ARTIST BIO
LANCE KERR
Contemporary Painter
Kerr received a Diploma in “Visual Communication Design” from Ara institute in New Zealand.
2024 Received an Honorable Mention in the“ Circle Arts Foundation” (Spain) International
Artist of the Year Award.
Featured in an article by the prominent international arts blog“ AATNAU”
2023 Participated in the“ Visions” International Art Fair in Venice, Italy.
2022 Selected for the“ Little Treasures” group exhibition of international artists in Italy.
2021 Featured in Curatorial 3, published by Melbourne's Capsule Books.
Named“ Artist of the Week” by Art Edit magazine (Australia).
2019 He made his first trip to Japan, had a profound and lasting impact on his creative
process. The influence of Japanese culture has been with him since childhood, where
He represented New Zealand with the junior Judo team in 1989.
He is a qualified Qigong teacher, and is interested in how the ancient somatic practice enhances his creativity.
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In 2009 was selected in "Preview 09" a group show of emerging South Island artists, curated by Dr Warren Feeney. The exhibition was shown at COCA Contemporary Art Gallery in Christchurch, New Zealand.
EXHIBITIONS
*ArtWorks in on going display with "QB Studios" in Christchurch and Auckland, New Zealand
2023 "VISIONS" International group show in Venice, ITALY
Curated by ITSLIQUID Group
"What Is Art?" Dcon Labs by DConstruction Arts in Los Angeles, US Supported by Blue Aeris
"CULTURESCAPE"
Leftbank Gallery in Greymouth, NZ
2022 " Little Treasures" group show in Bologna, ITALY
Curated by Paola Trevisan.
2021 "The Invention of the Future" The GALLARY in Nelson, NZ
"Two Worlds" Leftbank Gallery in Greymouth, NZ
2020 "Two Worlds" Curated by Blue Aeris at Saluté in Greytown, NZ
2017 "Liminal" QB Studios in Christchurch, NZ
"Encountering Mind" Leftbank Gallery in Greymouth,NZ
"Logic of Sense" Nelson City Framers Gallery in Nelson, NZ
2016 "Loom" Refinery Arts Space in Nelson, NZ
"Traces" Interspace Gallery in Westport, NZ
2015 "Difference & Repitition"
Nelson City Framers Gallery in Nelson, NZ
2014 "Complexcity" Leftbank Gallery in Greymouth,NZ
"Black as Coal" Interspace Gallery in Westport, NZ
"Integral Topographies 2"
Morrison st café in Nelson,NZ
2013 "Integral Topographies" Morrison st café in Nelson, NZ
2012 " Meta-Scape" Leftbank Gallery in Greymouth, NZ
2009 "Preview 09" Group show Curated by Dr.Warren Feeney
Coca Art Gallery in Christchurch, NZ
Temple Gallery in Dunedin, NZ
Webbs Auckland, NZ
2007 "The Nature of Ground" Lyttleton Art Gallery, NZ