Mike Parr b. 1945

  • Artist (Performance Artist),
  • Artist (Mixed Media Artist),
  • Artist (Printmaker),
  • Artist (Screen Artist)
Working across a range of media that includes performance, installation, sculpture, drawing, drypoint etching and photography, Mike Parr is regarded as one of the most successful Australian artists of his generation. Parr has realised over 1000 works within the context of his self-imposed 'Self-Portrait' series.
Tags: Performance art, Conceptual art, Body
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exhibited at
Biennale of Sydney: Revolutions - Forms that Turn
Date
2008
Place
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW
Description
Type
Exhibition
Website
http://www.bos2008.com/app/biennale
exhibited at
ARTIST MAKES VIDEO : art rage survey 1994 - 1998
Date
2007
Place
Griffith University Art Museum, Brisbane, Qld
Description
Type
Exhibition
Website
http://www.griffith.edu.au/centre/artworks/exhibitions/content_rage.html
exhibited at
Blameless
Date
2006
Place
Anna Schwartz Gallery, Melbourne, Vic.
Description

SOLO

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Downward Envy
Date
2006
Place
Sherman Galleries, Sydney, NSW
Description

SOLO

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Volte Face: Mike Parr Prints & Preprints 1970 - 2005
Date
2006
Place
Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, NSW
Description

SOLO

Type
Exhibition
Website
http://www.mca.com.au/default.asp?page_id=12&content_id=1917
exhibited at
Truth and Likeness
Date
2006 - 2007
Place
National Portrait Gallery, Canberra, ACT
Description
Type
Exhibition
Website
http://www.portrait.gov.au/exhibit/truth/home1.html
exhibited at
colour(less)
Date
2005
Place
Lake Macquarie City Art Gallery, NSW
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Underworld
Date
2005
Place
Anna Schwartz Gallery, Melbourne, Vic.
Description

SOLO

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Cut Your Throat An Inch At A Time: A Survey of the Work of Mike Parr 1970 - 2005
Date
2005
Place
Newcastle Regional Art Gallery, Newcastle, NSW
Description

SOLO

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Drawing Centre
Date
2005
Place
Newcastle Regional Art Gallery, Newcastle, NSW
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Unscripted: Language in Contemporary Art
Date
2005
Place
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW
Description
Type
Exhibition
Website
http://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/media/archives_2005/unscripted
exhibited at
Before Night - After Nature
Date
2004
Place
Monash University Museum of Art, Melbourne, Vic.
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Adelaide Biennale of Australian Art, Contemporary Photo-media
Date
2004
Place
Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, SA
Description
Type
Exhibition
Website
http://www.artgallery.sa.gov.au/2004/EX04%202004%20Adelaide%20Biennial.htm
exhibited at
The Mass Psychology of Fascism Zip-a-dee-doo-dah, Zip-a-dee-ay
Date
2004
Place
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW
Description

Collaboration with Adam Gezcy. Also toured: Monash University Faculty Gallery, Melbourne, Vic.

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
NGV Collection Recent Acquisitions
Date
2004
Place
Ian Potter Centre, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Vic.
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Prints from the Collection
Date
2004
Place
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
The Humours
Date
2003
Place
Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, WA
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Film Noir: Politique Blanch
Date
2003
Place
Artspace, Sydney, NSW
Description

ALSO TOURED: Experimental Art Foundation, Adelaide, SA; Perth Institute of Contemporary Art, Adelaide, SA; Griffith Artworks, Qld

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
We are all monochromes now
Date
2003
Place
Sherman Galleries, Sydney, NSW
Description

SOLO

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
A Person Looks at a Work of Art... The Michael Buxton Contemporary Australian Art Collection
Date
2002
Place
Museum of Modern Art at Heide, Bulleen, Vic.
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Mike Parr - Malevitch (A Political Arm)
Date
2002
Place
Artspace, Sydney, NSW
Description

SOLO. Performance

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Mike Parr - Close the Concentration Camps
Date
2002
Place
Monash University Museum of Art, Clayton, Melbourne, Vic.
Description

SOLO. Performance

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Fieldwork: Australian Art 1968 - 2002
Date
2002
Place
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Vic.
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Lightness of Being: Contemporary Photographic Art from Australia
Date
2001
Place
Monash University Gallery, Melbourne, Vic.
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Aluminium from the Mouth
Date
2001
Place
Anna Schwartz Gallery, Melbourne, Vic.
Description

SOLO

Type
Exhibition
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