The GUARDIAN, Elizabeth FULLERTON, 11.12.2023
“At a symposium held after the exhibition-viewing, several prisoners give speeches about how working with Kelland has transformed their art and their lives.”
BBC, VANESSA PEARCE, 10.12.2023
"It creates tension between the glamour of the mask and the everyday existence we all have… it's 'some cat from Japan' meets sports casual."
THE TELEGRAPH, CAL REVELY-CALDER, 20.09.2023
"Whether trying on fame or emptiness, these prisoners – deprived, remember, of most social rights – are digging at the roots of personhood, and how rootlessness threatens us all."
ARTISTS RESPONDING TO…MAGAZINE, POLLY BATES, 10.07.2023
“It’s been one of the most profound and significant experiences of my life and I will be forever grateful for the opportunity to work at Grendon with the communities."
FRIEZE, HARRY STOPES, 06.04.2023
"…allowed me to come at myself from an oblique angle – to see something different about myself…"
THE SPECTATOR, STUART JEFFRIES, 08.04.2023
“The centrepiece of the exhibition at Britain’s only contemporary art gallery in a prison is an installation, consisting of two broken, stained armchairs. They’ve been placed face-to-face, as if for a therapy session."