Kelly Warman is a British film maker and artist based in London. Working since 2005, much of her work comprises scripted video works and staged performances that explore the translation of the
interior monologue
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into the cinematic and architectural space. Her work is often characterised by a witty and overtly theatrical approach to the subject matter.
Education
Kelly Warman studied at
Chelsea College of Art and Design
Chelsea College of Arts is a constituent college of the University of the Arts London based in London, United Kingdom, and is a leading British art and design institution with an international reputation.
It offers further and higher educat ...
and
University College Falmouth
Falmouth University ( kw, Pennskol Aberfal) is a specialist public university for the creative industries based in Falmouth, Cornwall, Falmouth and Penryn, Cornwall, Penryn, Cornwall, England. Founded as Falmouth School of Art in 1902, it was l ...
(former
Dartington College of Arts
Dartington College of Arts was a specialist arts college located at Dartington Hall in the south-west of England, offering courses at degree and postgraduate level together with an arts research programme. It existed for a period of almost 50 ...
) and gained her MFA from the
Piet Zwart Institute
The Piet Zwart Institute is a post-graduate institute for study and research in art, media and design based in Rotterdam, Netherlands. Named in memory of the Dutch designer Piet Zwart, it was inaugurated in 2001. The current postgraduate study p ...
,
Willem de Kooning Academy
The Willem de Kooning Academy ( nl, Willem de Kooning Academie) is a Dutch academy of media, art, design, leisure and education based in Rotterdam. It was named after one of its most famous alumni, Dutch fine artist Willem de Kooning.
Overview
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,
Rotterdam
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. In 2000 she was nominated for the PIL Emerging Artist Awarded at the
LUX
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, London and in 2006 she was awarded the Huygens Scholarship from
Nuffic
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Its most important contract partners are the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture & Science ...
. Her work was also nominated for the Fair Play Film and Video Awards in Berlin and the Promotion Prize at the
Piet Zwart Institute
The Piet Zwart Institute is a post-graduate institute for study and research in art, media and design based in Rotterdam, Netherlands. Named in memory of the Dutch designer Piet Zwart, it was inaugurated in 2001. The current postgraduate study p ...
graduation exhibition ''Wherein Certain Person...'' in TENT., Rotterdam.
Career
Recently her video work featured in the
Vienna Biennale
The Vienna Biennale is a biennial international art exhibition that takes places in Vienna, Austria. It was founded in 2006.
History
The first Vienna Biennale was held in October 2006.International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam. She has also exhibited her work in
Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen
Municipal Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen () is an art museum in Rotterdam in the Netherlands. The name of the museum is derived from the two most important collectors of Frans Jacob Otto Boijmans and Daniël George van Beuningen. It is located at ...
(Rotterdam) P.P.O.W Gallery (New York) Witte de With (Rotterdam)
LUX
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(London) Lothringer 13 (Munich) and
Catalyst Arts
Catalyst Arts a non-profit artist-run space based in Belfast city centre.
History
Catalyst Arts was formed in 1993 in response to what was seen as a cultural vacuum. In accordance with its constitution it is run by unpaid volunteers, and seeks t ...
(Belfast). She has performed at the
London International Festival of Theatre
The London International Festival of Theatre (LIFT) is a biennial festival of theatre, performance and cultural events. The organisation also supports year-round activity in London. The organisation was founded by Rose Fenton and Lucy Neal, ...
(LIFT), the
Arcola Theatre
Arcola Theatre is an Off West End theatre in the London Borough of Hackney. It presents plays, operas and musicals featuring established and emerging artists.
The theatre building, in the former Colourworks paint factory on Ashwin Street, Dalst ...
and the
Battersea Arts Centre
The Battersea Arts Centre ("BAC") is a performance space specialising in theatre productions. Located near Clapham Junction railway station in Battersea, in the London Borough of Wandsworth, it was formerly Battersea Town Hall. It is a Grade ...
(BAC) with the experimental OMSK Art Collective in London.
In a review of her collaborative piece ''ProgRock'' made with Tobias Laukemper
Frieze
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editor
Jan Verwoert
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* Jackson, Mississippi (Amtrak station), US, Amtrak station code JAN
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* Jabhat al-Nusra (JaN), a Syrian militant group
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wrote "...what they say and do, on one hand, is dead serious as it openly articulates a concern to produce an art that truthfully reflects the conditions of its own production. The conspicuous theatricality of their performance, on the other hand, suspends and displaces the meaning of any word or gesture...".http://pzwart.wdka.hro.nl/fama/studentwork/laukemperwarman/