Grants/Honors/Awards/Commissions
2022/23
Career Opportunity Grant -Oregon Arts Commission and The Ford Family Foundation. Salem, OR
2020
Ucross Residency Support Grant, The Ford Family Foundation. Salem, OR
2018
Career Opportunity Grant -Oregon Arts Commission and The Ford Family Foundation. Salem, OR
2017
CLA Research Award, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR
CLA Supplemental Research Award, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR
2016
Learning Innovation Grant, Oregon State University
2013
Nominated: Smithsonian Artist Research Fellowship, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC
Finalist, Critical Mass Top 50. Photolucida, Portland, Oregon
2012
Honorable Mention: Fine Art Category, International Photography Awards.
2011
Excellence in Teaching Award, CENTER Santa Fe, New Mexico.
2008
Public Art Commission – 1% for the Arts -City of Seattle Mayor’s Office of Arts and Cultural Affairs, WA.
2005
Creative Capital Foundation Grant, New York, New York.
Finalist for the BMW Prize at Paris Photo, Paris, France.
2004
CAAP Grant 2004, Chicago Center of Cultural Affairs, Chicago, Illinois.
Nominated: Individual Artist Award. The Richard H. Driehaus Foundation, Chicago, Illinois.
Illinois Arts Council Assistance Grant, Chicago, Illinois.
2003
Nominated: John Gutmann Photography Fellowship, San Francisco, California.
Jurors Award, Evanston Biennial, Evanston Art Center, Evanston, Illinois.
2002
Immacon Digital Award.
Albert P. Weisman Memorial Scholarship Fund.
2001
John Mulvany Fund.
Albert P. Weisman Memorial Scholarship Fund.
1995
Commission,Transportation of Culture, collaboration, Hakata Eki (Main Train Station) Tenjin, Fukuoka, Japan
Selected Solo Exhibitions/Performances
2019
White Noise, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA
White Noise, North View Gallery, Portland Community College, Portland, OR
2018
This Is Not What I Imagined! (For Freedoms Exhibition) Joan Truckenbrod Gallery, Corvallis, OR
2017
Blackout, Center for Humanities, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR
2016
On the Brink, Fairbanks Gallery of Art, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR
2015
Red, White, Black and Blue: The Revenge of Billy Jack, Prescott College Art Gallery, Prescott, AZ
2013
The Struggle to Right Oneself, Vivacom Art Hall, (Headliner) European Month of Photography. Sofia, Bulgaria
Ten Years of Falling, Kopeikin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2012
Constructed Visions, Corvid Gallery, Tulsa, OK
2011
Constructed Visions, Hagedorn Foundation Gallery- Atlanta, GA
The Struggle to Right Oneself, Chelsea Market, New York, NY
2010
Anxiety and Redemption, The Pittsburgh Filmmakers, Pittsburgh, PA
The Struggle to Right Oneself, U.S. Embassy, Moscow, Russia
2009
The Struggle to Right Oneself: A Survey, Irvine Contemporary, Washington DC
The Struggle to Right Oneself, FotoLoft Gallery, Moscow, Russia
2007
Re-Presenting the Human Image, Irvine Contemporary, Washington, DC
2006
Fluid, Lawrimore Project, Seattle, WA
2005
Life Goes On, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
The Struggle To Right Oneself, Fifty-One Fine Art Photography, Antwerp, Belgium
2003
Existential Blues, Evanston Invitational, Evanston Art Center, Chicago, IL
2002
Existential Blues, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
Selected Group Exhibitions
2022
Outlandish, North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC (August 20, 2022- January 29, 2023)
This Land…(Special Screening) West Virginia Mountaineer Short Film Festival, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, (Curated by Gerald Hobarth)
2021
Transformations, Blowing Rock Art and History Museum, Blowing Rock, NC (March 20- August 21, 2021)2020
A Critical Conversation, Eugene Contemporary Art (Anti-Aesthetic), Eugene, Oregon
2020
Over Yonder, Hand Art Center, Stetson University, DeLand, FL (Curated by Luca Molnar)
2019
Time Returns: A Continuous Now, Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, NY (Curated by DJ Hellerman and Judy Natal)
West Virginia Mountaineer Short Film Festival, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, (Curated by Gerald Hobarth)
2018
Defining the Art of Change in the Age of Trump, The Center for Contemporary Political Art, Washington, DC (Curated by Charles Krause and Robin Strongin)
ArtPrize 10, Grand Rapids, MI (Curated by Barbara Lash)
White Men Falling,University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI (Curated by Andrew Salyer)
A Conversation on Race and Identity, San Juaquin Delta College, Stockton, CA (Curated by Jan Marlese)
A House Divided, Howard Community College, Columbia, MD
The Collection: Robert and Elaine Stein Galleries, Wright State University, Dayton Ohio
Coast/Lines, (A For Freedoms Exhibition) Newport Visual Arts Center, Corvallis, OR
Faculty Exhibition, Fairbanks Gallery of Art, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR
2017
Socially Engaged,Ernest G. Welch Gallery, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA (curated by Brenda Massie)
Created by Light, Cameron Art Museum, Wilmington, NC. (Curated by Holly Fitzgerald and Bob Unchester), NCMA selections curated by Jennifer Dasal (Catalogue)
Log Cabin Medley, Corvallis Art Center, Corvallis, OR
Art and Oppression, Santa Fe University of Art & Design- Marion Center, Santa Fe, NM (curated by Tony O’Brien)
2016
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, Haifa Museum of Art, Haifa, Israel (Curated bySvetlana Reingold)
Les Misérables, Centre Pénitentiaire Sud Francilien, avec la Paris Musées et la maison de Victor Hugo, Paris, France
OSU Faculty Exhibition, Linn Benton Community College, OR
OSU Faculty Show, Fairbanks Gallery of Art, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR
2015
Director’s Cut. North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC
OSU Faculty Show, Fairbanks Gallery of Art, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR
OSU Photography Faculty Exhibition,Fairbanks Gallery of Art. Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR
Director’s Cut. North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC
OSU Faculty Show, Fairbanks Gallery of Art, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR
OSU Photography Faculty Exhibition,Fairbanks Gallery of Art. Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR
2014
Private Eye,North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC (Curated by Linda Dougherty)
21c Celebrates Creative Capital: A 15th Anniversary Exhibition, 21c Museum, Louisville, KY (Curated by Alice Gray Stites)
Faculty Show, Fairbanks Gallery of Art, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR
PREP SCHOOL: Prepper and Survivalist Ideologies and Utopian/Dystopian Visions, Torrance Art Museum, Los Angeles, CA (Curated by Max Presneill) (Catalogue)
BLOG REBLOGAustin Center for Photography, Austin, TX (Curated by Max Marshall and Paul Paper)
Faculty Show, Prescott College Art Gallery at Sam Hill Warehouse, Prescott College, AZ
2013
En Dialogo con la Mar,Museo de la Cuidad, Cuernavaca Morelos, México (Curated by Ann-Marie Melster)
Fear and Loathing, ArtPhotoIndex.com, Santa Fe, NM (Curated by Katherine Ware)
M-Path,Texas State University Gallery, San Marcos, Texas
BLOG REBLOG,Signal Gallery, Brooklyn, NY (Curated by Max Marshall and Paul Paper)
Men Working, Turchin Center for the Arts, Appalachian State University, NC (Curated by Allen Thomas, Jr.)
