Biography

Stephen Kelly lives and works in Ticino, Switzerland, where he is currently developing long-term photographic projects along the Swiss-Italian border. Stephen previously worked in China and Myanmar for over a decade, producing personal projects and working on a variety of commissions throughout the region, for clients such as The New York Times, UNHCR, ActionAid and WWF. He has won a number of awards, grants and scholarships and his images have been exhibited internationally. His work has been featured by such publications as The Observer Magazine, The Independent Magazine, D - la Repubblica delle Donne and IL Magazine, amongst many others. He holds a BA degree in Documentary Photography from the University of Wales, Newport and an MFA degree in Photography from the Belfast School of Art, Ulster University.

Awards

– 2022-2023, Creation grant in the visual arts, awarded by the canton of Ticino, Switzerland
– 2010-2011, Fabrica Artist Scholarship, Treviso, Italy
– 2008, Gareth Jones Memorial Travelling Scholarship, Wales, UK
– 2006, Observer David Hodge Award, London, UK

Exhibitions

– 2023, ‘due valli, due visioni’, Fondazione Archivio Donetta, Ticino, Switzerland
– 2023, ‘Du Nil au Léman. Regards Contemporains’, Musée d'art de Pully, Pully, Switzerland
– 2022, ‘Breathing Houses’, Verzasca Foto Festival, Ticino, Switzerland
– 2021, ‘A Lightness of Touch’, Belfast Exposed, Belfast, UK