2006 Light Work Artist-in-Residence Kerry Skarbakka opens his exhibition The Struggle to Right Oneself: A Survey tomorrow night at Irvine Contemporary in Washington, DC. In this series, the artist trips, falls, and generally loses his balance in ways both everyday and almost comically epic. Ultimately, the images reference the existential battle to remain upright in […]

Kerry Skarbakka, who was a Light Work Artist-in-Residence in July 2006, appeared on NBC’s Today Show on April 21, 2009.  He sat down with Matt Lauer to discuss how he makes the images in his series The Struggle to Right Oneself, which depict Skarbakka tripping or falling. Follow the links below to see a video of […]

Kerry Skarbakka
Studio, 2002
Pigmented inkjet print, 10 x 8″
Edition of 50, signed by the artist

July 2006

  2012 The Light Work Gallery is renamed and dedicated as the Kathleen O. Ellis Gallery. An endowment to support exhibitions in the Gallery is established by her son Jeffrey Hoone, Light Work’s executive director. Long time friend and supporter Robert B. Menschel also makes a substantial donation to the Ellis Gallery Endowment Fund. Vernon […]

Light Work Artists-in-Residence 1976–2018 organized by last name. A Adál Dena Al-Adeeb Laura Aguilar Ajamu Vikky Alexander Khalik Allah Jules Allen Sama Alshaibi Patti Ambrogi Barry Anderson Keliy Anderson-Staley Don Gregorio Antón Morgan Ashcom Atong Atem Shimon Attie George Awde B Beth B Jo Babcock Pat Bacon Justyna Badach Eric Baden Karl Baden John Banasiak […]

If you’re in NYC on Thursday, January 14, 2010, make sure to stop by for a special event at Palitz Gallery. Currently on view there is the exhibition As It Happens, which celebrates the Light Work Artists-in-Residence program. The show features work by recent residents, including Kelli Connell, Christine Osinski, Lisa M. Robinson, Kerry Skarbakka, […]

April 7 – December 31, 2008
Robert B. Menschel Gallery

Contact Sheet 142: Light Work Annual 2007
Paperback: 80 pages
Publisher: Light Work (August 1, 2007)
ISBN: 0-935445-53-6