Displaced Persons built on Nina's last two exhibitions, Auslander and Dunkel und Hell. It continues her exploration into the matriarchal, general stories of Grandmother's life in the Ukraine and Austria during and after World War Two.
'My paintings are based mostly on stories that I gleaned from my Grandmother years ago. I use these stories as a vehicle to explore and to try and understand the loss in my maternal line; the loss of family and place, culture and the trauma of displacement. And as always I endeavour through my artwork to honour the lives lived before me, to uphold and respect their incredible survival.'
Oil on Board with etched mirror
90 x 86cm
$800
SOLD
Oil on Board
110 x 138cm
$950
FOR SALE
Oil on Board
95 x 133cm
$1 000
SOLD
Oil on Board
118 x 115cm
$800
SOLD
Oil on Board
112 x 118cm
$800
SOLD
Oil on Board
118 x 120 cm
$1 000
SOLD
Oil on Board
70.5 x 110cm
$800
SOLD
Oil on Board with etched mirror
76 x 66cm
$800
SOLD
Oil on Board
90 x 140cm
$800
SOLD
Oil on Board
112 x 90cm
$800
SOLD
Oil on Board
77 x 144cm
$1 000
FOR SALE
This new series of paintings by Nina is dedicated to those ancestors and family that came before her and it is in honour of the lives they lived and the stories that have been handed down.
Dunkel und Hell was exhibited at Sidespace Gallery from Friday 21 August 2015 for two weeks.
Oil on board
97 x 55 cm
$600
SOLD
Oil on board
160 x 82 cm
$800
SOLD
Oil on board
55 x 140 cm
SOLD
Oil on board
92 x 61 cm
SOLD
Oil on board
122 x 92 cm
SOLD
Oil on board
147 cm x 92 cm
SOLD
Oil on board
55 x 140 cm
SOLD
Oil on paper
117 x 100 cm
SOLD
Oil on board
120 x 108 cm
SOLD
Oil on board
275 x 180 cm
$1 500
FOR SALE
Oil on board
99 x 68 cm
SOLD
Oil on board, 2015
120 x 69 cm
SOLD
il on board
122 x 92 cm
SOLD
il on board
67 x 36 cm
SOLD
Auslander was the culmination of two years work, exploring the curious childhood stories and characters that were created by Nina's grandmother. The characters are whimsical, yet there is a darkness about these works that comes from a history of war, famine and tragedy. In this exhibition Nina Keri explored the emotional world of her grandmother's life in the Ukraine during the Second World War.
“When people experience trauma, in my family’s case the trauma of war, there is not always a space to heal or even think upon the experiences. Efforts go into surviving. Years pass and the experiences are covered by layers of living. But sometimes stories are told, remembered, passed on."
"My paintings feature two of my grandmother's pets, Svyinka the pig and Bobik the dog. I have listened to stories about them since I was a child. In my work they take on human qualities, which enables them to enter the human world of that time. And some humans I paint take on the visage of animals. Some paintings are like snapshots, others are created with many layers of generational emotion. My grandmother's stories are like a frayed rope linking my grandmother, my mother and me. When I paint I go to the place of the stories, they allow me access to a fairytale-like world full of extremes of good and evil. I use the stories and characters to tell of deeper emotions and experiences that have laid dormant in my maternal line. In doing so I hope to bring honour and an acknowledgment to the lives that came before mine”.
The Auslander Exhibition opened in early 2014 at the Sidespace Gallery in the Salamanca Arts Centre, Hobart, Tasmania. It was the debut solo exhibition for Nina, who was overwhelmed by the response to her work. Most of the paintings were sold within a few days.
Copyright for all images remains with Nina Keri.
Review of Auslander by the late Tasmanian writer, Thomas Connelly 2014
Oil on Board, 2012
NFS
Oil on wallpaper & board, 2013
52 x 72 cm
SOLD
Oil on Canvas, 2013
50 x 50cm
NFS
Oil on Board, 2013
38 x 59cm
SOLD
Oil on board, 2012
46 x 41cm
SOLD
Oil on Board, 2013
SOLD
Oil on board, 2014
SOLD
Oil on cork board, 2014
SOLD
Oil on Board, 2014
SOLD
Oil on perspex, 2013
SOLD
Oil on Canvas, 2012
73 x 37cm
SOLD
Oil on Fabric, 2013
SOLD
Oil on Board, 2013
FOR SALE
Oil on perspex, 2014
70 x 50cm
FOR SALE
Oil on Board, 2013
SOLD
Oil on Board, 2013
125 x 78cm
SOLD
Oil on Perspex, 2014
58 x 38cm
SOLD
Oil on Board, 2013
FOR SALE
Oil on Board, 2012
45 x 98cm
SOLD
Oil on Board, 2013
FOR SALE
Oil on Board, 2016
770 x 144cm
$1 000
Oil on Board, 2016
110 x 138cm
$950
Oil on Perspex, 2014
70 x 50cm
$
Oil on Board, 2013
$
Oil on Board, 2013
Oil on Board, 2015
2750 x 1800cm
$1 500
Oil on Board, 2013
Nina Keri has been prolific in producing artworks over the past five years, focusing on three major exhibitions. Here is a small selection of other works that have sat outside of the exhibitions. All rights reserved.
Oil on Board, 2012
44 x 59cm
NFS
Oil on Board, 2012
45 x 78cm
NFS
Oil on jigsaw.
70 x 50cm. 2013
SOLD
Oil on Perspex
NFS
Oil on Board, 2010
46 x 60cm
NFS
Oil on board, 2013
90 x 60cm
NFS
Oil on Board, 2012
61 x 46cm
NFS
Oil on Board, 2012
61 x 46cm
NFS
Oil on Board, 2012
55 x 41cm
NFS
Oil on Board, 2013
42 x 31cm
NFS
Oil on Board, 2012
55 x 41cm
SOLD
Oil on Board, 2013
55 x 41cm
NFS
Oil on Board, 2013
61 x 46cm
NFS
Oil on Board, 2013
55 x 40cm
NFS