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Janette Kerr 

 

Royal Scottish Academy Honorary Academician

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Royal West of England Academician

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President of the Royal West of England Academy (2011- 2016)

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Solo Exhibitions

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2023

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Sea Changes, Clifton Contemporary Gallery, Bristol UK 

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2022

 

Sladers Yard Contemporary Gallery, Bridport, Dorset, UK 

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Pittenweem Art Festival - invited lead artist, Scotland, UK 

 

2021

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Hyperborea: beyond the north wind: Kilmorack Gallery, Inverness-shire, Scotland 

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2020 

             

Sea States, Cadogan Contemporary, London, UK 

 

2018

               

Far North, Slader’s Yard Gallery, Bridport U

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North II Kilmorack Gallery, Inverness-shire, Scotland

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North, Cadogan Contemporary, London UK

 

2017

               

Arctic Air: an absolute difficult beauty - RWA Small Gallery, Bristol, UK

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2016 

             

An Uncontrollable Force - Cadogan Contemporary Gallery, London UK  

 

2015

               

Paintings from the Sea - Cadogan Contemporary Gallery, London, UK

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New Work from Shetland - Kilmorack Galley, Inverness-shire, Scotland

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Stour Gallery, Shipston-on-Stour, UK

 

2014

               

Meteorological Musings - Cadogan Contemporary, London, UK

 

2013

               

Kystmuseet i Øygarden, Bergen, Norway

 

2012

               

Marine Research Institute, and Norwegian Meteorological Institute, Bergen, Norway

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Sixty Degrees North - Cadogan Contemporary, London, UK

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Sea Drawing - RWA, Bristol, UK

 

2011

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World Meteorological Organisation, Geneva, Switzerland

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Janette Kerr: Extreme Wave theory - Bonhoga Gallery, Shetland 

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Royal Geographic Society, Kensington, London, UK

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Janette Kerr: On the far edge - Sir Terry Frost Gallery, King’s School, Worcester, UK

 

Sea drawings - UWE, Bristol, UK

 

2010

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St Giles Gallery, Norwich, UK

 

2009

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Origin Gallery, Dublin, ROI

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Peripheral Visions  - Cadogan Contemporary Gallery, London, UK

 

2007

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Edge - Hybrid Gallery, Honiton, UK

 

Janette Kerr - Seascapes, St Giles Gallery, Norwich, UK

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Group / invited / selected 

 

2023

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Borrowed Land - Reinventing Scottish Landscape, Kilmorack Gallery - 18 Nov 2023 - 2 March 2024

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On a Small Scale  2023 - Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh

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Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh

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Annual Exhibition, Royal West of England Academy, Bristol 

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Royal Society of Marine Artists, Mall Gallery, London

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New English Art Club Annual, Mall Galleries, London

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From the Mountains to the Sea - Beaux Art, Bath

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Kwikn - Kilmorack Gallery, By Beauly, Inverness-shire

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Annual Exhibition, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh

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2022 

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Discerning Eye, London

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Kilmorack Gallery, Inverness-shire

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ARTeries Gallery, Glasgow

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Annual Exhibition, Royal West of England Academy, UK 

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Annual Exhibition, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, UK

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2021

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The sea the sea: Sladers Yard, Bridport, 4 person exhibition

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Annual Exhibition, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, UK

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Landlinks/Groundwork – Place Time Material, Three Storeys Art Centre, Nailsworth (film / mixed media work)

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Somerset Reacquainted bookwork, touring Somerset venues

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2020

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Cadogan Contemporary: 40 Year Anniversary Exhibition

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Landlinks/Groundwork Walk    http://groundworks.org.uk/wp/landlinks/ UK

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Somerset Reacquainted - Rural Life Museum, Glastonbury, UK

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Annual Exhibition, Royal West of England Academy, UK 

 

2019

 

John Davis Gallery, Pre-Christmas & New Year Exhibition; Moreton-in-Marsh UK

 

Igniting Sight: contemporary artists inspired by Turner, Slader's Yard, Bridport UK

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Annual Exhibition, Royal West of England Academy, UK 

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Wales Contemporary 2019  Waterfront Gallery, Milford Haven, and Mall Galleries, London

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Black Swan Open, Frome, UK

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Annual Exhibition, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, UK

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Kilmorack Gallery, By Beauly, Inverness-shire, Scotland

 

2018 

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Currents: Ways of seeing water, Slader's Yard Contemporary Gallery, Bridport, UK

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Annual Exhibition, Royal West of England Academy, UK 

         

Fragile Latitudes, The Step Gallery, Arizona State University, USA

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Annual Exhibition, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, UK

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A Case for Place - interdisciplinary project with Land 2, Steel Rooms Gallery, Brigg, UK 

 

2017

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Janette Kerr & Malcolm Ashman - Andelli Art, Wells, Somerset

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Stour Gallery, Shipston-on-Stour, UK

 

2003-2022   

 

Royal West of England Academy Annual Autumn Exhibition, Bristol, UK

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2014-2023

     

Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, Scotland

 

2016 

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Radiance - Sladers Yard, Bridport, UK

