Galerie Eigenheim

1986 geboren in Yarram, Australia 2005 - 2009 Bachelor of Media Art, Deakin University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australien 2010 - 2012 Master of Fine Art (VC Award for Academic Excellence), RMIT University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australien 2013 Gründung der Galerie Strange Neighbour mit Linsey Gosper in Melbourne 2015 Umzug nach Europa 2012 - 2016 PhD - Doctor of Philosophy (Kunstgeschichte) Monash University, Caulfield, Victoria, Australien  2018 Art-Fellow an der Universität Helsinki, Finnland seit 2019 Visiting Researcher am Center for Artistic Research (CfAR) der University of the Arts Helsinki, lebt und arbeitet in Riga, Lettland

David Ashley Kerr ist ein unabhängiger Kurator, Autor und ausgebildeter Künstler, dessen Arbeit sich auf die Inszenierung von Beziehungen zwischen Körper und Landschaft, Voyeur und Performer konzentriert. Seine jüngsten Arbeiten untersuchen die Intimität im Postdigitalen in Bezug auf Bildkultur, Erinnerung und menschliche Verbindung. Kerr ist der Gründer von WORK WORK WORK WORK WORK - Einer experimentelle Plattform für Text, Bild und Kunstwerk bezüglich der Darstellung von Arbeit in der Kunst, und Mitgestalter der Plattform softandhardwares.com - Ein interdisziplinäres Ausstellungs- und Webprojekt, das die Beziehung zwischen dem Postdigitalen und Textilien in der zeitgenössischen Kunst untersucht.

Deakin University Art Collection and Galleries, Australia
Peter Crone Architects, Australia
Museum of the City of Cuernavaca, Mexico
Central Institute of Technology, Perth, Australia
Free State of Thüringen, Germany
Private Collections, Australia, England, USA, Norway and Germany

2020
Invited Speaker, PHOTO LIVE: Hanna Putz and Andrzej Steinbach in conversation with D.A.Kerr, Australia Invited Speaker, Thibaut Henz in conversation with D. A. Kerr, ISSP, Riga, Latvia
Project Grant, Projektförderung der Kulturstiftung des Freistaats Thüringen, Germany
Invited Speaker, Conference: Untie the Knot: Redefining Normativity in Love, Zagreb, Croatia
Invited Speaker, Roundtable Discussion - Vom Nutzen der Archive (Deutsch), Kunsthaus Erfurt, Germany Invited Speaker, Thibaut Henz im Gespräch mit David.A.Kerr (Deutsch), Kunsthaus Erfurt, Germany Invited Speaker, Conference: Reflections on LOL History, Akademie der Bildende Künste, Munich, Germany

2018/19 Creator/Curator, Web Platform: workworkworkworkworkwork.com
2017 Artist in Residence, Galerie Eigenheim Weimar, Germany
2016 Artist in Residence, Ladamoen Kunstnerverksteder, Trondheim, Norway
2015 Artist in Residence, Leipzig International Artists Programme, Leipzig, Germany
2014 Public Art Commission, Carlton Public Library, City of Yarra, Victoria, Australia
2013 Co-Founder, Strange Neighbour Gallery, Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia
2012 Artist in Residence, Central Institute of Technology, Perth, Western Australia
2012 Australian Artists’ Stipend, National Association for the Visual Arts, Australia
2011 Agendo Art Prize, Peter Crone Architects, Victoria, Australia
Australian Postgraduate Award Scholarship/Stipendium, Australian Government
2010 Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology Vice-Chancellors List Award for Academic Excellence, Australia

2020
ART AID GIPPSLAND, Gippsland Bushfire Appeal exhibition Gippsland Art Gallery, Sale, Victoria, Australia NO TRUE SELF, Centre for Contemporary Photography, Melbourne, Australia (CURATOR)
Soft_Ware: Textil und Technologie, Kunsthaus Erfurt, Germany (CO-CURATOR)

2019
Anhydrite Biennale for Media Art, Barbarossahöhle am Kyffhäuser, Germany

2018
Real-Unreal, Thüringer Zentrum für Existenzgründungen und Unternehmertum (ThEx), Erfurt, Germany Postkarte Salon, Jarvis Dooney Galerie, Berlin, Germany
10 Jahre Leipzig International Art Programme, Werkschau, Leipzig, Germany (CO-CURATOR)

2017
HANDLUNGSANWEISUNGEN IN DER KUNST, Galerie Eigenheim Weimar, Germany HANDLUNGSANWEISUNGEN IN DER KUNST, Galerie Eigenheim Berlin, Germany
Affects on Absorbtion, Halle 18, Spinnerei Leipzig, Germany
Lux, Galerie Eigenheim Weimar, Germany (SOLO)

