Mike Kelly
Mike is an artist based in Rossendale, just north of Manchester. His work uses photographic techniques to bring a fresh perspective to landscape. We are surrounded by layers of complexity, history and meaning which are constantly shifting. By disrupting perception, his work invites viewers to pause and consider what they are seeing, something we often fail to do amongst the rush of daily life.
Image credit: Paul Rideout
Current & Upcoming Exhibitions
Threshold
Manchester School of Art Commission
re:Collection
SAAN1, Manchester
7th August 2026
MMU MA Show 2026
MMU School of Digital Arts
September 2026
Selected Previous Exhibitions
Threshold — Installation at Grane Mill, Rossendale (2026)
Threshold — Solo Exhibition, Cass Art Space, Manchester (2026)
Darkness Symposium, School of Digital Arts, Manchester (2026)
Swanfall: Fables — Mall Galleries, London (2025)
Unconformities — Viewpoints Festival, Manchester (2025)
Keep Pushing — Circle Square Installation, Manchester (2025)
Prosperity Through Endeavour, Rossendale (2025)
Remix // — Manchester Photographic Gallery (2012)
Awards & Commissions
Manchester School of Art Commission — Threshold (2026)
Cass Art Exhibition Award — Bury Art Museum OPEN (2025)
Bury Art Museum OPEN — 3 works selected (2025)
Projects & Collaborations
Gunpowder Tea (with Shadab Zeest Hashmi & MMU MA students). Screened at:
* IAAC Poetry Film Festival, New York (2025)
* South Asian Poetry Film Festival, Chicago (2025)
* Imperial War Museum North, Manchester (2024)
SODA x Montag Residency Showcase, Istanbul (2025)
Lagos Street Scene (Fela! Production) — Broadway & The National Theatre (2010)
Willie Nelson portrait (with painter Malcolm Bucknall) — W Hotel, Austin (2010)
