Lynn Kelly

Lynn Kelly
Born1957
Wellington
OccupationJewellery designer

Lynn Kelly (born 1957) is a New Zealand jewellery designer. Her work is in the permanent collection of Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, the Dowse Art Museum and Auckland War Memorial Museum.[1][2]

Early life and family

Kelly was born in the Wellington suburb of Tawa, the daughter of Jim Kelly, a geriatric specialist, and Evelyn Kelly, a noted ceramic artist.[3] The family moved to Whanganui, which helped to nurture Kelly's love of nature. She originally worked as a gardener, and studied for a certificate in craft design at Wanganui Regional Community College when she worked for the college's groundskeeping team.[4]

Career

Kelly began making jewellery in 1988 using precious metals, organic materials and sometimes fossilised plants.[2] Her work is distinctive for recreating the forms of ferns, seed pods and flowers in metals.[5]

In 2004, Kelly won the Molly Morpeth Canaday Wear Aotearoa Award.[5] She had work represented in the 2nd, 3rd and 4th Jewellery Biennale exhibitions, and in 2007 she won the Dowse Foundation Gold Award.[2][4] In 2012, Kelly received a Wild Creations residency from Creative New Zealand and the Department of Conservation.[6] In 2014 she was artist-in-residence for Auckland City Council at Scandrett Regional Park.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Lynn Kelly". Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
  2. ^ a b c d "Artist to make 'park jewels'". The Big Idea. 18 March 2014. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
  3. ^ "Nature inspires show's work". Wanganui Chronicle. 28 September 2016. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
  4. ^ a b "Kelly wins Dowse Foundation Gold Award". Dowse Art Museum. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
  5. ^ a b "Lynn Kelly". Form Gallery. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
  6. ^ "Wild Creations 2012 residency winners". Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 18 April 2020.