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Rebecca Wyn Kelly's practice establishes a dialogue between material and place, grounding the ephemeral in the physical while blurring the boundary between the temporal and the timeless. Her sculptures and installations inhabit a space where fragility intertwines with resilience, exploring the evolving relationship between human intervention and the natural world. Installed in traditional venues and open landscapes, her works capture moments of disintegration and reconstruction, offering a poignant reflection on environmental decay, renewal, and transformation.

Utilising found objects with rich histories, she shapes installations that evoke memory and presence. Each object carries its own story, bearing the marks of the lives and environments it has touched. Through a deliberate selection process, she allows their past roles to shape new narratives, respecting their inherent essence.

Her work balances opposing forces—order and disarray—mirroring our intricate relationship with nature, embracing the beauty and brutality of the natural world, where awe and dread coexist in their rawest essence. The forms she creates stand as remnants of forgotten shelters or ritualistic markers, existing as both relics and living symbols. They evoke gestures of growth, collapse, and renewal, illustrating the cycles of transformation found in natural systems. Her practice reflects the enduring spirit of adaptation—a meditation on resilience, loss, and the quiet power of change.

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EDUCATION

2017-2019  

MA Fine Art, UWE: Distinction 

 

2001-2004 

BA Fine Art ,Central St Martins School of Art: 1st Class Honours 

 

1999- 2000 :

Art Foundation Coleg Sir Gar : Distinction

EXHIBITIONS / RESIDENCIES​/COMMISSIONS 

Artist in residence

Pentre Ifan Burial Chamber

CADW

2024-2025 

 

Creative Ecology  

Residency 

Sail Britain 

2024 

I Fynny

Group Exhibition

Gallery Gwyn

2024  

Natur a Ni

Commission 

Ways of working/ Natural Resources Wales 

2023 

 

I Fynny 

Associates Program 

Oriel Myrddin

2023 

Aberetwm

Group exhibition 

Aberystwyth Arts Centre  

2023 

On Loss And Damage 

Group exhibition 

Ty Turner Penarth 

2023 
 

Winter

Commission 

Gallery Ten Cardiff 

2022

We Live With The Land 

Residency/Group Exhibition 

Studio Maelor/Aberystwyth Art School 

2022

 

5540

Create Fund 

Arts Council of Wales  

2022 

 

Misoogst

Group exhibition 

Casco Luven Belgium 

2022

SITE 

Residency /Group exhibition 

The Hide Stroud 

2022

 

Tair Taith 

Group exhibition 

Canfas Cardigan 

2022 

 

Blaguro 

Commission 

Yr Egin Carmarthen 

2021 

Genius Loci

Residency / Solo Exhibition 

Strata Florida Tregaron 

2021 
 

Silence Awareness Existence 

Residency 

Wales Arts Intonational 

Arteles Centre: Haukijärvi Finland 

2020

 

Rizom Relation 02

Residency/ commission 

Kunstkollektivet 8b: Denmark 

2019

 

Made in Roath 

Rsidency/Solo Exhibition

Braeval Street studios

2019 

 

Shift Speaks 

Residency/Group Exhibition

Shift Cardiff

2019

Flat Holm Island 

Residency 

Cardiff Harbour Authority 

2018 

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