Kerry Skarbakka

Kerry Skarbakka is a visual artist and educator working in photography and video. He received his B.A. in Studio Art with an emphasis in Sculpture in 1994 from the University of Washington School of Art. In 2003 he completed his MFA in Photography from Columbia College in Chicago. Skarbakka's work has been exhibited internationally in museums, galleries and art fairs. Skarbakka has had solo exhibitions at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago, Fifty-One Fine Art Photography in Antwerp, Belgium, Irvine Contemporary in Washington DC, and Lawrimore Project in Seattle. His work has been exhibited at the North Carolina Museum of Art, the Taubman Museum of Art in Roanoke, Virgina, Ahlen Art Museum, Ahlen Germany and the Warhol Museum. Publications include Afterimage, Art and America, ArtReview International and Aperture Magazine. He is represented by Fifty One Fine Art Photography (Antwerp, Belgium) Contemporary Wing (Washington DC) and Kopeikin Gallery (Los Angeles). He is currently an Assistant Professor of Photography at Oregon State University.

**Much of the work was made possible with the funding and support of the Creative Capital Foundation, the Mayors Office of Arts and Cultural Affairs for the City of Seattle and the Illinois Arts Council.

Exhibitions

21c Celebrates Creative Capital: A 15th Anniversary Exhibition 
21C Museum- September 2014 - March 2015. Louisville, KY

Private Eye: Allen G. Thomas Jr. Photography Collection 
North Carolina Museum of Art- September 13, 2014 - March 22, 2015. Raleigh, NC

PREP SCHOOL: Prepper and Survivalist Ideologies and Utopian/Dystopian Visions 
Torrance Art Museum - March 29th - May 15, 2014. Torrance, CA

How One Thing Leads To Another 
Houston Center for Photography - May 9th - July 6, 2014. Houston, Texas

How One Thing Leads To Another 
Corden/Potts Gallery - March 6th - March 29, 2014. San Francisco, CA

Fear and Loathing (online exhibition curated by Katherine Ware) 
Art Photo Index - December 3, 2013 Santa Fe, NM

Texas International Art Fair 
with Kopeikin Gallery - Oct 10-13, 2013. Houston, Texas

Kerry Skarbakka: Ten Years of Falling 
Kopeikin Gallery - July 20th - August 29, 2013. Los Angeles, California

http://www.skarbakka.com/