ARTIST STATEMENT
My oil paintings are about the Climate crisis, depicted as a painting within a painting. I do this in order to con the overwhelming nature of a global crisis to a digestible “frame size” concept. I throughly research each concept and embed it into the paintings, through a painted QR Code or other technologies. Having lived on islands for ten years, I have seen the effects of rising sea levels first hand, thus the goal of my work is to make a distant concept, something tangible that inspires conversation and action.
Biography
Kerryann Torres is a self-taught Oil Painter, whose passion for the environment is the core of all her artist explorations.. She has found inspiration in places that she has lived, including, Hawaii, Georgia, Arizona, England, South Africa, Puerto Rico and now California. Her goal is to create art that addresses climate change through paintings within paintings.
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Galleries
Wild Oats & Billy Goats Gallery, Decatur, Georgia
Art Festivals & Fairs
Mill Valley Fall Art Festival, Mill Valley CA, September 17-18, 2022
Roswell Fall Arts Festival, Roswell GA, September 2019 (BEST in SHOW)
Roswell Spring Arts Festival, Roswell GA, May 2019
Chastain Spring Arts Festival, Atlanta GA, April 2019
Duluth Arts Festival, Duluth GA April 2019
Virginia Highlands Art Festival, Atlanta GA October 2019
Callanwolde Mansion Art Fair, Atlanta GA, January 2019
Chastain Spring Arts Festival, Atlanta GA, April 2018
Roswell Fall Arts Festival, Roswell GA, September 2018
Virginia Highlands Art Festival, Atlanta GA October 2018
Exhibitions & Shows:
Petaluma Arts Center Annual Show, Petaluma CA, November 2022
Sebastopol Art Center Christmas Show, Sebastopol CA, December 2021
NoJo Baby & Kids Corporate Headquarters, Permanent Collection Los Angeles, CA, January 2021
Alpharetta Arts Center Gallery, Alpharetta GA, March 2019
Fickle Pickle Annual Art Show, Roswell GA October 2018
Roswell Public Library, Roswell GA, August 2018
Roswell Center for the Arts, Roswell GA ,April 2018
Press:
Mastrius, Blog Interview, August 15, 2022
Greenbox Art Culture, Featured Artist & Interview, January & June 2019
Where Art Lives, Cover & Interview, April 2018
VoyageATL, interview March 2018
License Agreements:
Greenbox Art, Oopsy Daisy 2018- present, Animal Portrait Collection