Snap! Orlando, Orlando, FL (Curated by Holly and Patrick Kahn)
2012
Collection T – MAMAC – Musee d´Art Moderne et d`Art Contemporain Nice, Nice
2011
The Unseen Eye: Photographs from the W.M. Hunt Collection, George Eastman International Museum, Rochester, NY
Photographic Truths and Other Illusions,Visual Arts Gallery, Santa Fe Community College, Santa Fe, NM
Artist Tribute 2, Irvine Contemporary, Washington DC
Life Imitates Artifice, Cleveland State University Art Gallery, Cleveland, OH (Curated by Mark Slankard)
No Title, No Theme, Fifty-One Fine Art Photography Antwerp, Belgium
2010
Intimacy! Bathing in Art, Kunstmuseum Ahlen, Germany (Catalogue)
Index 1.0, Fifty-One Fine Art Photography, Antwerp Belgium
Open Season,Flanders Gallery, Raleigh, NC (Curated by Marjorie Hodges)
The Pure DKNY SHFT Pop Up Gallery, Sponsored by Estee Lauder, New York, NY
Professors Xposed! Robert Morris University, Pittsburgh, PA
By Request, Flashpoint Gallery, Washington DC (Curated by Jeffrey Cudlin)
As It Happens: AIR at Light Work, Syracuse University Lubin House, New York, NY
West Virginia Mountaineer Short Film Festival, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV (Curated by Gerald Hobarth)
2009
Human Conditions: The Pursuit of Happiness, Noorderlicht, Groningen, The Netherlands (Curated by Wim Melis)(catalogue)
Six Degrees of Transmutation, Baum Gallery of Fine Art, University of Central Arkansas, Conway, AR
Summer Show, Fifty-One Fine Art Photography, Antwerp, Belgium
2008
Rethinking Landscape: Photography from the Allen G. Thomas Jr. Collection, Taubman Museum of Art, Roanoke, VA (Curated by David J Brown) (Catalogue)
Teleport Färgfabriken,Färgfabriken Norr, Östersund, Sweden (Curated by Jan Aman) (Catalogue)
Art Anonymous,Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
As It Happens: Artists-in-Residence at Light Work, Robert B. Menschel Photography Gallery, Syracuse University, NY
The Terrible Twos: A Lawrimore Project Biennial, Lawrimore Project, Seattle, WA
The Gravity in Art, Telic Arts, Los Angeles, CA (Curated by Rene Daalder)
2007
The Big Picture, North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC (Curated by Linda Dougherty)
On the Walls: Aperture Artists ’05-’06. Aperture Foundation, New York City, NY
Aperture Foundation 2007 Benefit Exhibition, New York, NY
Photography Now: One Hundred Portfolios. Wright State University, Dayton, OH (Curated by Ron Geibert) (DVD Catalogue)
ICARE, Salle Saint-Georges du Musée de l’Art wallon, Liège, Belgium
2006
Blessed are the Merciful, Feigen Contemporary, New York City, NY (Curated by Jerome Jacobs)
Taking Inventory: Transformation Through Compilation, Mark Moore Gallery, Los Angeles
Tina B-The Prague Contemporary Art Festival, Prague, Czech Republic (Curated by Monika Burian Jourdan) (Catalogue)
This is Gallery, Lawrimore Project, Seattle, WA
Dreams, Fears and Desires, Holden Luntz Gallery, West Palm Beach, FL
2005
ContempoRARITIESExpo, Hawaii, The Contemporary Museum of Art, Honolulu, HI (Curated by Jay Jensen)
Boost in the Shell(The Pursued),Aeroplastics Contemporary exhibiting in Bruges, Belgium (Catalogue) (Curated by Jerome Jacobs)
Unspeakable, Aeroplastics Contemporary, Brussels, Belgium (Curated by Jerome Jacobs)
2004
Who Makes Self Portraits in 2004?!?, Heaven Gallery, Chicago, IL (Curated by Jason Lazarus)
Network, Raid Projects, Los Angeles, CA (Curated by Max Presneill)
Network, De Parel, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (Curated by Max Presneill)
2003
Balance of Power, Raid Projects, Los Angeles, CA (Curated by Max Presneill)
Escape Vehicles, Dupreau Gallery, Chicago, IL
Fractured Lines, Glass Curtain Gallery, Chicago, IL
1995
Multicultural Art Festival, IMS Building, Tenjin, Fukuoka, Japan
Art Fairs
2018
The Photography Show presented by AIPAD, NYC with Light Work
2013
Texas International Art Fair with Kopeikin Gallery
PULSE NYC with the Creative Capital Foundation
The Photography Show presented by AIPAD, NYC with Kopeikin Gallery
2011
(E)merge Art Fair, Washington DC with Irvine Contemporary
2010
Art Brussels with Fifty-One Fine Art Photography
2009
Miami Photo with Irvine Contemporary
Art Brussels with Fifty-One Fine Art Photography
2008
Scope Miami with Irvine Contemporary
Antwerp Sculpture Show with Fifty-One Fine Art Photography
2007
Scope Miami with Irvine Contemporary
