Camilla Ker

About me 

I have always collected fabric scraps avidly, squirrelling them away, cutting things from old t shirts to save them and sewing them onto quilts or inserting them onto new clothes. I sometimes use AI methodologies, like getting weird AI glitches printed on fabrics and hiding them in my quilts, and then I often the quilts will be used as pure therapy and will travel with me to be sewn and reworked. 

My textile art is my version of a diary, collecting fragments of everyday life, memories and observations. I’m interested in the stories held in old fabrics, from their original uses to the unexpected meanings they take on when brought together. My work often draws on Australian life and the absurdities of everyday life.

I enjoy working intuitively, building quilts from scraps as I go. 

• Arts Tasmania – Tasmanian Residencies (2026)

• Arts Tasmania – Public Art Development, Building Blocks (2026)

• RADF Flying Arts Alliance Grant – Tapestry of Chaos residency and exhibition, TANK Arts, Cairns (2023)

• Cairns Council Leg Up Grant – Residency at The F Project, Warrnambool (2024)

• Access Arts Disability SAFE Grant – Housing Crisis Quilts project (2024)

Residencies

• Ós Residency – Icelandic Textile Center, Blönduós, Iceland (Upcoming 2028)

• All That We Are Residency, Tasmania (Upcoming 2026)

• The F Project Residency, Warrnambool, VIC (2024)

• TANK Arts Residency, Cairns, QLD (2023)

Selected Exhibitions

• Solo Exhibition – Salamanca Arts Centre, Hobart (2026)

• Pear Shed Gallery Exhibition – Nubeena, Tasmania (2025)

• Tapestry of Chaos – Solo Exhibition, TANK Arts, Cairns (2023–2024)

• Tableland Sexual Violence Women’s Art Exhibition – Wearable Art (2024)