Maisie Parker

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Statement

I work in mixed print media; screen-printing, relief printing, collagraph, chine colle, and mono-prints, although drawing is at the heart of my work.  Drawing as a way of knowing, as a mode of enquiry and as a visual language.  Life drawing is the source of all my print work and is ongoing.  It is the most important part of my art. 

I love the idea of the repetition of images and use it throughout much of my work.  Working in this medium, I have found a new and vibrant palette, which has spilled over into my long-standing interest in life painting, and has tapped into a deeply buried childhood enjoyment of colour.  

 

Biography

2018-2024Private teaching of printmaking.
2015-2017Mentoring at Courtfields School in Wellington, Somerset.
March 2014Free-lance arist and printmaker
May 2013Curating student exhibitions at the Taunton Conference Centre
2012-2014Artist-in-residence at Somerset College of Art and Technology
2012 -Free-lance artist and printmaker
2009-2012Completing BA Hons at Plymouth University, Somerset College
2010-2011Member of No.4 artist's co-operative, Bampton, Devon
2009-2011Exeter College FdA in Fine Art
1995-2009Free-lance publisher, editor and writer
1986-1995Head of Art at Christ's School Richmond-upon-Thames

 As part of my role as artist in residence, I have curated exhibitions of student work for the Taunton Conference Centre, enabling final year students to experience first hand, the world after university.

Exhibition History

5.3.2015DAN at the Northcott Theatre
22. 9. 2014Drawings and Prints. The Works Gallery, Tavistock. A selection of work from the last 3 years.
15.6.2014Prints and Plates. Gloss Gallery, Exeter. A range of over a hundred works by local, regional and international artists.
29/04/13Mixed Print, Taunton Conference Centre. Somerset
14.01/2013Back to Front. Taunton Conference Centre. Somerset
8/9/2012Inkymaise. White Space, Somerset College
1/9/2012Ignis Studio Gallery Grand Opening
August-September'The Future of Contemporary Art 2012' Lloyd Gill Gallery
August 20112Flesh and Feather, Redearth Gallery
June 2012Thirty Eight Somerset College
March 2012Hesa Inprint Finland
January 2012Hesa Inprint. Finland
October 2011Doddiscoombsleigh Art Show
June 2011The Redearth Gallery, Bickleigh, Tiverton, Devon
May 2011Undercurrent FdA2 Exeter College
May 2010FdA1 Exeter College