ABOUT
Kelly Rappleye is an AHRC/SGSAH PhD researcher at Glasgow School of Art and and arts curator with 16 Collective. Her research and practice focus on the role of contemporary art in urban place-making and spatial politics, informed by her background working in community mental health, with a particular interest in moving image and cultural memory. Kelly was a 2024 member of the British Art Network’s Emerging Curators Group and a 2024 Venice Biennale Fellow with the British Council, and a 2024-25 FieldARTS resident. She holds an MA in Contemporary Art Theory from Goldsmiths, UoL and has presented her research at various conferences. Her doctoral research on hydropoetics in contemporary Scottish moving image considers contested memory and colonial residues Glasgow’s urban landscape. Kelly has curated programmes with organisations such as ArchiFringe, Tate, and LUX Scotland, integrating research, screenings, discussions, and workshops.
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