| |  | 1953 | Born Sydney, Australia | | | | | 1971-74 | National Art School, East Sydney Technical College, Sydney | | 1975 | Alexander Mackie College of Advanced Education, Sydney | | 1988-89 | Lecturer (part-time) in painting, City Art Institute, Sydney | | 1990 | Lecturer City Art Institute, Sydney | | 1990-91 | Lecturer National Art School, Sydney | | 1991 | Lecturer Seaforth Technical College, Sydney | | 2009 | Artist in Residency program, Taronga Zoo, Sydney | | 2010 | Sessional Lecturer, College of Fine Art, Sydney | | | Summer And Winter workshops, National Art School, Sydney | | 2011 | Teacher Willoughby Workshop, Sydney |
Solo Exhibitions | | | 2011 | 'Momentarily', Australian Galleries, Sydney | | 2010 | 'Bird watching', Australian Galleries, Sydney | | 2009 | 'Around and About', Australian Galleries, Melbourne | | ‘Here, there & everywhere’, Sydney Children’s Hospital, Sydney
| | 2008 | 'Situations', Australian Galleries, Sydney | | 2007 | 'Little', Australian Galleries, Sydney | | 2006 | 'Water People Think', Australian Galleries, Sydney | | 2004 | 'A Stitch in Time: Kerrie Lester’s World’, 30 Year Survey Exhibition, Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney
| | ‘Recent work’, Australian Galleries, Sydney
| | 2003 | Solander Gallery, Canberra
| | 2001 | 'Portrait of An Audience', Australian Galleries, Sydney
| | 2000 | 'Recent Paintings', Australian Galleries, Sydney
| | 1999 | 'Recent Works on Paper', Australian Galleries, Works on Paper, Sydney
| | 1998 | 'Recent Works 1998', Australian Galleries, Sydney
| | 1997 | Pymble Ladies College, Sydney
| | 1996 | 'Recent Paintings and Works on Paper', Australian Galleries, Sydney
| | 1994 | 'An Exhibition of Paintings', Australian Galleries, Sydney
| | 1981 | Eight solo exhibitions at Macquarie Galleries, Sydney (1981, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1992)
| | 1979 | ‘Surfaces’, Hogarth Galleries, Sydney
| | 1978 | ‘Plucked Pieces’, Hogarth Galleries, Sydney
| | 1977 | ‘Above and Beyond Me’, Hogarth Galleries, Sydney
| | 1976 | ‘Australia Around Me’, Hogarth Galleries, Sydney |
Group Exhibitions | | | 2011 | 'large exhibition of small works', Australian Galleries, Derby Street, Melbourne
| | 'large exhibition of small works', Australian Galleries, Roylston Street, Sydney
| | Dobell Prize for Drawing, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
| | Hawkesbury Arts Prize, Purple Noon Art and Sculpture Gallery, Freemans Reach, NSW
| | Mosman Art Prize (Winner), Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney
| | ‘Set in Stone’, National Art School Gallery, Sydney
| | NSW Parliament Plein Air Painting Prize, NSW Parliament House, Sydney
| | 'Summer Exhibition', Australian Galleries, Roylston Street, Sydney
| | 2010 | 'Artists' prints made with integrity', Australian Galleries, Melbourne | | ‘Australian Masters 2010’, Solander Gallery, Canberra
| | Mosman Art Prize, Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney
| | Kedumba Drawing Prize Invitation, wentworth Falls, NSW
| | 'Slow Burn, A Century of Australian Women Artists from a Private Collection', National Trust, S.H.Ervin Gallery, Sydney
| | 2009 | 'A Sculpture by...', Australian Galleries, Melbourne | | A Sculpture by...' Australian Galleries, Sydney
| | 'Summer Show', Australian Galleries, Roylston Street, Sydney
| | 'Summer Stock Show', Australian Galleries, Derby Street, Melbourne
| | Mosman art Prize, Mosman, Sydney
| | Adelaide Perry Drawing Prize, Adelaide perry Gallery, Sydney
| | NSW Parliament Plein Air Painting Prize, Parliament House, Sydney
| | 2008 | 'Stock show', Australian Galleries, Sydney | | 'Portia Geach Memorial Award', S H Ervin Gallery, Sydney
| | 'Mosman Art Prize', Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney
| | 'Kings School Art Prize', Kings School, Sydney
| | 'Artists of Mosman', Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney
| | 2007 | 'Small Pleasures: Painting and Sculpture', Australian Galleries, Melbourne | | 'Mosman Art Prize', Sydney
| | 2006 | 'Summery', Australian Galleries, Sydney | | '50th Anniversary Exhibition', Australian Galleries, Melbourne | | ‘Art and Music’, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
| | Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
| | ‘Solander Survey’, Solander Gallery, Canberra
| | 2005 | 'End of Year Group Exhibition', Australian Galleries Painting and Sculpture, Sydney
| | Delmar Gallery Group Exhibition, Delmar Gallery, Sydney
| | Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
| | ‘Australian Icons’, S.H Ervin Gallery, Sydney
| | ‘Artists of Mosman’, Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney
| | ‘Australian Visions: From Mosman to Mudanjiang’, China, Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney
| | 2004 | Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
| | ‘Doug Moran Portrait Prize’, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney
| | 'In the presence of All Creatures Great and Small', Australian Galleries Works on Paper, Sydney
| | ‘Australian Visions: From Mosman to Mudanjiang’, China, Government of Mudanjiang, China
| | 2003 | ‘Ned Kelly Framed’, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney
| | ‘New Works’, Australian Galleries, Sydney
