{{short description|New Zealand artist and musician (born 1977)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2023}} {{Use New Zealand English|date=November 2024}} {{Infobox artist | name = Miranda Parkes | birth_date = {{Birth year|1977}} | birth_place = Christchurch, New Zealand | education = University of Canterbury School of Fine Arts (MFA, 2005) | known_for = Painting, multimedia art | notable_works = Scrunched canvases, ''Whopper'' (2014), ''Shebang'' (2013) | awards = Frances Hodgkins Fellowship (2016)<br>Olivia Spencer Bower Award (2013)<br>William Hodges Fellowship (2007)<br>Tylee Cottage Residency (2009) }} '''Miranda Parkes''' (born 1977)<ref name="Sarjeant">[https://collection.sarjeant.org.nz/persons/11963/miranda-parkes Miranda Parkes – Sarjeant Gallery Collection]</ref> is a New Zealand painter and multi media artist based in Christchurch, New Zealand. Parkes' works are held in the collections of the Sarjeant Gallery and the Arts House Trust.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Miranda PARKES |url=https://collection.artshousetrust.co.nz/persons/1663/miranda-parkes |access-date=2023-10-12 |website=The Arts House Trust Collection Online |language=en}}</ref> == Education and career == Parkes graduated with a Master of Fine Arts (distinction) in painting from the University of Canterbury School of Fine Arts in 2005.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Miranda Parkes - Overview |url=https://thecentral.co.nz/artists/93-miranda-parkes/overview/ |access-date=2023-10-12 |website=The Central |language=en}}</ref>
Parkes is known for her scrunched canvases, and works across a range of media, often playing with depth and layering.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bartley & Company Art |url=https://www.bartleyandcompany.art/Miranda_Parkes |access-date=2023-10-12 |website=www.bartleyandcompany.art}}</ref>
== Notable exhibitions == Group
* ''Paint'', Bartley & Company, Wellington, 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bartley & Company Art |url=https://www.bartleyandcompany.art/exhibitions/paint-various-artists-2022 |access-date=2023-10-12 |website=www.bartleyandcompany.art}}</ref> * ''Hine Auaha'', The Central Art Gallery, Christchurch, 2021.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hine Auaha |url=https://thecentral.co.nz/exhibitions/hine-auaha/ |access-date=2023-10-12 |website=The Central |language=en}}</ref> * ''the new nice'', joint show with ceramicist Madeleine Child, Olga Art Gallery, Dunedin, 2019.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Madeleine Child and Miranda Parkes |url=https://www.olgaolgaolga.co.nz/madeleine-child-and-miranda-parkes.html |access-date=2023-10-12 |website=OLGA |language=en}}</ref>
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* ''Baller'', Jonathan Smart Gallery, Christchurch, 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Baller |url=https://artnow.nz/exhibitions/baller-miranda-parkes |access-date=2023-10-12 |website=Artnow |language=en}}</ref> * ''Open Relationship'', commissioned for Pahū! at Te Ara Ātea, Selwyn, 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Miranda Parkes, Open Relationship, 2022 |url=https://selwynstories.selwynlibraries.co.nz/nodes/view/5156 |access-date=2023-10-12 |website=Selwyn Stories |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Pahu! exploding at Te Ara Atea - Waka Toa Ora |url=https://www.healthychristchurch.org.nz/news/signatory-notice-board/2022/7/pahu-exploding-at-te-ara-atea |access-date=2023-10-12 |website=www.healthychristchurch.org.nz}}</ref> * ''Zoomer'', Bartley & Company, Wellington, 2021.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bartley & Company Art |url=https://www.bartleyandcompany.art/exhibitions/miranda-parkes-zoomer |access-date=2023-10-12 |website=www.bartleyandcompany.art}}</ref> * ''the merriest'', Jonathan Smart Gallery, Christchurch, 2018.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Feeney |first=Warren |date=2018-04-08 |title=Miranda Parkes looks back on a year 'warming up Dunedin with colour' |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/christchurch-life/art-and-stage/visual-art/102892464/miranda-parkes-looks-back-on-a-year-warming-up-dunedin-with-colour |access-date=2023-10-12 |website=Stuff |language=en}}</ref> * ''the merrier'', Hocken Collections, Dunedin, 2017.<ref>Notman, R., (ed.) ''Miranda Parkes: the merrier.'' Dunedin: Hocken Collections, 2017. {{ISBN|978-1-877486-24-1}}</ref> * ''Whopper'', commissioned for Tauranga Art Gallery, 2014.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Whopper: Miranda Parkes |url=https://www.artgallery.org.nz/whopper-miranda-parkes |access-date=2023-10-12 |website=Tauranga Art Gallery}}</ref> * ''Shebang'', Sarjeant Gallery, Whanganui, 2013.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sarjeant Gallery Whanganui {{!}} SHEBANG: Miranda Parkes |url=https://sarjeant.org.nz/gallery/shebang-miranda-parkes/ |access-date=2023-10-12 |language=en-NZ}}</ref> * ''Cracker'', Jonathan Smart Gallery, Christchurch, 2010.
== Awards and residencies ==
* Frances Hodgkins Fellowship recipient in 2016.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Board |first=Otago Bulletin |date=2016-03-15 |title=2016 Arts Fellows given warm reception at the Hocken |url=https://www.otago.ac.nz/otagobulletin/people/2016-arts-fellows-given-warm-reception-at-the-hocken |access-date=2023-10-12 |website=www.otago.ac.nz |language=en}}</ref> * Olivia Spencer Bower Award recipient in 2013.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Moore |first=Christopher |date=2012-12-09 |title=Chch artist wins $30,000 prize |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/christchurch-life/art-and-stage/8050205/Chch-artist-wins-30-000-prize |access-date=2023-10-12 |website=Stuff |language=en}}</ref> * William Hodges Fellowship recipient in 2007. * Tylee Cottage Residency recipient in 2009.
== References == {{reflist}}
{{Frances Hodgkins Fellowship}}
{{authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Parkes, Miranda}} Category:New Zealand women artists Category:Living people Category:1977 births Category:Artists from Christchurch Category:University of Canterbury alumni