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EXTREMES AND INSTABILITIES

Janette Kerr likes a good storm - especially if it involves huge breaking, crashing waves. A painter deeply embedded in place, working at the interface between land, sea, and historical experience, she’s been called the ‘best painter of the sea in these islands’ (Brian Fallon, Chief Critic of the Irish Times).

‘..the energy in Kerr’s work reflects the power of nature itself, particularly with regard to her wayward scrawling, cutting, and dragging into her painted surface….’, (Ian McKay, State of Sea catalogue, Art North Projects 2020)

NEWS

The Northern Isles

The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh are currently showing my paintings in a group exhibition of artists from Shetland, Orkney and the Northern Isles. The exhibition is on until January 31st 2026

The Scottish Gallery
16 Dundas Street
Edinburgh EH3 6HZ

T: (+44) 0131 558 1200
E: mail@scottish-gallery.co.uk

https://scottish-gallery.co.uk/artists/janette-kerr/ https://scottish-gallery.co.uk/films/janette-kerr-the-sea/

Current Exhibitions

Slow time is on display at @rwabristol as part of ‘Cosmos: the art of observing Space’ until 19 April 🪐

Curated by Ione Parkin RWA, Cosmos celebrates our enduring fascination with space, bringing together both contemporary and historic artists. 

I’m showing 20 solargraphic images made during residencies in collaboration with communities in Iceland, Greenland, Shetland, and Somerset.

https://www.rwa.org.uk/products/cosmos-the-art-of-observing-space

Delivered in partnership with the Royal Astronomical Society, this exhibition offers a unique journey through time, imagination, and inquiry - inviting you to experience the awe, wonder, and curiosity that the cosmos continues to inspire. 

My work is held by the following galleries:

The Scottish Gallery 16 Dundas Street, Edinburgh EH3 6HZ https://scottish-gallery.co.uk/artists/janette-kerr

Kilmorack Gallery By Beauy, Inverness-shire https://www.kilmorackgallery.co.uk/janette-kerr-paintings/

Open Eye Gallery Dundas Street, Edinburgh https://www.openeyegallery.co.uk/artists/54-janette-kerr/overview/

The Shetland Gallery Yell, Shetland https://www.shetlandgallery.com/janette-kerr

Clifton Contemporary Gallery Clifton, Bristol https://www.cliftoncontemporaryart.co.uk/janette-kerr