BIOGRAPHY
Solomon Kammer (she/they) (b. 1991, Australia) is an Adelaide-based artist who works predominantly in painting. Kammer draws on her own experiences of chronic illness, medical science and gender biases to expose the prejudices, challenges and abuses faced by many women and gender minorities today. While Kammer’s work is intensely personal, it also speaks to broader experiences of emotional and bodily mistreatment. The bold and confronting compositions Kammer creates speak to underrepresented communities: people living with disability, illness and trauma.
Kammer is a self-taught artist, with no formal training, tertiary education or mentorship. Kammer has been a finalist for numerous awards including: the Archibald Prize, Ramsay Prize, Shirley Hannan National Portrait Award, Kennedy Art Prize and Wyndham Art Prize, and has won the People’s Choice category in multiple prizes. In 2017, Kammer won the Myself Prize for her/their self-portrait. Kammer was also a semi-finalist in the prestigious Doug Moran National Portrait Award and also recently a finalist in the 2022 Mosman Art Prize.
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SOLOMON KAMMER
b. 1991
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2022 give it up, Ames yavuz, singapore, singapore
2021 cause and effect, ames yavuz, sydney, new south wales
2018 The Host, Studio Bowden, Bowden, South Australia
2017 Nescience, Light Square gallery, Adelaide, South Australia
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 kaloskagathos, post space, exeter, new south wales
2024 the belly and the members, ames yavuz, sydney, new south wales
2022 hold, harts mill, port adelaide, south australia
2018 Made to Inspire - Raj House, Adelaide, South Australia
2018 Works on Paper, Scott Livesey Galleries, Armadale, Victoria
2016 Six Contemporary Painters, Floating Goose Studios, Adelaide, South Australia
2013 Athena Nochua, Espionage Gallery, Adelaide, South Australia
ART FAIRS
2022 sydney contemporary art fair, carriageworks, sydney
2021 sydney contemporary art fair,OVR, sydneycontemporary.com.au
2021 asia now art fair, 9 avenue hoche , 8e, paris
2021 Art basel hong kong, online viewing room, artbasel.com
2017 Loreto SpringART Fair, Loreto College, Marryatville, South Australia
2016 Loreto SpringART Fair, Loreto College, Marryatville, South Australia
ART PRIZES
2023 mosman art prize, shortlisted
2023 kennedy art prize, shortlisted
2023 centre for creative health art prize, shortlisted
2022 kennedy art prize, shortlisted
2022 Mosman art prize, shortlisted
2022 ARCHIBALD PRIZE, SHORTLISTED
2021 CENTRE FOR CREATIVE HEALTH ART PRIZE, SHORTLISTED
2021 Ramsay art prize, shortlisted
2020 bluethumb art prize, shortlisted
2020 Shirley Hannan National Portrait Prize, shortlisted
2019 Kennedy Art Prize, shortlisted
2018 Shirley Hannan National Portrait Award, shortlisted
2018 Redland Art Awards - shortlisted
2018 Wyndham Art Prize - shortlisted
2018 Emma Hack Art Prize, shortlisted
2017 Myself Prize, shortlisted
2017 Doug Moran National Portrait Prize, longlisted
2017 Emma Hack Art Prize, shortlisted
AWARDS/GRANTS
2023 national arts and disability early career award, creative australia
2022 independant projects grant, arts sa
2020 COVID-19 Quick Response - Creative Endeavour Grant, Arts SA
2019 Kennedy Art Prize - People’s Choice
2018 Richard Llewellyn Deaf and Disability Arts Grant, Arts SA
2018 SALA Awards - People's Choice
2018 Emma Hack Art Prize - People’s Choice
2017 Myself Prize - Winner
PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS
2023 ‘love, sex and the image’, panel discussion, sydney contemporary art fair
2016-2020 Endo Champion/ambassador, Endometriosis Australia, Australia
2019 Guest lecturer, Mastercopy workshop with Robin Eley, Art Gallery of South Australia
2019 Keynote Speaker, Worldwide Endometriosis High Tea - Adelaide, Endometriosis Australia
2018 Guest lecturer, Visual Arts, Adelaide College of the Arts
2016 Invited artist of Loreto Star Portrait
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