Mary Kelly Overview

Mary Kelly was born in Iowa in 1941. She studied at the Pius 12th Institute, Florence, lectured at the American University Beirut, then studied at St Martins School of Art, London. Her film work was mostly collaborative: Nightcleaners (with Berwick Street... [more]

Mary Kelly was born in Iowa in 1941. She studied at the Pius 12th Institute, Florence, lectured at the American University Beirut, then studied at St Martins School of Art, London. Her film work was mostly collaborative: Nightcleaners (with Berwick Street Film Collective) and Women and Work (with Margaret Harrison and Kay Fido Hunt) both in 1975, and Laura Mulvey and Peter Wollen's Riddles of the Sphinx 1977. She returned to live and work in the USA in 1987. [show less]