KELLY GERDES b. 1979, New Zealand
Lives and works in Napier, New Zealand
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS PAST & UPCOMING
2016 Beth Hulme Gallery "After Silence" Group Show
2015 Contemporary Arts Tasmania Members Annual Group Exhibition
2015 Wild Island Gallery Tasmania, a selection of images from "Smoke & Mirrors"
2014 Eleven40 Art Gallery Melbourne - a curation from the
2014 Canon Australian Professional Photography Awards - Gold Awards Exhibition
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Capture Magazine Sept/Oct 2015 feature in the Talent section in print and the online publication
Capture Magazine “The Annual 2015” selected as a featured artist in the Art section.
Fstop Lounge Interview: Kelly Gerdes receives highest scoring image at Canon AIPP Photographer Of the Year
The Working Pro Nov/Dec 2014: 100 The Perfect Print 2014
Canon AIPP APPA Gold Awards Book
SELECTED AWARDS
2015 AIPP Tasmanian Professional Photography Awards – Finalist Illustrative Category. 7 Gold Awards, 1 Silver
2015 Canon AIPP APPA Illustrative Category. 1 Gold, 1 Silver Distinction, 1 Silver
2015 World Photographic Cup. Represented Australia in the Illustrative Category, Finalist
2014 Moran Contemporary Photographic Prize, Semi-Finalist
2014 AIPP Tasmanian Professional Photography Awards. Tasmanian Illustrative Photographer Of the Year, AIPP Tasmanian Highest Scoring Image Of the Year “Adrift” Finalist Tasmanian Photographer of The Year. 1 Gold Distinction, 1 Gold, 1 Silver Distinction, 1 Silver
2014 Canon AIPP APPA Illustrative Category AIPP Australian Highest Scoring Image Of the Year “Adrift”, Finalist Australian Illustrative Photographer Of the Year. 1 Gold Distinction, 2 Silver Distinctions, 1 Silver
2013 AIPP Tasmanian Professional Photography Awards Tasmanian 2013 Emerging Photographer of the Year, 2 Gold