Kerry Sharkey-Miller is an artist from Sag Harbor, NY. She received a BFA from LIU Southampton and has an extensive background in fine art and media production. From 1987 until 1996, she owned and operated a successful art gallery in Southampton, New York, featuring the work of renowned contemporary Native American artists from the southwest region of the US. In 1997, she joined the media faculty of the Ross School in East Hampton , specializing in photography, digital printing, and stop-motion animation. As a faculty member there, she traveled extensively, taking students on annual trips that combined photography with humanitarian service to locations in Australia, Kenya, New Zealand, Brazil, Morocco, Peru, and throughout the United States.
Kerry has developed a photographic body of work which is reflective of her passion for the beauty and fragility of the flora and fauna of our natural environment. Presenting her photographs in a variety of mediums, often creating unique substrates and experimenting with contemporary methods of alternative process that are much less toxic to humans and the environment. Recently, Kerry has been incorporating the art of creating felt from silk and wool fibers into her artistic practice and is currently working on a series of sculptural pieces inspired by her environmental photographs. Her photographic work has been featured in a wide array of museum and gallery exhibitions throughout the United States and has earned her numerous awards.