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Kerry Inkster was born in 1972 in Wudinna, a remote town in South Australia. This was a time and culture where women weren't allowed in the local pub and were expected to quit work when they got married. She recalls seeing articles about Jackson Pollock and Andy Warhol as a teenager but thought the art world was a world where she couldn't belong - girls were supposed to marry farmers and have children. After a diversion into a "sensible career" and motherhood, Kerry revived her art passion and was conceptually trained through the South Australian School of Art in 2012, with a Bachelor of Visual Art. Here she found her love of stencil-making and action painting techniques with acrylic paint, and created her own style. Kerry won the UniSA Medal for her outstanding results, and in 2013 her artwork was selected by top South Australian art-aficionado's, including the then Director of the Art Gallery of South Australia, Nick Mitzevich (now director of the National Gallery of Australia), to participate in The Helpmann Academy Graduate Exhibition - an incredible honour for any SA graduating tertiary art student. Today she works as a painter and photographer from her home studio in Darwin, Northern Territory.

She has participated in many group and solo shows. Her artwork is held in collections in New Zealand, The United States, Switzerland, Germany, Hong Kong, and all-around Australia. She was a Finalist in the 2021 Bluethumb Art Award, and her upcoming projects include a two-month residency in Germany, which will be followed by her first international solo show. She has also just been selected as a Finalist in The Percival Photographic Portrait Prize 2024. Her mission is to uplift women with her art – this is the engine that fires her entire practice.