SUSANNE KERR

lives Wellington, NZ

QUALIFICATIONS

Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA), Ilam School of Fine Arts, University of Canterbury, NZ (2000)

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2024    Aotearoa Art Fair, presented by Gallerysmith, Auckland

2023    Remnants, Pātaka Art & Museum, Porirua, Wellington

2021    Human Traces, Gallerysmith, Melbourne, Victoria

2020    Fragile State,
Milford Galleries, Queenstown

2018    Call to a home I
never had, Milford Galleries, Queenstown

2015    Tiny Ruins,
FHE Galleries, Auckland

2013    The Unfolding, FHE
Galleries, Auckland

2013    Transit, FHE Project Space, Auckland

2012    An Intimate
Geography, Waiheke Art Gallery, Waiheke Island

2011    Domesticated Animals,
Toi Poneke Gallery, Wellington

2009    Blink, Saatchi
and Saatchi Gallery, 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

2023    XV:
PAST PRESENT FUTURE, Gallerysmith, Melbourne, Victoria

2021    Fauna, Milford
Galleries, Queenstown

2021    I AM WOMAN, Gallerysmith, Online Exhibition

2021    Sydney
Contemporary, presented by Gallerysmith, Online Exhibition

2021    The
Whakatipu Chronicle, Milford Galleries, Queenstown

2020    The Review, Milford
Galleries, Queenstown

2020    Flora, Milford Galleries, Queenstown

2020    Behind Closed
Doors, Milford Galleries, Dunedin

2019    The Wakatipu
Chronicles, Milford Galleries, Queenstown

2019    New Works,
Milford Galleries, Queenstown

2019    The Royal
Queenstown Easter Show, Milford Galleries, Queenstown,

2019    The Earl Street
Journal, Milford Galleries, Queenstown

2019    Pathways to
Paradise, Waiheke Gallery, Waiheke Island

2019    Staging Post:
Landscape and Sculpture, Milford Galleries, Queenstown

2019    18|19, FHE
Galleries, Parnell, Auckland

2018    Spring Catalogue,
Milford Galleries, Queenstown

2018    Puawai AO, FHE
Galleries, Ponsonby, Auckland

2018    The Arrow,
Milford Galleries, Queenstown

2017    Waiheke Artist in
Residence Survey Exhibition, Waiheke Art Gallery, Waiheke Island

2016    Ponsonby Road
Summer, FHE Galleries, Ponsonby, Auckland

2016    Auckland Art Fair,
presented by FHE Galleries

2015    I come from under
the earth, FHE Galleries, Ponsonby, Auckland

2015    ART-UP 2015,
FHE Galleries, Ponsonby, Auckland

2015    Unknown, FHE
Galleries, Auckland

2014    Kaba Ko, FHE
Galleries, Auckland

2014    Auckland Art Fair,
presented by FHE Galleries

2013    Seven Wishes,
FHE Galleries, Auckland

2013    Path Upon the Air,
FHE Galleries, Auckland

2013    [IN]box,
ArtBox L-Pavilion Gallery, Cnr St Asaph and Madras St, Christchurch

2013    Cherished Memory,
FHE Galleries, Auckland

2012    Allure, FHE
Galleries, Auckland

2012    Touch, FHE
Galleries, Auckland

2011    The Artists: A
Snapshot of Contemporary NZ Art Practice, Sanderson Gallery, Auckland

2011    Hidden Rooms,
Sanderson Gallery, Auckland

2011    Scrutiny, Sanderson Gallery, Auckland

2011    Locale,
Sanderson Gallery, Auckland

2011    Advent,
Sanderson Gallery, Auckland

2011    Small Things,
Waiheke Art Gallery, Auckland

2011    12 Walls,
Sanderson Gallery, Auckland

2010    Advent,
Sanderson Gallery, Auckland

2009    Auckland Art Fair,
presented by Sanderson Gallery

2009    Advent,
Sanderson Gallery, Auckland

2009    The Artists: A
Snapshot of Contemporary NZ Art Practice, Sanderson Gallery, Auckland

2009    Showcase,
Sanderson Gallery, Auckland

2009    For What It’s
Worth, Sanderson Gallery, Auckland

2008    Advent,
Sanderson Gallery, Auckland

2006    The Artists: A
Snapshot of Contemporary NZ Art Practice, Sanderson Gallery, Auckland

2005    Ethereal,
Artigiano Lorne St, Auckland

2005    Natale, Page
Blackie Gallery, Wellington

2004    BLACKWHITE,
Artigiano Lorne St, Auckland

2004    Unknown,
Artigiano Parnell, Auckland

2004    9x3, Artigiano Lorne St, Auckland

2000    Transitions,
SoFA Gallery, Christchurch

2000    Cycle, SoFA
Gallery, Christchurch

SELECTED CURATED/AWARD EXHIBITIONS

2021    Parkin Drawing Award Exhibition, Academy Galleries,
Wellington

2019    Parkin Drawing
Award Exhibition, Academy of Fine Arts, Wellington

2019    The
Walker & Hall Waiheke Art Award, Waiheke Island

2019    The
Wallace Art Awards (traveling), Pataka Art + Museum,
Wellington; The Suter Gallery, Nelson; CoCA Gallery, Christchurch; Wallace
Gallery, Morrinsville

