Kerryn Levy

Artist Statement

by Kerryn Levy

My work explores the dialogue between structure and spontaneity — the way pattern, texture, and rhythm can reveal hidden emotional undercurrents. Working across mixed media, collage, and paint on calico, I build each piece in layers, allowing colour and form to emerge through a process of construction and erosion.

Recent works such as "Chain Gang" and "Blue Circuit" continue my interest in mapping the unseen — memory, energy, connection — through looping forms that suggest both entanglement and release. These interlinked shapes float over grids and stitched surfaces, referencing the architectures we move within and the invisible systems that hold us together.

I think of painting as a kind of excavation: uncovering what lies beneath the surface of perception. The marks, joins, and translucent overlays become a visual language of rhythm and resonance — a quiet record of time and touch.

My current series moves between warmth and coolness, chaos and order, material and digital. It reflects an ongoing fascination with transformation — how beauty can emerge from repetition, and how abstraction can speak to the emotional, tactile world we inhabit.

Randwick TAFE, Sydney, Australia (1986-1990)
Julian Ashton Art School, Sydney, Australia (1990-1993)

Selected Exhibitions

Solo Exhibitions
2004 – Artigiano Gallery, Parnell, Auckland
2000 – El Framo Gallery, Ponsonby, Auckland

Group Exhibitions
2006 – Kohia Terrace Primary School, Auckland
2006 – Tamarillo Gallery, Wellington
2005 – Kohia Terrace Primary School, Auckland
2004 – Kings College, Auckland
2004 – Aigantighe Art Gallery, Timaru
2004 – Remuera Primary School, Auckland
2004 – Auckland Grammar School, Auckland
1998 – Gallery Sixteen, Kumeu, Auckland
1997 – Aotea Centre, Auckland – Fabulous Bureau of Illustrators