✂️Upcoming Exhibition - WONDERS - The MART Gallery, 190A Rathmines Road Lower, Rathmines, Dublin 6, Ireland ✂️

Wonders 

I am really thrilled to be taking part in this fantastic exhibition alongside so many excellent artists in the New Year. Its an additional honour to have one of my works chosen as poster image for the show. Read more about the exhibition below.

MART Members Visual Arts Exhibition
Runs: January 10-24th 2026
Opening Reception: Saturday January 10th at 1pm
Gallery Hours: Wednesday–Saturday, 1–6 PM

Location: The MART Gallery, 190A Rathmines Road Lower, Rathmines, Dublin 6

Artists: Adrian Fitz-Simon, Alejandro Corva, Andor Koncsik, Anthony D Kelly, Arthur Rosa, Bairbre Murray, Billy Dante, Catherine Cole, Debbie Guinnane, Deirdre Ambrose, Duc Pham, Eileen Mills, Ger Hughes, Han Murphy, Inés Pesado Catrufo, Jenny Cosgrave, Jessica Checkley, Jordan Holms, Joy Hawkridge, Keith Lindsay, Kiz Rutherford, Leonie Connellan, Linda Condon, Marina Karysheva, Martha Watson, Niki Collier, Paul James Kearney, Peann Luaidhe, Siobhan Heraty, Tatiana Smith-St Kitts, The Ljilja, Val Synnott.

Curated by: Matthew Nevin & Ciara Scanlan

About the Exhibition
“Wonders” brings together the diverse voices of MART Members in a vibrant group exhibition that celebrates curiosity and wonder. Featuring work across painting, sculpture, and new media, the show highlights the breadth of practice within MART’s studio community. Inviting audiences to pause, look closer, and rediscover a sense of wonder in the everyday. Showcasing emerging and established artists side by side, Wonders reflects the energy, experimentation, and collaborative ethos at the heart of MART Gallery & Studios.

Image ‘Wonders 2’(2025) -Analogue Collage - courtesy of Anthony D Kelly.

To read more about the wonderful studios, members and exhibitions at MART click HERE.

🔸🔹🔸Upcoming Exhibition: "Mayo Artists Show 2025" - The Linenhall Arts Centre, Castlebar, Co.Mayo, Ireland, F23 AN24 - Friday the 5th of December 2025 at 6pm 🔸🔹🔸

🔸🔹🔸UPCOMING EXHIBITION: MAYO ARTISTS SHOW 2025🔸🔹🔸

Opening Reception: This Friday the 5th of December at 6pm

Exhibition Running from: Tuesday the 2nd of December 2025 – Friday the 16th of January 2026

Venue:
THE LINENHALL ARTS CENTRE
Linenhall Street,
Castlebar,
Co Mayo,
F23 AN24
www.thelinenhall.com

I am always delighted to have my work selected for exhibition at The Linenhall Arts Centre. The upcoming “MAYO ARTISTS SHOW 2025” exhibition is open to the public from today and the official opening event takes place this Friday the 5th of December at 6pm. This is a dual venue event with a strong showing of work also officially opening at the Ballina Arts Centre this Saturday the 6th of December at 6pm.

This years exhibition was curated by the wonderful Aoife Banks and promises to be a visual feast showcasing work from artists based throughout the County.
I am really looking forward to seeing these shows!

About the gallery:
”Arts for All at the Linenhall - we believe that everyone in the community should have the opportunity to access excellent arts experiences.Located in the heart of Castlebar, Mayo’s county town, the Linenhall Arts Centre presents a series of live events and arts experiences throughout the year for audiences of all ages. On a most basic level we believe that art has the potential to improve the lives of those who engage with it. Our eclectic and high-quality programme includes music, theatre, visual arts, literature, cultural cinema, creative learning and RoolaBoola, one of the leading children’s arts festivals in Ireland. ”

For more from the fantastic team at the Linenhall Arts Centre click HERE.

For more from the wonderful Ballina Arts Centre click HERE.

✂️Upcoming Event - Designing Your Future: Creative Careers information Day at Áras Inis Glauire, Church St, Belmullet, Co. Mayo, Ireland, F26 W5HO.✂️

✂️⚡️Upcoming Event - Designing Your Future: Creative Careers information Day⚡️✂️
Thursday, November 27th from 11am - 2pm.
At:
Áras Inis Glauire,
Church St,
Belmullet,
Co. Mayo,
Ireland,
F26 W5HO.

