Jeffrey Kerr

Jeffrey KerrBama Name: Diwan (Scrub Turkey)
Born: 1980
Lives: Mossman
Language Group: Kuku Yalanji

I did my schooling in Mossman and at Cooktown High School. My dad came from Hopevale and my mum is from Warrabinda near Rockhampton. I love football and support the Maroons.

Most of all I like to work with wood and I have made 3 D works in cast bronze. I have also done workshops in printmaking, ceramics and textiles and in 2013 I took part in a collaborative drawing project.

My work has been exhibited at the Kuku Yalanji Dreamtime Gallery at Mossman Gorge and the following exhibitions:

  • Cairns Indigenous Art Fair - 2011 (TANKS Art Space)
  • Cairns Indigenous Art Fair - 2012 (Cairns Cruise Terminal)
  • Manjal Dimbi – Rainforest inspired works by Yalanji Artists of Mossman Gorge – 2013 (Canopy Art Space – Cairns)
  • Works on Paper by Yalanji Artists of Mossman Gorge – 2013 (Mossman Gorge Centre
  • IIACA ‘Kinship’ exhibition – 2013 (TANKS and James Cook University)

Artwork Examples