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GALLERY REPRESENTATION
Jennings Kerr - Robertson, NSW 

EDUCATION
Bachelor of Art (Fine Art & Art and Design Studies), Curtin University, Perth, WA 

SOLO & DUO EXHIBITIONS
2025  Hold, Jennings Kerr, Robertson, NSW
2024  SHELTER - TILT commission, with Abdul-Rahman Abdullah, Goolugatup Heathcote, WA
2023  The Good, Co-Curated by Dr Lee-Anne Hall, Wagga Wagga Art Gallery, NSW & Rachel Arndt, Wangaratta Art Gallery NSW/The Condensery – Somerset Regional Art Gallery QLD (National tour with Museums & Galleries of New South Wales)
2022  Still Watching, with Abdul-Rahman Abdullah, Curated by Glenn Iseger-Pilkington, Fremantle Arts Centre, Perth, WA
2022  Watching, with Abdul-Rahman Abdullah, West Space, Melbourne, VIC
2020  When night falls, Maitland Regional Art Gallery, Maitland, NSW
2020  We should be more afraid of the sun than the moon, Galerie pompom, Sydney, NSW 
2019  Dead Things, with Abdul-Rahman Abdullah, Curated by Dr Kent Wilson, Castlemaine State Festival, Castlemaine, VIC
2017  On the hunt, Galerie pompom, Sydney, NSW 
2017  Gift Horse, The Gallery @ Bayside Arts & Cultural Centre, Melbourne, VIC 
2015  Flatland, PS Art Space, Perth, WA
2015  Gelded, MARS Gallery, Melbourne, VIC
2013  As I See It, Kurb Gallery, Perth, WA

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025  Room Service, Fremantle Biennale, P&O Hotel, Fremantle, WA
​2025  Expanding Surrounding, 2025 Indonesian/Australian Cultural Exchange with Art et al. and Tab Space, Jump Left, VIC
2025  Mother-From the Maitland Regional Art Gallery Collection, Maitland Regional Art Gallery, NSW
2025  Mother, Curated by Chelsea Lehmann & Zoe Freney, Draw Space, NSW

2024  Real, Still, Unreal, Jennings Kerr, Robertson, NSW
2024  Spot the difference, Curated by Toby Chapman, Penrith Regional Gallery, NSW
2024  Horse Girl Energy, Curated by David Ashley Kerr, LaTrobe Regional Gallery, Morwell, VIC
2023 The Great Reveal, Curated by Annika Kristensen, Lawson Gallery, Lawson Flats, Perth, WA
2023  NOIR, Curated by Marie Bonnal, at Wallace, Perth, WA
​​2023  Bread of Bone, Curated by Ellen McCarthy, Holmes à Court Galleries, Vasse Felix & Perth, WA
2022  Substratum, Curated by Lewellyn Riley-Haynes, Woollahra Gallery at Redleaf, Sydney, NSW
2021  Storylines, Curated by Todd Fuller and Lisa Woolfe, Maitland Regional Arts Gallery, Maitland, NSW
2019  HERESAY, Curated by Amanda Alderson, Wanneroo Gallery, Perth, WA
2019  RITUAL Curated by Professor Ted Snell, There Is, Perth, WA
2018  Animaze - Amazing Animals for Kids, Curated by Dr Ric Spencer, Fremantle Arts Centre, Perth, WA
2018  BOAA ART 2018 - Biennale of Australian Art, Curated by Julie Collins, Ballarat, VIC
2018  Couplings, Curated by Alanna Irwin, Dominik Mersch Gallery, Sydney, NSW
​2017  Out of line, MAY SPACE, Sydney, NSW 
​2017  Habits of Horses, Curated by Jude van der Merwe, Mundaring Arts Centre, Perth, WA 
​2017  Between a rock and a hard place - Lithography from Lancaster Press, The Art Vault, Mildura, VIC 
​2017  Nine Lives, Heiser Gallery, Brisbane, QLD 
2016  Drawing To An End [december_works on paper], MARS Gallery, Melbourne, VIC
2016  Between a rock and a hard place - Lithography from Lancaster Press, Queenscliff Gallery & Workshop, Queenscliff, VIC
2015  Heathcote Select, Curated by Jana Wallace Braddock, Heathcote Museum & Art Gallery, Perth, WA
2015  Poet Blood/Artist Sweat, Curated by Miik Green, Linton & Kay, Perth, WA
2014  The Young Ones, Charles Gairdner Hospital Art Gallery, Perth, WA
2014  Here Comes The Future, Margaret River Gallery, Margaret River, WA
2014  Eggtooth, Curated by Elizabeth Marruffo, Spectrum Project Space, Perth, WA
2014  25 Under 25, Curated by Ashleigh Whyte, Moores Building Contemporary Art Gallery, Perth, WA