I am really looking forward to speaking at the upcoming Designing Your Future: Creative Careers event, hosted at Áras Inis Glauire, Belmullet next Thursday.

For more about the event from its organizers see below:
”On Thursday 27th November, Áras Inis Gluaire will play host to Designing your Future, a careers information day focused on creative and cultural careers. Whether you're a student exploring your options, a professional considering a change, or an individual curious about creative careers, this information day offers you an opportunity to sit down with creative professionals working across the sector.

Designing your Future brings together a range of creative and cultural professionals from design, media, music, art, literature, theatre, entertainment, fashion, and more. Attendees will have an opportunity to chat with creatives, learn about their career journeys, ask questions about success in the sector, and explore career paths. If you are interested in pursuing a career anywhere in the creative sector, this event is for you.”

Book your ticket by Clicking Here.

Designing your Future is funded by Sláintecare Healthy Communities and delivered by Mayo County Council Arts Service in partnership with Áras Inis Gluaire.

For more from Áras Inis Glauire Click Here.

✂️Upcoming Exhibition - The Lexicon of Wonder - Opening Friday July 11th - Saturday August 9th 2025 at Áras Inis Glauire, Church St, Belmullet, Co. Mayo, Ireland, F26 W5HO.✂️

✂️⚡️Upcoming Solo Exhibition - The Lexicon of Wonder⚡️✂️
Opening: This Friday July 11th at 6pm GMT
Running until: Saturday, August 9th 2025.
At:
Áras Inis Glauire,
Church St,
Belmullet,
Co. Mayo,
Ireland,
F26 W5HO.

I am really thrilled to launch this exhibition of my new body of work entitled The Lexicon of Wonder.
Inspired by the emotions of Wonder & Awe which are central pillars to my experience of the world.

Here is a little bit about the work:
”Wonder and Awe are complex emotions arising in response to experiences of profound beauty, connection, natural phenomena, or through bearing witness to the incredible capacities, courage or talents of other human beings. They can also arise at times of great personal crisis or fear such as witnessing the raw power of nature at a time of natural disaster.

Encountering reality through the states of Wonder and Awe can make an individual feel simultaneously small, and deeply connected to the world around them. They are emotions that inspire us to both transcend our own self interests and to delve deeply into our desire for greater understanding. They are in short the emotions of human discovery, and as such the unifying engines of the human curiosity behind philosophy, science and the arts.

For this exhibition I draw on the contemporary research of Psychologist Dacher Keltner and Philosopher Helen De Cruz into the importance of Wonder as a state of being. This new body of work is inspired by wonder, materials sourced from old children's scientific encyclopedias and contemporary collage techniques. Opening this Friday, I invite you to Áras Inis Glauire where you can experience these artworks that instill a viewer with sense of Wonder at the boundless curiosity of scientific investigation and humanities deep connection with the natural world.”

For more from Áras Inis Glauire Click Here.

✂️⚡️Upcoming Roundtable Discussion - Writer's Corner at Kolaj Fest New Orleans 2025⚡️✂️

⚡️Upcoming Roundtable Discussion- Writer’s Corner at Kolaj Fest New Orleans 2025⚡️
Friday, 3.15- 4.45pm (CDT), June 27th, 2025,
At: New Orleans Healing Center Suite 250,
2372 St Claude Ave,
New Orleans, LA 70117,
United States.

In addition to the aforementioned symposium, I am delighted to be hosting this roundtable discussion with the great Kirk Read and Erica Trabold.
This informal workshop is a space for those with a writing practice to connect with one another.

Author and collagist Kirk Read (Portland, Oregon, USA) will kick off the space with an exercise centered on visual and word practices. He wrote, “We will explore how these language and visual practices inform each other, how they compete and argue and agree in our minds and hands. Using generative writing experiments, we will create titles, move past stuck places and animate our personal writing. We will use fast collage paste-up to breathe life into our writing practice and quickly tap into the weird parts of our creative landscape.”

