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.
Group Exhibition | Highlighted Works
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