1950                 Born

1975-78         Central School of Art BA (Hons.) Ceramics
1992-95         Royal Academy Schools Post Graduate Diploma in Painting

solo exhibitions

1990,92,94     The Gordon Gallery Derry
1992,94          The Oliver Swan Gallery London
1997               Solomon Gallery Dublin showing with Jack B. Yeats
1998               Recent Paintings of Donegal Kelly Ross at the Ko Raw Gallery
2000               The Glebe Gallery, Donegal
2002               John Martin Gallery, London
2003               Taylor Galleries, Dublin 'New Paintings from the Isle of Doagh'

selected group exhibitions

1992-97          The Royal Hibernian Academy Dublin
1992-94          The Guardian Art for Sale
1993-97          The Hunting Observer Art Prize
1994                Making a Mark The Mall Galleries
1994-96          The Sligo Art Gallery
1990-97          The Royal Academy Summer Show
1995-98          British Art Fair Royal College of Art
1995-1997      Contemporary Art Society Royal Festival Hall
1995-1997      The Discerning Eye The Mall Galleries
1996               The Whitechapel Open
1996               New Beginnings Offer Waterman London
1996               Three Person Show Adam Gallery Bath
1996               The Blue Gallery London
1996               The Solomon Gallery Dublin
1996-98         Offer Waterman London
1996-98         Affordable Art Connaught Brown London
1997               Modern British & Contemporary Painting, Kelly Ross at the Clink Wharf Gallery
1999               Eight Painters from Ireland John Martin of London

awards

1994               The Armitage Prize
1994               The David Murray Travelling Scholarship
1995               The Creswick Prize
1995               The Royal Academy Silver Medal

collections

Irish State Dublin, Guinness Dublin; Guinness London; Allied Irish Bank Dublin; Hambros Bank London; Oprah Winfrey Chicago; `Blur'; Donegal County Council; H.R.H The Prince of Wales.