| | ‘Jeans for Genes’, Retrospective exhibition, Sydney Opera House, Sydney
| | ‘Solander Survey’, Solander Gallery, Canberra
| | ‘FONAS Art Exhibition’, Cell Block, National Art School, Sydney
| | ‘Brian Moore Memorial Exhibition’, Brian Moore Gallery, Sydney
| | ‘We Are Australian’, Touring exhibition, Victorian Arts Centre, Melbourne; Volvo Gallery, Sydney; Adelaide Festival Centre, Adelaide; Canberra Museum and Art Gallery, Canberra; Tasmanian Museum and Art, Hobart Gallery,
| | 'United Nations 3rd World Conference Against Racism’, Durban, South Africa; Albury-Wodonga Regional Art Gallery, NSW; State Library of Queensland, Brisbane; Geelong Art Gallery, VIC; LaTrobe Regional Gallery, VIC; The Immigration Museum, Melbourne
| | 2001 | ‘Australian Painting and Sculpture’, Australian Galleries, Sydney
| | Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
| | Portia Geach Portraiture Prize, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney
| | ‘A Century of Collecting 1901 – 2001’, Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Sydney
| | 2000 | 'Proof Positive Exhibition', Gold Treasury Museum, Melbourne
| | Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
| | ‘Sporting Portrait Prize’, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, and touring exhibition
| | ‘Fine Paintings, Sculpture & Tapestry’, Australian Galleries, Sydney
| | 1999 | ‘Christmas Exhibition’, Australian Galleries, Sydney
| | Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
| | ‘Fine Paintings and Sculpture’, Australian Galleries, Sydney
| | 1998 | ‘We Are Australian’, visual support for the Australian Government at the United Nations World Conference Against Racism, Durban, South Africa
| | ‘Fine Paintings and Sculpture’, Australian Galleries, Sydney
| | ‘Proof Positive’, Australian Print Workshop Print Exhibition, Carnegie Hall, Hobart
| | Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
| | 1997 | Archibald, Wynne and Sulman Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
| | ‘Fine Paintings and Sculpture’, Australian Galleries, Sydney
| | 1996 | Archibald Prize Exhibition, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
| | ‘Australians of the Year Exhibition’, National Portrait Gallery, Canberra
| | ‘The Australian Opera Portfolio’, Sydney
| | Portia Geach Portraiture Prize, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney
| | ‘Faces of Hope’, Amnesty International Exhibition, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
| | 1995 | Archibald and Wynne Exhibitions, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, and touring exhibition
| | ‘Evolution’, works by women artists from the collection, Newcastle Regional Gallery, Newcastle, NSW
| | ‘The King and the Accordian’, New England Regional Gallery, Armidale, NSW and touring regional galleries
| | ‘It’s About Time’, Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Sydney
| | Portia Geach Portraiture Prize, S. H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney
| | ‘Iron Sides’, Power House Gallery, Sydney
| | 1994 | Archibald and Wynne Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
| | ‘About Face’, National Portrait Gallery, Canberra
| | 1993 | ‘Sight Regained’, Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Sydney
| | ‘On the Other Hand’, S. H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney
| | Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
| | ‘Salon des Refuses - The Rival Show’, S. H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney
| | Portia Geach Portraiture Prize, S. H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney
| | 1992 | Portia Geach Portraiture Prize, S. H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney
| | Archibald and Sulman Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
| | 1991 | Group Exhibition, Macquarie Galleries, Sydney
| | ‘Maritime Art Exhibition’, Touring exhibition, Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne and Adelaide
| | ‘Off the Wall/In the Air, A Seventies Selection’, Monash University and
| | Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne
| | 1990 | Archibald, Wynne, Sulman Exhibitions, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, and touring exhibition
| | 1989 | Archibald, Wynne and Sulman Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
| | Portia Geach Portraiture Prize, S. H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney
| | 1988 | ‘New Art II’, Macquarie Galleries, Sydney
| | ‘Sydney Heritage Prize’, Blaxland Gallery, Sydney
| | ‘Women 88 Award’, Hilton Hotel, Melbourne and Devise Gallery, Melbourne
| | ‘Works in the Collection', Wollongong Art Gallery, wollongong, NSW
| | Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
| | 1981 | ‘Australian Perspecta’, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
| | ‘The Opera House Exhibition’, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
| | 1980 | ‘Drawn and Quartered, Australian Contemporary Works on Paper’,
| | Adelaide Festival Exhibition, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide
| | 1979 | ‘Biennale of Sydney, European Dialogue’, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
| | ‘The Work and Its Context I, ‘Six Attitudes in Australian Art’ Exhibition, organized by The Visual Arts Board, The Australia Council.