Aqua Art Miami with Lawrimore Project
Paris Photo with Fifty-One Fine Art Photography
Photo London with Fifty-One Fine Art Photography
ArtDC with Irvine Contemporary, Washington, DC
Art Cologne with Fifty-One Fine Art Photography
L.A. Photo with Photo-Eye Gallery
2006
Miami Photo with Photo-Eye Gallery
Aqua Art Miami with Lawrimore Project
Paris Photo with Fifty-One Fine Art Photography
2005
Aqua Art Miami with Lawrimore Project
Paris Photo with Fifty-One Fine Art Photography
2004
Paris Photo with Fifty-One Fine Art Photography
The Armory Show, NYC with Raid Projects
2003
Art Chicago (Chicago Expo) with the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
Juried Exhibitions
2014
PhotoLucida: Critical Mass Top 50: How One Thing Leads to Another, Corden/Potts Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Photolucida: Critical Mass Top 50: How One Thing Leads to Another,Houston Center for Photography, Houston, TX
2012
Singapore International Photography Festival, Republic of Singapore (Catalogue)
2008
98thAnnual Exhibition, Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh, PA. (John Carson, Juror)
2004
78thAnnual International Competition: Photography, The Print Center, Philadelphia, PA
47thAnnual International Award Exhibition 2004, Museum of the Living Artist, San Diego, CA
National Prize Show,Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, MA (2ndPrize)
2003
XIV Annual Juried Exhibition, Viridian Artists, New York, NY(Robert Rosenblum, Juror)
60thAnnual Salon Show,South Shore Arts, Munster, IN (Helen V. Surovek Memorial Award) (Michael Rooks, Juror)
2002
16thAnnual Evanston Vicinity Biennial, Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL (Juror’s Award)
Bibliography
Interviews (TV/Radio/Print/Web)
2021
Uzomah Ugwu, “A Dazzling Conversation with Kerry Skarbakka,” Arte Realizzata. September, 17, 2021. https://www.arterealizzata.com/interviews/a-dazzling-conversation-with-kerry-skarbakka
2019
DJ D-Phoenix, Interview, 91.9Free Radio Olympia, WA, Feb 28, 2019.
2017
Steven Rainy, “Ian Sansom is Falling” interview and contributor, BBC Radio 4, Belfast, Ireland, Sept 10, 2017.
2016
Katherine Fitzsimmons, KBVR Radio, Interview, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, Oct 24, 2016.
Oren Agmon, “Kerry Skarbakka: Simply Falling,” HDL Magazine, Interview, Tel Aviv, Israel. July 2016.
2013
Christine Jun, “Free-Fall or Flight?,” Interview, Dazed, November 1, 2013. http://www.dazeddigital.com/photography/article/17670/1/free-fall-or-flight
“Between Falling and Falling: Kerry Skarbakka,” Interview, The Morning News, July 22, 2013. https://themorningnews.org/gallery/between-falling-and-falling
“Kerry Skarbakka and The Struggle to Right Oneself,” Interview, Resource, March 11, 2013. http://resourcemagonline.com/2013/03/kerry-skarbakka-and-the-struggle-to-right-oneself/21774/
João Mello, “Série de fotos mostra fotógrafo em situações pré-acidente,” Interview Galileu.globo. Brasil. 2013. http://revistagalileu.globo.com/Revista/Common/0,,EMI330343-17770,00SERIE+DE+FOTOS+MOSTRA+FOTOGRAFO+EM+SITUACOES+PREACIDENTE.html
2012
“Artist of the Week: Kerry Skarbakka –The Perpetually Falling Artist,” Interview. E-Junkie, April 9, 2012. http://www.e-junkie.info
2011
Michael Rooks, “Kerry Skarbakka at Hagedorn Foundation,” Video Interview, Art Relish,Atlanta, June 2011. http://www.artrelish.com, https://vimeo.com/25379653
2010
Kate Mattingly, “On the Edge-An Interview with Kerry Skarbakka,” The Pinkline Project, Jan 15, 2010. http://www.ThePinklineProject.com
2009
“Kerry Skarbakka,” Fotoritim E magazine, Interview, Turkey, June 2009. http://www.fotoritim.com
Bryan Clump, “The Fall Guy, Kerry Skarbakka, American Artist: The Art of Falling,” Interview, RADIO NEW ZEALAND National. 2009
Cameron and Leila, “Kerry Skarbakka,” Live Interview Today on Sunday-Australia Channel 9. May 2009.
Matt Lauer, “Kerry Skarbakka,” Live Interview NBC Today Show, April 21, 2009.
“Artist Stuntman Who Can Speak in Tongues,” KerrangRadio UK-Live Interview-April 20, 2009.
“Kerry Skarbakka,” Interview, Shanghai Morning Newspaper, China, May 2009.
2006
“Artist Interviews -Kerry Skarbakka,” Tartmagazine, January 2006. http://www.Tartmagazine.com
2005
Live Interview, FOX Morning News, Chicago, June 15, 2005.
Live Interview, WGN Morning News, Chicago, June 14, 2005.