GRANTS AND AWARDS
2026  Finalist, Wyndham Art prize, Wyndham Art Gallery, VIC
2025  Finalist, MAC yapang Art Award, Museum of Art and Culture yapang, Lake Macquarie, NSW
2025  Finalist, Invitation Art Award, Joondalup Gallery, Perth WA 
2024  Finalist, Mandorla Art Award, Holmes à Court Gallery, Perth, WA
2024  Western Australian Department of Culture and the Arts; SNAP
2023  Winner, $25,000 acquisitive, Girra: Fraser Coast National Art Prize, Hervey Bay Regional Gallery, QLD
2023  Finalist, Sunshine Coast Art Prize, Caloundra Regional Gallery, QLD
2023  Finalist, Dobell Drawing Prize #23, National Art School, Sydney, NSW
2023  Finalist, 2023 Minnawarra Art Awards, Perth, WA
2023  Western Australian Department of Culture and the Arts; Development
2022  National Regional Arts Australia Fellowship Program
2022  Western Australian Department of Culture and the Arts; Development Grant
2021  Australia Council for the Arts; Arts Projects for Individuals and Groups

2021  Finalist, Ramsay Art Prize 2021, Art Gallery of South Australia, SA
2021  Finalist, Dobell Drawing Prize #22, National At School, Sydney, NSW (touring 2022-2023)
2020  Finalist, 2020 Invitation Art Prize, City of Joondalup, WA
2019  Finalist, Mid West Art Prize 2019, Geraldton Regional Art Gallery, Geraldton, WA
2018  Western Australian Department of Culture and the Arts; Development Grant
2018  Finalist, The Waterhouse Natural Science Art Prize, South Australian Museum, SA
2018  ​Finalist, Paul Guest Drawing Prize 2018, Bendigo Art Gallery, VIC
2017  Finalist, The Churchie National Emerging Art Prize, QUT Art Museum, Brisbane, QLD
​2017  Western Australian Department of Culture and the Arts; Development Grant (Travel Only)
2017  Finalist, Mid West Art Prize 2017, Geraldton Regional Art Gallery, Geraldton, WA
2016  Western Australian Department of Culture and the Arts; Young People and the Arts Fellowship
2016  Western Australian Department of Culture and the Arts; Development Grant
2016  Winner, First Prize, 2016 Town of Claremont Art Award, Perth, WA
2016  Finalist, Paul Guest Prize, Bendigo Art Gallery, Bendigo, VIC
2016  Finalist, The Churchie National Emerging Art Prize, QUT Art Museum, Brisbane, QLD
2016  Finalist, 2016 Community Invitation Art Award (CIAA)​, Perth, WA
2016  Finalist, Shirley Hannan National Portrait Award, Bega Valley Regional Gallery, Bega, NSW
2016  Finalist, Glencore Percival Portrait Painting Prize, Perc Tucker Regional Gallery, Townsville, QLD
2015  Finalist, The SHIRL National Youth Portrait Prize, Bega Valley Regional Gallery, Bega, NSW
2015  Finalist, Fisher's Ghost Art Award, Open and Drawing & Printmaking, Campbelltown Arts Centre, Campbelltown, NSW
2014  Winner, Third Prize, Claremont Art Award, Town of Claremont, Perth, WA
2014  Winner, Emerging Artist Award, Busselton Art Awards, ArtGeo Gallery, Busselton, WA
2014  Finalist, Paul Guest Prize, Bendigo Art Gallery, Bendigo, VIC

RESIDENCIES
2025  Apexart Fellowship, New York, USA 
2017  I-Park Foundation Inc, East Haddam, Connecticut, USA

COLLECTIONS
Artbank, City of Melville, Hervey Bay Regional Gallery, Maitland Regional Art Gallery, The Wesfarmers Collection, Macquarie Group Collection, City of Busselton, Town of Claremont

INDEPENDENT CURATORIAL PROJECTS
2021  The Alternative Archive, Co-curator Chris Malcolm, John Curtin Gallery, Perth, WA
(Touring with ART ON THE MOVE 2022-2024 regional WA)