In the past year, Erica Trabold (Lynchburg, Virginia, USA) has been using prompts to take her practice to unexpected places. “One collage prompt even resulted in an entire series I wouldn’t have other wise made,” she wrote. “As a writing professor, I assign and use prompts constantly—but I had never explored them in the visual art space.” Trabold will share what she’s learned.

Anthony D Kelly (Castlebar, Co. Mayo, Ireland) often uses the cross activation of collage practices and literary mediums to spur on new moments of inspiration and to deepen the experience of both for an audience. He believes in both words and images as seeds which can give rise to each other and that by “changing channels” between these modes of expression we can nurture unexpected and exciting new works. Kelly will invite participants to consider this concept and lead a short playful visualization exercise along these lines to free up the imaginative process.

For more about the Roundtable Discussions at Kolaj Fest 2025 CLICK HERE.

To learn more about about the wondrous Kolaj Fest and to download the festival events program
CLICK HERE.

For more from the Kolaj Institute and Magazine CLICK HERE.

Image: “A Dream of the Awakening Spring” (2020) - Digital Collage - Anthony D Kelly

✂️Upcoming Symposium - Curiosity, Wonder, Joy, & Portals at Kolaj Fest New Orleans 2025✂️

⚡️Upcoming Symposium- Curiosity, Wonder, Joy, & Portals at Kolaj Fest New Orleans 2025⚡️
Saturday, 2-3pm (CDT), June 28th, 2025,
At: Cafe Istanbul, 2372 St Claude Ave,
Room 252, New Orleans, LA 70117,
United States.

I am really honored to be presenting research and work on my upcoming Lexicon of Wonder project at Kolaj Fest 2025 as part of a symposium on Curiosity, Joy, Wonder and Portals alongside the amazing Breasia Hayes, Savannah Greene & C.Joi Sanchez.

I have been formulating the Lexicon of Wonder project over the last number of years and it is soon to be completed and released in the form of exhibitions and a publication. The first iteration of the Lexicon of Wonder exhibition will take place at Áras Inis Gluaire later this Summer with details coming soon.

Check out a note below from the organizers about the Symposium and my part in it:

”With its roots and history in the Surreal, collage is a well-built path to exercise curiosity. What happens if I put these two things together? Collage’s ability to bridge time and geography makes it a vehicle to explore new realms. During the Symposium at Kolaj Fest New Orleans, we will hear from Anthony D Kelly, Breasia Hayes, Savannah Green, and C. Joi Sanchez, each who are engaged in projects that explore wonder and joy and how life experiences take one down creative paths.

Anthony D Kelly is an artist, writer, and integrative psychotherapist from Castlebar, County Mayo, Ireland. “At the beating heart of my art practice are both wonder and play. Collage is a way for me to connect with myself, my community and the world around me,” wrote the artist. “I often hold a concept, word or idea in mind until an image coalesces and presents itself internally. I then sit and begin to sift through materials both digital and analogue for something that resonates.” Kelly will present his project, “Lexicon of Wonder”. He wrote, “Wonder and Awe are complex emotions arising in response to experiences of profound beauty, connection, natural phenomena, or through bearing witness to the incredible capacities, courage or talents of other human beings. They can also arise at times of great personal crisis or fear such as witnessing the raw power of nature at a time of natural disaster.” Kelly will speak about project origins, his ongoing research into the emotional states of wonder and awe, the role poetry plays in the project, and his plans for an exhibition and publication.”

For more about the Symposium itself CLICK HERE.

To learn more about about the wondrous Kolaj Fest and to download the festival events program
CLICK HERE.

For more from the Kolaj Institute and Magazine CLICK HERE.

Image: “Communications Bananatron” (detail) by Anthony D Kelly
21″x9″; Digital Collage; 2024.

✂️Upcoming Exhibition - Fractured - Opening Thursday May 22nd - Saturday, June 7th 2025. At Gallery X, 11 Hume Street, Dublin, Ireland, D02T889.✂️

⚡️Upcoming Exhibition - Fractured at Gallery X⚡️
Opening 6-9pm Thursday May 22nd - Saturday, June 7th 2025.
At Gallery X, 11 Hume Street, Dublin, Ireland, D02T889.
All welcome .

I am delighted to be exhibiting in this upcoming exhibition at Gallery X and curated by fellow Collagistas Silvio Severino and Una Gildea.