Rich Samuels, “The Art of Falling,” WTTW 11 Chicago (PBS) June 14, 2005.
Tori Marlan, “Why is This Man Going to Jump from the MCA?,” Chicago Reader, June 9, 2005. Cover/Featured article.
Melissa DeWitt, “Kerry Skarbakka: The Struggle to Right Oneself,” Interview, HotShoe,London. (Feb 2005):28-34.
Documentaries/Films/Album Covers
2013
Episode 12: After the Photo, from Photo: a history from behind the lens, adocumentary film series by Stan Neumann and Juliette Garcias, co-produced by the Centre Pompidou
2008
Here is Always Somewhere Else, a documentary film about Bas Jan Ader, by Rene Daalder
2004
Static Traveller, C-mon and Kypski. (EP) Supertracks Records: Netherlands (Album Cover, CD and posters)
Books, Academic Journals and Textbooks
2021
Robert Hirsch, Light & Lens: Thinking About Photography in the Digital Age, Fourth Edition, Focal Press (2021): 195
2017
Corey Dzenko, “Continuing to Work toward US Manhood: Contemporary Performance-photographer Kerry Skarbakka’s ‘The Struggle to Right Oneself’,” Men and Masculinities, (April 2017): 3-26.
Mark Sandberg, “Mad Men’s Serially Falling Man”, The Velvet Light Trap: A Critical Journal of Film and Television, University of Texas Press (2017).
2016
Devin P. Zuber, “9/11 as Memento Mori: Still-Life and Image in Don DeLillo’s Ekphrastic Fiction”. Radical Planes? 9/11 and Patterns of Continuity. Brill Online Books and Journals. Chapter 11, Pages 207-209. (July 15, 2015). (Web).
2015
T. Nikki Cesare Shotzko, Learning to Fall: Art and Culture After September 11, Abingdon, UK: Routledge, 2015: pp. 228.
2011
Rebekah Modrak and Bill Anthes, Reframing Photography: Theory and Practice, 1st Edition, 2011. ISBN: 978-0-415-77920-3
2010
Robert Hirsch, Exploring Color Photography: From Film to Pixels, Focal Press, 5th Edition. 2010.
2009
Corey Dzenko, “Analog to Digital: The Indexical Function of Photographic Images”, Afterimage: The Journal of Media Arts and Cultural Criticism.Vol. 37. No. 2 (2009): 19-23.
2008
Corey Dzenko, “Anxiety and Remediation: The Photographic Images of Kerry Skarbakka”, Hemisphere: Visual Cultures of the Americas, Vol. I (2008): 83-91.
Robert Hirsch, Light and Lens: Photography in the Digital Age, Focal Press (2008): 191.
2007
Mack Friedman, Setting the Lawn on Fire, University of Wisconsin Press, 2007: Cover. ISBN-10: 0299213447
Critical Essays and Reviews and Citations (Print)
2019
Eleanor Heartney, “Automobile Mon Amour,” 83-95. In Robin Reisenfeld, Life Is a Highway: Art and American Car Culture(exh. cat.). Toledo, Ohio: Toledo Museum of Art, 2019.
2018
Mike McInally, “Kerry Skarbakka: This is Not What I Imagined!,” Gazette Times (Sep. 13, 2018)
2017
Michael Abatemarco, “Witness for the persecution: ‘Art & Oppression’,” Santa Fe New Mexican, (June 23 2017): 6.
Patrick Fancher, “Art Center’s Logcabin Medley expands the crafts Horizons,” The Gazette Times (The E), Corvallis(August 31 2017): Cover, C-1 and C-4.
Johnny Beaver, “Local Art Titans Collaborate,” The Corvallis Advocate (August 23 2017): 8.
Anthony Vitale, “Kerry Skarbakka: Creating Characters and Continuing Conversations,” The Corvallis Advocate (July 20 2017): Cover, 8 and 9.
Patrick Fancher, “‘Blackout’ protests cuts to arts,” The Gazette Times (The E), Corvallis (April 20 2017): C-6.
2016
Jen Graves, “How Creative Capital Replaced the NEA and Taught Artists to Be Ambitious,” The Stranger, Seattle, March 30, 2016
Patrick Fancher, “Photographer Shoots for Big Impact,” The Gazette Times (The E), Corvallis (Nov. 4 2016): C-4.
2012
“Star Teacher: Kerry Skarbakka,” PDNedu Magazine (2012):13 and 17.
2010
Jessica Dawson, “Jeffry Cudlin’s ‘By Request’: Mutual admiration society keeping its own counsel!,” Washington Post(July 2, 2010).
2009
Jen Graves, “Do-Over on the 28thFloor: What Do You Do When Public Art Is Too Powerful to Be Ignored?,” The Stranger, Seattle (June 11, 2009): 23.
2007
Michael Rooks, Contact Sheet: The Light Work Annual 2007, No. 142. (2007): 34-40.
Jessica Dawson, “Kerry Skarbakka’s Flights of Fancy,”Washington Post (July 21, 2007).
Michele Natale, “A Recognition of the ‘Big Picture’”The News and Observer, Raleigh, NC. (Apr 2007).
Susan Ferrington, “Larger than Life,” The Sanford Herald (March 21 2007): 1C.
Elizabeth, Pence, “This is Gallery,” Artweek Vol 37, issue 10 (Jan 2007): 2.
2006
Regina Hackett, “Knockout Work by a Trio of Young Artists,” Seattle Post Intelligencer (Oct. 27 2006).
2005
Public Art Review, News, St. Paul, Minnesota, Issue 33, (Fall/Winter 2005): 76.
Francesca Frediani, “Il Fotografo Volante,” MAX Magazine,Italy, (October 2005):50.
Fred Camper, “Is Art Defaming 9-11 deaths?,” New York Newsday (July 10, 2005).
