Gina Parr
Großbritannien
02072721192
02072721192
www.ginaparr.com
Kunstart: Malerei
Technik: Acryl
Stil: Abstrakt
Vita / Lebenslauf:
Born 1957 Exeter Devon England.
Whilst studying for a Fine Art Degree my work developed from Painting to Performance Art, still incorporating painting alongside movement, technology, space and time. In 1979 I gained a 1st class BA honours degree from Lanchester Polytechnic, Coventry and moved to London where in the early 80’s I was very active in producing Performances in Galleries and Art Spaces whilst lecturing in Art and Design. After further study at Chelsea College of Art I moved into Set Design for Television , and have enjoyed a highly successful career for the last 25 years creating a huge variety of sets across many genres, always approached with a painterly eye. www.ginaparr.com Over the years, whilst practicing as a Designer and an Artist, I have continued to lecture and mentor in both Art and Design and Design for Television nationally and internationally.
My paintings are a minestrone of sources, personal memories of past events, childhood, family, places lived in and visited and working life, all common human experience.
Colour and Dynamism have always been my obsessions and are central to both my paintings and to my design work for Television; the tools with which I express myself.
I grew up in Devon where rolling hills, wild moors and dramatic seascapes played an enormous part in my childhood, a country girl at heart. For the past 28 years I have lived and worked in London, a temporary urban life….. Consciously and subconsciously these places and their icons often emerge and I do not attempt to suppress them but I am not interested in making representations of places and events but rather view the action of painting as making visible my internal landscape, resulting in work that is semi-abstract and as Howard Hodgkin says of his work, "It hovers on the edge of scenic recognition".
The clue to the painted story is often in the title; sometimes a play on words, a making light / making sense of painful memories with humour. The title also reflects the theme of the original emotional catalyst for the painting. However, during the course of the painting, the surface colour, depth and texture grow, and develop through chance happenings which parallel my original emotional intent. This fascinates me as it also parallels the chances and controls that are reflected in our own lives: so here I find new inspiration within the work, a passion for the process itself and what I can make happen and what I will allow to happen. Consequently it is not important for the viewer to understand or have knowledge of the original event that inspired the work, "The picture is instead of what happened", again, Howard Hodgkin. The painting becomes an event in its own right.
I would like my work to convey a bold atmosphere, a mood, a scent of emotion which can be read in whichever way is chosen by the viewer, a trigger in itself for their own emotions, thoughts and memories.
Aktivitäten / Ausstellungen:
Qualifications
1st Class Honours Degree in Fine Art Lanchester Poly Coventry
PGCADE Middlesex Poly London
Design for Television Chelsea College of Art London
Performances/ Exhibitions/Public Art
1981 Waterloo Sunset “ Not Enough Room...” Waterloo Gallery London
1980 Performance “ The Line” The Drill Hall London
1980 Performance “Walking with Ducks” Middlesex Poly London
1981 Performing Arts Company Royal College of Art London
1981 - 83 Various large scale Murals; Southgate, Tottenham, Streatham, Hornsey London
1981 Performance “ Chocolate” “ Heaven” London
1981 Performance “Eat me drink me” Spacex Gallery Exeter
2000 Exhibition “ BBC Vision” BBC Television Centre London
2005 Solo Exhibitions
The Tin Drum Dyke Rd Brighton
The Garden Cafe Hove
The Tin Drum James St Brighton Four Walls Galleries - Brighton
2006 “ Bishopsgate” group exhibition Mary Penley Fine Art London
2006 Mission to Seafarers London group exhibition Mary Penley Fine Art London
2007- 2009 Sandra Higgins Fine Art London
2009 Art for Living London
2009 www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk
2009 www.galleries-online.co.uk
2009 Solo Exhibition The Coningsby Gallery London W1
16th - 21st Feb 2009
Teaching/ Lecturing
1980 – 1883 Art and Design Southgate College London
1986 Design for Television London College of Fashion
1988 Design for Television Nottingham University
1990 - 1991 Design for Television Chelsea College of Art
1991- 1996 Design for Television BBC Television London
2003 Television Design Consultant Turkish Radio and Television, Istanbul Turkey.
Television Production Design
1983 Television Design Yorkshire Television. Leeds.
1984 - 1996 Television Production Designer / Senior Designer BBC Design Department London.
1996 - 2009 Freelance Production Designer for Television BBC , Chanel 4, ITV.
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Design 2005 Visualisation and design The Lost Gardens of Heligan, Cornwall
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Boxing day
Malerei
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100 x 100 x 5 cm
2007
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Sent to Coventry went to Coventry
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90 x 160 x 5 cm
2008
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Till the river meets the sea SOLD
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60 x 60 x 5 cm
2008
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Tina Marina
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50 x 50 x 5 cm
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The importance of a groyne
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122 x 152 x 5 cm
2008
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Rhesus negativity
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100 x 100 x 5 cm
2007
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Gone fishin' with Wilf
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100 x 100 x 5 cm
2008
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From her chair
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50 x 50 x 5 cm
2008
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Going like Elsie
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80 x 60 x 5 cm
2008
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It was a dark and stormy night
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60 x 60 x 5 cm
2008
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Altered ego
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122 x 122 x 2 cm
2007
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