Mike Kelly
Mike is based in Rossendale in the Pennines. His work begins with photographs of the landscape, but often extends beyond the single frame into diptychs, layered surfaces and constructed images.
Much of the work explores thresholds — points of passage where material, time and structure intersect.
He is currently completing an MA in Photography at Manchester Metropolitan University’s School of Digital Arts.
Upcoming Exhibitions
Darkness Symposium
Will include new work referencing the bicentennial of the Lancashire Weavers Uprising.
MMU School of Digital Arts
19-20 March 2026
Threshold
Solo Show
Cass Art Space Manchester
18th April - 4th May 2026
Threshold
Manchester School of Art Commission
June 2026
Previous Exhibitions:
2025
Bury Art Museum OPEN — Cass Art Exhibition Award winner, three works selected, Bury Art Museum
Gunpowder Tea — IAAC Poetry Film Festival, New York
Gunpowder Tea — South Asian Poetry Film Festival, Chicago
Swanfall: Fables — Mall Galleries, London
SODA x Montag Residency Showcase — Istanbul
Keep Pushing — Circle Square installation, Manchester
Unconformities — Viewpoints Festival, Manchester
Prosperity Through Endeavour — Rossendale
Calico Works — Dark Peak Photography
2024
Gunpowder Tea (with poet Shadab Zeest Hashmi) — Imperial War Museum North
2012
Remix // — Manchester Photographic Gallery
2010
Lagos Street Scene — Fela! production, Broadway & National Theatre
Willie Nelson portrait (with Malcolm Bucknall) — W Hotel, Austin
