Jonathan Parker : Figurative artist employing dashing brushwork, born in Belfast, Northern Ireland. He did a foundation course at Camberwell School of Art, 1986–7, and gained an honours degree in fine art from Newcastle upon Tyne Polytechnic, 1989–92, attending El Fondo de Bienes Culturales, Cuba, for screenprinting, 1991. Parker was studio apprentice with Patrick Hamilton, Florence, Italy, 1986; Clive Garland, 1987; Nelson Villalobo, Zaragoza, Spain, 1989; Patrick Gibbs, 1990; Nelson Villalobo, Havana, 1991; and Joseph Moscardo, Barcelona, Spain, 1992, the year he won the RA’s Richard Ford Award. From 1997, he took part in mixed exhibitions at Mercury Gallery [Cork St.], which gave him a solo show in 2000. Parker’s portrait commissions included Sir George Trevelyan, 1997, and Sir Charles Trevelyan, 2000, both for The National Trust.
There are thirteen Jonathan Parker artworks* in the UK’s National Art Collection.
Exhibitions :
Camberwell School of Arts and Crafts Foundation Show 1987
Can Pilis, Barcelona Bocetos 1988
Kingston Hill Art Gallery Inauguration 1989
Kingston Hill Art Gallery The Three From King's 1990
El Fondo de Bienes Culturales (Havana) Dibujos 1991
Galería Canals, Barcelona Homenaje a Miró 1992
Whiteleys Group Show 1993
Gir Art, Barcelona J.H.Parker 1995
Open Studio Drawings and Paintings 1995
The Clock Tower Wallington Conversation Pieces 1998
Mercury Gallery Summer Show 1997
Mercury Gallery New Paintings 1998
Mercury Gallery New Paintings 2000
John Martin Gallery Winter Show 2001
Bohun Gallery Painters Of Promise 2001
Henley Royal Regatta Art Gallery 2003/04/05/06/07/08/23/24
Shire Pottery Gallery The Tidecatcher 2005
Cannizaro House The Hang 2008
King's College School Cotman Gallery On the Corner 2008
Eight Club, Moorgate Salt and Shoes 2008
Robert Phillips Gallery Thames and the City 2010
Piers Feetham Gallery Thames Group Show 2010
River and Rowing Museum Wind and Fire, Earth and Space, Water 2010/11
Eight Club, Change Alley Flux 2011
Lloyds Private Bank Mayfair The Neptune Collection 2011
Wallington, Northumberland Time and Tide Wait For No Man 2012
Durham Centre Visual Arts Culture Familiarity And Mystery 2017 (to view catalogue click here)
Lloyds Private Bank Mayfair Flights From Gravity 2017
Lloyds Private Bank Mayfair Private View Prelude - Familiarity and Mystery 2017
Lloyds Private Bank Mayfair The Hill Street Hang 2018
ArtBAB, Manama International Art Fair 2019
Brocket Gallery, Weardale The Isolation Series 2020
ArtOnAPostcard 2021/23/24
Studio Salon@ 2022
Brocket Gallery, Belgravia Little Western 2023
Studio Salon@ 2024/25
* including George on the Wrekin, seen by 1.5 million people since 1997, about which the artist gave a National Portrait Gallery Webinar (2022)
To view video click here.
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