Ian Parker

Born in Wolverhampton, 1956. Lived in Guyana, Nigeria and England as a child.
Born in Wolverhampton, 1956. Lived in Guyana, Nigeria and England as a child.
Educated: Wimbledon School of Art, Kingston Polytechnic and the Royal Academy Schools.
Fellowships and residencies: Cardiff Institute of Higher Education and Newcastle Polytechnic.
Exhibitions: Exhibited regularly since 1977. See ianparker.org.uk/biography Recent exhibitions (excluding London Group) include
Wells Art Contemporary, Wells Cathedral (2024 & 2021), Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize, The Discerning Eye Exhibition
Practice: Primarily a painter, the work references the vocabulary inherited from 20th century abstraction within an expanded notion of the nature and practice of painting.
Academic Career: Part and full time posts held from 1980. Retired as Head of School, School of Fine Art, UCA in 2015 and as a Senior External Moderator, UAL Awarding Body in 2023
Professional Bodies: Elected member of The London Group 1998.
Lives and works in West Sussex.

instagram.com/iparkermurl
www.ianparker.org.uk

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