Kerri Quirk is an artist with an exceptional gift for color, design, and pattern. She works primarily in the acrylic medium, often on very large canvases. Kerri’s distinct signature is a work of art in it's self.

Kerri has been a working artist since 1988 and had very humble beginnings like most artists, working in a shared studio space in Mansfield, Connecticut. She is a person with autism who is deaf. Her art is truly her voice.

Kerri's work is not influenced by the conventions of the art world but instead seems at times to spring or gush out from her soul. Often it appears that Kerri feels the need to harness a specific image or make some exotic sense of the color she sees in the world around her.

At times she works very quickly with dots and dashes that create canvasses that seem to shimmer. During one period, in the late 90’s, Kerri produced art very slowly adding layer after layer of color creating very rich, dense paintings.

Friends and family have tried to influence Kerri’s choice of subject or medium, and their efforts are rebuffed. She selects the subjects that interest her and will often create extensive bodies of work related to the same subject.

Art world insiders instantly recognize Kerri's work. She has become a favorite for collectors, critics, and curators. Kerri's work is consistently featured in Chicago and New York Outsider Art Fairs as well as progressive venues including the Governors Island Art Fair and Umbrella Arts in New York's East Village.

Kerri opened her new gallery and studio in May 2010, which serves as an inspiration for the expanding art world in Eastern Connecticut. Here Kerri maintains a five-day a week practice in a beautifully restored Main Street storefront, circa 1890. Artist
Tom Menard and the non-profit agency, Horizons, empower Kerri to share her sharper view of reality.