Vivienne Kelly was born in Münster, Germany in 1979. She came to Australia in 1980 and spent her childhood in Armidale and Sydney (NSW) and Hobart, Tasmania. She moved to Brisbane in 1989. In 2006, Vivienne completed her Bachelor of Photography with First Class Honours at the Queensland College of Art (QCA), Griffith University, Brisbane.

Vivienne is a Photographic Artist. Her work is featured in the latest edition of Silvershotz – International Journal of Fine Art Photography/Vol. 6 Ed. 3. Vivienne's photographs are featured in this years Queensland Festival of Photography. Her most recent 'solo' exhibitions include, 'The Red Tide' held at Joel Fine Art, Brisbane, as part of the Queensland Festival of Photography, 2008. Her photographs were also exhibited in the 'Starter Space' Queensland Art Gallery (QAG) 2007 - 2008, and the exhibition 'Photomorphogenesis' held at the Queensland Centre for Photography (QCP), in 2007.

Early influences in Vivienne's life reveal the initial inspiration behind her photography. Her father is an academic specialising in the area of photosynthesis, the process where plants use light from the sun to power their growth. During many visits to the CSIRO Marine Laboratories in Hobart, she would land at the work station of family friend, Gustaaf M. Hallegraeff who was studying and photographing the microscopic algal plankton from ocean waters using an electron microscope.

Born of a Peruvian mother (and with a grandmother descendant of the Incas) emphasis was also placed on the 'power' of the sun through the worship of the Sun God 'Inti' who was at the center of the ancient Inca religon and mythology. Vivienne's marine structures are influenced by and often resemble and mimic the vessel and flute -like wind instruments of the ancient tribes of South America and this is also reflected in the titles of her works such as 'Aqua Flutes' and 'Mama Cocha' (Inca goddess of the Sea).

Vivienne's photographs record the glowing shadows of plant- and algal-like forms that she has constructed. Traditional photographic methods such as long and multiple exposures are adopted to allow her to move through the frame of her camera and physically illuminate her forms within the landscape. Her images synthesise the phenomena of photosynthesis and bioluminescence, the latter being the way that some microscopic sea-life have the ability to produce their own light.

Vivienne currently lives and works in Brisbane.

Publications
2010	Silvershots Magazine, Vol.6 Ed.3. View publication
2006	Eyeline Magazine, Seagate, 2006 Ed.61.
Solo Exhibitions
2007-2008	The Red Tide, Joel Fine Art, Brisbane – Queensland Festival of Photography.
	Starters Space exhibit, Watermall Café, Queensland Art Gallery.
2007	Photomorphogenesis, Queensland Centre for Photography, Bulimba.
	Seagate, presented by N&A, The Ark Atelier, Spring Hill.
Group Exhibitions
2010	SynchronicityQld.Contemporary Photography - Redcliffe City Art Gallery.
2010	'Silvershotz' The International Journal of Fine Art Photography Vol.6 Ed.3.
2010	Untamed Gardens- The Wandering Room,Queensland Festival of Photography.
2009	New Order – Redcliffe Gallery. (View Entry)
2009	Sharing – Wespol, Poland.
2009	New Skin – Queensland Centre for Photography. Queensland Centre For Photography Collection, QCP. Warsaw Academy of Fine Art – Poland .
2008 - 2009	Illuminata Carnivale – Woodford Folk Festival.
2008	Clayton Utz – Launch, Metro Arts.
2008	Kiln Gallery, Brisbane
2007	Gadens Top Ten, Gadens Lawers, Brisbane. Mater Mothers Collection, Metro Arts.
2006	Hot Pool, Honours Graduation Show–Queensland College of Art Griffith University Neo Eco, Redland Art Gallery, part of the Queensland Festival of Photography. Extract-Environments: Real and Imagined, Metro Arts.
2004	56, Bachelor of Photography Graduating Exhibition, Queensland College Of Art.
2003	Superb Moonchips, Queensland College of ArtSuperb Moonchips, Queensland College of Art
Awards
2006	The Theiss Prize – Finalist, Dell Gallery, Queensland College of Art. The Artworkers Awards – Finalist, Raw Space Galleries, Brisbane.
Experience
2008	Artist Talk – Joel Fine Art. Artist Talk – Queensland Art Gallery.
2007	Plant – Shadow – Light with Vivienne Kelly. Five artist workshops for Children (photography) commissioned by the Gallery Of Modern Art. Event: 'Sunday at ;the Gallery' / 'Smith Family' / 'Members Morning' / 'Foundations'. Assistant in artist workshops: Flight – with Alfredo and Isabel Aquilizan, Gallery of Modern Art . Photographic Gardens – with Renata Buziak, Gallery of Modern Art. Drawing – with Maureen Hansen, Queensland Art Gallery. Collage – with Davina Kelly, Gallery Of Modern Art. Asia Pacific Triennial - Activity assistant supervisor, Childrens Art Centre, Queensland Art Gallery and Gallery of Modern Art.
2004	Under 8's activity week – Cyanotypes, photography workshop, QAG
2003	1 month fieldwork placement with the photography department at the Queensland Art Gallery.
Education – Selected
2006	Bachelor of Photography with First Class Honours, Queensland College of Art,Griffith University.
2005	Bachelor of Photography, Queensland College of Art, Griffith University.
Bibliography
2010	Photographs featured in Silvershotz Magazine, Jan 2010
2006	Seagate, 2006, Eyeline, edition No. 61