Kelly O’Neill
Studio M
Guest Artist
Visual Arts
Kelly is a multidisciplinary visual artist who enjoys the immediacy of dry materials in her drawing practice, and engages with found objects, natural materials, video, assemblage, and textile practices to create three-dimensional forms and installations.
Rather than having a preferred choice of medium, Kelly investigates various materials to express ideas, emotion and memory. Highly process-driven, Kelly’s work is often more about the making than the outcome; ideas form and shift in relationship with materials and in the act of making. It is through this relationship, this conversation with materials, that Kelly explores the fluidity and impermeability of human experience, seeks to learn about herself and the world around her and to discover poetry in the everyday.
Having had an art practice throughout her life that often came second to other responsibilities, O’Neill returned to school full-time and completed her BFA in Sculpture and Installation at OCAD University, Toronto, ON. (2018) Her work has been shown in galleries in Ontario, Quebec, and British Columbia including J.B. Aird Gallery, Toronto; Pendulum Gallery, Vancouver; WKP Kennedy Gallery, North Bay; Art Mur, Montreal, and The Art Gallery of Peterborough.
Kelly lives and works in Selwyn, Ontario and is pleased to be joining Molly Moldovan in her studio at 1000 Clydesdale Rd. Tallan Lake, Apsley.
Stacks! All packed up and ready to go to Apsley for the #apsleyautumnstudiotour this weekend, Saturday and Sunday 10-5. Shown above: Natural hand dyed 100% organic cotton bandanas, tea towels and napkins. I’ll also have some shawls and scarves- cotton or merino wool. Come find these along with some of my small sculptural pieces at studio M @mollymoldovanstudio where you can see Molly Moldovan’s dynamic abstract paintings and beautiful handmade silver jewelry by @timbersfrances For more details and map https://apsleystudiotour.com. #studiotour #handmade #natural dyes #textiles #sculpture #painting #jewlery
I ❤️Natural Dying! Shoulder surgery this year put a definite kink in my dying plans - lots of lifting, stirring, wringing and hanging involved and I wasn’t quite able. I did get a chance last month to brew up some dyer’s chamomile for the first time and was pretty pleased with the fresh yellow it produced! Shown here a collection hand dyed organic cotton tea towels. All natural dyes, from right to left Lac, Madder and chamomile, indigo, and chamomile. These and other hand dyed items, as well as a collection of my sculptural works available for sale this weekend during the #apsleyautumnstudiotour, @mollymoldovanstudio, Studio M on the tour map available here: https://apsleystudiotour.com/ #naturaldyeing #naturaldye #organiccotton #handdyed #handdyedcotton #studiotour #apsleystudiotour
Works in progress. I’ve been carrying around the idea to make these sculptures for a long time and they’re finally coming into being! When finished they’ll combine many of my favourite things- rusty nails and other repurposed materials, sculpture and sketching! Come see the finished product at Studio M with @mollymoldovanstudio and @timbersfrances during the #apsleyautumnstudiotour September 21st and 22nd https://apsleystudiotour.com/ #sculpture #drawing #house #home #wip #workinprogress
Little objects of the earth in conversation with my hands. #handstitched #looping #apsleystudiotour #littlethings #apsleyautumnstudiotour
Apsley Autumn Studio tour. Excited to be joining Molly Moldovan in her studio again this year along with Silver (Frances) Timbers for the Apsley Stufio Tour. Stop by Studio M, Sept 20, 21. 10-5. - - Pictured here a small selection of some my work that will be in studio along with Molly’s dynamic abstract paintings and Silver’s stunning handmade jewelry. Looking forward to the weekend! #apsleyautumnstudiotour #apsleystudiotour #studiotour #sculpture #ontarioartists #textileart #textiles #assemblage #assemblageart #bookbinding #bookarts #naturaldye #handdyed @timbersfrances @mollymoldovanstudio
These two ready for the kiln. Hopefully they’ll make it through the fire. Curious about what will happen! 🤞#playingwithmud #sculpture #pottery #clay #claybust #studiotourprep #apsleystudiotour #canadaianartist
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