Déirdre Kelly

Impossible landscapes, routes and directions emerge from Déirdre Kelly's ongoing dialogue

with the symbolic language of maps and the aesthetics of cartography.

A combination of mixed media images, printmaking, collage and artists' books re-purpose data from various found sources in order to construct new visual and metaphorical narratives.

The mechanisms and language key to reading maps provide a kind of 'grounding', a ‘grip’ on the world, a fundamental connection with people, place and time.

Behind every map there is a person : behind every person is a map.