2016
Lux, BABEL Visningsrom for Kunst, Trondheim, Norway (SOLO)
Galerie Eigenheim Jubiläumsaustellung, Kunsthalle Harry Graf Kessler, Weimar, Germany
Josephine Ulrick & Win Schubert Photography Prize, Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Queensland, Australia
MAMA Art Foundation National Photography Prize, Murray Art Museum Albury, Victoria, Australia
Belonging, OBSCURA Festival of Photography, George Town, Penang, Malaysia
Shoot – Photographs from our Collection, Gallery Central, Perth, Australia
If on a winter´s night, a traveller, LIA, Halle 18, Baumwolle Spinnerei, Leipzig, Germany
Wyndham Art Prize, Wyndham Cultural Centre, Werribee, Victoria, Australia

2015
DIE OHNMACHT, Galerie Eigenheim, Weimar, Germany (SOLO)
Das Glücksprinzip, Kunstfest Weimar, Weimar, Germany
INAUGURATION, Kanzlei KTR Galerie, Leipzig, Germany
PARADIGMA Blickwechsel, Tapetenwerk, Leipzig, Germany
The FIFTH FORCE: Group Exhibition of Chinese Artists, Galerie Eigenheim, Germany
Video Contemporary, curated by ACMI for Sydney Contemporary, Carriageworks, Sydney, Australia
27° South to 19° North: Contemporary Australian Photography, Museum of the City of Cuernavaca, Mexico Paradise/Prison, MADA Gallery, Monash University, Caulfield, Victoria, Australia (SOLO)

2014
Eden, Neospace, Collingwood, Victoria, Australia (SOLO)
Seven Trumpets, Strange Neighbour Gallery, Fitzroy, Australia (CURATOR)
Heysen Prize for Interpretation of Place, Hahndorf Academy, South Australia
Arcadia, C3 Contemporary Art Space, Abbotsford Convent, Victoria, Australia (SOLO)

2013
Creep Show, Strange Neighbour Gallery, Fitzroy, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (CO-CURATOR)
The Dark Arts, Strange Neighbour Gallery, Fitzroy, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (CO-CURATOR)
Introduced Species, Queensland Centre for Photography, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia (SOLO)
LAND, Wyndham Cultural Centre, Werribee, Victoria, Australia
Welcome! Welcome! Strange Neighbour Gallery, Fitzroy, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (CO-CURATOR)
Mirror Mirror: Contemporary photographic self-portraiture, Colour Factory, Melbourne, Victoria,
Australia Please Allow me to Introduce Myself, Strange Neighbour Gallery, Fitzroy, Australia (CURATOR)
Blob, Strange Neighbour Gallery, Fitzroy, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (CO-CURATOR)

2012
61st Blake Prize Exhibition, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney, Australia (Touring Australia 2012-2013)
Shanghai International Photography Festival, Shanghai Mart Expo, Shanghai, China
The Study of Everything, c3 Contemporary art space, Abbotsford, Victoria, Australia
Rückenfigur, Perth Centre for Photography, Perth, Western Australia, Australia (SOLO)
Contemporary Landscapes in Photography, Perth Centre for Photography, Northbridge, Australia
Chromogenic 2012, The Age Media House Gallery, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Wilson Visual Art Award, Trinity Catholic College, New South Wales, Australia
Ascent, Conduit Arts Initiative, Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia 23rd Musswellbrook Photographic prize, Musswellbrook Regional Arts Centre, New South Wales, Australia

2011
Agendo Art Prize (Winner), St Heliers Street Gallery, The Abbotsford Convent, Victoria, Australia
Rückenfigur, Dear Patti Smith ARI, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (SOLO)
Art on Paper, Hazelhurst Art Award 2011, Hazelhurst Regional Gallery, Gymea, NSW, Australia
Contemporary Landscapes, Colour Factory Gallery, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Shelved, Dear Patti Smith ARI, Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia (CO-CURATOR) In Solitude, Deakin University Museum of Art, Burwood, Victoria, Australia (SOLO)

2010
Bilderwahn #4, Galerie Eigenheim, Weimar, Germany
I am Solitary, I am an Army, Surface Gallery, Nottingham, England (Touring GB)
Tidal10: City of Devonport Art Award, Devonport Regional Gallery, Tasmania, Australia
Through the looking glass, Toyota Emerging Artist Exhibition, Toyota Headquarters, Melbourne, Australia Walker St Gallery Emerging Artist Prize (Winner), Walker St Gallery, Dandenong, Australia Off the Wall, Emerging artist showcase, Art Melbourne, Royal Exhibition building, Melbourne, Australia Photography10A, Brunswick St Gallery, Melbourne, Australia Fragments, Guildford Lane Gallery, Melbourne, Australia