Kelly Hussey-Smith is a Documentary Practitioner mainly working in photography and more recently in video and multimedia. She lives and works in Brisbane, Australia. Kelly is currently completing postgraduate study at the Queensland College of Art where she also teaches photography, and is working on a long-term project investigating the unseen products of industry.
In 2010 Kelly was the overall winner of the Churchie National Emerging Art Award and was selected for the Institute of Modern Art’s 2010 Fresh Cut show. She regularly exhibits her work in Australia and has also exhibited in China, Bangladesh, and the UK. Kelly has worked voluntarily as an editor for the Australian PhotoJournalist, Centre for Documentary Practice, and as a documentist for Operation Smile who she has travelled with to document medical missions in Australia and abroad.
Artist CV
2010 - Old English Game, The Moran Contemporary Photography Prize, Sydney, AUS
2010 - Foto8 Summer Show, Host Gallery, London, UK.
2010 - Caged Animated Works, The Churchie National Emerging Art Award, Griffith Gallery, Brisbane, AUS
2009 - Caged, Wherever you go, there you are, Fine Art and Photography Honours Exhibition, Brisbane, AUS
2009 - Operation Smile presented at the CDP Online Symposium for Documentary Photography
Publications/Awards:
2010 - Overall Winner (Caged Video Works) of the Churchie Emerging Art Award, Brisbane, AUS
2010 - Finalist in Foto8 Summer Show, London, UK
2010 - Caged, featured in The Big Issue Magazine, Roving Eye, AUS
2010 - Caged, Featured on Vibewire web portal and print Anthology AUS
2009 - Operation Smile Published on ABC news online, AUS
2009 - Awarded Tom Burns Scholarship by the Australia China Business Council AUS
2008 - Awarded Most Outstanding Metropolitan Student Journalist, Queensland Media Awards 2008 AUS
2008 - Operation Smile featured in Red Magazine, AUS
2008 - Awarded a Commonwealth Government Equity Scholarship for BPhoto Hons, AUS
2008 - Awarded the Queensland Arts Council Photographer for a Year Scholarship, AUS
2006 - Awarded the APJ award for Outstanding Social Documentary Photography, AUS
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