2020  Refracted Reality, 2020 PICA Salon, PICA, Perth, WA
2018  HERE&NOW18, Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery, Perth, WA
2017  I WAS HERE, Fremantle Arts Centre, Perth, WA
2016  Dead Centre, Co-curator Abdul-Rahman Abdullah, Spectrum Project Space, Perth, WA
(Touring with ART ON THE MOVE 2017 - 2020 Alcoa Mandurah Art Gallery, ​Goldfields Arts Centre, Geraldton Regional Art Gallery, Katanning Gallery, Bunbury Regional Art Gallery)
2016  Telltale, Co-curator Justin Hinder, Arts Project Australia for Next Wave Festival 2016, Melbourne, VIC
2016  We're not dead yet, Moores Building Contemporary Art Gallery, Perth, WA
2015  Plastic, MOP Projects presented by Galerie pompom, Sydney, NSW
2015  I AM, YOU ARE, WE ARE, Chapter House Lane in association with the Human Rights Arts and Film Festival, Melbourne, VIC
2014  Worth Its Weight In Gold, Moana Project Space, Perth, WA

CURATORIAL GRANTS AND AWARDS
2019  Western Australian Department of Culture and the Arts; 15k Plus Development Grant
2019  Australia Council for the Arts; Arts Projects for Individuals and Groups
2019  Western Australian Department of Culture and the Arts; Development Grant
2019  Australia Council for the Arts, Anthony and Claire Cross Professional Development Fellowship
2018  Australia Council for the Arts; Arts Projects for Individuals and Groups
2017  ART ON THE MOVE; Touring Exhibition Grant
2015  Western Australian Department of Culture and the Arts; Young People and the Arts Development Grant
2015  Copyright Agency; Career Fund
2015  National Association for the Visual Arts; Australian Artist's Grant
2015  Western Australian Department of Culture and the Arts; Young People and the Arts Development Grant
2014  City of Perth Cultural Sponsorship Program; Arts and Cultural Funding
2014  Western Australian Department of Culture and the Arts; Young People and the Arts Development Grant

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2020  Judge, The Jury Art Prize, The Junction Co, Port Hedland, WA
2020  Curator, John Stringer Prize 2020, Collector's Club Inc, John Curtin Gallery, Perth, WA
2019  Emerging Arts Professionals Program, Venice Biennale 2019, Venice, Italy
2019  Curator, John Stringer Prize 2019, Collector's Club Inc, John Curtin Gallery, Perth, WA
2019  Judge, City of Wanneroo Community Art Awards, Perth, WA
2018 - 2019  Lead Curator, The Alternative Archive, The Creative Grid - Regional Arts Partnership Program supported by the State Government of Western Australia and Country Arts WA, Statewide, WA
2018  Judge, City of Bayswater Art Awards, Perth, WA
2018  Selection Panel, Black Swan Portrait Prize, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, WA
2017  Curator, John Stringer Prize 2017, Collector's Club Inc, Kerry Stokes Collection, Perth, WA
2016  Curatorial internship with Lisa Slade, 2016 Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, SA
2016  Judge, Kondinin Art Prize, Kondinin, WA
2016  Judge, 25 Under 25 Art Award, City of Fremantle, Moores Building Contemporary Art Gallery, Perth, WA
2014 - 2017  Membership Services Coordinator, Artsource, Perth, WA
2013  Art Manager (relief), Women's Art Centre, East Kimberley Development Employment Programme, Kununurra, WA
2012 - 2016  Volunteer, Arnhem Northern & Kimberley Artists Aboriginal Corporation​, Darwin, NT

