Kerry Viggiani

After sustaining a brain injury, Kerry first picked up a paint brush in 2018 when her colleagues gifted her a basket full of art supplies. What was meant to be a tool to aid in her recovery ended up being a new beginning.

Extreme vertigo, epilepsy, sensory flooding and chronic aural migraines forced her to take a hard look at her life. Kerry recognized she would no longer be able to thrive in the fast-paced demanding career she once loved, but as an eternal optimist, she chose to forge a new path and began pouring herself into learning and refining her craft as an artist.

While she still struggles daily with nagging symptoms, Kerry has found tremendous joy through creating. Her art provides her with renewed purpose as she takes inspiration from the quiet world around her, while always using a bright palette of colors inspired by the visual distortions of her aural migraines.

In pursuit of a quieter life where she can thrive, Kerry and her family relocated to Grafton, Ontario in October 2022 where she paints out of her home-based studio. She documents her artistic journey and perpetual recovery from acquired brain injury, often with a comedic take, on instagram at hereshecreates.

Kerry’s story along with her yearly hand painted ornament fundraiser has been featured on Global News and in the Embraced Simplified podcast. Her work can be seen at Loft Gallery in Thornbury, Preston Gallery in Uxbridge, Melt Studio Gallery in Picton, and at the Northumberland Art Gallery and Shop in Port Hope. She is a participant in the Apple Route Studio Tour and in 2024, proudly received a Civic Award from the Township of Alnwick Haldimand for Outstanding Achievement in the Arts.