On The Shore created by Ackroyd & Harvey in collaboration with writer and activist Ben Okri on display at Kirkleatham Museum
‘Nature holds the key to our aesthetic, intellectual, cognitive and even spiritual satisfaction.’ E O Wilson
Kelly Hill is a photographer, curator and artist based in London. In her personal work she employs photography, drawing, walking and installation, to investigate how our interactions with the natural world have shifted - metaphorically, politically, and climatically. The work explores how we are all a part of nature. From the particles we are made of, to the air that we breathe, to our place in the world and our relationships with the more than human. Our urban environment may have alienated us from nature but our affinity with it is innate.
Kelly works closely with the Architect, Michael Pawlyn on the production of creative content for exhibition, film, publication and online, including Flourish (Pawlyn & Ichioka), Buey’s Acorns (Ackroyd & Harvey), Future Knowledge (Modern Art Oxford) and Designing with Nature (The Architecture Foundation). As a co-founder of Culture Declares Emergency and Writers Rebel, she curated the Paint the Land projects that linked high-profile writers and visual artists to create landscape works to address the climate and ecological emergency.
Kelly spent four years in Asia writing and photographing for Channel 4, South China Morning Post, RTHK & the Body Shop before returning to London to work on multimedia projects and exhibitions with Imagination, One World Online & Exploration Architecture. Her photography was short-listed for the Terry O’Neill Award and has been exhibited at Flowers Gallery East, Modern Art Oxford and MODA Atlanta. Currently based in Camden she combines commissioned work for editorial and design with personal work for exhibitions and publication, represented by Millennium Images. Clients have included - Ackroyd & Harvey, Channel 4, The Compass Group of Schools, Elle Decoration, Evolve, Exploration Architecture, The Financial Times, The Guardian, Hollandse Hoogte, Macmillan, John Murray Publishers, The New Scientist, Picador, Peloton Design, Random House, Scout London, Tate and The School of Life.
Kelly Hill speaking at the launch of the Writer’s Rebel Paint the Land campaign, Bankside, Tate Modern photo by Helena Smith
Ben Okri, Kelly Hill, Charlotte Jarvis and Mirabella Okri at the launch of On the Shore, Turbine Hall Tate Modern photo by Andy Sewell
Speaking about the launch of Culture Declares Emergency at CSM Spatial Practice Forest Talks Resistance with Farhana Yamin & Judy Ling Wong
Daisy, studio hound and constant companion
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