Anna Louise Richardson joins Jennings Kerr

Jennings Kerr has announced the representation of Anna Louise Richardson, a Western Australian artist whose thought-provoking drawings explore themes of parenthood, family relationships, settler identity and connection to place. Based on Bindjareb Nyoongar Boodja in the Peel Region, Richardson’s art explores personal narratives within broader cultural and existential themes.

Richardson’s practice is primarily focused on charcoal and graphite drawings on cement fibreboard. She combines realism with a unique visual language, using flattened perspectives, cut-out shapes and manipulated scale to deepen the emotional impact of her work. Much of her art draws from her upbringing on a multigenerational farming property, where she explores the human-animal connection and the cycles of life, death, and the land. Her work often incorporates animals, objects, and landscapes as metaphors for larger emotional and existential questions.

A graduate of Curtin University, Richardson has developed a strong practice as both an artist and curator. Current projects include the 2024 TILT commission with Abdul-Rahman Abdullah at Goolugatup Heathcote, WA, and a national tour of her solo exhibition The Good , co-commissioned by Wagga Wagga Art Gallery and The Condensery, touring regional galleries across Australia until 2026. In 2023, she won the prestigious Girra: Fraser Coast National Art Prize and was a finalist in the Ramsay Art Prize and the Dobell Drawing Prize in 2021.

Richardson’s had her first solo exhibition Hold with Jennings Kerr in early 2025, showcasing her newest works.