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.
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