Figurative painter, born in Scotland, who gained an honours degree in fine art at University of Newcastle, 1991–5, his master’s at Chelsea School of Art, 1996. Awards included John Christie prize, at Newcastle, 1994; in 1995 he won the Annabel Walker prize there, first prize in the National Westminster Bank Young Artist Competition (the Bank holds his work) and was runner-up, BP Portrait Award, National Portrait Gallery. Group exhibitions included Northern Graduates, Royal College of Art, 1995; Art and Academia, Christie’s, 1996; and in 1998 Modern British Art at Offer Waterman & Co, which later that year gave Kelley his first solo show.