Susanne Kerr
Susanne Kerr is a New Zealand-based artist who has had a successful and extensive exhibition record since 2003. As a painter Susanne Kerr creates distinctive works that examine social connection, the interdependence of life and the environment and other critical issues of our time.
Though aesthetically influenced by historical visual culture, Kerr’s works are observations of 21st century human behaviour, often using female protagonists to create complex narratives. Using imagery inspired by lived experience and personal engagements, Kerr endeavours to unravel the subtlety of complex human interactions.
AVAILABLE WORKS
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The Golden Bough
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Little Wood
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Echoless Void
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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