Miranda Parkes Explained

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.^[1]

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.^[2]

Parkes is known for her scrunched canvases, and works across a range of media, often playing with depth and layering.^[3]

Notable exhibitions

Group

• Paint, Bartley & Company, Wellington, 2022.^[4]
• Hine Auaha, The Central Art Gallery, Christchurch, 2021.^[5]
• the new nice, joint show with ceramicist Madeleine Child, Olga Art Gallery, Dunedin, 2019.^[6]

Solo

• Baller, Jonathan Smart Gallery, Christchurch, 2023.^[7]
• Open Relationship, commissioned for Pahū! at Te Ara Ātea, Selwyn, 2022.^{[8] [9]}
• Zoomer, Bartley & Company, Wellington, 2021.^[10]
• the merriest, Jonathan Smart Gallery, Christchurch, 2018.^[11]
• the merrier, Hocken Collections, Dunedin, 2017.^[12]
• Whopper, commissioned for Tauranga Art Gallery, 2014.^[13]
• Shebang, Sarjeant Gallery, Whanganui, 2013.^[14]
• Cracker, Jonathan Smart Gallery, Christchurch, 2010.

Awards and residencies

• Frances Hodgkins Fellowship recipient in 2016.^[15]
• Olivia Spencer Bower Award recipient in 2013.^[16]
• William Hodges Fellowship recipient in 2007.
• Tylee Cottage Residency recipient in 2009.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Miranda PARKES . 2023-10-12 . The Arts House Trust Collection Online . en.
2. Web site: Miranda Parkes - Overview . 2023-10-12 . The Central . en.
3. Web site: Bartley & Company Art . 2023-10-12 . www.bartleyandcompany.art.
4. Web site: Bartley & Company Art . 2023-10-12 . www.bartleyandcompany.art.
5. Web site: Hine Auaha . 2023-10-12 . The Central . en.
6. Web site: Madeleine Child and Miranda Parkes . 2023-10-12 . OLGA . en.
7. Web site: Baller . 2023-10-12 . Artnow . en.
8. Web site: Miranda Parkes, Open Relationship, 2022 . 2023-10-12 . Selwyn Stories . en.
9. Web site: Pahu! exploding at Te Ara Atea - Waka Toa Ora . 2023-10-12 . www.healthychristchurch.org.nz.
10. Web site: Bartley & Company Art . 2023-10-12 . www.bartleyandcompany.art.
11. Web site: Feeney . Warren . 2018-04-08 . Miranda Parkes looks back on a year 'warming up Dunedin with colour' . 2023-10-12 . Stuff . en.
12. Notman, R., (ed.) Miranda Parkes: the merrier. Dunedin: Hocken Collections, 2017.
13. Web site: Whopper: Miranda Parkes . 2023-10-12 . Tauranga Art Gallery.
14. Web site: Sarjeant Gallery Whanganui SHEBANG: Miranda Parkes . 2023-10-12 . en-NZ.
15. Web site: Board . Otago Bulletin . 2016-03-15 . 2016 Arts Fellows given warm reception at the Hocken . 2023-10-12 . www.otago.ac.nz . en.
16. Web site: Moore . Christopher . 2012-12-09 . Chch artist wins $30,000 prize . 2023-10-12 . Stuff . en.