Skerman was born in Te Awamutu, Waikato, New Zealand, in 1928.
[2] She has also exhibited with: Her works were included in the 'bush walk' at Expo '70, a world's fair held in Osaka, Japan.
Following the exhibition, the pieces were hung in the New Zealand parliament's Beehive building in Wellington.
[10] Skerman also exhibited the works in 2014 at the Waikato District Health Board's Older Persons and Rehabilitation Building, where the pieces remain on permanent display.
[2][11] Works by Skerman are held in the collection of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa.