Miranda Parkes

Miranda Parkes (born 1977^{[citation needed]}) 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.^[11]^[15]
Olivia Spencer Bower Award recipient in 2013.^[16]
William Hodges Fellowship recipient in 2007.
Tylee Cottage Residency recipient in 2009.

References

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