Jon Yates, “Being a Fall Guy All Day Long,” Chicago Tribune (June 15 2005).
Alan Artner, “Taking the Big Plunge into Art,” Chicago Tribune (June 11 2005).
Wayne Koestenbaum, “Photographer‘s Project-Kerry Skarbakka” APERTURE, New York, NY, Vol. 179, (Summer 2005): Cover, 60-65.
2004
João Ribas, “The Faces of the Future,” ArtReview, International Edition, Vol. 2, No. 7, (Oct. 2004): 88.
2002
Michael Weinstein, “Tip of the Week,” New City Chicago (December 19 2002):16.
Lisa Stein, “Art Scene,” Chicago Tribune (June 7 2002).
Magazine and Newspaper Publications (Print)
2021
Winki Pop, Kerry Skarbakka, pages 82-90. Vol 1. Sept 2021. Independent Publisher, Jack Davis. Melbourne, Australia
2019
“Celebrity Homes: Ricky Martin,” Architectural Digest (Supplement to April Issue) (April 2019): 11.
2018
Mayer Rus, “Domestic Bliss: Step Inside Ricky Martin’s Beverly Hills Home,” Architectural Digest (Feb 2018): 52.
2017
Bruce Weber, “Glory Be,” All-American XVII, November 2017. Little Bear Press. Inside Cover.
2015
Serio Labate, “Kerry Skarbakka: Dissociate Dissonanti Gravita,” Gente di Fotografia: Quarterly Journal of Photographic Culture, 21st Year. No. 61. Modena, Italy (April 2015): Cover, 60-65.
DUMMY Verlag, “Realitäten #5. Thema: Geschwindigkeit,” (Summer 2015): 42-45.
2014
Shoot Me: Art Revolving, “Kerry Skarbakka: While Falling,” Greece, Iss. 18, (Nov 2014): 62-97.
2013
DIF, “Kerry Skarbakka: Tem Queda Para A Fotografia,” Lisbon, Portugal (2013): 52-55.
Capricious: Masculine, Brooklyn, NY. Issue No 14. (2013) 97-98.
European Photography: Art Magazine, “Kerry Skarbakka,” No. 93. Vol 34. Issue 1. (Summer 2013): 42-44.
Dummy Magazine, “Gefahr, Ein Mann Fur alle Falle,” Berlin, Germany, No. 38 (Spring 2013):12-20.
GUP International Photography Magazine, “In the Name of Gravity: Kerry Skarbakka,” Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Issue 36. (2013):10-page spread.
2012
Yvi Magazine #6, “Kerry Skarbakka: The Struggle to Right Oneself,” Netherlands (2012): 52-53.
2011
W.M. Hunt, The Unseen Eye: Photographs from the Unconscious, Aperture Press. pp. 319 (2011): 240.
Lynn Kirshbaum, Male Forms, Excerpts from the Lynn Kirshbaum Photography Collection, pp. 116. (2011): 45.
2010
The Missouri Review, “Crash,” Volume 33, Number 2 (2010): Cover.
2009
Beijing Evening Newspaper-(May 1, 2009):22-23.
Snob Magazine,” Kerry Skarbakka,” Moscow, Russia. #5 (May 8, 2009): 50 – 65.
2008
Art in America, “Rethinking Landscape” Taubman Museum of Art, Roanoke, VA (November 2008): 111.
PHOTOGRAPHIE, “Freier Fall Fur Kerry,” Germany (January 2008): 4-5.
2007
Suddeutsche Zeitung WISSEN, Munich, Germany (October 2007): 9,74-79.
Zeitmagazin Leben, “In 80 Bildern Um Die Welt,” Hamburg, Germany (October 2007): 32-33.
La Republica Daily News, Milan, Italy, (August 2007).
Liberation Daily News, Paris, France. (August 2007).
THE Magazine: of and for the Arts, Santa Fe, NM (July 2007): Cover.
Quo Magazine, “Quonsultas,” Madrid, Spain, No. 138 (March 2007): 64.
THE: Magazine: of and for the Arts, Santa NM, Photography Issue.
2006
Le Monde2, “Comment Chutent Les Civilisations,” Paris, France, No.118 (May 20, 2006): Cover.
Qvest Magazine, “Artists United,” Berlin, Germany. Special Issue #1 (March 30, 2006): 301.
LeMonde2, “100 RAISONS d’être OPTIMISTE,” Paris, France (Jan. 14, 2006): 58.
Snoecks (Almanac), “Kerry Skarbakka (Portfolio),” Belgium. (2006)
2005
Zoom International, No 67, (March 2005) :76.
Foto+ Magazine, Utrecht, The Netherlands. (April 2005): Cover and 51.
Knack, No. 10, Belgium. (March 2005): 89.
Focus, “Kerry Skarbakka: De Zwarrte-Kracht tarten,” Netherlands (February 2005):24-27.
Deng, “Kerry Skarbakka: Leven is Vallen,” Brussels, Belgium, No. 22 (March 2005):94-95.
2004
Mouth to Mouth Magazine, Chicago, IL (Spring 2004): Cover
2003
Direct Art Magazine, New York, NY, volume 8 (spring/summer 2003): 22.
My Body Your Body, volume 1. 6 x 6 series, Columbia College Chicago Press. 2003.
2002
Life, Death, Love, Hate, Pleasure, Pain, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago. 2002/03.
Exhibition Catalogues (Print)
2019
White Noise, Torrance Art Museum, Essay by Corey Dzenko. Interview by Paul Shambroom Torrance, CA, pp 68. (2019) (solo exh. cat.)
2017
Ann Brennan and Holly Tripman-Fitzgerald (eds.) Created by Light, Cameron Art Museum, Wilmington, NC. pp 54 (2017): 44 (exh. cat.)
2013
Singapore International Photography Festival, Dominie Press-Singapore International Photography Festival, pp 184. (2013):13. 90-91, 170. (exh. cat.)
