What’s On:
Exhibitions
2021
DOUG MORAN NATIONAL
PORTRAIT PRIZE
Finalist
WHERE: TBA
WHEN: TBA
ABOUT: Finalists announced on November 1st
Listening to Us (Hugh Mackay AO)
Oil on Canvas 92x76cm 2021
“TERRAFORM”
Solo Exhibition
WHERE: Nancy Sever Gallery, Level 1, 131 City Walk,
Canberra City ACT
WHEN: November 7 – December 5, 2021
ABOUT: An exploration of Rock Monoliths and other
formations
View Kerry’s Exhibition online
Exhibition Review by Sasha Grishin, Canberra Times
Monolith1
Oil and Oil Stick on Canvas 61x77cm 2021
NATIONAL CAPITAL ART PRIZE
Selected Finalist
WHERE: The Gallery, Federation Square, Nicholls ACT
WHEN: October 29th, 2021
ABOUT: National Open Art Prize
Listening to the Nation (Hugh Mackay),
Oil on Canvas, 112 x 102cm, 2020
SALON DES REFUSES (ARCHIBALD SELECTION)
Selected Finalist
WHERE: S H Ervin Gallery, Observatory Hill, Sydney
WHEN: June 5 – August 15, 2021
ABOUT: National Portrait Prize
Jude Rae
Oil on Canvas, 120x90cm, 2021
“RIVER”
Solo Exhibition
WHERE: Wagner Contemporary Gallery, 2 Hampden St, Paddington
WHEN: 29 APRIL – 25 MAY, 2021
ABOUT: The artist explores the theme of “River”.
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Darling River
Oil on Canvas, 60x75cm, 2021
SMALL IMAGES GRAND VISIONS
Group Exhibition
WHERE: Wagner Contemporary Gallery, Sydney
WHEN: March, 2021
ABOUT: Gallery and Invited Artists Paint 40x40cm
Rocky Cave
Oil on Canvas, 40x40cm, 2021
2020
KILGOUR ART PRIZE
Selected Finalist
WHERE: Newcastle Regional Art Gallery. Newcastle NSW
WHEN: 1 August – 25 October, 2020
ABOUT: National Prize for Figurative and Portrait Painting
Watch and Act
Oil on Canvas, 50x50cm, 2020
PORTIA GEACH MEMORIAL AWARD
Selected Finalist
WHERE: S H Ervin Gallery, Observatory Hill, Sydney
WHEN: 14 August – 20 September
ABOUT: Art Prize Celebrating Portraiture by Female Artists
Iso Yoga Selfie
Oil on Canvas, 122x167cm, 2020
PERCIVAL PORTRAIT PAINTING PRIZE
Selected Finalist
WHERE: Perc Tucker Regional Gallery, Townsville QLD
WHEN: 22 May – 19 July, 2020
ABOUT: Portrait Award
Letting Go of Yesterday
Oil on Canvas, 100x150cm, 2017
2019
SALON DES REFUSES (ARCHIBALD SELECTION)
Winner of the Holding Redlich Peoples Choice Award, 2019
WHERE: S. H. Ervin Gallery, Observatory Hill, Sydney
WHEN: 11 May – 28 July, 2019
ABOUT: National Portrait Prize
Drawn in Steel (Harrie Fasher)
Oil on Canvas, 168x153cm, 2019
“WHISKERS CREEK”
Solo Exhibition
WHERE: Wagner Contemporary Gallery, Sydney
WHEN: August, 2019
ABOUT: Celebrating Whiskers Creek, where the artist lives
Early Morning
Oil on Canvas, 50x50cm, 2018
SMALL IMAGES GRAND VISIONS
Group Exhibition
WHERE: Wagner Contemporary Gallery, Sydney
WHEN: December, 2020
ABOUT: Gallery and Invited Artists Paint 40x40cm
Shady Spot
Oil on Canvas, 40x40cm, 2018
KEDUMBA DRAWING AWARD
Invited Artist
WHERE: Lost Bear Gallery, Katoomba NSW
WHEN: 2 November – December 2019
ABOUT: National Drawing Award Exhibition, by Invitation
Sketch for Listening to the Nation
(Hugh Mackay)
mixed media on paper, 2019
2018
GOULBURN ART PRIZE
Selected Finalist
WHERE: Goulburn Regional Gallery, Goulburn, NSW
WHEN: March 2018
ABOUT: Regional Art Prize
High Country Tracks
mixed media on paper, 40x55cm, 2017
CALLEEN ART AWARD
Selected Finalist
WHERE: Cowra Regional Art Gallery, Cowra NSW
WHEN: May 2018
ABOUT: National Painting Prize
The Source
Oil on Canvas , 75x102cm, 2018
RAVENSWOOD AUSTRALIAN WOMEN’S
ART PRIZE
Selected Finalist
WHERE: Ravenswood School For Girls, Sydney
WHEN: June, 2018
ABOUT: National Art Prize for Women
Animal Tracks (The Half Life of a Burnt Land) Oil on Canvas, 70x70cm, 2018
WINGECARRIBEE DRAWING PRIZE
Selected Finalist, Highly Commended
WHERE: Bowral and District Art Society, Bowral, NSW
WHEN: June, 2018
ABOUT: Regional Drawing Prize
High Country Tracks
mixed media on paper, 40x55cm, 2017
