Miranda Parkes b. 1954 MelbourneCV
Painter Bibliography / Media / Catalogues 1994 - Sydney Morning Herald, John McDonald Art Review, 29 October. “Not all abstract art is as open-ended and detached as Kipple’s collages. Three largely abstract painters in a show called Random, at the Beatty Galllery, only a block or two from Watters, adopt a more primal, emotionally direct, approach. John Edwards, Miranda Parkes and Malcolm Benham seem more concerned with tragic themes, with emotional turmoil being encoded in violent, powerful brushwork and lavish applications of low key colour. Alongside Kipple’s work, it looks almost histrionic, but the sincerity of each artist need not be questioned.” 1995 - “Up, Down and Across” ISBN 1 875199 12 8 published by Campbelltown City Art Gallery. Catalogue for an exhibition which is a tribute to Tony Tuckson - Sydney Morning Herald, John McDnald Art Review 2 September. “ Most artists here, such as ….Miranda Parkes…. are strong painters who are still grinding their way up the steep slope to wider acceptance and visibility.” - From the same 2 September SMH Art Column by John McDonald copy prior to editing. (full text obtained from John McDonald via Catherine Beatty). “One of the most impressive paintings in “Up, Down & Across” is Miranda Parkes’s “Detour at Four Mile Creek” (1995) – a large, two-panelled work that draws amorphous, floating forms from the landscape, using an awkward but effective palette of different shades of red, blue and black. The reproduction in the catalogue is far too dark, giving no indication of the strength and translucency of Parkes’s colours. Today is the final day of a solo exhibition of Parkes’s paintings and collages at the Beatty Gallery in East Sydney. These recent works have moved much closer to figuration than the pictures she exhibited last year, but they are still essentially abstract. Once again it is the boldness of colour that grabs the eye – in particular, the large planes of dirty yellow, held in place by black lines of varying width and texture. Parkes’s collages are smaller, busier and messier than her oil paintings, and do not display the same clearly defined artistic personality. But on the whole, for a relatively newcomer, this show demonstrates tremendous promise.” Education 1991 – 1993 Diploma of Fine Art, National Art School, Sydney Exhibitions 1990 Dissonance: Aspects of Feminism and Art, group, Cell Block Theatre, Sydney 1993 La Tavola Art Prize, group, Sherman Gallery, Sydney National Art School Graduate Exhibition, group, Cell Block Theatre, Sydney Art for AIDS, group, Leura Resort, Medlow Bath, NSW 1994 Random, group, The Beatty Gallery Sydney Miranda Parkes Outsider Paintings, solo, 2 –13 Aug The Beatty Gallery, Sydney Assemblages, group, The Beatty Gallery, Sydney 1995 Miranda Parkes Paintings, solo, The Beatty Gallery, Sydney Random, group The Beatty Gallery, Sydney 1996 Random, Three Sydney Painters, group, The Beatty Gallery, Sydney Visibility, group, The Beatty Gallery, Sydney Prizes, Awards, Scholarships, Residencies Collections - MGD & GBH Three Forms 1993 oil on canvas 120 x 150 cm, signed ‘MP 93’ lower left side, purchased from “Outsider Paintings” 2 – 13 Aug 1994 at Beatty Gallery Detour at Four Mile Creek 1995 Oil, emulsion, collage on canvas, 2 joined panels, 176 x 400 cm signed ‘M Parkes 95’ lower left side purchased, through The Beatty gallery, from “Up, Down & Across” exhibition at Campbelltown City Art Gallery Isadora 2000 oil on canvas, 2 joined panels 80 x 180 cm, purchased from the Artist |