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Sydney Morning Herald
28-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Sydney Morning Herald
‘Art makes me feel seen': Young creator tells
The art of the abstract colourist Bridget Kelly – who has Down syndrome and is mostly non-verbal – received a strong response at Vivid Sydney this year. Her art is a powerful form of communication. I interviewed her by text, with the help of her sister, Morag. Later, I talked to her parents, Matthew Kelly and Kate McNamara. Fitz: Bridget, congratulations on your art. When did you take it up? BK: I have been drawing since I was little but I started using Posca pens in year 12 at St Scholastica's College, Glebe, which I went to with my two sisters. That was when I got really excited about my art. Fitz: When did you realise you were not just good at it, but seriously talented? BK: When I finished high school, I kept doing my art because it made me happy. When I was 21, I won the Blooming Arts 'Emerging Artist' Prize. I won a mentorship to University of Sydney College of the Arts. I felt happy because people started to call me an artist. BK: I get ideas for my art from the world around me. I like colours and shapes and showing people how I see things! Fitz: What did your parents and sisters say when you told them your work was to be displayed at Vivid? BK: They were so excited and happy for me. They told me they were really proud. I am the first (and probably last) person in my family to have my artwork on a building! I was really happy because I love doing art and I got to show it to lots of people.
The Age
28-06-2025
- Entertainment
- The Age
‘Art makes me feel seen': Young creator tells
The art of the abstract colourist Bridget Kelly – who has Down syndrome and is mostly non-verbal – received a strong response at Vivid Sydney this year. Her art is a powerful form of communication. I interviewed her by text, with the help of her sister, Morag. Later, I talked to her parents, Matthew Kelly and Kate McNamara. Fitz: Bridget, congratulations on your art. When did you take it up? BK: I have been drawing since I was little but I started using Posca pens in year 12 at St Scholastica's College, Glebe, which I went to with my two sisters. That was when I got really excited about my art. Fitz: When did you realise you were not just good at it, but seriously talented? BK: When I finished high school, I kept doing my art because it made me happy. When I was 21, I won the Blooming Arts 'Emerging Artist' Prize. I won a mentorship to University of Sydney College of the Arts. I felt happy because people started to call me an artist. BK: I get ideas for my art from the world around me. I like colours and shapes and showing people how I see things! Fitz: What did your parents and sisters say when you told them your work was to be displayed at Vivid? BK: They were so excited and happy for me. They told me they were really proud. I am the first (and probably last) person in my family to have my artwork on a building! I was really happy because I love doing art and I got to show it to lots of people.
