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| 1953 |
Born Sydney, Australia |
| 1971-74 |
National Art School, East Sydney Technical College |
| 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 |
Solo Exhibitions | | | 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
| | Australian Galleries, Sydney
| | ‘Recent work’, Australian Galleries, Sydney
| | 2003 | Solander Gallery, Canberra
| | 2001 | Australian Galleries, Sydney
| | 2000 | Australian Galleries, Sydney
| | 1999 | Australian Galleries, Works on Paper, Sydney
| | 1998 | Australian Galleries, Sydney
| | 1997 | Pymble Ladies College, Sydney
| | 1996 | Australian Galleries, Sydney
| | 1994 | Australian Galleries, Sydney
| | 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 | | 1981-92_Eight solo exhibitions at Macquarie Galleries, Sydney (1981, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1992)
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Group Exhibitions | | | 2008 | 'Stock show', Australian Galleries, Sydney | | 2007 | 'Small Pleasures: Painting and Sculpture', Australian Galleries, Melbourne | | 2006 | '50th Anniversary Exhibition', Australian Galleries, Melbourne | | 'Summery', Australian Galleries, Sydney | | ‘Art and Music’, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
| | Archibald Prize Exhibition, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
| | ‘Solander Survey’, Solander Gallery, Canberra
| | 2005 | 'End of Year Group Exhibition', Australian Galleries Painting and Sculpture, Sydney
| | Archibald Prize Exhibition, 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 Exhibition, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney and touring exhibition
| | ‘Doug Moran Portrait Prize’, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney
| | ‘Australian Visions: From Mosman to Mudanjiang’, China, Government of Mudanjiang, China
| | 2003 | ‘Ned Kelly Framed’, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney
| | ‘New Work’, Australian Galleries, Sydney
| | ‘Jeans for Genes’, Retrospective exhibition, Sydney Opera House
| | ‘Solander Survey Exhibition’, 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, Volvo Gallery, Sydney, Adelaide Festival Centre, Canberra Museum and Art Gallery, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Non Government Organisations Conference Against Racism, United Nations 3rd ‘World Conference Against Racism’, Durban, South Africa, Albury/Wodonga Regional Art Gallery, State Library of Queensland, Geelong Art Gallery, Regional Venue, Morwell, The Immigration Museum, Melbourne
| | 2001 | ‘Australian Painting and Sculpture’, Australian Galleries, Sydney
| | Archibald Prize Exhibition, Art Gallery of New South Wales
| | 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 Exhibition, Art Gallery of New South Wales and touring exhibition
| | ‘Sporting Portrait Prize’, Art Gallery of New South Wales
| | Sporting Prize Touring Exhibition
| | ‘Fine Paintings, Sculpture & Tapestry’, Australian Galleries, Sydney
| | 1999 | ‘Christmas Exhibition’, Australian Galleries, Sydney
| | ‘Archibald Prize Exhibition, Art Gallery of New South Wales and touring exhibition
| | ‘Fine Paintings and Sculpture’, Australian Galleries, Sydney
| | 1998 | ‘Fine Paintings and Sculpture’, Australian Galleries
| | ‘Proof Positive’, Australian Print Workshop Print Exhibition, Carnegie Hall, Hobart
| | ‘Archibald Prize Exhibition, Art Gallery of New South Wales, and touring exhibition
| | 1997 | Archibald, Wynne and Sulman Exhibitions, Art Gallery of New South Wales, and touring exhibition
| | ‘Fine Paintings and Sculpture’, Australian Galleries, Sydney
| | 1996 | Archibald Prize Exhibition, Art Gallery of New South Wales
| | ‘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
| | 1995 | Archibald and Wynne Exhibitions, Art Gallery of New South Wales and touring exhibition
| | ‘Evolution’, works by women artists from the collection, Newcastle Regional Gallery
| | ‘The King and the Accordian’, New England Regional Gallery 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 Exhibitions, Art Gallery of New South Wales
| | ‘About Face’, National Portrait Gallery, Canberra
| | 1993 | ‘Sight Regained’, Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Sydney
| | ‘On the Other Hand’, S. H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney
| | ‘Archibald Prize Exhibition, Art Gallery of New South Wales and touring exhibition
| | ‘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 and touring exhibition
| | 1991 | Group Exhibition, Macquarie Galleries, Sydney
| | ‘Maritime Art Exhibition’, touring 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, and touring exhibition
| | 1989 | Archibald, Wynne, Sulman Exhibitions, Art Gallery of New South Wales
| | 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
| | Archibald Prize Exhibition, Art Gallery of New South Wales
| | 1981 | ‘Australian Perspecta’, Art Gallery of New South Wales
| | ‘The Opera House Exhibition’, Art Gallery of New South Wales
| | 1980 | ‘Drawn and Quartered, Australian Contemporary Works on Paper’,
| | Adelaide Festival Exhibition, Art Gallery of South Australia
| | 1979 | ‘Biennale of Sydney, European Dialogue’, Art Gallery of New South Wales
| | ‘The Work and Its Context I, ‘Six Attitudes in Australian Art’ Exhibition, organized by The Visual Art Board, The Australia Council.
