Mary Kelly

♀ *1941 / United States

Solo exhibitions

We don’t want to set the world on fire

Pippy Houldsworth, London (GB)
14 Nov 2025 – 17 Jan 2026
Face-to-Face

Pippy Houldsworth, London (GB)
20 Sep 2018 – 3 Nov 2018
On the Passage of a Few People through a Rather Brief Period of Time

Pippy Houldsworth, London (GB)
5 Sep 2014 – 4 Oct 2014
Four works in dialogue 1973-2010

Moderna Museet, Stockholm (SE)
16 Oct 2010 – 23 Jan 2011
Circa 1968

The University Art Gallery, Irvine (US)
4 Oct 2007 – 17 Nov 2007
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Rosamund Felsen Gallery, Santa Monica (US)
14 Oct 2006 – 11 Nov 2006
Love Songs

Postmasters, New York (US)
29 Oct 2005 – 3 Dec 2005

Group

Women in Revolt!

Art and Activism in the UK 1970-1990

The Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester (GB)
7 Mar 2025 – 1 Jun 2025

with Zarina Bhimji, Gina Birch, Sutapa Biswas, Tessa Boffin, Sonia Boyce, Chila Kumari Burman, Helen Chadwick, Vivienne Dick, Catherine Elwes, Rose English, Mona Hatoum, Susan Hiller …
Women in Revolt!

Art and Activism in the UK 1970–1990

Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh (GB)
25 May 2024 – 26 Jan 2025

with Zarina Bhimji, Gina Birch, Sutapa Biswas, Tessa Boffin, Sonia Boyce, Chila Kumari Burman, Helen Chadwick, Vivienne Dick, Catherine Elwes, Rose English, Mona Hatoum, Susan Hiller …
Burning Down the House: Rethinking Family

Kunstmuseum Sankt Gallen, Sankt Gallen (CH)
1 Jun 2024 – 8 Sep 2024

with Nina Beier, Kathe Burkhart, Vaginal Davis, Jonathas de Andrade, Adolf Dietrich, Buck Ellison, Maria Guta, Lauren Huret, Nadira Husain, Juliana Huxtable, Lebohang Kganye, Tala Madani …
Women In Revolt!

Art, Activism and the Women’s movement in the UK 1970–1990

Tate Britain, London (GB)
8 Nov 2023 – 7 Apr 2024

with Zarina Bhimji, Gina Birch, Sutapa Biswas, Tessa Boffin, Sonia Boyce, Chila Kumari Burman, Helen Chadwick, Vivienne Dick, Catherine Elwes, Rose English, Mona Hatoum, Susan Hiller …
Inheritance

Whitney Museum Art, New York (US)
28 Jun 2023 – 4 Feb 2024

with Sadie Barnette, Beverly Buchanan, Mary Beth Edelson, John Edmonds, Kevin Jerome Everson, Chitra Ganesh, Todd Gray, Emily Jacir, An-My Le, Deana Lawson, Sherrie Levine, Ana Mendieta …
Imperial Message

Institute of Contemporary Art LA, Los Angeles (US)
18 Jun 2022 – 4 Sep 2022

with Hannah Black, Lynn Hershman, Ana Mendieta, Imran Perretta, Sondra Perry, Lorna Simpson, Victoria Sin, Zadie Xa
An Incomplete History of Protest

Whitney Museum Art, New York (US)
18 Aug 2017 – 11 May 2018

with Andrea Bowers, Mark Bradford, AA Bronson, Larry Clark, Bruce Davidson, Larry Fink, Theaster Gates, General Idea, Guerrilla Girls, Rashid Johnson, Barbara Kruger, Glenn Ligon …
Actions. The image of the world can be different

Kettle's Yard, Cambridge (GB)
10 Feb 2018 – 6 May 2018

with John Akomfrah, Nathan Coley, Jeremy Deller, Naum Gabo, Regina Jose Galindo, Idris Khan, Linder, Melanie Manchot, Cornelia Parker, Katie Paterson
Human Interest

Portraits from the Whitney’s Collection

Whitney Museum Art, New York (US)
27 Apr 2016 – 2 Apr 2017

with Diane Arbus, David Armstrong, Charles Atlas, Alvin Baltrop, Dawoud Bey, John Coplans, Jay DeFeo, Philip-Lorca diCorcia, Walker Evans, Robert Frank, LaToya Ruby Frazier, Lee Friedlander …
My Brother is a Liar

601 Artspace, New York (US)
28 Oct 2015 – 23 Jan 2016

with Janine Antoni, Patty Chang, Jamie Diamond, Anthony Goicolea, Neil Goldberg, Richard Prince, Cindy Sherman, Bryan Zanisnik
A Voice Remains

Pippy Houldsworth, London (GB)
24 Apr 2015 – 30 May 2015

with Andrea Bowers, Sam Durant, Hans Haacke, Sharon Hayes, Carrie Mae Weems
All You Need Is LOVE: From Chagall to Kusama and Hatsune Miku

Mori Art Museum 10th Anniversary Exhibition

Mori Art Museum, Tokyo (JP)
26 Apr 2013 – 1 Sep 2013

with Adel Abidin, Nobuyoshi Araki, Richard Billingham, Sophie Calle, Gohar Dashti, Jim Dine, Nan Goldin, Shilpa Gupta, Mako Idemitsu, Alfredo Jaar, Barbara Kruger, Asada Masashi …
This Will Have Been

Art, Love & Politics in the 1980s

ICA Institute Contemp Art, Boston (US)
15 Nov 2012 – 3 Mar 2013

with Judith Barry, Ashley Bickerton, Sophie Calle, Jimmie Durham, Rotimi Fani-Kayode, General Idea, Robert Gober, Nan Goldin, Jack Goldstein, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, David Hammons, Peter Hujar …
16th Biennale of Sydney: Revolutions - Forms That Turn

Biennale of Sydney, Sydney (AU)
18 Jun 2008 – 7 Sep 2008

with Ahmet Oeguet, Francis Alys, Qiu Anxiong, Qiu Anxiong, Ibon Aranberri, Pedro Barateiro, Hans Bellmer, Tamy Ben-Tor, Chris Burden, Destiny Deacon , Jeremy Deller, Sam Durant …
Documenta Kassel 2007

documenta, Kassel (DE)
16 Jun 2007 – 23 Sep 2007

with Halil Altindere, Eleanor Antin, Maja Bajevic, Yael Bartana, Johanna Billing, James Coleman, Danica Dakic, Harun Farocki, Andrea Geyer, Simryn Gill, David Goldblatt, ZHENG Guogu …
WACK! Art and the Feminist Revolution

MOCA Geffen Contemporary, Los Angeles (US)
4 Mar 2007 – 16 Jul 2007

with Lynda Benglis, Katharina Sieverding
Civil Restitutions

Thomas Dane Gallery, London (GB)
6 Sep 2006 – 3 Oct 2006

with Ana Mendieta, David Wojnarowicz
A Perfect Day for Bananafish

Postmasters, New York (US)
19 Jun 2004 – 24 Jul 2004

with Sue de Beer, Omer Fast, Jennifer & Kevin McCoy, Wolfgang Staehle

Events

Whitney Biennial 2024

Even Better Than the Real Thing

Whitney Museum Art, New York (US)
20 Mar 2024 – 30 Sep 2024

with Pippa Garner, Christopher Harris, Sharon Hayes, Holly Herndon & Mat Dryhurst, Isaac Julien, Carolyn Lazard, Shuang Li, B. Ingrid Olson, Riar Rizaldi, Clarissa Tossin, Tourmaline, Carmen Winant