International Nurses Day, The Royal Marsden Hospital, London

12th May 2021

I was commissioned by The Royal Marsden to create a series of sketch like portraits of prominent members of their nursing staff as a way of creating a new visual history for the hospital. It was an enjoyable experience, although due to Covid it was not possible for me to sketch the people in person. Pleased that the finished images were received so well: follow link.

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The works are have been put on display at the Radiotherapy Unit of The Royal Marsden in Sutton.


RE Original Prints, Bankside Gallery, London

28th April – 13th June 2021

This is the Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers Annual Exhibition showcasing the best and latest of member's prints. Due to government restrictions the exhibition has been initially launched online but with the planned easing of restrictions it is due to go on public view at Bankside Gallery from 17th May. I will be showing my latest digital picture called Galway Too. I have made a short animation of my drawing up this picture below, I hope you like it. When you see it in person try to find all the Leprechauns hidden in it.

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Spring Mini Picture Show: Online, Bankside Gallery, London

1st February – 14th March 2021

The Mini Picture Show normally takes place over the Winter holidays. This year last minute a new national lockdown was announced and the exhibition had to be postponed. Later it was reinvented as an online exhibition so everyone at home can enjoy members work online. The Spring Mini Picture Show has lots of smaller size works from artists of both societies, RE & RWS. All the pictures are available to buy online at affordable prices. The exhibition includes my little Oxo screenprint and classic London street scenes.

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New Work by the RE: Printmakers in Lockdown, Bankside Gallery, London

6th November 2020 – 31st January 2021

With the pandemic normal life was put on hold, everyone had to adapt to lockdown rules. This exhibition shows how artists of the Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers who could not access printmaking studios and use the printing presses found new ways of producing their work. I focused on my sketching durring lockdown and a number of my sketches are included in this exhibition. Read more about these sketches and my daily sketching practice in the Bankside Newsletter, click on link below.

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Multiples - The Journal of the Society of Wood Engravers
Volume 47, August 2020

Artist Focus: Peter S. Smith's Amaryllis - lockdown adventures.
Very pleased to read that Peter S. Smith mentioned the Woodblock Engraving collaboration we completed earlier in the the year. There is also a large photo of me drawing on a woodblock, see page 43.
Frank Kiely at St. Bride's Foundation, London

17th Febuary - 30th April 2020

Delighted to be invited to show a selection of prints and watercolours in the Bridewell Cafe at St Bride's Foundation. Please come and see the select pictures on show, spanning the last 15 years. For more information please follow link.

www.sbf.org.uk/whats-on/view/frank-kiely-printmaker

Affordable Art Fair, Battersea, London

11th - 15th March 2020

Great to be showing with TAG Fine Art at The Affordable Art Fair in Battersea. Well worth going to see so much excellent work all under one roof / tent. For more information click here.

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Summer Exhibition, Bankside Gallery, London

16th August – 15th September 2019

Summer exhibition of works by members of the Royal Soiety of Painter-Printmakers and the Royal Watercolour Society.

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There is the touch of the artist about old Bloom, Olivier Cornet Gallery, Dublin

16th June – 25 June 2017

From sketching on location in the Parnell Square Cultural Quarter of Dublin, ’There’s a Touch of the Artist About Old Bloom’ is a visual response to Ulysses. Curated by the Olivier Cornet Gallery, Jessica Peel-Yates and Marie-Helene Brohan Delhaye. This exhibition showcases the four day live sketching event. Participating artists were drawn from a number of disciplines (fine art, illustration, architecture, animation, fashion and graphic design) where drawing and sketching are an important aspect of their work; either as an end in itself. To get the most out of this experience I decided to dress as Leopold Bloom and tweet my sketches on @BloomPoldy my Bloom persona. You can see a selection of my sketches click here Ulysses Sketches


Sydney Contemporary, Sydney, Australia

10th August – 10th September 2017

This will be my first time exhibiting in Australia and showing in Sydney Contemporary, Australia's largest Art Fair it's a good start. The Art Fair has a dedicated area for Printmaking called Paper Contemporary. The Royal Society of Painter Printmakers (RE) has a stand in this part of the fair. I am lucky to be one of the selected artists on show as there was only room for a limited number of RE members prints.


Off the Wall, Bankside Gallery, London

10th August – 10th September 2017

My latest pictures Sligo Town and Princes Street, Edinburgh will be on show at the Bankside Gallery in Off the Wall. This is the Royal Watercolour Society and the Royal Society of Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers annual summer exhibition. I also have a good range of prints in the browsers.

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London Original Print Fair, Royal Academy of Arts London

5th May – 8th May 2016

For the second year running I have been asked to head the Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers stand at the LOPF. I am delighted to have this opportunity to showcase masterly prints by RE members and promote the Society.
This year we are exhibiting a special selection of members works and will include my latest Tower of London screenprint.