Kerry Skarbakka (b. 1970)

Education
2003 MFA Photography, Columbia College Chicago
1994 BA Studio Arts, University of Washington School of Art
1997 Certificate of Photography, Photographic Center Northwest

Gallery Representation
Fifty-One Fine Art Photography, Antwerp, Belgium
Lawrimore Project, Seattle
Irvine Contemporary, Washington D.C.

Residencies
Light Work Artist-In-Residence Program, Syracuse, New York (July 2006)
The Contemporary Museum, Hawaii (August 2004 and April 2005))

Honors/Awards
New! Commission -City of Seattle Office of Arts and Cultural Affairs.
Finalist for the BMW Prize at Paris Photo 2005
Creative Capital Foundation Grant 2005, New York, NY
CAAP Grant 2004, Chicago Center of Cultural Affairs
2nd Prize, National Prize Show, Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, MA
Individual Artist Award Nominee, The Richard H. Driehaus Foundation, Chicago
Illinois Arts Council Assistance Grant, 2004   
Helen V. Surovek Memorial Award, 60th Annual Salon Show, Northern Indiana Arts
Association, 2003. (Top Award)
John Gutmann Photography Fellowship Nominee 2003, San Francisco
Jurors Award, Evanston Biennial, Evanston Art Center
Graduate Opportunity Award, Columbia College Chicago
Albert P. Weisman Memorial Scholarship Fund (2001 and 2002)      
John Mulvany Fund
Immacon Digital Award

Curatorial
The Stuart R. Abelson Photography Foundation, Memorial Exhibition, exhibited at the John David Mooney Foundation, Chicago (June 2004).

Selected Lectures/Events
2006:The George Eastman House, Performance Shoot.
2005:The Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago Life Goes On
2005: Robert Morris College Photography Program, Chicago
2003: Evanston Art Center Invitational, Artist Panel Discussion
2002: The Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, 12 x 12: Artist’s Talk

Commissions/Collections
Private Collection of Joseph and Elaine Monson
Private Collection of Allen Thomas Jr.
Private Collection of Robert Fitzpatrick
Private Collection of Henry Thaggert
Avenue Productions, Chicago
Light Work, Syracuse, New York
Columbia College, Chicago
The Fly Boutique, Chicago
Phlair, Chicago
The Dark Room, Fukuoka, Japan
The Blatta Series, The Happy Cock, Fukuoka, Japan
Transportation of Culture, Hakata Eki Transit Terminal, Fukuoka, Japan
International Private Collections in the UK, Brazil, Israel. France, Portugal, Monaco, Canada, Germany, Egypt, Sweden and Belgium