SHIRLEY HANNAN NATIONAL PORTRAIT AWARD
Selected Finalist
WHERE: Bega Valley Regional Art Gallery, Bega, NSW
WHEN: October, 2018
ABOUT: National Portrait Prize
Mantlepiece Treasures
Oil on Canvas, 150x100cm, 2018
NSW PLEIN AIR PAINTING PRIZE
Selected Finalist
WHERE: NSW Parliament House, Sydney
WHEN: October, 2018
ABOUT: National Prize for Plein Air Painting
Afternoon Walk, Mystery Bay
Oil on Canvas, 55x80cm, 2018
BLACK SWAN PORTRAIT PRIZE
Selected Finalist
WHERE: Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, WA
WHEN: November 2018
ABOUT: National Portrait Prize
Elisabeth in a Hat (Elisabeth Cummings)
Oil on Canvas, 55x70cm, 2018
“FAREWELL WHISKERS CREEK”
Solo Exhibition
WHERE: Form Gallery, Queanbeyan, NSW
WHEN: November 20, 2018
ABOUT: Celebrating Whiskers Creek, where the artist lives
Early Morning
Oil on Canvas, 50x50cm, 2018
“SMALL IMAGES, GRAND VISIONS”
Group Exhibition
WHERE: Wagner Contemporary Gallery, Sydney
WHEN: December 2018
ABOUT: Gallery and Invited Artists paint 40x40cm
Shady Spot
Oil on Canvas, 40x40cm, 2018
FLEURIEU ART PRIZE
Selected Finalist
WHERE: Signal Point Gallery, Goolwa, SA
WHEN: April 2018
ABOUT: National Landscape Painting Prize
A Polar Memory Jan 2018
acrylic on canvas 75x150cm
2017
“IKARA COUNTRY”
Solo Exhibition
WHERE: Wagner Contemporary Gallery
WHEN: May, 2017
ABOUT: Studio and Plein Air Works of the Flinders Mountains, South Australia
Rock Pool, Flinders
Oil and Oil Stick on Canvas,
72x102cm, 2017
NSW PLEIN AIR ART PRIZE
Selected Finalist
WHERE: NSW Parliament House
WHEN: August, 2017
ABOUT: NSW Landscape Painting Prize for works painted en plein air
Our Burnt Dam
Acrylic on Canvas, 40x90cm, 2017
DOUG MORAN PORTRAIT PRIZE
Selected Semi-Finalist
Mantlepiece Treasures
Oil on Canvas, 150x100cm, 2018
SMALL IMAGES GRAND VISIONS
Group Exhibition
WHERE: Wagner Contemporary Gallery, Sydney
WHEN: December, 2017
ABOUT: Gallery and Invited Artists Paint 40x40cm
River Rock 2, Kimberley
Oil on Canvas, 40x40cm, 2017
2016
PORTIA GEACH MEMORIAL AWARD
Selected Finalist
WHERE: S H Ervin Gallery, Observatory Hill, Sydney
WHEN: August, 2016
ABOUT: National Portrait Prize for Women
“Black As” Filmmaker, David Batty
JOHN COPES PORTRAIT PRIZE
Selected Finalist
WHERE: Berrima and District Art Society
WHEN: 2016
ABOUT: Regional Portrait Prize
The Immigrant and His Akubra
mixed media on paper, 75x50cm, 2015
WATERHOUSE NATURAL HISTORY PRIZE
Selected Finalist
WHERE: South Australian Museum
WHEN: June- July 2016
ABOUT: National Art Prize of natural history subject matter
A Blizzard’s Calm
Acrylic on Canvas, 100x150cm, 2015
GOULBURN ART PRIZE
Selected Finalist
WHERE: Goulburn Regional Gallery, Goulburn, NSW
WHEN: 2016
ABOUT: Regional Art Prize
Polar Dawn 2
Acrylic on Canvas, 100x150cm, 2016
SHIRLEY HANNAN PORTRAIT PRIZE
Selected Finalist
WHERE: Bega Valley Regional Art Gallery, Bega, NSW
WHEN: 2016
ABOUT: National Portrait Prize for Realism in Portraiture
Omar Musa, Blood Poetry
Oil on Canvas, 150x100cm, 2016
2015
ARCHIBALD PRIZE
Selected Finalist
WHERE: Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney, NSW
WHEN: June, 2015
ABOUT: National Portrait Prize
Omar Musa, The Poetry of Unease
Oil on Canvas, 230x165cm, 2015
COSSACK ART AWARDS
Invited Artist
WHERE: Karratha, Western Australia
WHEN: July – August, 2015
ABOUT: Regional Landscape Prize
The Long Shadows of Whiskers Creek
Acrylic on Canvas, 80x160cm, 2012
“URBAN SUBURBAN”
Invited Artist Group Exhibition
WHERE: Canberra and Museum Art Gallery, Canberra
WHEN: March – June, 2015
ABOUT: Curated by Denise Mimmochi, Curator CMAG, about Canberra, ACT
Tower
charcoal, conte, pastel on paper,
40x30cm, 2007
CALLEEN ART AWARD
Selected Finalist
WHERE: Cowra Regional Art Gallery, Cowra, NSW
WHEN: May – June, 2015
ABOUT: National Painting Prize
Polar Shadows
Acrylic on Canvas, 40x40cm, 2014