Kerrie Lester (31 May 1953 – 5 April 2016) was an Australian artist who was a frequent finalist in the Archibald Prize for portraiture, although she never won the main prize. She was born to John Lester and Dolores Metcalfe at the Crown Street Women's Hospital in Surry Hills, Sydney in 1953, and studied fine arts at the National Art School and the Alexander Mackie College of Advanced Education between 1971 and 1975. She held her first solo exhibition in 1976.