Vanitas: Kerry Skarbakka : the Falling Photographer

Kerry Skarbakka is a visual artist working in photography and video. He received his B.A. in Studio Art with an emphasis in Sculpture in 1994 from the University of Washington School of Art. In 2003 he completed his MFA in Photography from Columbia College in Chicago. Skarbakka’s work has been exhibited internationally in museums, galleries and art fairs.
He has had solo exhibitions at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago, Fifty-One Fine Art Photography in Antwerp, Belgium and Lawrimore Project in Seattle. His work has been exhibited at the North Carolina Museum of Art, the Taubman Museum of Art in Roanoke, Virgina and the Warhol Museum. His work has been featured in many publications including Art and America, ArtReview International and the Summer 2005 edition of Aperture Magazine in which he was given the cover. He is represented by Fifty One Fine Art Photography (Antwerp, Belgium), Irvine Contemporary (Washington DC), and Lawrimore Project (Seattle, Washington).