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artportfolio: Gina Parr

Gina Parr

Gina Parr

Paint, Photography, Craft/Design

London
United Kingdom

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At Bay

At Bay

Painting from the series Bye bye baby.
The series examines the opportunities and losses which are part of the dynamic and organic process of family life.

Original
Oil and Acrylic on Canvas
30cm x 30cm

Introduction

Statement

Gina was born in Devon where rolling hills and dramatic seascapes played a major part in her childhood. For the past 30 years she has lived and worked in London. Both places seep into her expressive, bold, gestural paintings, which she has exhibited in shows in London, Milan, Brighton and Exeter.
 
Gina trained as a Fine Artist and for 27 years worked as a Production Designer in Television, designing and creating sets for studio, stage and location for the BBC, Channel 4 and ITV. She has also lectured  in Art and Design and Production Design for Television.
Most recently whilst visiting France and traveling in Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos she has photographed several series of transient forms and marks on walls and surfaces, which form unique atmospheric worlds, each with their own pictorial resonance or echo. Many are redolent of things half remembered, some resemble fragments of old charts andmaps, others feature overt elements of graphic representation. All display her continuing passion for colour and texture.
 
Her work is in a growing number of private collections both Nationally and Internationally.

 

Biography



                          Gina Parr

1957                  Born Exeter Devon England
1975 - 1976       Foundation Course  Exeter College of Art
1976 - 1979       1st Class Honours Degree in Fine Art  Lanchester Polytechnic Coventry
1980 - 1981       PGCADE  Middlesex Polytechnic  London
1982 - 1983       Design for Television  Chelsea College of Art  London


                  
                     Solo Exhibitions and Performance Art

2009             Coningsby Gallery 30 Tottenham St. London W1T 4RJ
2005             The Tin Drum, Dyke Rd.   Four Walls Galleries  Brighton                                        
2005             The Garden Cafe  Four Walls Galleries  Hove
2005             The Tin Drum, James St.  Four Walls Galleries  Brighton
1981             Performance “Eat me drink me”  Spacex Gallery Exeter -Arts Council grant funded.
1981             Performance “ Chocolate”  “Heaven”  London
1980             Performance “Walking with Ducks”  Middlesex Poly London
1980             Performance “ The Line”  The Drill Hall  London


                 
                          Group Exhibitions and Performance Art / Public Art

2011                  Work featured on Holby City BBC Television.

2011                   Skylark The OXO Tower London.

2010                  Artswipe REMASTERS The Rag Factory 16 Heneage Street London E1
2010- 2011        Gloss Gallery Exeter
2010                  BCAF 14th - 16th May London SW11 5TN
2009                  Jelmoni Studio Gallery Viale Vittorio Veneto Milan Italy.
2009                  Brick Lane Gallery London E1   Art In Mind
2007 - 2010       Sandra Higgins Fine Art  London and Art for Living London     
2006                  Mission to Seafarers group exhibition  Mary Penley Fine Artists London
2006                 “Bishopsgate” group exhibition  Mary Penley Fine Artists London
2000                 “BBC Vision”  BBC Television Centre  London
1981 - 1983       Various large scale Murals  Southgate, Tottenham, Streatham, Hornsey London
1981                  Performing Arts Company  Royal College of Art  London
1981                  Waterloo Sunset “ Not Enough Room.." Waterloo Gallery London Arts Council grant funded.

 

                         Television Production Design  see www.ginaparr.com for full CV

1983                 Television Design  Yorkshire Television  Leeds
1984 - 1996      Television Production Designer / Senior Designer  BBC Design Department  London
1996                  Royal Television Society Design Award
1996 - 2010       Freelance Production Designer for Television BBC, Channel 4, ITV



                 
                         Design

2005                 Visualisation and Design  The Lost Gardens of Heligan  Cornwall




                
                          Teaching / Lecturing

1980 - 1983       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
2009 - 2010       Artist in Residence Ravenscourt School and Technology College London