“My work centres on environmental themes. We have found ourselves in a global economic system that seemingly makes it difficult to make change. Prominent environmental scientists say our current ways will cause the demise of many ecosystems and species will be lost…… Continue reading
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“My work centres on environmental themes. We have found ourselves in a global economic system that seemingly makes it difficult to make change. Prominent environmental scientists say our current ways will cause the demise of many ecosystems and species will be lost. We acknowledge these reports yet, and this is what I find interesting and explore within my work, even as the dominant species, and therefore caretakers, of this planet it is because of our current evolutionary state of mind that we seem unwilling to curb this now inevitable outcome.
My work has been developed over the years to a point where I have honed a select number of symbols to explore and convey this environmental dilemma. I feature introduced and feral animals such as rabbit, deer and foxes coming from, morphing with or dominating emotive landscapes to convey our current tumultuous relationship with the environment.
I live in Northern Tasmania where the land and sky-scapes through the seasons convey a myriad of scenes to my artists eye hold storytelling qualities that I thread through my work.
The most prominent animal I use is the rabbit. It is an animal that comes weighted with meaning as it carries conflicting meanings, cute and induces memories from childhood which lure the viewer in to the work and also the rabbit represents distruction. It has been one of the most destructive of the introduced species and is a reminder of our mismanagement of the land. This sense of foreboding is emphasised by the moody landscapes used in the works. The human psyche has evolved to read stories into landscape and elements placed within it.”
Tasmanian artist Amanda Parer’s edgy and ephemeral paintings explore the natural world and its fragility, with startlingly beautiful creatures enlarged and frozen against their chosen habitat. When viewing one of these iconic rabbits or foxes inhabiting a beautifully haunting landscape, the environmental message is enhanced by the artist’s finely crafted, traditional oil painting technique. Parer is an emerging artist from Tasmania where her work is gaining recognition from both public and private collectors. She has been selected for the Blake Prize in 2009, 2011, 2012 and 2013, as well as for the Glover Prize in 2008, 2012 & 2013. Parer comes from an artistic family – she is the great grandniece of Damien Parer, who won the first Australian Oscar for his documentary of the battle of Kokoda, and niece to David Parer, producer of wildlife documentaries. The artist has been invited to show work at the Asia Contemporary Art Show in Hong Kong in 2014; being launched in conjunction with Art Basel Hong Kong.
BORN Sydney 1971
STUDIES
2002 MBA, Arts Management University of Technology of Sydney
1997 Grad Diploma Communications, University of Technology of Sydney
1991 Bachelor Visual Arts University of Sydney – Sydney College of the Arts
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2014 (May), Asia Contemporary Art Show – Hong Kong
2013 More, (Nov) Trevor Victor Harvey Gallery – Sydney
2013 Trace Libby Edwards Galleries – Melbourne
2012 Hobart Airport, during MONA FOMA Festival- Hobart
2012 Re:place, Colville Gallery – Hobart
2011 Amidst Libby Edwards Gallery – Melbourne
2011 Big Things, Colville Gallery – Hobart
2009 Certain Salamanca Collection – Hobart
2008 Stewards Salamanca Collection – Hobart
2006 Right Art House Gallery – Sydney
2004 Figure Oxford studios – Sydney
2002 Kitchification of the Sublime Art House Gallery – Sydney
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2013 August Group Show , Libby Edwards Gallery – Melbourne
2012 12 Days of Xmas, Trevor Victor Harvey Gallery – Sydney
2012 Summer Show, Colville Gallery – Hobart
2012 Contempo Libby Edwards Gallery – Melbourne
2012 Summer Show Colville Art Gallery – Hobart
2011 Japan Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery – Hobart
2011 Contempo Libby Edwards Gallery – Melbourne
2010 November Show Libby Edwards Gallery – Melbourne
2010 Group Show Colville Gallery – Hobart
2010 Summer EclecticSalamanca Collection – Hobart
2009 May Show Libby Edwards Gallery – Melbourne
2009 40th Anni Show Salamanca Collection – Hobart
2008 Winter Show Salamanca Collection – Hobart
2008 Summer Exhibition Salamanca Collection – Hobart
2007 Pencil It In Salamanca Collection – Hobart
2007 Winter Eclectic Salamanca Collection – Hobart
2007 Summer ExhibitionSalamanca Collection – Hobart
2000 Lacuna Side-On Gallery – Sydney
AWARDS
2013 Blake Art Prize – Sydney
2013 Tattersalls Art Prize – Brisbane
2013 Glover Art Prize – Tasmania
2012 Tattersalls Art Prize – Brisbane
2012 Bay of Fires Art Prize – Tasmania
2012 Glover Art Prize – Tasmania
2011 Blake Prize – Sydney
2010 Blake Prize – Sydney
2010 Wrest Point Art Prize – Hobart
2009 Blake Art Prize – Sydney
2009 Blake Art Prize – Directors Cut – Sydney
2008 Glover Art Prize – Evandale
2007 Henry Jones Art Hotel Art Prize – Hobart
2005 Mosman Art Prize – Sydney
2005 Willoughby Art Prize – Sydney
2005 Kings School Art Prize – Sydney
2004 Norville Art Prize – Warringol NSW
PUBLIC ARTWORKS
2008 Artist in Residence – Tasmania Arts Tasmania
2007 Public Art Blacktown City Council Sydney
2007 Public Art,Blacktown City Council Sydney
2006 Public Art Leichhardt Council Sydney
COMMISSIONS
2013 Painting, Ratfink – Melbourne
2012 Paintings Libby Edwards Gallery – Melbourne
2011 Portraiture Brian Ritchie, Curator of MONA FOMA, Founder of Violent Femmes – Hobart
2010 Portraiture Jim Everett, Aboriginal Activist, Tasmania
2010 Portraiture Greens Senator Christine Milne – Hobart
2010 Portrait, Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra – Hobart
2009 Painting Eric Campbell- Switzerland
2008 Painting Andrew Wilcock- Hobart
2007 Painting Beloved Pictures – Sydney
2006 Painting Macquarie St Apartments – Sydney
2005 Portraiture ABC, BBC Television and National Geographic – Melbourne.
2003,04 Paintings and Sculpture – Macua, China.
2003 Portraiture Surgery – Sydney.
2001 Paintings Macquarie St Apartments – Sydney
2001 Painting Fox Studios – Sydney
PUBLICATIONS AND REVIEWS
October – December 2013 Australian Art Collector – Kerrie Lena
April 2013, feature Artist, Finkelstien Files Curators Blog Vicki Finkestien – National
March 2013, Cover artwork, Victorian Writers Magazine
10th November 2012 Arts Review, The Mercury Weekend Magazine, Selby
October – December 2012 Australian Art Collector, Vaner
September 2012 Featured Artist, AASG Bulletin, Freeman
March 2012 Saturday Arts Features, The Examiner, Van Ryn
March 2011 Featured Artist, AASG Bulletin, Freeman
20th June 2009 Artist profile, Saturday Arts Features, The Examiner, Van Ryn
18 June 2009 Artwork featured from Certain exhibition on Stateline program ABC Television
7th of June 2009 Review of artwork in Certain exhibition at The Salamanca Collection, The Mercury, Clyde Selby
May 2008 Profile of Artist in Art Almanac
6th April 2008 Review of artwork in Stewards exhibition at The Salamanca Collection, The Mercury, Clyde Selby
18th April 2008 Artwork featured from Stewards exhibition on Stateline program, ABC Television
2 Feb 2008 Review of Stewards exhibition at The Salamanca Collection, The Mercury, Clyde Selby
March 2004 Review artwork for JWI, Best Sydney Homes
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