REBECCA WYN KELLY

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.