Rachel Kerr’s C.V
Education
1985
Graduated from N.C.A.D.
with Honours Degree in Fine Art Painting
Memberships
Residencies
Tyrone Guthrie Centre,
Artists Residency,
Annamakerrig, Co Tyrone
Displayed paintings
Collections
My work is represented in numerous private, corporate and public collections including the following:
Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council
Department of Foreign Affairs
Enterprise Ireland
Irish Life
G.P.A.
Newpark Hotel, Kilkenny
On the media
Selected Publications
‘Rachel’s art exudes light and hope’
23 Jan 2003, Aoife O’Reilly, The Echo
‘Reform Stirring as RHA goes Modern’
29 April 1990, Aidan Dunne, Sunday Tribune
‘Contemporary Women Artists’
1987, Aidan Dunne, Irish Women Artists, National Gallery and Douglas Hyde Gallery
recognition
Grants & Awards
2010 Whyte’s Auctioneers Award for a Work of Distinction (Annual Watercolour Society Exhibition)
2009 K & M Evans Trading Ltd Award for Work of Distinction (Annual Watercolour Society Exhibition)
2008 Dart Award for Work of Distinction (Annual Watercolour Society Exhibition)
2005 James Adams Award for Work of Distinction (Annual Watercolour Society Exhibition)
2005 Tyrone Guthrie Bursary Award for Work of Distinction
Featured work
Selected Exhibitions
2021
Signal Art Society Annual Members Exhibition, Online
Dublin Painting and Sketching Club Annual Members Exhibition, Online
2010
Watercolour Society of Ireland Annual Exhibition, Town Buildings, Dun Laoghaire, Co Dublin
2009
Watercolour Society of Ireland Annual Exhibition, Town Buildings, Dun Laoghaire, Co Dublin
2007
Watercolour Society of Ireland Annual Exhibition, Town Buildings, Dun Laoghaire, Co Dublin
2006
Watercolour Society of Ireland Annual Exhibition, Town Buildings, Dun Laoghaire, Co Dublin
2005
Mermaid Open Submission Exhibition, Mermaid Art Centre, Bray, Co.Wicklow
Greystones Arts Festival, Greystones, Co Wicklow.
Wicklow Open Submission Exhibition, County Buildings, Wicklow, Co Wicklow
Watercolour Society of Ireland Annual Exhibition, Town Buildings, Dun Laoghaire, Co Dublin
2004
‘Continuity’, Open Submission Exhibition, Wexford, Co Wexford.
Mermaid Open Submission Exhibition, Mermaid Art Centre, Bray, Co.Wicklow
Greystones Arts Festival, Greystones, Co Wicklow.
Wicklow Open Submission Exhibition, County Buildings, Wicklow, Co Wicklow
Watercolour Society of Ireland Annual Exhibition, Town Buildings, Dun Laoghaire, Co Dublin
2003
‘Green’, Solo Exhibition, Draiocht Art Centre, Blanchardstown, Co. Dublin
‘Green’, Solo Exhibition, South Dublin County Council, Tallaght, Co Dublin ‘Leaves’, Solo Exhibition, Airfield House, Upper Kilmacud Rd, Dundrum, Dublin 6. ‘Mermaid Open Submission Exhibition, Mermaid Art Centre, Bray, Co Wicklow.
‘Up Close’, Solo Exhibition, Metatron Gallery, Enniskerry, Co. Wicklow
‘Leaves’, Solo Exhibition, Airfield House, Upper Kilmacud Rd, Dundrum, Dublin 6.
Watercolour Society of Ireland Annual Exhibition, Town Buildings, Dun Laoghaire, Co Dublin
Wicklow Open Submission Exhibition, County Buildings, Wicklow, Co Wicklow
2002
Watercolour Society of Ireland Annual Exhibition, Town Buildings, Dun Laoghaire, Co Dublin
Wicklow Open Submission Exhibition, County Buildings, Wicklow, Co. Wicklow
1998
Dun Laoghaire 1500, Town Hall Building, Dun Laoghaire, Co Dublin
1997
Gallery Artists Exhibition , Lambay House Gallery, Abbey Street, Howth, Co Dublin
1996
RHA Annual Exhibition, Gallagher Gallery, Ely Place, Dublin
Group Exhibition, Waldock Gallery, Blackrock, Co Dublin
Group Exhibition, The Courtyard Gallery, Monkstown, Co Dublin
Group Exhibition, Kenny Gallery, Galway, Co Galway
1995
‘Oireachtas’, Guinness Hop Store, Thomas Street, Dublin
Boyle Arts Festival, Boyle, Co Roscommon
Dundrum Open Submission Exhibition, Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Buildings, Dundrum, Co Dublin
Solo Exhibition, Bray Heritage Centre, Bray, Co Wicklow
Gallery Artists Exhibition, Kenny Gallery, Galway, Co Galway
‘Conamara’, Group Exhibition, An Damhlann Gallery, Spiddal, Co Galway
Gallery Exhibition, The Courtyard Gallery, Monkstown, Co Dublin
1994
RHA Annual Exhibition, Ely Place, Dublin
‘Gallery Artists’ Exhibition, The Courtyard Gallery, Monkstown, Co Dublin
Gallery Artists Exhibition, Lambay House Gallery, Abbey Street, Howth, Co Dublin
‘Stillness’, Solo Exhibition, Coopers Restaurant, Greystones, Co Wicklow
1993
RHA Annual Exhibition, Ely Place, Dublin
‘Iontas’, Sligo Art Gallery, Sligo
‘Iontas’, Ely Place, Dublin
‘Movement’, Powerhouse Art, Pigeon House, Co Dublin
Group Exhibition, Guinness Gallery, Foxrock, Co Dublin
1992
Group Exhibition, Ardmore Studios, Bray, Co Wicklow
1991
RHA Annual Exhibition, Ely Place, Dublin
Gallery Artists, The Square, Tallaght
1990
RHA Annual Exhibition, Ely Place, Dublin
‘A New View’, Ennis 750, Ennis, Co Clare
‘Gallery Artists’ Exhibition, Hangman Gallery, Bray, Co Wicklow
‘The Works II’, 5A Studios, Dun Laoghaire, Co Dublin
1988
‘Wicklow Women Artists’, Quinsboro Centre, Bray, Co Wicklow
1987
Solo Exhibition, Bank of Ireland, Bray, Co Wicklow
1986
The Decade Show, Guinness Hop Store, Dublin
1985
Graduate Show, NCAD, Dublin
‘Art by Degrees’, Arnotts Ltd, Dublin