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Patricia Kelly

Patricia Kelly is successful textile artist who has encountered significant recognition for her work locally and internationally. Her works have been extensively exhibited across Ireland and abroad, are held in public collections including at the Tyrone Guthrie Centre, and have been acquired by private collectors from many countries.

Kelly creates abstract textile pieces using free motion embroidery techniques and old fabrics. Her inspiration and influence come from many sources including the landscape and skies in the west of Ireland, and the sense of belonging to a place, where family history is interwoven through present lives. Her work aims to convey the multi-layered nature of lives, linked and stitched together.

In her artist statement, the...

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