2014
Prep School: Prepper & Survivalist Ideologies and Utopian/Dystopian Visions, Torrance Art Museum, pp. 102 (March 19, 2014). (exh. cat.)
2010
Burkhard Leismann and Martina Padberg, (eds), Intimacy! Baden in Der Kunst (Bathing in Art) KunstmuseumAhlen, Alhen, Germany, pp. 352 (2010): 195. (exh. cat.)
2009
Wim Melis, (eds) The Pursuit of Happiness, Aurora Borealis Foundation-Noorderlict: Netherlands, pp.104 (2009): 44, 45. (exh. cat.)
2008
Jan Åman and Carlmichael Von Hauswolf, (eds) ‘Teleport Färgfabriken: We Did Everything Wrong’, Stockholm: Färgabriken, 2008. (exh. cat.) Lisa Martin, (eds) Rethinking Landscape: Photography from the Collection of Allen G. Thomas, Jr., Taubmen Museum of Art, pp. 36 (2008): Cover. (exh. cat.)
2006
Matt Carey-Williams, (eds), OUR GENERATION, ‘tina b. The Prague Contemporary Art Festival, Prague, pp. 150 (June 2006): 20. (exh. cat.)
2005
Michel Dewilde, Boost in the Shell: The Pursued.Brugge: Cultercentrum BRGGE (2005) (exh. cat.)
Electronic Media (Selected)
2018
Michael Workman, “‘Wood Bone Mill’ Has Bryan Saner and Matty Davis Climbing Tree in Saner’s Backyard,” Art Intercepts, Chicago, IL April 22, 2018.
http://www.artintercepts.org/2018/04/22/wood-bone-mill-has-bryan-saner-and-matty-davis-climbing-trees-in-saners-backyard/
2017
Sunni Johnson, “Through the grit and the gauze, ‘Socially Engaged’ cuts through to embodied identities,” Arts Atlanta, Oct. 31, 2017. http://artsatl.com/review-grit-gauze-socially-engaged-cuts-embodied-identities/
Louis Corrigan, “‘Socially Engaged’ Thoroughly Engages at GSU Welch Gallery,” Burnaway, Oct 31, 2017.
http://burnaway.org/review/socially-engaged-thoroughly-engages-gsu-welch-gallery/
Patrick Fancher, “Kerry Skarbakka’s art exhibit: “Blackout”,”Gazette times, Apr. 2017.
http://www.gazettetimes.com/albany/entertainment/arts-and-theatre/visual/kerry-skarbakka-s-art-exhibit-blackout/article_4024861c-9905-5862-8f7d-b3966a4f8422.html
2016
Patrick Fancher, “Corvallis Arts Walk Spotlight: Kerry Skarbakka,” Gazette times, Nov. 16, 2017. http://www.gazettetimes.com/albany/entertainment/arts-and-theatre/visual/corvallis-arts-walk-spotlight-kerry-skarbakka/article_f406cf7f-1292-5be2-9c86-991b16045a2b.html
2015
Tom Mayhall Rastrelli, “Dangling bodies, transgender men in OSU photo exhibit,” The Statesman Journal,Salem, Or, Feb 12, 2105. http://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/life/2015/02/13/dangling-bodies-transgender-men-osu-photo-exhibit/23339085/
Ruth Little, “GRAVITY & GRACE – THE INSTITUTE OF CONTROLLED FALLING: A year of reflection on love and gravity,” Dance Umbrella-Moving London, May 2015.
http://www.danceumbrella.co.uk/2017/06/12/gravity-and-grace/
2014
Eli Keel, “Idea Festival 2014: Art at the Edge,” Insider Louisville. Oct. 4, 2014.
https://insiderlouisville.com/lifestyle_culture/idea-festival-2014-art-edge/
“21c Celebrates Creative Capital: A 15th Anniversary Exhibition,” 21c Museum Hotel, Louisville, KY, October 2014. https://www.21cmuseumhotels.com/museum/exhibit/21c-celebrates-creative-capital-15th-anniversary-exhibition/
Alex Teplizky, “The Making of ‘Window’ by Kerry Skarbakka,” Creative Capital Blog, September 29, 2014.
http://blog.creative-capital.org/2014/09/making-window-kerry-skarbakka/
Oksana Parafeniuk, “Up, Up and Away: How Photographers Capture Levitation,” Bird in Flight, Ukraine, November 8, 2014. https://birdinflight.com/inspiration/project/up-up-and-away-how-photographers-capture-levitation.html
Gabriel Gomez, “The Struggle to Right Oneself by Kerry Skarbakka,” Chasseur, Feb 2014.
http://chasseurmagazine.com/the-struggle-to-right-oneself-by-kerry-skarbakka/
Alison Nastasi, “Unnerving Self-Portraits of an Artist Falling,” Flavorwire,May, 24, 2014.
http://flavorwire.com/458907/unnerving-self-portraits-of-an-artist-falling
2013
“Falling Forever,” PDN Magazine, July 29, 2013. https://potd.pdnonline.com/2013/07/21457/
Leslie Fields, “Falling Away from Fear – Skarbakka’s Photographs Explore the Human Condition,” Resource April 24, 2013. http://resourcemagonline.com/2013/04/falling-away-from-fear-skarbakkas-photographs-explore-the-human-condition/24480/
“Kerry Skarbakka: Ten Years of Falling,” Artweek.LA. July17, 2013.
http://artweek.la/issue-printer/july-15-2013
“Death-Defying Self-Portraits of Falling,” Yahoo (Front Page, Multiple Countries) Jan 20, 2013.
