday Magazine (Victoria)
Aqua (Salt Spring Island)

Books:
Sea Kayak the Gulf Islands by Mary Ann Snowden; published by Rocky Mountain Books
Kayaking Vancouver Island by Gary Backlund and Paul Grey; published by Harbour

Newspapers:
Vancouver Sun
Victoria Times
Island Tides (Pender Island)
Gulf Islands Driftwood (Salt Spring Island)

Reviews/Documentation
Video:
1984 - 'Ox O Canada' - documentation of street performance - Rogers Cable, Victoria, BC
1984 - 'Victoria Artists' - overview of local artists, past & present - Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Victoria, BC
1983 - 'For Further Processing' - documentation of street performance - Rogers Cable, Victoia, BC
Newspaper:
1984 - 'In and Out of Bounds' - by Robert Amos, Monday Magazine, Victoria, BC