2018    The Wallace Art
Awards, The Pah Homestead, Auckland

2018    Winner,
Michael Evans Figurative Award, The
Walker & Hall Waiheke Art Award, Waiheke Island

2015    The
Wallace Art Awards (traveling), The Pah Homestead, Auckland; Pataka Art +
Museum, Wellington

2015    Merit Award, The
New Zealand Printmaking and Painting Award, Hamilton

2014    The Wallace Art Awards,
The Pah Homestead, Auckland

2013    New Zealand Printmaking and
Painting Award, Hamilton

2012    Wild at Heart,
Pataka Art + Museum, Wellington

2012    The
Wallace Art Awards (traveling), TSB Bank Wallace Arts
Centre, Auckland; The Dowse Art Museum, Wellington

2012    New Zealand Printmaking and
Painting Award, Hamilton

2011    Apart Together,
Pataka Art + Museum, Wellington

2011    People's
Choice Award, The Wallace Art Awards, TSB
Bank Wallace Arts Centre, Auckland

2011    Zinni
Douglas Merit Award, The Walker & Hall Waiheke Art Award, Waiheke Island

2011    New Zealand Printmaking and Painting Award, Hamilton

2011    Molly Morpeth Canaday Art Award, Whakatane

2011    Central
Otago Art Award, Otago

2011    Cliftons
Art Award, Wellington

2011    NZ
Art Show Signature Piece Art Award,
Wellington

2010    The Walker &
Hall Waiheke Art Awards, Waiheke Island

2010    Molly Morpeth Canaday Art Award, Whakatane

2009    Mind Games: Surrealism in Aotearoa, Hastings City Art Gallery, Hastings

2009    New Zealand Printmaking and Painting Award, Hamilton

2008    The Wallace Art
Awards, Wallace Trust Gallery, Auckland

2008    The
Walker & Hall Waiheke Art Award, Waiheke Island

1998    CoCA Art Award, Christchurch

1997    CoCA Art Award, Christchurch

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS + ARTICLES + VIDEO
FOOTAGE

2024    A natural constant in artist’s
work; The Post, January 24, pp.14, Wellington

2023    Susanne
Kerr: A sense of discord and unease; The Eastbourne Herald, 15 December,
pp.12, Wellington

2023    A
woman’s perspective; Wellington Regional News, 21 November, pp.9,
Wellington

2021    Susanne
Kerr - Human Traces, Art Guide Australia (Magazine and online article) https://artguide.com.au/susanne-kerrs-human-traces/

2021    Self
Portrait: Botanical Forms; ArtZone, pp 52-54, Auckland

2020    Art
seen: December 10, Otago Daily Times, Dec 10

2020    Botanical forms, self-portrait interview, ArtZone, Oct 13,
2020 https://www.artzone.co.nz/post/botanical-forms

2017    Student Art Guide;
Published by Advanced Distribution Ltd, Auckland

2015    Susanne
Kerr - The Pretenders and The Believers; Documentary Footage on Vimeo (5,25
mins) at https://vimeo,com/123818658,
Director: Stephanie Bennett, Filmmaker/Editor: Scott Ewing

2015    Rewarding dig into
the past; Author: T,J,McNamara, New Zealand Herald, 13th September 2015

2015    Notes
From Waiheke; Art book published by Waiheke Gallery, Waiheke Island, Edited
by Linda Chalmers,

2014    Susanne
Kerr- Forming Figures; Documentary Footage on Vimeo (4,50mins) at https://vimeo,com/107970196, Director: Stephanie Bennett,
Filmmaker/Editor: Scott Ewing

2014    We are all
connected; Waiheke Herald Arts Diary, Gulf News, 18th September
2014

2014    Susanne
Kerr Trailer, Documentary Footage on Vimeo (3,53 mins), Director: Stephanie
Bennett, Filmmaker/Editor: Scott Ewing

2013    Rare Twists of
Imagination; Author: T,J,McNamara, New Zealand Herald, 3rd August
2013,

2012    Artist
in Residence; Author: Matthew Muir, Waiheke Herald Arts Diary, Gulf News,
28th June 2012

2012    One hundred days
on Waiheke; Waiheke Herald Arts Diary, Gulf News, May 2012

2011    Artist
proud to show work at hometown; Author: Priyanka Bhonsule, Stuff Online
Article, 8th November 2011

2011    10,98 seconds of
Wellington Artists; Lennart Maschmeyer 2011, Wellington

2011    THE
ARTISTS, 21 Practitioners in New Zealand Contemporary Art c, 2011-2013;
Auckland, Sanderson Ltd 2011,

2009    THE
ARTISTS, 21 Practitioners in New Zealand Contemporary Art c, 2009-2011;
Auckland, Sanderson Ltd 2009,

2008    Mind Games,
Surrealism in Aotearoa; Hamilton, Hastings City Art Gallery 2009, Digital
Book CD,

2006   
THE ARTISTS, A Snapshot of Contemporary New Zealand Art Practice c,2007-2008;
Auckland, Artigiano Ltd, 2006

RESIDENCIES

2012 Waiheke Island Artist in Residence (3 months), Auckland,

COLLECTIONS

Walker and Hall Collection (2018)

James Wallace Arts Trust Collection (2014, 2013, 2011)

The Prospect Collection (2014, 2013)

The Museum Hotel Collection, Wellington (2011)

Private Collections in NZ, Asia, Australia, USA, England and
Europe