Jordy Kerwick (b. 1982, Melbourne, Australia) is an artist based in Gaillac, France. Self-taught, he turned to painting in 2016 after a career in music. His richly layered canvases, populated by recurring motifs such as wolves, serpents, big cats, still lifes and domestic interiors, are built through dense gestural mark-making and a boldly defined visual language. This distinctive approach quickly attracted the attention of galleries, institutions and collectors, and within a few years Kerwick established an international exhibition profile spanning Europe, the United States, Asia and Australia.

His solo exhibitions include a major presentation at Yorkshire Sculpture Park (2025), which had previously hosted his exhibition Serpent vs Wolf in 2023; Sirens of Venice at Patricia Low Contemporary, Venice (2025); Printemps Sur Tarn at Carl Kostyal, Stockholm (2025); Be Sure to Never Get to Where You Are Going at Carl Kostyal, Milan (2024); a solo exhibition at the Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid (2023); So Many Sheep, So Few Wolves and Pink Sunsets, Cigarettes, 3 Regrets and the Hope to Haunt the Future at Vito Schnabel Gallery in St. Moritz and Los Angeles (2022–23); and I Want You To Remember This at The Arts Club, London (2022). Earlier solo exhibitions were presented in galleries across London, Paris, Athens, Tokyo, New York, Sydney and Melbourne.

His work has also been featured in group exhibitions at institutions including LACMA, Los Angeles, and more recently in Chutzpah at the Jewish Museum of Australia, Melbourne (2025). Other notable group exhibitions include Observation at Galerie Perrotin, Dubai (2022); These Days Pt II at Sotheby’s, Los Angeles (2022); and a number of collaborative and two-person exhibitions throughout Europe and the United States.

Kerwick’s work is held in several major public and private collections, including the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía and the Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza in Madrid, the Denver Art Museum, ICA Miami and the Beth DeWoody Bunker Artspace, among others.