BIBLIOGRAPHY
Wilson, Emma-Kate, Creative Parents: Abdul-Rahman Abdullah and Anna Louise Richardson (Contemporary artists, curator, and father and mother of three), Substack, 31 July 2025
Horsley, Lorriane, Episode Three - Life, death, love and art - how animals help connect to universal human experience with Abdul-Rahman Abdullah and Anna Louise Richardson, The Ville Podcast, 29 November 2024.
MacNaughton, Tanya, Goolugatup Heathcote’s TILT presents Shelter exhibition by Abdul-Rahman Abdullah and Anna Louise Richardson, The West Australian, 17 December 2024.
Bennett Taylor, Alison, ANIMAL FARM, Galah, Issue 10: Intervention, Chapter 3, p 106, July 2024
Robinson, Scott, Horse Girl Energy, Memo Review, 31 August 2024.
Robinson, Scott, Remnants of Perception: 'Ivan Durrant: Marmalade Skies Through Opal Eyes' and 'The Good', Artlink, 21 August 2024.
Joyce, Emma, Consent, Cultural Identity and Climate Change: The Third Ramsay Art Prize Opens Today, Broadsheet, 21 May 2021.
Dunnill, Anna, Anna Louise Richardson draws the cycles of life and death, Art Guide Australia, 9 October 2020.
Press, Daniel, We should be more afraid of the sun than the moon - Anna Louise Richardson, Running Dog, 28 April 2020. 
Hayes, Louella, We should be more afraid of the sun than the moon - Anna Louise Richardson, Artist Profile, p148-149, Issue 50 February 2020.
DEAD THINGS: Abdul-Rahman Abdullah & Anna Louise Richardson, Contra Viento Journal, Issue 2 Fall 2019.
​Mudie Cunningham, Daniel (ed), 'MOP Projects', Formist, p.257, 2019. 
Johnson, Miranda, 'Intricate and Ephemeral', Seesaw, 13 March 2019.
Laurie, Victoria, 'Man Who Didn't Care', The Australian, 16 November 2018.
Johnson, Miranda, 'Disrupting Duchamp', Seesaw, 22 September 2018.
HERE&NOW18, Artist Profile, 4 September 2018.
Yeoman, William, 'Difficult Duchamp in focus', The Weekend West, 1-2 September 2018.
Isbel, Paul, 'Review: 2018 Paul Guest Prize, Bendigo Art Gallery', Artshub, 2 August 2018.
Cheng, Peter, 'Perth Artists S2', 11 minute biographical episode, West TV, 11 February 2018.
Mennell, Jason, 'Identity the 'Dead Centre' of touring exhibit', Kalgoorlie Miner, 26 January 2018.
Smith, Ben, 'Mundijong artist gets Australia Council grant for exhibition honouring Marcel Duchamp', Comment News, 25 January 2018.
‘Fact from Fiction’, Fremantle Gazette, 7 August 2017. 
Price-Twist, Sarah, ‘I was here’, Scoop, 29 July 2017.
Arozqueta, Claudia, 'Anna Louise Richardson's: "On the Hunt", Art Agenda, 6 June 2017. 
Rainforth, Dylan, 'New Ramsay Art Prize welcome news for artists under 40', The Age, 17 May 2016.
Downes, Briony, 'Next Wave Festival', Art Guide Australia, May 2016.
Wilson, Laetitia, ‘We're not dead yet', Artlink, March 2016.
Wilson, Laetitia, ‘Nature calls for a double take’, The Weekend West, 12-13 December 2015.
Murney, Annie, ‘FIVE NEW ART EXHIBITIONS TO SEE BEFORE THE YEAR IS OUT’, Concrete Playground, 1 December 2015.
Croft, Tim, ‘I AM, YOU ARE, WE ARE’, Concrete Playground, 4 May 2015.
Rainforth, Dylan, ‘I Am, You Are, We Are exhibition brings together migrant women for Human Rights Arts and Film Festival’, The Age, 4 May 2015.
Kwong, Mabel, ‘HRAFF EXHIBITION EXPLORES “OTHERNESS” AND DISLOCATION IN MULTICULTURAL AUSTRALIA’, Right Now - Human Rights in Australia, 13 May 2015.
Snell, Ted, ‘Western Australian artists see things differently’, The Conversation, 3 February 2015.
Snell, Ted, ‘WA Art Preview’, Scoop Homes & Art, Summer ed, December 2014.
Morrison, Louise, 'Worth its Weight in Gold', Artlink, Vol 34, No 3, September, 2014.

I pay my respects and acknowledgements to all traditional custodians on whose land I live, work and travel, in Australia and overseas.
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      • 2020 WE SHOULD BE MORE AFRAID OF THE SUN THAN THE MOON
      • 2017 ON THE HUNT
      • 2017 GIFT HORSE
      • 2015 FLATLAND
      • 2015 GELDED
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      • 2023 STILL WATCHING
      • 2022 WATCHING
      • 2019 DEAD THINGS
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      • 2024 REAL, STILL, UNREAL
      • 2024 SPOT THE DIFFERENCE
      • 2024 HORSE GIRL ENERGY
      • 2023 BREAD OF BONE
      • 2022 SUBSTRATUM
      • 2021 STORYLINES
      • 2019 HERESAY
      • 2018 ANIMAZE
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      • 2016 YOUNG PEOPLE AND THE ARTS FELLOWSHIP
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    • 2021 THE ALTERNATIVE ARCHIVE
    • 2020 REFRACTED REALITY
    • 2018 HERE&NOW18
    • 2017 I WAS HERE
    • 2016 - 2019 DEAD CENTRE
    • 2016 TELLTALE
    • 2016 WE'RE NOT DEAD YET >
      • Symposium
    • 2015 PLASTIC
    • 2015 I AM, YOU ARE, WE ARE >
      • Artist Interviews
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