| | San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and the Australian Embassy, Paris |
BibliographyArt & Australia, Vol.17, No.2 (special issue, Biennale of Sydney, 1979), December 1979, Colour plate, p.162 Australian Perspecta, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 1981
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Ross, Peter; Let's face it - The History of the Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 1995 Prunster, Ursula; The Sydney Harbour Bridge 1932 - 1982: a golden anniversary celebration; foreward by Edmund Capon Sayers, Andrew, Engledow, Sarah; The companion / National Portrait Gallery, 2008 Simons, Polly; 'Painted Lady', Northside, Sydney, 2011 SMH, Artist profile, January 4th 2009
Who’s Who of Australian Women 2010 Hope and Courage (Print Edition)
National Trust S.H. Ervin Gallery in memory of Eva Breuer; Slow Burn – A Century of Australian Women Artists from a Private Collection, September 2010 Awards| 2011 | Mosman Art Prize, Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney | | 2007 | Berkeley Editions, etching, Sydney | | 1979 | Overseas Travel Grant, Georges Acquisition Art Prize, Sydney | | | Packer’s prize, Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales | | 1977–78 | Visual Arts Board Grant, Sydney |
CollectionsAustralian National Maritime Museum, Sydney
Australian National Museum, Canberra
BHP, Australia
Dusseldorp Collection, Horsham Regional Art Gallery, Horsham, VIC
Horsham Regional Art Gallery, Horsham, VIC
Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney National Film and Sound Archive Collection, Australia
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
National Gallery of Australia, The Print Collection, Canberra
National Portrait Gallery, Canberra
New England Regional Art Museum, Armidale, NSW
Newcastle Regional Art Gallery, Newcastle, NSW
Philip Morris Collection, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
Pymble Ladies College, Sydney
State Bank of New South Wales, Sydney
The Children’s Hospital, Westmead, Sydney University of New South Wales, Sydney
Wollongong City Art Gallery, Wollongong, NSW
Commissions| 2009 | Chandon Label limited edition, Australia | | 1998 | The Dorchester, woodblock print, Sydney | | 1998 | Portrait of Cathy Freeman, National Portrait Gallery, Canberra | | 1997 | The Opera House Folio, Opera Australia, woodblock print | | 1990 | The 1990 Collection: A Portfolio of Australian Women Artists, commissioned by the Cancer Council of New South Wales | | | Cancer Council of New South Wales, Sydney | | 1986 | State Bank of New South Wales | | 1979 | Insurance Australia Group, Australia |
Special NotesFILMS
| 1998 | Kerrie Lester on Portraiture, National Portrait Gallery, Canberra | | | Mordaunt, Barbara; 'Brushes with Fame', Archibald Prize documentary |
PORTRAITS
| 2008 | Justin Miller - Portia Geach Memorial Award (Finalist), S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney | | 2006 | Phillip Noyce - Archibald Prize (Finalist), Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney | | 2005 | Rebel Penfold Russel - Archibald Prize (Finalist), Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney | | 2004 | Judy Cassab - Doug Moran Portrait Prize (Finalist) New South Wales State Library, Sydney | | | Garry Shead - Archibald Prize (Finalist), Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney | | 2002 | Jeffrey Smart - Archibald Prize Finalist (Finalist), Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney | | 2001 | Judy Cassab - Portia Geach Memorial Award (Finalist), S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney | | | Akira Isogawa - Archibald Prize (Finalist), Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney | | 2000 | Susie Maroney - Archibald Prize (Finalist), Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney | | 1999 | Jimmy Barnes - Archibald Prize (Finalist), Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney | | | Cathy Freeman - Federal Government Commission, National Portrait Gallery, Canberra (first ever commission for NPG) | | 1998 | Self Portrait - Archibald Prize (Finalist), Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney | | 1997 | Janet Vernon - Archibald Prize (Finalist), Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney | | 1996 | Anna Volska; Lucy and Hillary Bell - Portia Geach Memorial Award (Finalist), S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney | | | James Morrison - Archibald Prize (Finalist), Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney | | 1995 | David and Kirsten Williamson - Portia Geach Memorial Award (Finalist), S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney | | | Peter Weiss and Australian Chamber Orchestra - Archibald Prize (Finalist) Art Gallery of Neew South Wales, Sydney | | 1994 | Margaret Whitlam - Portia Geach Meomorial Prize (Finalist), S.H Ervin Gallery, Sydney | | | Richard Goodwin - Archibald Prize Finalist | | 1993 | Fred Hollows - Archibald Prize (Finalist), Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney | | 1992 | Burnam Burnam - Archibald Prize (Finalist) Atr Galleryof New South Wales, Sydney | | | Eileen Chanin - Portia Geach Portrait Prize Finalist | | | Bronwyn Bishop - Portia Geach Memorial Prize (Finalist), S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney | | 1990 | Colleen Clifford - Archibald Prize (Finalist), Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney | | 1989 | Trent Nathan - Archibald Prize (Finalist), Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney | | | Margaret Fink - Portia Geach Memorial Award (Finalist), S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney | | 1988 | Warren Fahey - Archibald (Finalist), Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney |
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