https://cricket.yahoo.com/photos/death-defying-self-portraits-of-falling-slideshow/kerry-skarbakka-photo–2009347148.html
“Kerry Skarbakka’s Photographs Explore Fear of Falling With, ‘The Struggle to Right Oneself’,” Huffington Post, Jan. 11, 2013.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/11/kerry-skarbakkas-photographs-falling_n_2451138.html
Christopher Johnson, “Capturing Dramatic Self-Portraits of Falling,” Slate. Jan 23, 2013. http://www.slate.com/blogs/behold/2013/01/23/kerry_skarbakka_struggle_to_right_oneself_captured_moments_of_suspended.html
Jakob Schiller, “Falling Photos Force Us to Face Our Fundamental Fears,” Wired. Jan 23, 2013.
https://www.wired.com/2013/01/kerry-skarbakka-falling-photos/
“The Accidental Art of Kerry Skarbakka,” Phaidon. Jan. 2013. http://www.phaidon.com/agenda/photography/articles/2013/january/24/the-accidental-art-of-kerry-skarbakka/
“Artist Creates Epic Falls,” CBSnews. Jan. 2013.
https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/artist-creates-epic-falls/
“En Chute Libre,” Slate(France) Jan. 31, 2013.
http://www.slate.fr/grand-format/chute-libre-67735
Jim Edwards, “This Artist’s Photos of Himself Falling Off Things Are Utterly Compelling,” Business Insider, Jan 12, 2013. http://www.businessinsider.com/kerry-skarbakkas-photos-of-himself-falling-off-things-2013-1
Christopher Jobson, “The Struggle to Right Oneself: Kerry Skarbakka Photographs Himself in Suspended Peril,” Colossal. Jan 29, 2013. http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2013/01/the-struggle-to-right-oneself-kerry-skarbakka-photographs-himself-in-suspended-peril/
Chris Knight, “He’s Fine…probably. Self Portraits by Kerry Skarbakka,” Fstoppers, Feb 27, 2103.
https://fstoppers.com/portraits/hes-fineprobably-self-portraits-kerry-skarbakka-3826
Michael Zhang, “Photographer Shoots Scary Self-Portraits Showing Himself Falling,” PetaPixel, Jan 24, 2013. https://petapixel.com/2013/01/24/photographer-shoots-scary-self-portraits-showing-himself-falling/
“Fotograf Kerry Skarbakka Kopf Voraus Nach Unten,” SuddeutscheZeitung, Germany. Feb. 2016 http://www.sueddeutsche.de/kultur/fotograf-kerry-skarbakka-kopf-voraus-nach-unten-1.1591403
Guilherme Tosetto, “Fotografo Registra Suas Proprias Quedas e Cria Serie de Imagens,” G1Globo. Brazil, Apr. 2, 2103.
http://g1.globo.com/pop-arte/noticia/2013/02/fotografo-registra-suas-proprias-quedas-e-cria-serie-de-imagens.html
Casey Chan, “How the Heck Did This Photographer Take These Falling Self-Portraits?,” Gizmodo, Feb 2, 2103. (multiple languages). https://gizmodo.com/5981661/how-the-heck-did-this-photographer-take-these-falling-self-portraits
2012
Aline Smithson, “Kerry Skarbakka: 2011 Excellence in Teaching Award,” Lenscratch, Oct 2012.
http://lenscratch.com/2012/10/kerry-skarbakka/
2011
“Kerry Skarbakka on His Stendhal Series,” Corcoran Gallery of Art.
www.corcoran.org/media_center
Mark Jenkins, “D.C. area art gallery shows highlight new works,” Washington Post, July 28, 2011. https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/dc-area-art-gallery-shows-highlight-new-works/2011/07/27/gIQAD4AifI_story.html?utm_term=.748720bc9fde
2010
Joe Flood, “Kerry Skarbakka: The Struggle to Right Oneself: A Survey,” The Pinkline Project.
http://www.ThePinklineProject.com
2009
Mike Celizic, “‘Fall guy’ takes pictures of his own plunges: Photographer Kerry Skarbakka images draw acclaim-and controversy,” Today, April 21, 2009.
https://www.today.com/news/fall-guy-takes-pictures-his-own-plunges-1C9013542
“Artist Takes Pictures of his Own Plunges,” AOL, April 22, 2009. Front Page.
http://www.AOL.com
“Death Defying Photos by Kerry Skarbakka,” Digg, Apr. 22, 2009.
http://www.Digg.com.
Holly Kyte, “Fall Guy: Daredevil artist Kerry Skarbakka is more than just a stuntman,” The First Post. April 18, 2009.
http://www.TheFirstPost.co.uk
“Fotografo desafia morte para captar quedas,” BBC Brasil, April 16, 2009. http://www.bbc.com/portuguese/noticias/2009/04/090416_galeriagravidade_fp.shtml
Fred Attewill, “Pictures That are as easy as falling off…well, anything,” Metro, April 13, 2009.
http://www.Metro.co.uk
“Kerry is Falling for Art Dec-ow,” Sun, April 14, 2009.
http://www.Sun.co.uk
Eddie Wrenn, “Did you Fall for it? The Photographic ‘Stuntman’ who asks viewers to take a leap of faith in his art,” Daily Mail, April 13, 2009.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1169658/Did-fall-The-photographic-stuntman-asks-viewers-leap-faith-art.html
Adrianna Grant, “Seattle City Light sponsors seven art installations,” Seattle Post Intelligencer, Feb 12, 2009.
https://www.seattlepi.com/ae/article/Seattle-City-Light-sponsors-seven-art-1299995.php
Gayle Clemons, “Illuminating edge to ‘lobby art’ at Seattle City and Light,” The Seattle Times, Feb 2, 2009.
https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/illuminating-edge-to-lobby-art-at-seattle-city-light/
2006
Hunter Drohojoska-Philp, “Prague Summer,” Artnet Magazine, June 2006.
