About

Kerrie Oliver was born in New South Wales and currently resides in Brisbane, Queensland. She holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the College of Fine Arts UNSW. Oliver has exhibited widely in Australia and internationally in London, Canada and Korea. Her work has explored the discipline of printmaking and has expanded into drawing and painting. Oliver has been successful as a finalist in various prizes, including Redland Art Awards (2024), Michael Reid National Emerging Art Prize (2022), and was the 2018 Winner of ‘Works On Paper’ Award Small Works Art Prize at Brunswick Street Gallery.

2025 - 2026

BOUNDARIES, Claudia Lau & Kerrie Oliver, CRITERIA C.Gallery, South Yarra, VIC, 9 April - 6 May, 2026

Summer Salon 2025, Straitjacket, Newcastle, NSW, 6 Dec, 2025 - 31 Jan, 2026

Kerrie Oliver : Tippy Toes by Sally Molloy, Art Almanac, September 2025

Kerrie Oliver
b. New South Wales, Australia.
2024 - 2025
- Turps Correspondence Course
2004
- BA Fine Arts, College of Fine Arts (COFA) University of New South Wales, Australia.
1999
- Certificate ll in Design Fundamentals, Hunter Institute of Technology, Newcastle Campus, Australia.
2026
- BOUNDARIES, CRITERIA, C.Gallery, South Yarra, VIC
2025
- Summer Salon 2025, Straitjacket, Newcastle, NSW
- Tippy Toes, Straitjacket, Newcastle, NSW
- Holdings, Jan Manton Gallery, Teneriffe, QLD
2024
- Canal Boat Contemporary, The Miniatures Challenge Show (Online), London, UK
- Group Show - Whimsy Daze, Field Trip Gallery, Paddington, QLD
- Mini Group Show - Invitational Group Show, Sydney Road Gallery, Balgowlah, NSW
2023
- Summer Salon Group Exhibition, Straitjacket, Newcastle, NSW
- All Figured Out - Invitational Group Show, Sydney Road Gallery, Balgowlah, NSW
- Prologue of Contemplation, Brunswick Street Gallery, Fitzroy, VIC
- Prologue, Straitjacket, Newcastle, NSW
2022
- BURN, Side Gallery, Red Hill, QLD
- Fifty Squared Art Prize, Brunswick Street Gallery, Fitzroy, VIC
- Incognito Art Show, Sydney, NSW
2021
- TEXTURA, Curatorial + Co. Redfern, NSW
2020
- Darlings Curatorial + Co. Redfern, NSW
- Here With Me Curatorial + Co. Redfern, NSW
2018
- ‘Temporary’ – Solo exhibition of drawings. Storefront, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Canada.
2017
- ‘Art on a Postcard’ The Print Space London, United Kingdom.
2013
- Inaugural 2013 Exhibition Laird’s Custom Framing & Fine Art, NSW
2005
- ‘Linden Postcard Show’ Centre for Contemporary Arts, St Kilda, VIC
- ‘6 Printmakers’ Braemer Gallery, Springwood, NSW
2004
- ‘Watercolour and Works on Paper’ Blackheath Art Society, Blackheath, NSW
- ‘A Fine Line’ Exhibition/Performance Spaces, College of Fine Arts, UNSW
- ‘COFA 2004 Annual End of Year Exhibition’ College of Fine Arts, UNSW
2003
- ‘Prints’ Jakeman’s Art Wentworth Falls, NSW
2024
- Finalist, Redland Art Award, Redland Art Gallery, Cleveland, QLD
- Finalist, PLC Armidale Signature Art Prize, Armidale, NSW
2023
- Finalist, St Kevin’s Omnia Art Prize, Toorak, VIC
2022
- Finalist, National Emerging Art Prize, Michael Reid Sydney, NSW
2020
- Finalist, Colour In Quarantine Online Exhibition www.330g.ca
- Fifty Squared Art Prize Brunswick Street Gallery Fitzroy, VIC
2019
- Finalist, Lethbridge 20000 Small Scale Art Award Latrobe Terrace, QLD
2018
- Winner of Works On Paper, Award Small Works Art Prize, Brunswick Street Gallery Fitzroy, VIC
2013
- Selected, Etsy Interactive Exhibition Fracture Gallery, Federation Square, Melbourne, VIC
2005
- Finalist, Hazelhurst Art on Paper Award Sutherland Shire Arts Centre, NSW
2004
- Finalist, The 13th Seoul Space International Print Biennial Seoul, Korea.
2004
- Amnesty International Freedom People’s Choice Art Award, TAP Gallery, Darlinghurst, NSW
- Finalist, Fleming Muntz Albury Art Prize for Works on Paper, Albury Regional Art Gallery, NSW
2002
- Acquisitive Art Prize, University of Newcastle, Watt Space, NSW
2000
- Finalist, Realities, TAFE NSW Art & Design Prize, Parramatta, NSW
2025
‘Kerrie Oliver, Tippy Toes’ by Sally Molloy, Art Almanac, September Issue
- College of Fine Arts, University of New South Wales, Australia.