| | San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and the Australian Embassy, Paris | | 1998-2001_‘We Are Australian’, visual support for the Australian Government at the United Nations World Conference Against Racism, Durban
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| | 2004-‘In the Presence of All Creatures Great and Small’, Australian Galleries Works on Paper, Sydney
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BibliographyArt & Australia, Vol.17, No.2 (special issue, Biennale of Sydney, 1979), December 1979, Colour plate, p.162
Bonython, Kym; Modern Australian Painting 1975-1980, Rigby, 1980
Cashman, Katrina; A Stitch in Time: Kerrie Lester’s World, Mosman Art Gallery, 2004
Chanin, Eileen; Contemporary Australian Painting, Craftsman House, Sydney, 1990
Crawford, Kate; ‘Wild Child’ Kerrie settles at Mosman, The Mosman Daily, Sydney, 7th Sept 2006
Drury, Neville; Images in Contemporary Australian Painting, Craftsman House, Sydney, 1990
Drury, Neville; New Art II, Craftsman House, 1988
Fedderson, Jutta; Soft Sculpture and Beyond, 1993
Germaine, Max; Artists and Galleries of Australia and New Zealand, Lansdowne, 1979
Lynn, Elwynn; Art International, Sydney Harbour Bridge 1932-1982, Angus and Robertson, 1982
McAuliffe, Chris; Art and Suburbia, Craftsman House, 1996
McGrath, Sandra; ‘Kerrie Lester’ in The Work and its Context (exhibition catalogue,
introduction by Grazia Gunn), Visual Arts Board, Australia Council, Sydney 1979 (for the Australian Embassy, Paris) Awards
| 1979 |
Overseas Travel Grant, Georges Acquisition Art Prize, Preservatrice |
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Insurance Australia Commission. |
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Packer’s prize, Archibald competition, Art Gallery of New South Wales |
| 1977 – 78 |
Visual Arts Board Grant |
CollectionsAustralian National Maritime Museum, Sydney
Australian National Museum, Canberra
BHP, Australia
Dusseldorp Collection, Horsham Regional Art Gallery
Horsham Regional Gallery
Mosman Regional Gallery
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
National Gallery of Australia,,The Print Collection
National Portrait Gallery, Canberra
New England Regional Art Museum, Armidale
Newcastle Region Art Gallery
Philip Morris Collection, National Gallery of Australia
Pymble Ladies College, Sydney
State Bank of New South Wales
The Children’s Hospital, Westmead
Wollongong City Art Gallery Commissions
| 1998 |
The Dorchester, Sydney, woodblock print |
| 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 |
| 1986 |
State Bank of New South Wales |
Special NotesWarren Fahey – Archibald Prize Finalist, 1988
Trent Nathan - Archibald Prize Finalist,
1989
Margaret Fink – Portia Geach Portrait Prize, 1989
Colleen Clifford– Archibald Prize Finalist,
1990
Burnam Burnam – Archibald Prize Finalist,
1992
Eileen Chanin – Portia Geach Portrait Prize Finalist,
1992
Fred Hollows – Archibald Prize Finalist,
1993
Bronwyn Bishop – Portia Geach Portrait Prize Finalist,
1993
Richard Goodwin – Archibald Prize Finalist, 1994
Margaret Whitlam – Portia Geach Portrait Prize Finalist,
1994
Peter Weiss and Australian Chamber Orchestra – Archibald Prize
Finalist,
1995
David and Kirsten Williamson – Portia Geach Portrait Prize,
1995
James Morrison – Archibald Prize Finalist,
1996
Anna Volska; Lucy and Hillary Bell – Portia Geach Portrait Prize
Finalist,
1996
Janet Vernon – Archibald Prize Finalist,
1997
Self Portrait – Archibald Prize Finalist,
1998
Cathy Freeman – Federal Government Commission, National Portrait
Gallery (first ever commission for NPG),
1999
Jimmy Barnes – Archibald Prize Finalist,
1999
Susie Maroney – Archibald Prize Finalist,
2000
Akira Isogawa – Archibald Prize Finalist,
2001
Judy Cassab – Portia Geach Portrait Prize, 2001
Jeffrey Smart – Archibald Prize Finalist, 2002
Garry Shead – Archibald Prize Finalist,
2004
Judy Cassab – Doug Moran Portrait Prize,
2004
Rebel Penfold Russell – Archibald Prize Finalist, 2005
Phillip Noyce – Archibald Prize
Finalist, 2006
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