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Paul Kelly (b.1968) A SMALL VEGETABLE SHOP, MAIN STREET, CHAPELIZOD, DUBLIN, 2001 oil on canvas signed, dated and titled on reverse h:20 w:24 in. Provenance: Gorry Gallery, Dublin, 2001; Private collection Exhibited: 'New Horizons', Gorry Gallery, Dublin, 2-9 November 2001, catalogue no. 13 Paul Kelly was born in Dublin and is entirely self-taught, having received no formal artistic training. He has had many successful one man “sell out” exhibitions at the Gorry Gallery in Dublin, The Killarney Art Gallery in Co. Kerry and regularly exhibits in selective group shows around the country. He has also exhibited frequently at the Royal Hibernian Academy in Dublin, and in 1991 obtained the James Kennedy memorial award for portraiture. Following on from a series of successful exhibitions, Paul Kelly was named Artist of the Year at the annual Christie's Ireland Fund Auction and Dinner which was held in London in 2000. Works by him are included in many public and private collections including the national self portrait collections of Ireland, The Fingal county library and the Brian P. Burns collection USA.