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- ↑ First solo exhibition at The Kenny Gallery, Galway, October 2008. 'Modus Operandi' Reported Galway Advertiser: http://www.advertiser.ie/galway/article/2269/dean-kelly-to-unveil-his-modus-operandi-in-kennys
- ↑ Exhibition referenced on gallery website http://www.thekennygallery.ie/exhibitions/2008/kellydean/
- ↑ "dean kelly ...art". deankellyart.blogspot.ie. Retrieved 9 November 2015.
- ↑ Irish Arts Review Autumn 2008, p42 http://archive.irishartsreview.com/irisartsrevi2002/pdf/2008/20493345.pdf.bannered.pdf%5B%5D
- ↑ National Irish Visual Arts Library Database website http://www.nival.ie/collections/artists-database/view/artist/name/kelly-dean/
- ↑ "#Galway | Galway city through an artist's eyes". www.advertiser.ie. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
- ↑ Follow the literature inspired art trail around town http://www.advertiser.ie/galway/article/77088/follow-the-literature-inspired-art-trail-around-town
- ↑ YouTube: Páraic Breathnach officially opens 'Pretty Pictures' a new exhibition of work by Dean Kelly and Shane Crotty at the Kenny Gallery Galway, November 2012. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MgGZAW0VcY
- ↑ Irish Arts Review, Diary Autumn 2012 http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-wAxEJu7YuCg/Uc4QQsoxkkI/AAAAAAAAD-k/qQDxTN8xnzM/s960/291916_463267093695591_1764771202_n.jpg
- ↑ YouTube: Dean Kelly - Modus Operandi, 2008. Official opening of the first solo exhibition by Dean Kelly at The Kenny Gallery, Galway, Ireland (October 2008). Speech by Gallery Director Tom Kenny. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5bRSi3FV2Y
- ↑ Listening Eyes - a visual celebration of Music for Galway http://www.galway.net/galwayguide/news/2005/10/norman20051014/
- ↑ Kenny Gallery biography http://www.thekennygallery.ie/artists/kellydean/
- ↑ Official representation - The Kenny Gallery, Galway http://www.thekennygallery.ie/artists/kellydean/
