Susanne Kerr
Susanne Kerr is a Wellington visual artist who exhibits with FHE Galleries in Auckland. She will be artist in residence on Waiheke Island at Owanake Barn from 26 May-26 August, and, will be working towards a solo show at Waiheke Community Gallery on completion of her residency.
Painting and drawing are integral components of her studio practise. Themes in Susanne’s paintings have included gendered language - how children become sexualised beings and conditioned to the roles society expects of them; language and its misinterpretation; the effects of social and political environments on the individual; the parallels between theatre and life; and social and cultural identity and the manner in which language can define or recreate us.
She has exhibited widely throughout NZ and her art was included in the 2009 survey show Mind Games: Surrealism in Aotearoa at Hastings City Art Gallery. Her work has been published in several artist’s books and been a finalist in the Wallace Art Award [2008, 2011]; the NZ Painting and Printmaking Award [2009, 2011, 2012]; the Central Otago Art Awards [2011]; the Clifton Art Award [2011]; the Walker and Hall Waiheke Art Award [2008,2010, 2011]; the Molly Morpeth Art Award [2011, 2010]; and the COCA Art Award [1997,1998]. In 2011 she was awarded the People’s Choice Award in the Wallace Art Award and the Zinni Douglas Merit Award in the Walker and Hall Waiheke Art Award.
Visual Artist: Painting and Drawing
BFA from Ilam, Canterbury University, Christchurch
Public Exhibitions
2011 The Wallace Art Award Travelling Show, The Dowse Art Museum, Lower Hutt
2011 Apart Together (three person show), Pataka, Porirua
2009 Mind Games: Surrealism in Aotearoa, Hastings City Art Gallery, Hastings
Solo Exhibitions
2011 Domesticated Animals, Toi Poneke Gallery, Wellington
2009 Blink, Five Stories High Gallery, Saatchi and Saatchi, Wellington
2007 Looking At You, Sanderson Gallery, Auckland
2006 Things we forget, Page Blackie Gallery, Wellington
2005 quiet, Page Blackie Gallery, Wellington
2004 Tension, Artigiano Lorne Street, Auckland
2000 Ephemeral, SoFA Gallery, Christchurch
2000 Fabric And Thread , SoFA Gallery, Christchurch
Selected Group Exhibitions
2012 Touch, FHE Galleries, Auckland
2011 Advent, Sanderson Gallery, Auckland
2011 Locale, Sanderson Gallery, Auckland
2011 12 Walls, Sanderson Gallery, Auckland
2011 150x150x150, Sanderson Gallery, Auckland
2011 Small Things, Waiheke Art Gallery, Auckland
2010 Advent, Sanderson Gallery, Auckland
2010 Scrutiny, Sanderson Gallery, Auckland
2010 150x150x150, Sanderson Gallery, Auckland
2009 Advent, Sanderson Gallery, Auckland
2009 For What It’s Worth, Sanderson Gallery, Auckland
2009 Showcase, Sanderson Gallery, Auckland
2009 Sanderson Gallery at the Auckland Art Fair 2009, Auckland
2008 Advent, Sanderson Gallery, Auckland
2006 The Artists, Sanderson Gallery, Auckland
2005 Natale, Page Blackie Gallery, Wellington
2005 Ethereal, Artigiano Lorne St, Auckland
2004 Group Show, Artigiano Parnell, Auckland
2004 9x3, Artigiano Lorne St, Auckland
2004 BLACKWHITE, Artigiano Lorne St, Auckland
2012 Finalist in the NZ Painting and Printmaking Award
2011 Zinni Douglas Merit Award and Finalist in the Walker and Hall Waiheke Art Award
2011 People’s Choice Winner and Finalist in the Wallace Art Awards
2011 Finalist in the Central Otago Art Awards
2011 Finalist in the NZ Art Show Signature Piece Art Award
2011 Finalist in the Clifton Art Award
2011 Finalist in The New Zealand Painting and Printmaking Award
2011 Finalist in The Molly Morpeth Art Award
2010 Finalist in the Walker and Hall Waiheke Art Award
2010 Finalist in The Molly Morpeth Art Award
2009 Finalist in The New Zealand Painting and Printmaking Award
2008 Finalist in the Walker and Hall Waiheke Art Award
2008 Finalist in The Wallace Art Award
1998 Finalist in the COCA Art Award
1997 Finalist in the COCA Art Award
Represented in Auckland by :
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FHE Galleries
2 Kitchener St, Auckland CBD, AUCKLAND
T. +64. (0)9 302 4108
Susanne Kerr
p. +64.4.972 0326
c. +64.27.286 7899
e. su@susannekerr.com
www.susannekerr.com
Wellington
New Zealand
Member Profile
Susanne KerrSusanne Kerr is a Wellington visual artist who exhibits with FHE Galleries in Auckland. She will be artist in residence on Waiheke Island at Owanake Barn from 26 May-26 August, and, will be working towards a solo show at Waiheke Community Gallery on completion of her residency.
Painting and drawing are integral components of her studio practise. Themes in Susanne’s paintings have included gendered language - how children become sexualised beings and conditioned to the roles society expects of them; language and its misinterpretation; the effects of social and political environments on the individual; the parallels between theatre and life; and social and cultural identity and the manner in which language can define or recreate us.
She has exhibited widely throughout NZ and her art was included in the 2009 survey show Mind Games: Surrealism in Aotearoa at Hastings City Art Gallery. Her work has been published in several artist’s books and been a finalist in the Wallace Art Award [2008, 2011]; the NZ Painting and Printmaking Award [2009, 2011, 2012]; the Central Otago Art Awards [2011]; the Clifton Art Award [2011]; the Walker and Hall Waiheke Art Award [2008,2010, 2011]; the Molly Morpeth Art Award [2011, 2010]; and the COCA Art Award [1997,1998]. In 2011 she was awarded the People’s Choice Award in the Wallace Art Award and the Zinni Douglas Merit Award in the Walker and Hall Waiheke Art Award.
