Miranda ParkesQualifications2005 Master of Fine Arts (with Distinction), University of Canterbury 2004 Bachelor of Fine Arts (Honors), University of Canterbury 2003 Bachelor of Fine Arts, University of Canterbury Awards and Scholarships 2009 Tylee Cottage Artist in Residence, Sarjeant Gallery, Whanganui 2006 William Hodges Fellowship, Southland Art Society, Invercargill 2005 Ethel Susan Jones Travel Scholarship, University of Canterbury 2004 Masters Scholarship, University of Canterbury 2004 Ethel Rose Overton, University of Canterbury 2003 Ethel Rose Overton, University of Canterbury 2003 Sawtell-Turner Prize in Painting, University of Canterbury 2002 Bickerton-Widdowson Memorial Scholarship, University of Canterbury Solo Exhibitions
2011 Smasher, Antoinette Godkin Gallery, Auckland 2010 Mettler, Temple Gallery, Dunedin 2010 Cracker, Jonathan smart Gallery, Christchurch 2009 A leftovers show, Project Space COCA, Christchurch 2009 Pearler, Antoinette Godkin Gallery, Auckland 2008 Stunner, 64zero3, Christchurch 2007 Looker, Vavasour Godkin Gallery, Auckland 2007 Breather, Southland Museum and Art Gallery, Invercargill 2006 Hummer Crasher Groover Slacker, 64zero3, Christchurch 2005 Throw Your Arms Around Me Baby, 64zero3, Christchurch 2005 Paintings, Starkwhite, Auckland 2004 Hullbreach, Enjoy Gallery, Wellington 2004 Paintings For The Adaptable Man, Sofa Gallery, Christchurch 2004 Long Tall Leaners and Friends, The Signal, Hamilton 2003 Plane of Contact, High Street Project, Christchurch Selected Group Exhibitions
2011 Taking Stock, Toi O Tahuna, Queenstown 2011 Jonathan Smart at Paige Blackie, Paige Blackie, Wellington 2010 Mercury Rising, Jonathan smart, Christchurch 2010 Surface Tension, Tauranga Art Gallery, Tauranga 2010 Viewfinder Series, The New Zealand Film Archive, Auckland 2010 Fragments Figments and Frogs, Jonathan Smart Gallery, Christchurch 2010 Dismantling Boundaries, Antoinette Godkin Gallery, Auckland 2010 Frieze, Gow Langsford Gallery, Auckland 2009 Instructions, Room gallery, Auckland 2009 I love You to Distraction; New Takes on Abstraction, Gallery 33, Wanaka 2009 Nicht So Schlimm, High Street Project Gallery, Christchurch 2009 Trust Waikato Contemporary Art Awards, Waikato Museum, Hamilton 2009 What Tina Eats For Breakfast, SOFA Gallery, Christchurch 2009 Seen This Century, Judith Anderson Gallery, Hawkes Bay 2009 Anthony Harper Lawyers Award Finalists Exhibition, COCA, Christchurch 2008 Taking a Line..., Vavasour Godkin Gallery, Auckland 2008 Are You Right Not to like Modern Art? Te Manawa, Palmerston North 2008 Trust Waikato Contemporary Art Award, Waikato Museum, Hamilton 2008 My Eyes Keep Me in Trouble, Sydney College of the Arts Gallery, Sydney and 2008 The Physics Room, Christchurch 2008 The Water Show, The Physics Room, Christchurch 2008 Anthony Harper Lawyers Award, COCA, Christchurch 2008 The Real Art Road Show, New Zealand high schools (ongoing tour) 2008 Art School 125, Christchurch Art Gallery, Christchurch 2007 Telecom Prospect 2007: New Art New Zealand, City Gallery, Wellington 2007 The Secret Life of Paint, Dunedin Public Art Gallery 2007 Out of Erewhon: New Directions in Canterbury Art, Christchurch Art Gallery 2007 December Group Show, Vavasour Godkin Gallery, Auckland 2007 2006 16 at 64zero3, 64zero3, Christchurch 2006 Construction, Gallery 33, Wanaka 2005 One Thing and Thing Two, 64zero3, Christchurch 2005 Wallace Art Award: Finalists exhibition, Wallace Arts Trust, Auckland 2005 One Take, (short film