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Scottish Artists inspired by sea - Kilmorak Gallery, Inverness-shire, Scotland

 

2012-16

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Royal Academy Summer Show, London, UK

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2014

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The Power of the Sea: Making waves in British Art - RWA, Bristol, UK

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20x20 - Bonhoga Gallery, Shetland, UK

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Small works - Hilton Fine Art, Bath

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Birmingham & Beyond: 200 Year Celebration - RBSA, Birmingham, UK

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Hilton Fine Art, Bath, UK

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Arusha Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland

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A2 Gallery, Wells, UK

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Stour Gallery, Shipston-on-Stour, UK

 

2013

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Sladers Yard, Bridport, UK

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Small Works - Cadogan Contemporary, London, UK

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The Wilder Shores of Love - Hilton Fine Art, Bath UK

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Stour Gallery, Shipston-on-Stour, UK

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Works on Paper  - Cadogan Contemporary, London, UK

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30th Anniversary Exhibition - Cadogan Contemporary, London, UK

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Abstraction - Cadogan Contemporary, London, UK

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Open Studios, Somerset, UK

 

2010

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Air Gallery, Wells, Somerset, UK

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Hampshire Art Fair Hampshire, UK

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Open Painting Exhibition - RWA, Bristol, UK

 

2010-7

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Cadogan Country Art Show, London UK & Hampshire, UK

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Kilkenny Arts Festival - Fine Art & Applied Art, Ballyduff House, ROI

 

2009

 

Kilkenny Arts Festival, ROI

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Irish Art - Stour Gallery, Shipston-on-Stour (3 person), UK

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Around the British Coastline  - Richard Hagen Gallery, Broadway, UK

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West Country Artists  - Bowlish Gallery, Bowlish, Somerset, UK

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Workshop Wales Gallery, Fishguard, Wales, UK

 

2009/8

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Affordable Art Fair, London, UK

 

2008

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Night: A Time Between - Royal West of England Academy, Bristol, UK

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Edinburgh Art Fair (Bowlish Gallery), Scotland

 

2007

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Earth - Rook Lane Chapel, Frome Art Festival, Somerset, UK

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Micro-Macro (2 person) - Queens Street Gallery, Emsworthy, Hampshire, UK

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Affordable Art Fair (Bowlish Gallery), Bristol, UK

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Inspires Gallery, Oxford (2 person), UK

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Alpha House Gallery, Sherbourne, Dorset, UK

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Quartz Visual Arts Festival, Taunton, Somerset, UK

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Bowlish Contemporary Gallery, Bowlish, Somerset, UK

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Sadler Street Gallery, Wells, Somerset, UK

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Stour Gallery, Shipston-on-Stour, UK

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Community Project exhibitions

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2023

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The Northern Solargraph Exchange: conversation between two landscapes - images and field recordings, Unst Heritage Centre, Shetland (initiated and curated by J Kerr)

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Somerset Solargraphic community project - curator of exhibition - Studio 10, East Quay, Watchett, 29th April– 21st May

 

2022

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The Northern Solargraph Exchange: conversation between two landscapes - images and field recordings, Mareel, Shetland (initiated and curated by J Kerr)

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Confusing Shadow with Substance – collaborative installation by Janette Kerr & Jo Millett; Heritage Centre, Unst, Shetland

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Confusing Shadow with Substance – collaborative installation by Janette Kerr & Jo Millett; Fisheries Museum, Anstruther, Scotland

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Confusing Shadow with Substance – collaborative installation by Janette Kerr & Jo Millett; Scottish Maritime Museum, Irvine

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2021

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Confusing Shadow with Substance – collaborative installation by Janette Kerr & Jo Millett; Easthouse, Burra, Shetland

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Ling received: Fishermen of the far haaf: sound walk. Collaboration by Janette Kerr, Jo Millett, & Satsymph; Stenness Beach, Shetland

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Somerset Solargraphic community project - curator of exhibition The Black Swan, Frome, UK

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2017

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Confusing Shadow with Substance - installation Janette Kerr & Jo Millett; Da Gadderi, Shetland Museum

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Residencies since 2006

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2022   Oqaatsut/Iullisaat, Greenland

 

2020     Nes International art residency, Skagaströnd, NW Iceland

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2016     Arctic Circle Programme expedition http://www.thearcticcircle.org/#

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2012     Meteorological Institute, Bergen, Norway

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             Brisons Veor, Cape Cornwal

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2010     The Booth, Shetland

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2012     Shetland Fishing stations – research project

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2006/8/9 Cill Rialaig, International artists & writers retreat, S Ireland

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Publications/Essays/Interviews

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2020 

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https://landscaperesearch.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/LRE-90-FINAL-032.pdf (Arctic landscape painting)

 

https://floatingcircle-rwa.org/2020/06/09/artists-in-lockdown-janette-kerr-prwa/

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http://groundworks.org.uk/wp/in-conversation-with-janette-kerr/

 

2019

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https://www.creativeboom.com/features/janette-kerr/

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https://www.lux-review.com/janette-kerr-north/

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https://www.moderdy.org/artists

