Kelly Marwick
Kelly Marwick is an artist based in the Orkney Islands. She graduated from the University of Highlands and Islands in 2019 with a BA(Hons) in Fine Art. Kelly’s work involves drawing, analog photography and digital photography. Through the use of drawing, she depicts liminal spaces in Kirkwall’s urban areas that are a reminder of the dark, neglected spaces that are often overlooked in favour of more aesthetically pleasing landscapes. Familiarity and glimpses of nostalgia grow in these areas that we use as in-between spaces to travel from one location to another. A void. A feeling that you have been to this place before, unsure of whether it was a dream or a conscious memory.
'Street Lighting at Dusk' pencil on watercolour, 2022.
'The Scheme' Pencil on Watercolour Paper, 2022.
'Wideford Looking South' pencil on card, 2020. Exhibited as part of Móti's 'Bounded Islands' exhibition, Nov 2020.
'Wideford Looking North' Pencil on Card, 2020. Exhibited as part of Móti's 'Bounded Islands' exhibition, Nov 2020.
Left to Right: 'Origins', 'Nobody but Us', 'I Want to Lay Here Forever' Digital inkjet prints on archival paper. Inspired by old video camera footage from Kelly's childhood and her connection with Marwick in the parish of Birsay. Exhibited as part of Móti's 'Resonance' exhibition, Sept/Oct 2021.