screenings), Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth 2005 Waikato National Art Award, Waikato Museum, Hamilton 2005 Small Medium Large, The Physics Room Kiosk, Christchurch 2005 Video Painting, New Zealand Film Archive, Auckland Library 2005 Mastery, SOFA Gallery, Christchurch 2004 Mr and Mrs Pink’s Fabulous Collection, Blue Oyster Gallery, Dunedin 2004 Reaching Out: Calling New Age Power, Mori Gallery, Sydney 2003 I will Be Famous, COCA, Christchurch 2003 The Little Art Show That Could, The Physics Room Kiosk, Christchurch 2002 Labrat, Edison Hall, Christchurch Publications, Reviews and Essays
2011 Andrew Paul Wood, Smasher, Antoinette Godkin Gallery, Auckland, March 12 2011 John Hurrell, ‘Parkes paintings at Godkin’, Eyecontact, March 22, 2011 T.J. McNamara, ‘Work of intensity’, The Herald, Auckland, April 2, p.B18 2010 Andrew Paul Wood, ‘Miranda Parkes; Cracker’ Eyecontact May 7 2010 Christopher Moore, ‘Up and Away’, The Christchurch Press, April 30th 2010, p.9 2009 Warwick Brown, ‘Seen this Century, 100 Contemporary New Zealand Artists p.308-31 2008 Jamie Hanton, ‘Rich and Rumpled: a Miracle of Paint’, The Christchurch Press, May 21, p.D3 2008 Harold Grieves, ‘Stunner’, Art New Zealand, Spring, p.31 2008 Harold Grieves, ‘The Water Show’, Catalogue essay, The Physics Room Christchurch, May 2008 Andrew Paul Wood, ‘Jumper’ in ‘The Big Book of Essays’ for ‘The Real Art Road Show’ 2007 T J McNamara, ‘Parkes Gives Convention on Canvas a Good Kick’, The New Zealand Herald, August 30 2007 Robyn Pickens, ‘Breather’, exhibition catalogue, Southland Museum and Art Gallery, Invercargill 2007 Andrew Paul Wood, ‘Breather’, exhibition catalogue, Southland Museum and Art Gallery, Invercargill 2007 Kim Hill & Mary Kisler, ‘The Secret Life of Paint’, National Radio recording, June30 2006 Harold Grieves, ‘Slumper’, On-line catalogue for ‘Out of Erewhon: New Directions in Canterbury Art’, Christchurch Art Gallery 2006 Group Show: Art Review, View, Auckland 2006 Margaret Duncan, ‘Differences and Layers’, The Press, September 6 2005 Andrew Paul Wood, ‘Painters and Decorators’, The Listener, March-April 2005 Margaret Duncan, ‘Baby, See This Show’, The Press, March 19 2004 Jessica Reid, ‘Hullbreach’, ‘New Work Series’ catalogue, Enjoy Gallery, Wgtn 2003 Hamish Win, ‘Plane of Contact’, ‘Cut’n’Paste’ Catalogue, High Street Project, Christchurch 2003 Andrew Paul Wood, ‘Plane of Contact’, The Package, Christchurch, July 2003 Douglas Reid, ‘Plane of Contact’, John Dory, Christchurch July Selected work held in public collections
2009 Permanent Collection, Sarjeant Gallery, Whanganui, Charmer 2008 Fountain Bleu Hotel, Miami, USA, Licker Ticker Lister 2007 The Fletcher Trust, New Zealand, Monster 2007 The Jenny Gibbs Collection, Auckland, Milker 2007 The John Hood Collection, Oxford U.K, Wisher 2006 The Real Art Road Show, New Zealand, Jumper 2006 The Christchurch Art Gallery; Te Puna O Waiwhetu, Contemporary Art Collection, Slumper 2006 The William Hodges Collection, Southland Museum and Art Gallery, Breezer 2005 The New Zealand Film Archive; Te Puna Toi, Auckland, Video Painting Published Writing
2011 Oscar Enberg, Varm Korv Fuck Feast, John Dory, Christchurch 2010 Joanna Langford: Rigging Up the Magic, in ‘Down from The Nightlands’, Sarjeant Gallery, Whanganui 2009 Basis, Emma Fitts’, The Physics Room Annual, Christchurch 2004 Max Gimblett, John Dory, Christchurch 2004 Joanna Langford, Cut n Paste catalogue, High Street Gallery, Christchurch
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