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2018

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'Night representation and indeterminacy: night in landscape painting', Landscape Research (1st pub 1997)            

 

2017

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'Poised between land and far haaf', New Shetlander No 281

 

Interview: Radio Shetland July 20th re Confusing Shadow with Substance installation

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Ofi Issue 52 Arctic Special Online: http://en.calameo.com/books/00473905900e81dd8869f

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Rogue waves: Anatomy of a Monster, M Olagnon & J Kerr, Bloomsbury

 

2015

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Anatomie curieuse des vagues scélérates, M Olagnon & J Kerr, Quae, France

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Transcan Vol 10, Australia

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Interview: Made in Bristol TV 1st Dec re Arctic Expedition

 

2014

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The Power of the Sea, Dr Janette Kerr & Prof Christina Payne (co-ed), Samson & Co

 

2011

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An Eye for a Storm: The paintings of Janette Kerr, Urthona 28, Melita Press

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Janette Kerr - film by Mark Parry, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6iU9vh9YTA0

 

2010

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Extremes and Instabilities, catalogue, Blurb

 

2008

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Night: A Time Between - catalogue (ed & contributor), RWA Bristol

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Featured artist - ART, RWA Magazine (June)

 

2006

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Fifty Wessex Artists: [Evolver] Books

 

2005

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Representation & Indeterminacy: A Study of Night in Painting, PhD thesis, UWE

 

2000

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In House Twice – Artists’ Book, Wild Conversations Press

 

1999

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The Painters Eye: Janette Kerr. Art Review Magazine

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Work in Collections

 

Maine Maritime Museum, USA

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Royal Collection, London UK

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Shetland Arts, Shetland Isles

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NorthLink Ferries, Scotland

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Norwegian Meteorological Institute, Bergen, Norway

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Dublin Office of Public Works

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RWA Permanent Collection, Tallboys Bequest Bristol

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Victoria Art Gallery Print Collection, Bath

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Grizedale Society, Cumbria

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Colle Verde Art Trust, Tuscany

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Private collections world-wide

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Awards

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2022

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Creative Scotland - Slow Time Fast Time - conversations between two landscape - Greenland and Shetland

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2020

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Creative Scotland – collaborative project tour: Confusing Shadow with Substance

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2019

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Black Swan Open - local artist prize

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2017

             

Creative Scotland – collaborative project: Confusing Shadow with Substance

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2014

             

MET, Norway: funding to attend Extreme Wave International Conference

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2012/10

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Arts Council England - Professional Development & Research

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Turning Point South West Bursary -The Penzance Convention

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NorthLink Ferries travel support - Extreme Wave Theory project

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Richard Hagan Gallery - research project

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2000

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Windle Trust Bursary

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1999

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David Murray Studentship Award, Royal Academy Schools

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1996

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Ruskin/Colle Verde Travel Bursary

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1995

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1st prize, Laing Landscape Art (SW)

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Conference/symposium papers

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2018

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Keynote speaker - 'The Embodied Experience of Drawing' Conference, Plymouth

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2017

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Collaborative Practice, CMIT biennial ASLE-UKI with LAND2, Sheffield Hallaam

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2016 

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Relate North Symposium, ASAD

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Making in Transit series, The Cube, London

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2014

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Keynote speaker - Land2 drawing symposium, Plymouth University

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2013

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Kystmuseet i Øygarden, Bergen, Norway

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Norwegian Meteorological Institute, Bergen, Norway

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Extreme Wave International Conference, WMO, Geneva, Switzerland

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2011

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Meteorological Imaginations Panel - RGS Annual Conference, London, UK

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Art & Geography Symposium, UWE Bristol

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2008

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Curator of symposia and programmes of talks to accompany Night: A Time Between; British Waters & beyond

 

Drawn; Regionalism & Identity in British Art.

 

I regularly give talks about my practice and research projects to Art Societies, students, galleries - too numerous to list; most recently for Bath Royal Literary & Scientific Institute, Friends of the RWA (Bristol), Cleveland Art Society, Wells Men’s Breakfast Club, U3A, Da Gadderie (Shetland Museum & Archives), BA students, UHI (Shetland).

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2021-22 Artist's Mentor (funded by Somerset Arts)

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Curatorial

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2023  Invited selector for Wales Contemporary Open

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2022 Slow Time - Fast time - community solargraphic exhibition, The Mareel, Shetland

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2022 Slow Time - community solargraphic exhibition, Black Swan Gallery, Frome

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2019  Invited selector for Wales Contemporary Open

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2008  Night: A Time between - RWA Bristol

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2014   Power of the Sea - RWA Bristol

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2011-16  RWA Annual Open and 'Drawn' exhibitions

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Small solo exhibitions for RWA Academicians

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Websites

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http://extremewavetheory.blogspot.com

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http://land2.leeds.ac.uk/people/kerr/

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https://www.kilmorackgallery.co.uk/janette-kerr-artist/

http://www.rwa.org.uk/rwa-artists/academicians-listings/k/kerr-janette/

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http://somersetartworks.org.uk/artists/JanetteKerr/

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