http://www.artnet.com/magazineus/reviews/drohojowska-philp/drohojowska-philp6-27-06.asp
2005
Adam Lisberg, “GO JUMP IN A LAKE, PAL!. 9-11 families rage at photog’s fake plunges,” New York Daily News. June 15, 2005. http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/news/jump-lake-pal-9-11-families-rage-phtog-fake-plunges-article-1.599218
“Artist Causes Controversy With WTC Performance,” Getty Images, 2005.
http://www.gettyimages.com/event/artist-causes-controversy-with-wtc-performance-53072019#performance-artist-kerry-skarbakka-34yearsold-rests-on-his-fire-picture-id53078464
“While I Was Out, Fall Guy Edition,” IconoDuel, June 12, 2005.
http://www.iconoduel.org/archives/2005/07/000665_while_i_was_out_fall_guy_edition.php
“Performance at Chicago Museum Enrages New Yorkers,” Artforum, June 17, 2005.
https://www.artforum.com/news/id=9135
Residencies
2020
Ucross Artist Residency, Ucross, Wyoming
2016
Jentel Artist in Residence, Wyoming
2006
Light Work Artist-In-Residence Program, Syracuse, New York
2005
Honolulu Museum of Art, Spalding House, Hawaii
2004
Honolulu Museum of Art, Spalding House, Hawaii
Lectures/Panels/Presentations
2022
Artist Talk, White Noise (Virtual), Ringling College of Art and Design, Sarasota, FL
2021
Artist Talk, White Noise (Virtual), Monmouth University, Monmouth, NJ
Artist Talk (Virtual), University at Albany (SUNY), Albany, NY
2019
Artist Panel, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance CA
Visiting Artist, California State University, Fullerton, CA
2018
Visiting Artist, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
Artist Talk, Masculinity, Society for Photographic Education-National Conference, Philadelphia, PA
Artist Panel, San Juaquin Delta College, Stockton, CA
Artist Talk, University of the Pacific, Stockton, CA
Artist Talk, Corvallis Art/Photography Guild, Corvallis, OR
2017
Visiting Artist, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA
2016
Artist Talk, Fairbanks Gallery of Art, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR
2015
Artist Talk, Society for Photographic Education-NW Regional, Portland Community College, OR
Visiting Artist/Lecture, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL
Artist Panel, Fairbanks Gallery of Art, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR
Artist Talk, Prescott College Art Gallery, Prescott AZ
2014
Invited Speaker and Panel, IdeaFest: Art on the Edge, Louisville, KY
2013
Visiting Artist/Lecture, Southern Utah University, Cedar City, UT
Artist Talk/Interview by E. Brady Robinson, SNAP! Orlando. Orlando, FL
2012
Artist Talk, The Art Academy of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
2011
ArtistPanel. College Art Association. With Laura Poitras and Hasan Elahi, NYC
Artist Talk, Society for Photographic Education-SW Regional, Santa Fe, NM
Artist Talk/Interview by Michael Rooks, Hagedorn Foundation Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Artist Talk, Cleveland State University Art Gallery, Cleveland, OH
2010
Artist Talk, Youngstown State University, Youngstown, OH
Artist Talk, The Pittsburgh Filmmakers, Pittsburgh, PA
Artist Talk, Dorkbot-Pittsburgh Chapter, Pittsburgh, PA
Artist Talk and Video Installation Premiere, Irvine Contemporary, Washington DC
2009
Visiting Artist/Lecture, University of Central Arkansas, Conway, AR
2008
Artist Talk, St. Lawrence University, Canton, NY
Artist Talk,FOTOWEEK DC, Irvine Contemporary, Washington DC
2005
Artist Talk, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
Artist Talk, Robert Morris College, Chicago, IL
2003
Artist Panel, Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL
2002
Artist’s Talk, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
Education
MFA Photography, Columbia College Chicago, Illinois
BA Studio Arts (Sculpture), University of Washington School of Art, Seattle, Washington
Photography Center Northwest, Seattle, Washington (Certificate Program)
Related Professional Experience
2022
Juror, West Virginia Mountaineer Film Festival, University of West Virginia, Morgantown, WV
2021
Juror, Albert P. Weisman Memorial Scholarship, Columbia College Chicago
2018
Workshop: “Professional Practices for the Working Artist”, Corvallis Arts Center, OR
2017
Graduate Reviews, Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland,
2016
Juror, LUX: Journal of Photography, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL
2015
Portfolio Reviewer, Society for Photographic Education NW Regional, Portland Community College, OR
2013
Workshop, Southern Utah University, Cedar City, UT
2012
Juror, 2012 Excellence in Teaching Award, Center, Santa Fe, NM
Portfolio Reviewer, Society for Photographic Education, Southwest Regional, Ft. Collins, CO
2010
Portfolio Development Workshop, Constructed Images, Silver Eye Center for Photography, Pittsburgh, PA
Curator, Staged Photography in the Steel City, Arlington Arts Center, Arlington, VA
2009
Juror, Student Exhibition, University of Central Arkansas, Conway, AR
2004
Curator, Stuart Abelson Memorial Exhibition, John David Mooney Foundation, Chicago, IL
Assistant Art Director, In-Transit Gallery, Chicago, IL
Collections
North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC
Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, IL
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington DC
City of Seattle – 1% for the Arts, Seattle, WA
Private Collection, Ricky Martin and Jwan Yosef
Duke Ellington School for the Arts, Washington DC
Light Work, Syracuse, NY
Collection Dancing Bear-WM Hunt
Niklaus Belenius Gallery, Stolkholm, Sweden
Holden Luntz Gallery, West Palm Beach, FL
Wright State University, Dayton, OH
Avenue Productions, Chicago, IL
Columbia College Chicago, IL
Private (National/International)
Online Artist Collections, Resources and Data Bases
Art Photo Index, www.artphotoindex.com (organized by PhotoEye Gallery, Santa Fe)
Reframing Photography: Theory and Practice, www.reframingphotography.com