Check out what they have to say below.

” Welcome to FRACTURED. Discover dynamic perspectives in this vibrant group exhibition, showcasing new works by leading artists. Through layered textures, deconstructed imagery and bold juxtapositions, each work offers a unique voice, uncovering the beauty of resilience and transformation, celebrating the art of piecing life together one step at a time.

The exhibition features amazing new work by 7 of the leading collage artists working in Ireland today:
Annabella Cuomo; Anthony D Kelly; Colin Eaton; Dolorosa de la Cruz ;
Silvio Severino; Una Gildea; Brian Palm

Una and Silvio are long time friends and collaborators. They have previously curated events such as the Dublin iteration of the international Collagistas festival entitled 'Big Village Small World' (2018) at Temple Bar Gallery & Studios ; and a successful contemporary collage group exhibition entitled 'New Reality: Contemporary Collage in Ireland' (2022-2023) which toured Ireland, including stints in Waterford, Cork and at Gallery X in Dublin.”

To learn more about Gallery X CLICK HERE.

✂️Upcoming Exhibition - Complex Pictures at Collage-O Rama - Opening this Friday May 9th - Saturday, June 7th 2025. At the Slip Gallery, 2301 1st Ave, Seattle, Washington, USA.✂️

⚡️Upcoming Exhibition - Complex Pictures at Collage-O Rama⚡️

Opening this Friday May 9th - Saturday, June 7th 2025.
At the Slip Gallery, 2301 1st Ave, Seattle, Washington, USA.

I am delighted to be exhibiting in this upcoming exhibition at Collage-O-Rama curated by Liz Ruest, Andrea Lewicki and hosted by the Special Agent Collage Collective. hosted by the Special Agent Collage Collective.

Check out what they have to say below.

COMPLEX PICTURES is an exhibition that brings digital work into the same space with displays of physical collage pieces and is an attempt to bring more recognition to artists who are invested in this area as a primary mode of practice.

At its most fundamental level, collage is a language of visual math, of addition to and subtraction from source material. In the book What Kind of Collage is That?, Katie Blake frames digital collage as “created partially or entirely with electronic means, such as software like Photoshop.” It’s not digital art in general, and it’s not simply a scan of a paper-and-glue collage. Artists were invited to expound on their collage methodologies, and the portable, location-independent aspect of working digitally was a consistent theme.

The 72 images accepted through the international open call represent styles of work ranging from narrative to surreal to abstract. Anthony D Kelly’s skill in integrating complex and visually rich material into strong compositions stands out, as does Diana Jahns’s use of layering with intelligent and poetic restraint. Jenny Lloyd gives us a maximalist approach with every element an asset to the overall whole. Nafisa Jabbarova draws upon a surrealist dream world with active, game-like scenes. Roberto Jackson Harrington introduces us to digital assemblage, presenting imaginative configurations of 3D objects and tableaus. Clive Knights’s work with physical transparency rather than software-facilitated layering expands the concept of digital collage. Eva Maria Reinhardt demonstrates the power of well-placed details such as a single, delicate line.

The exhibition will be shown on a dedicated screen at Collage-O-Rama (Slip Gallery, Seattle) as well as on the Special Agent Collage Collective website beginning on May 9.

Check out more about Complex Pictures & Collage-O-Rama CLICK HERE

Visit the Special Agent Collage Collective by CLICKING HERE

✂️BIG PAPER PASTE PARTY!! At The Linenhall, Castlebar, Co.Mayo, Ireland. Saturday May 10th 2025, 6pm -8pm.✂️

✂️✂️!!BIG PAPER PASTE PARTY!!✂️✂️

At The Linenhall, Castlebar, Co.Mayo, Ireland.

Saturday May 10th 2025,

6pm -8pm.

Get ready to cut, tear, glue, and celebrate! The Connacht Collage Collective is turning one, and we’re marking the occasion with a Big Paper Paste Party in honour of World Collage Day. This extra special session is open to everyone — no matter your experience or skill level. Whether you’re a total beginner or a seasoned pro, we invite you to come along and enjoy the simple pleasure of making.

For this birthday edition, DJ SIM Card will share some mood music while we create together.

