Artist Showcase | Kerry Trapnell

Kerry Trapnell was born in Brisbane in 1956, and lives and works in Cairns, Queensland. 

Kerry is an established photographic and digital media artist. His work documents and interprets the natural landscapes and capture the lives and stories of the people who live and work in remote areas of Far North Queensland.

Kerry has participated in numerous group exhibitions over the past twenty years and the Cairns Art Gallery has a significant body of his photographic works in its Permanent Collection.

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ARTNOW FNQ 2015
27 Nov 2015 – 17 Feb 2016

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Kerry Trapnell, Risky Business, 2015, digital photograph, Courtesy of the artist Kerry Trapnell, Risky Business, 2015, digital photograph, Courtesy of the artist Kerry Trapnell, Risky Business, 2015, digital photograph, Courtesy of the artist Kerry Trapnell, Risky Business, 2015, digital photograph, Courtesy of the artist Kerry Trapnell, Risky Business, 2015, digital photograph, Courtesy of the artist

 

 

Collection Works

Kerry Trapnell, Gladys Tybingoompa with fish net, Archers River, Aurukun, 1995, ilfochrome photographic print, Purchased by Cairns Regional Gallery with the assistance of Friends of the Gallery, 2002 Kerry Trapnell, Gladys Tybingoompa collecting ' 'longbums' from the mangroves, 'Aurukun, 2000, ilfochrome photographic print, Purchased by Cairns Regional Gallery with the assistance of Friends of the Gallery, 2002 Kerry Trapnell, Napolean Short preparing speared dugong, Old Site, Lockhart River, 1995, ilfochrome photographic print, Purchased by Cairns Regional Gallery with the assistance of Friends of the Gallery, 2002 Kerry Trapnell, Hunting and collecting food in the 'Aurukun 'supermarket', Aurukun, 1995, ilfochrome photographic print, Purchased by Cairns Regional Gallery with the assistance of Friends of the Gallery, 2002 Kerry Trapnell, Young dancer, Cresida Korkatain at house opening, Aurukun, 1998, ilfochrome photographic print, Purchased by Cairns Regional Gallery with the assistance of Friends of the Gallery, 2002 Kerry Trapnell, Nancy Ross at her home in Coen, 1999, ilfochrome photographic print, Purchased by Cairns Regional Gallery with the assistance of Friends of the Gallery, 2002 Kerry Trapnell, Suzie Madua, last days in the old 'house, Mapoon, 2000, ilfochrome photographic print, Purchased by Cairns Regional Gallery with the assistance of Friends of the Gallery, 2002 Kerry Trapnell, Portrait of three generations of Pablo's, Alick, Gordon and James preparing to bury ancestral remains, White Point, Shelburne Bay, 1995, ilfochrome photographic print, Purchased by Cairns Regional Gallery with the assistance of Friends of the Gallery, 2002 Kerry Trapnell, Boys fishing, Elim Beach, Hopevale, 1999, ilfochrome photographic print, Purchased by Cairns Regional Gallery with the assistance of Friends of the Gallery, 2002 Kerry Trapnell, Aboriginal stockmen, Glen Garland station, 1999, ilfochrome photographic print, Purchased by Cairns Regional Gallery with the assistance of Friends of the Gallery, 2002 Kerry Trapnell, Tommy George, elder and senior ranger, Giant Horse Gallery, Laura sandstone escarpments 1995, ilfochrome photographic print, Purchased by Cairns Regional Gallery with the assistance of Friends of the Gallery, 2002 Kerry Trapnell, McNaught Ngallametta dancing at house opening in Aurukun, 1999, ilfochrome photographic print, Purchased by Cairns Regional Gallery with the assistance of Friends of the Gallery, 2002
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The Cairns Art Gallery acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the land on which we work and live. We pay our respects to Elders past and present. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people should be aware that this website may contain images, names or voices of deceased persons in photographs, film or text.