Janette Parris
Janette Parris (born 1962 in West Ham, East London) is an English contemporary artist who lives and works in London.
Early life and education
[edit]Janette Parris was awarded her master's degree in Fine Art at Goldsmiths College in 1994.[1]
Career
[edit]Parris typically uses drawing to create strongly narrative work,[2] often in the form of comic strips with a droll satirical humour, or figures that seem like comic-book characters. Her work has been exhibited across the UK.
Her 1998 installation Copyright, using a number of videos and items of Habitat furniture, portrayed everyday tragedies, described by The Independent as "absurd, sad, funny - and too close to home for comfort."[1]
In 2003, she was commissioned to produce a series of works for the "Art on the Underground" programme by London Underground.[3] In 2010, Parris's animated video Talent was shown at Tate Britain's Rude Britannia exhibition.[4]
In 2016, she showed her work at Peckham Platform. The work for this exhibition was developed throughout 2015 and depicted the stories she encountered whilst conversing with local residents, traders and students within Peckham's town centre.[5]
In 2021, she had a solo exhibition, "A View without the Bridge: Janette Parris" at the Focal Point Gallery[6] in Southend-on-Sea, Essex.
In 2023, her work was included in the "Poor Things" exhibition[7] in the Fruitmarket Gallery in Edinburgh
Notes
[edit]- ^ a b John Windsor (26 March 1998). "Art: A discomfiting Habitat lounge". The Independent. Retrieved 25 February 2014.
- ^ "Paul O'Kane's review for Pride Magazine" (PDF).
- ^ "Parris commission for Transport for London". Archived from the original on 16 May 2012. Retrieved 20 April 2012.
- ^ Review of Rude Britannia by Colin Perry at TheFreeLibrary.Com[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Peckham Promenade". Peckham Platform. Retrieved 2 June 2018.
- ^ "Janette Parris". Artfacts. Retrieved 4 March 2022.
- ^ "Poor Things". Fruitmarket Gallery. Archived from the original on 15 March 2023. Retrieved 15 March 2023.
External links
[edit]- Janette Parris's online comic, Arch
- Janette Parris at Iniva
- Janette Parris on ArtFacts.Net
- "The Best of Janette Parris" edited by Richard Hylton, with essay by Patricia Ellis, (2002) Autograph ABP ISBN 9781899282753 at the Cornerhouse website
