Simon Kerr
The King Has Not Returned $2,800 framed Status: Available
True Stories – The Plan was Audacious and DANGEROUS $3,500 Status: Available
The Escape $2,800 unframed - $3,800 framed Status: Available
Risk, Self Poortrait $3,500 Status: Available
Black Beard $4,200 Status: Available
So it has come to this $3,200 Status: Available
Iron Mike $2,800 framed Status: Available
The rough self poor-trait sketch of a juvenile delinquent $2,500 framed Status: Availble
AutobiographIKil self poortrait of an outlaw $3,500 Status: Available
As the former leader of the notorious Hole in The Wall Gang and infamous for escaping custody six times, Simon Kerr is an unlikely candidate for an artist and yet his life experiences have influenced the narrative found in his paintings. “My art is two things – a narrative of my personal journey and the other part of it is my observation of the world along that journey.”
Simon didn’t start painting until his last prison sentence, served at Northland Region Corrections Facility from 2011 to 2015 and although his work is reminiscent of artists like Basquiat, his lack of formal training, or even knowledge of such painters, has meant that Simon has developed his own style.
Simon’s journey from a career criminal to an exhibiting artist is an interesting narrative, but as with all our artists, the resume only takes you so far. The work itself is what matters and Simons invigorating work sits well with the gallery collection.