Patricia McParlin

Patricia McParlin,  is an award winning British artist who lives and works in Wales.  She studied at The University of Wales and The West Wales School of the Arts.  She has recently been selected as a member of The Royal Cambrian Academy.

Primarily a painter, she has also worked as a musician, writer and theatre practitioner. 

Her work shows this cross-disciplinary influence, encompassing film, installation, sculpture and performance art.

She has exhibited widely and her work has been purchased by corporate and individual collectors, both nationally and internationally.

Artist Statement 

I am interested in the power art has to transgress boundaries.  It can be in, (at least), two places at once; inner and outer, real and imagined, present and past. 

It offers an instant synthesis of thought and emotion, challenging divisions between what is seen and imagined, observed and remembered.  An expression both literal and metaphorical in the same moment.

'I partly see my art as a form of visual poetic, or static music….the impulse to transform…to harmonise discords…walking the line in-between beauty and brutality…the bitter sweet…'

I am currently concerned with the physicality of painting; colour, form, space, texture and the alchemy that can arise from a response to materials. 

Education

B.A.(Hons) 2:1/1st  English/Education, U.C.C. Cardiff 1982

P.G.C.E.  English/Art/Drama, U.C.C. Cardiff  1986

B.A.(Hons) 2:1  Fine Art Painting, C.C.T.A. 2003

M.A.(Year 1) Swansea Institute  2005

Awards

Welsh Artist of the Year, student award 2001

Selections

The National Open Art Competition 2017

The Royal Cambrian Academy, selected and member 2017

The Mall Galleries, London, Society of Women Artists, 2017

British Women Artists, selected 2017

Memberships

The Royal Cambrian Academy, elected 2017

Publications

The Dictionary of Welsh Artists, 2014

Imago Mundi, Contemporary Artists from Wales, Fabrica 2016

Gallery Experience

King Street Gallery         Member          2003-2006

St Dogmaels Gallery       Manager         2003-2011

Selected Exhibitions

Art at the Hall, 2019

'Songlands', a large solo show, Ffwrnes Theatre, 2019

King Street Gallery, solo show, 2018

Sticks Gallery, Gosport, Female Abstraction, 2017

Oriel Q, Summer Show 2016, 2017

Boundary Art, 2015

Art at Waunifor, 2014

Off the Wall Gallery, Summer Show, Cardiff, 2012

Off the Wall Gallery, Connecting Girls, Inspiring Futures, Cardiff, 2012

Oriel Q Gallery, 2011, 2014

Art @ rhos y gilwen, Pembrokeshire, 2010

Women’s Work, Off the Wall Gallery, Cardiff, 2010

Art @ rhos y gilwen, Pembrokeshire, 2008

Blood Relative,Paintworks, Bristol, 2007

Welsh Artist of the Year, St David’s Hall, Cardiff, 2000,2001,2003,2007

Fresh Art, London, 2003

The National Eisteddfod of Wales, 2002

R.K.Burt Gallery, London, 2002

Art West, Carmarthen, 2002

Fairy Hill Sculpture Park, Swansea, 2002

Fifteen Individuals, Queens Hall, Narberth, 2000

Brief History

Born near Cardiff, I have always practiced as an artist, exhibiting and selling work since the early 1990’s.  My first degree was in English, and following my post-graduate qualification, I taught arts in London for several years. 

I completed my formal art training relatively recently, graduating in 2003.  I have exhibited in many shows, both in London and Wales, winning The Welsh Artist of the Year, (student award), and being selected for The National Eisteddfod.

Currently, I continue to make work, exhibit and develop my practice across the arts. 

Contact Details

E-Mail                 tmcp.art@gmail.com

Websites             https://www.axisweb.org/p/patriciamcparlin

                          https://www.riseart.com/user/patricia-mcparlin