“It is such a pleasure to celebrate the Connacht Collage Collective’s first birthday with a Big Paper Paste Party and on World Collage Day 2025 no less. It really has been a wonderful year of cutting, pasting and hosting this lovely community while watching it grow. So whether you are artistically established or creatively curious, please feel welcome to join us for our big celebration at the Linenhall Arts Centre. Here is to our future projects and meetings together!” Anthony D Kelly

World Collage Day is an annual, international celebration held on the second Saturday of May. Initiated by Kolaj Magazine, the day is a call for artists and venues around the world to celebrate collage — a medium that brings together disparate pieces to create something new. World Collage Day reminds us of the power of connection.

As Kolaj editor Ric Kasini Kadour says, “We created World Collage Day because we wanted to honour this community of artists and to remind the world what a spirit of cooperation, mutual support, and creativity can look like.”

This is an adult workshop (18+), and everyone is welcome.

Help us celebrate the joy of collage and community. Let’s make together!

Advance booking advised HERE!

Follow the Connacht Collage Collective over HERE!

The Connacht Collage Collective is supported by Linenhall Arts Centre and the The Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon.

Image: "Disco Inferno" (2021) - Digital Collage - Anthony D Kelly

⚡️Upcoming Exhibition - Frankenstein Re-imagined: A Collage Exhibition - Thursday April 3rd at 6pm (PDT) - San Francisco Public Library, 100 Larkin Street ,San Francisco, USA⚡️

⚡️Upcoming Exhibition - ‘Frankenstein Re-Imagined: A Collage Exhibition '⚡️
Opening on Thursday, April 3rd at 6.00pm (PDT).
San Francisco Public Library,
Main Library - Arts, Music & Recreation Department,
4th Floor 100 Larkin Street, San Francisco, CA 94102,
USA.
Exhibition runs through Monday, June 30th 2025. All Welcome.

I am delighted to be taking part in this upcoming exhibition at the beautiful San Francisco Public Library and its associated artists talk. Experience Mary Shelley's timeless masterpiece through the lens of contemporary collage artists. Frankenstein; or, the Modern Prometheus is re-imagined in this exhibition, where literature and art converge to explore its enduring themes.

Free community collage tables will also be open to members of the public for the duration of April.

"Collage artists, with their unique ability to transcend scale, place, and history, are well-suited to giving us pictures that bring vintage texts into the contemporary moment." — Ric Kasini Kadour, Kolaj Institute Director.

⚡️⚡️ITS ALIVE⚡️⚡️
Artists interpret Shelley's novel in the context of today’s world, addressing:

⚡️Science and artificial intelligence: Echoing Shelley's cautionary tale, artists reflect on the ethical dilemmas of unchecked technological advancement.

⚡️Queerness and intersectional identities: The monster’s isolation becomes a metaphor for marginalization, offering a lens on contemporary social dynamics.

⚡️Narcissism and modern relationships: Victor Frankenstein’s self-absorption provides a framework for examining personal and societal disconnection.

This exhibition invites viewers to engage with Frankenstein in a new light, where past and present collide in striking visual form.

Featured Creatures Include:

Claire Dannenbaum (Eugene, Oregon, USA) | Emily Denlinger (Cape Girardeau, Missouri, USA) | Suzanne Greenberg (New York, New York, USA) | David Edward Johnson (Skaneateles, New York, USA) | Marta Janik (Warsaw, Poland) | Anthony D Kelly (Castlebar, County Mayo, Ireland) | Maureen Letton (San Francisco, California, USA) | Anissa Malady (San Francisco, California, USA) | Rebecca Steiner (Lyme, Connecticut, USA) | Jessica TranVo (Boston, Massachusetts, USA) | Anthony Naimo (Spruce Pine, North Carolina, USA) | Elzbieta Zdunek (Berlin, Germany)

⚡️Related Event: Presentation: Frankenstein in Collage Illustration - Artists' Perspectives--Sat., April 19th, 10 a.m. (PDT) , Virtual Library. For details Click Here.
⚡️Opening Reception: Thursday, April 3, 2025 (part of SF First Thursday Art Walk)
⚡️To purchase a copy of this magnificent book simply Click Here.

Image Credit: Frankenstein Re-imagined: A Collage Exhibition - David Edward Johnson.
With a very special thanks to organiser Anissa Malady and Maureen Letton for all your work on the ground.