"Strength in Diversity" 2018-2019 Installation
Artist Statement:
"As a young artist growing up in New York, I was surrounded by acres of lush woods. Our mailbox was marked RFD #2 for “Rural Free Delivery”. When I left home at 18, I had no idea I would only live in huge cities surrounded by glass & concrete walls reverberating man-made noises. Throughout my successful artistic career, I find it absolutely captivating my body and soul are still magnetized by the beautiful outdoors. Nature will always be the origin of my awe and my greatest mentor of originality. I believe the more virtual our lives become, the more we crave creative experiences with the power to engage our senses and connect us to our feelings and others." Water Kerner

Brief BIO:
WATER KERNER began creating art at the age of 5 in New York. She received her BFA from MICA (Maryland Institute College of Art) and was awarded the highly-coveted Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture Scholarship. Water’s talent was nurtured by internationally distinguished artists including: Francesco Clemente, Judy Pfaff, Mark di Suvero, Ed Moses, Ursula Von Rydingsvard, William Wegman and Tom Clancy. Ms. Kerner also garnered a myriad of awards and recognition over the 17 years she acted as Founder/President/Chief Designer of the pioneering Animation Studio L@it2’d (“Latitude”) in Los Angeles, California whose prestigious clients included: David Fincher, Janet Jackson, Spike Jones, Warner Bros, Sony Pictures, DreamWorks, Walt Disney Studios & Imagineering, Paramount Pictures, Columbia Pictures, 20th Century Fox, Microsoft, NBC, HBO, etc. Since 2009 Water has continued to focus on her fine art - creating installations, sculptures and paintings which have shown in many Museums & Gallery Exhibits in the US and abroad. For a complete EXHIBITIONS LIST please select "RESUME" above.