The Estate of Rose Finn-Kelcey

Works
  • The Estate of Rose Finn-Kelcey, The Restless Image: a discrepancy between the seen position and the felt position, 1975
    The Restless Image: a discrepancy between the seen position and the felt position, 1975
  • The Estate of Rose Finn-Kelcey, Divided Self (Speakers’ Corner), 1974 / 2011
    Divided Self (Speakers’ Corner), 1974 / 2011
  • The Estate of Rose Finn-Kelcey, Here is a Gale Warning, 1971 / 2011
    Here is a Gale Warning, 1971 / 2011
  • The Estate of Rose Finn-Kelcey, Restored to her Natural State by Nibbling Rose Petals, 1977
    Restored to her Natural State by Nibbling Rose Petals, 1977
  • The Estate of Rose Finn-Kelcey, Power for the People, 1972 / 2011
    Power for the People, 1972 / 2011
  • The Estate of Rose Finn-Kelcey, Glory, 1984
    Glory, 1984
  • The Estate of Rose Finn-Kelcey, Steam Installation, 1992
    Steam Installation, 1992
  • The Estate of Rose Finn-Kelcey, It Pays to Pray, 1999
    It Pays to Pray, 1999
  • The Estate of Rose Finn-Kelcey, One for Sorrow Two for Joy (performance sequence #1), 1976 / 2012
    One for Sorrow Two for Joy (performance sequence #1), 1976 / 2012
  • The Estate of Rose Finn-Kelcey, One for Sorrow, Two for Joy (performance sequence still #2), 1976
    One for Sorrow, Two for Joy (performance sequence still #2), 1976
  • The Estate of Rose Finn-Kelcey, Model of God Kennel - A Tabernacle, c. 1991
    Model of God Kennel - A Tabernacle, c. 1991
  • The Estate of Rose Finn-Kelcey, Untitled: Rose and Magpie #1 and #2, c. 1977
    Untitled: Rose and Magpie #1 and #2, c. 1977
  • The Estate of Rose Finn-Kelcey, Untitled: Bullfighter #1 (colour), 1986 / 2025
    Untitled: Bullfighter #1 (colour), 1986 / 2025
  • The Estate of Rose Finn-Kelcey, Angel, 2004
    Angel, 2004
  • The Estate of Rose Finn-Kelcey, Untitled Bullfighter Cover Image (Portrait), 1986
    Untitled Bullfighter Cover Image (Portrait), 1986
  • The Estate of Rose Finn-Kelcey, Untitled: Boxing Glove and Bubble #3, c. 1970 / 2019
    Untitled: Boxing Glove and Bubble #3, c. 1970 / 2019
  • The Estate of Rose Finn-Kelcey, Pearly Gate and Souls, 1997
    Pearly Gate and Souls, 1997
  • The Estate of Rose Finn-Kelcey, Sad and Lonely (set meal for one), 2006
    Sad and Lonely (set meal for one), 2006
Biography

Rose Finn-Kelcey (1945-2014) lived and worked in London. Finn-Kelcey first came to prominence in the early 1970s as an artist central to the emerging communities of performance and feminist art in the UK. The nature of Finn-Kelcey’s work is diverse, both in form and subject matter. She offers wit as a point of access into her work, allowing a wide audience to consider topics as varied as life, death and spirituality communicated with depth and profundity.

 

Solo exhibitions include Suit of Lights, Kate MacGarry, London (2025); Rose Finn-KelceyKate MacGarry, London (2020); Bureau de Change, Tate Britain, London, UK (2019); Rose Finn-Kelcey: Power For The People, Firstsite, Colchester, UK (2018); Rose Finn-Kelcey: Life, Belief and Beyond, Modern Art Oxford, Oxford, UK (2017); Rose Finn-Kelcey, Milton Keynes Gallery, Milton Keynes, UK (2006); Bureau de Change, The Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland (2003) and Rose Finn-Kelcey, Camden Arts Centre, London, UK (1997). Finn-Kelcey’s work has been included in the permanent collection re-hangs at Tate Britain, London (2023) and The National Portrait Gallery, London (2022). 

 

Group exhibitions include Here is a Gale Warning: Art, Crisis & Survival, Kettle’s Yard, Cambridge, UK (2025); Women in Revolt! Art and Activism in the UK 1970-1990, Tate Britain, London, UK (2023) and National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh (2024-25); Dhaka Art Summit 18, Bangladesh (2018); It Is Just A Beginning, National Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art, Rome, Italy (2018); Sculptors’ Papers from the Henry Moore Institute Archive, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, UK (2015); Keywords: Art, Culture & Society in 1980s Britain, Tate Liverpool, UK (2014); Modern British Sculpture, The Royal Academy of Art, London, UK (2011); Live in Your Head: Concept and Experiment in Britain 1965-75, Whitechapel Gallery, London, UK (2000); Out of Actions: Between Performance and the Object 1949-1979, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, USA (1998); Young British Artists Part 2, The Saatchi Gallery, London, UK (1993) and Documenta IX, Kassel, Germany (1992). Finn-Kelcey’s work is included in the collections of The Museum of Modern Art, New York; Tate, London; The National Portrait Gallery, London; The Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh, amongst others. 

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