About Kerry
Kerry Candarakis resides in Southern Sydney.
A contemporary artist she explores many different mediums that include ink, acrylic, oil, pastel, bitumen, rust and wax, pretty much anything that she finds.
Experimentation & materiality is key to Kerry's practice, with this concept she works in series. She uses a diverse range of subject matter, both in abstraction and reality Kerry aims to create an emotion or feeling with her work. Continually evolving and pushing her practice to master a style, a medium or colour combination.
Kerry has had seven solo shows and many group exhibitions. She won the prize of her first solo show at NG Contemporary in July 2016. This was quickly followed by finalist selection at a number of exhibitions, ie Hunters Hill Art Prize, Hunters Hill Pop Up art prize, Springwood Art Prize, The Chippendale New World Contemporary Art Prize, Oatley 101 Art Exhibition, Thirroul Art Prize, and Lindfield Art Exhibition to name a few.
In 2023 Kerry was selected in AAD Gallery’s ‘Women in Art’ for International Women’s day. In June 2023 she will be showing at the Affordable Art Fair Sydney with Bay Window Studio Gallery. She has exhibited in The Other Art Fair 2017, Melbourne and The Other Art Fair in Sydney in March 2018, March and October 2019.
In May of 2019 Kerry undertook her first art residency in NG Art Residency, Eygalieres, Provence.
Kerry studied at TAFE, Experimental Art at Hazelhurst Gallery, and attended a multitude of workshops,
with many artists, including Nicholas Harding, Patricia Griffiths, Peter Sharp, Alexander Mackenzie and many more. These led her to undertake a Masters by Coursework (Painting) at Art & Design at UNSW to broaden and direct her practice.
Plagued with ill health, nothing has stopped her determination to 'create'. It has been a source of constant joy and learning that has driven Kerry to paint.
"Art washes away the dust of every day life" Pablo Picasso
Kerry Candarakis resides in Southern Sydney.
A contemporary artist she explores many different mediums that include ink, acrylic, oil, pastel, bitumen, rust and wax, pretty much anything that she finds.
Experimentation & materiality is key to Kerry's practice, with this concept she works in series. She uses a diverse range of subject matter, both in abstraction and reality Kerry aims to create an emotion or feeling with her work. Continually evolving and pushing her practice to master a style, a medium or colour combination.
Kerry has had seven solo shows and many group exhibitions. She won the prize of her first solo show at NG Contemporary in July 2016. This was quickly followed by finalist selection at a number of exhibitions, ie Hunters Hill Art Prize, Hunters Hill Pop Up art prize, Springwood Art Prize, The Chippendale New World Contemporary Art Prize, Oatley 101 Art Exhibition, Thirroul Art Prize, and Lindfield Art Exhibition to name a few.
In 2023 Kerry was selected in AAD Gallery’s ‘Women in Art’ for International Women’s day. In June 2023 she will be showing at the Affordable Art Fair Sydney with Bay Window Studio Gallery. She has exhibited in The Other Art Fair 2017, Melbourne and The Other Art Fair in Sydney in March 2018, March and October 2019.
In May of 2019 Kerry undertook her first art residency in NG Art Residency, Eygalieres, Provence.
Kerry studied at TAFE, Experimental Art at Hazelhurst Gallery, and attended a multitude of workshops,
with many artists, including Nicholas Harding, Patricia Griffiths, Peter Sharp, Alexander Mackenzie and many more. These led her to undertake a Masters by Coursework (Painting) at Art & Design at UNSW to broaden and direct her practice.
Plagued with ill health, nothing has stopped her determination to 'create'. It has been a source of constant joy and learning that has driven Kerry to paint.
"Art washes away the dust of every day life" Pablo Picasso