Kerry Cannon

Kerry Cannon

Warialda, Australia

About Kerry Cannon

Born Denver 5/1958. I spent a lot of time skiing in winter and hiking in summer in the Rocky Mountains. I spent two years in Jamaica in the US Peace Corp growing trees. Did a lot of traveling in Latin America, Europe, Asia and Africa and settled in Australia 10 years ago.I consider my artistic style to be modern medieval. I'm drawn to primitive and naive art and am fascinated by the folk art of Michoacan. My first artworks were comics and the comic element is still strong in my bronze sculpture. I love the surrealists, Bosch, Goya and Australian Aboriginal Art.

Education:

1981 BS Forest Management Science, 1987 MBA Finance. I had my first solo show in Melbourne in 1998 and have had 22 solo shows and over 100 group exhibitions since then. Some of these shows were in places you've never heard of like Texas, Queensland, but the majority were in Sydney, Melbourne, the Gold Coast and Brisbane. I've shown overseas numerous times including the Biennale of Chianciano, Florence Biennale, Denver, Arizona, Florida, L.A, China and London. I have won over 20 prizes for my sculptures worldwide, including several acquisition prizes. In 2013 I won 1st prize at the Biennale of Chianciano in Italy for the Leonardo Award for Sculpture.

Events:

In 2010 I launched my first book based on my artwork, titled 'Alchemy, golden dreams come true. In 2012 I followed this up with another publication of 'The Frost Giants'. In 2017 I launched my third publication in Arizona titled 'The Glass House'.

Exhibitions:

My most recent exhibitions include a solo exhibition at the RLV Gallery in Oracle, Arizona, USA in 2017 where I launch my most recent book publication 'The Glass House' which contains stunning images of my works from that series. I was also a part of a group exhibition at Lot19 gallery in Castlemaine in which I won an award for sculpture. In 2016 I exhibited in Stanthorpe Art Festival, Ceramic Break Sculpture Park, Sculptures in the Garden in Mudgee and Stanthorpe Regional Gallery. 2015 was a busy year of exhibitions starting with the 6th Annual Sculpture Garden in Tucson, Arizona, USA, the back to Australia for Sculpture in the Glen, Waringah NSW, WorldArt worldwide in Brisbane then back to Phoenix Arizona for the little SCULPTURE show.