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New Zealand artist and musician

Miranda Parkes (born 1977) is a New Zealand painter and multi media artist based in Christchurch, New Zealand. Parkes' works are held in the collections of the Sarjeant Gallery and the Arts House Trust.

Education and career

Parkes graduated with a Master of Fine Arts (distinction) in painting from the University of Canterbury School of Fine Arts in 2005.

Parkes is known for her scrunched canvases, and works across a range of media, often playing with depth and layering.

Notable exhibitions

Group

  • Paint, Bartley & Company, Wellington, 2022.
  • Hine Auaha, The Central Art Gallery, Christchurch, 2021.
  • the new nice, joint show with ceramicist Madeleine Child, Olga Art Gallery, Dunedin, 2019.

Solo

  • Baller, Jonathan Smart Gallery, Christchurch, 2023.
  • Open Relationship, commissioned for Pahū! at Te Ara Ātea, Selwyn, 2022.
  • Zoomer, Bartley & Company, Wellington, 2021.
  • the merriest, Jonathan Smart Gallery, Christchurch, 2018.
  • the merrier, Hocken Collections, Dunedin, 2017.
  • Whopper, commissioned for Tauranga Art Gallery, 2014.
  • Shebang, Sarjeant Gallery, Whanganui, 2013.
  • Cracker, Jonathan Smart Gallery, Christchurch, 2010.

Awards and residencies

References

  1. "Miranda PARKES". The Arts House Trust Collection Online. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
  2. "Miranda Parkes - Overview". The Central. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
  3. "Bartley & Company Art". www.bartleyandcompany.art. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
  4. "Bartley & Company Art". www.bartleyandcompany.art. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
  5. "Hine Auaha". The Central. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
  6. "Madeleine Child and Miranda Parkes". OLGA. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
  7. "Baller". Artnow. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
  8. "Miranda Parkes, Open Relationship, 2022". Selwyn Stories. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
  9. "Pahu! exploding at Te Ara Atea - Waka Toa Ora". www.healthychristchurch.org.nz. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
  10. "Bartley & Company Art". www.bartleyandcompany.art. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
  11. ^ Feeney, Warren (8 April 2018). "Miranda Parkes looks back on a year 'warming up Dunedin with colour'". Stuff. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
  12. Notman, R., (ed.) Miranda Parkes: the merrier. Dunedin: Hocken Collections, 2017. ISBN 978-1-877486-24-1
  13. "Whopper: Miranda Parkes". Tauranga Art Gallery. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
  14. "Sarjeant Gallery Whanganui | SHEBANG: Miranda Parkes". Retrieved 12 October 2023.
  15. Board, Otago Bulletin (15 March 2016). "2016 Arts Fellows given warm reception at the Hocken". www.otago.ac.nz. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
  16. Moore, Christopher (9 December 2012). "Chch artist wins $30,000 prize". Stuff. Retrieved 12 October 2023.


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