CURRICULUM VITAE: Bernard Ashton KERR
Address : 1175 Thomas Road, Glen Forrest, Western Australia 6071
Telephone No. : +61 (0)434 987 768
E-mail : bernardashtonkerr@gmail.com
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS/ AWARDS
1996 Fellow, Craftwest (FC)(FORM:Craft Council of Western Australia)
1994 Master of Arts (Visual Arts) Curtin University
1992 Bachelor of Education - Curtin University
1991 Bachelor of Arts (Visual Arts)- Curtin University
1977 Diploma of Teaching - Western Australian Secondary Teacher’s College
EXHIBITIONS (Selected)
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2014 Flux- Heathcote Gallery, Applecross WA.
2007 Lexicon -Gallows Gallery, Mosman Park WA.
1987 Bernard Kerr - Paintings and Ceramics F.T.I. Gallery, Fremantle WA
GROUP EXHIBITIONS (Selected)
2021 The Nature of Earth and Fire: Bay Gallery, Dunsborough WA
The Second Best Time Is Now Mundaring Arts Centre
Ceramic Arts Association Selected Exhibition.Earlywork Gallery Fremantle
2020 Pottery Expo Warrandyte, Victoria
2019 Slipstream Central Gallery, Northbridge
2018 Fluid State: Contemporary Western Australian Ceramics, Central Gallery, Northbridge
Materiality Mundaring Arts Centre
2017 Ceramic Arts Association of WA Selected Exhibition, Heathcote Gallery
2016 Tied Up With String Mundaring Arts Centre
2015 Meet the Maker Mundaring Arts Centre
2012 Degustation Mundaring Arts Centre
2011 Understory Mundaring Arts Centre
2008 The State of the West: A Ceramic Survey Central TAFE Art Gallery, Perth
2003-2006 Ceramic Arts Association of WA Selected Exhibitions, Gallows Gallery
2001 Is The Dinner Party Dead? CMC TAFE Gallery, Perth
Bowled Over, Fremantle Arts Centre
2000 Ceramic Arts Association of WA, Denmark, WA
1999‘Ellipsis’ Craftwest
‘Everyday Changes: West Australian Ceramics 1960 –1999 Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery, UWA
Diverse CMC TAFE Gallery Delegates Exhibition
Taking Tea Old Bakery Gallery
PRIZES/ACQUISITIONS
2021 Highly Commended, People’s Choice. Ceramic Arts Association of WA Selected Exhibition. Earlyworks Gallery Fremantle
2007, 2014 Scotch College Collection
2003, 2010 Mundaring Shire Collection
2000 WA Chamber of Commerce Art Collection, Eastern Metropolitan Regional Council Collection
1996 Mundaring Shire Collection
Alinta Gas Collection
Australian Bureau of Statistics Collection
TEACHING POSITIONS
2019-2020 Director of Teaching and Learning, Middle Years Programme Coordinator, Caulfield Grammar School, St Kilda East, Melbourne, Victoria
2017-18 TAFE Lecturer Ceramics,Slice courses North Metropolitan (Central) TAFE Perth
Workshop Convenor Ceramics, Midland Junction and Mundaring Arts Centres.
Educational Consultant, Caulfield Grammar School, Melbourne, Methodist Ladies College Perth, IB Transition ,Personal and Service Projects
2014-2016 International Baccalaureate Middle Years Programme Co-ordinator, Director of Teaching and Learning: Middle School, Theory of Knowledge teacher, Binus School Simprug, Jakarta, Indonesia
2009-2013 Curriculum Leader for the Arts, Head of Visual Arts, Theory of Knowledge Coordinator, Student Council Coordinator Scotch College, Perth, Western Australia
2002-2008 Curriculum Leader for the Arts, Head of Visual Arts, Scotch College
1999 – 2001 Head of Art, Scotch College
1997-1998 Lecturer- Sculpture, Drawing, Ceramics, Art Education, Edith Cowan University
1996 Acting Coordinator - Clay and Glass Department School of Art, Curtin University
Lecturer - Ceramics, Edith Cowan University
Lecturer - Art Education, Edith Cowan University
1995 Lecturer - Art Education, Edith Cowan University
Lecturer - Ceramics, Edith Cowan University
Lecturer - Ceramics, Curtin University
1994 Lecturer - Ceramics, Edith Cowan University