ANTHONY J PARKÉ | PAINTER
ABOUT
Anthony J Parké is a London-based artist with Persian, English, Indian, Irish heritage. He came into painting via conceptual sculpture, having studied at Kingston Polytechnic before finalising his studies in Philosophy and then Literature. He creates figurative landscapes which hint towards a place of disequilibrium: complex, claustrophobic scenarios populated with spectral figures which drift in and out of constricted environments. His work is concerned primarily with psychological and sociological anxiety, often with strained interactions, but the subject matter always remaining the nature of the human condition. The metaphor for his art is dominated by the image of the human figure in its unadorned state as it navigates a complex environment. His paintings carry no explicit meaning, but rather are a series of scenarios existing in an environment which references a complex, existential space.
SELECTED PAST EXHIBITIONS
2024 - Bankside Gallery, Royal Society of Miniatures, UK
2022 - Zari Gallery, Ascension, London, UK
2022 - Manchester Art Fair
2022 - Zari Gallery, BHM, London, UK
2021 - Mall Galleries, Figurative Art Now, UK
2019 - Mall Galleries, Royal Society of Miniatures, UK
2019 - Hanbury Manor Estate, Hertfordshire, UK
2019 - Brocket Hall Estate, Welwyn Garden City, UK
2019 - The Saffron Walden Gallery, UK
2019 - Westcliffe Gallery, Norfolk, UK
2018 - All Saints Church, Herts
2017 - Mall Galleries, Royal Society of Miniatures
2016 - Bell Fine Art/ Affordable Art Fair, Battersea
2016 - Catto Gallery, Stock show, London, UK
2016 - Bell Fine Art - Winchester, UK
2015 - Saffron Walden Gallery - Summer Exhibition, UK
2015 - Catto Gallery - Easter Exhibition London, UK
2015 - Catto Gallery - Window of Opportunity - London, UK
2014 - Catto Gallery - Summer Show - London, UK
2014 - Summer Salon, IAF, Islington, London
2014 - Catto Gallery - Solo show - London, UK
2014 - Beaux Arts Bath, Affordable Art Fair, Battersea
2014 - Catto Gallery Mixed Show, Hampstead London UK
2014 - The Gallery, Stoke Newington, London UK
2013 - Arthaus Gallery, Hertfordshire UK
2013 - The Arches Gallery, East London UK
2013 - Courtyard Arts, Hertford, UK
2010 - The Gallery, Hornsey Library
2006 - Kudos, East Finchley, UK
2003 - The Crocodile Gallery
1993 - L’Orangerie, Acton, UK
1993 - Kingston Museum, UK
1992 - Waltham Forest Grad. Show, UK
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
2022 - The Art Market Magazine, Issue 69
2020 - Elizabeth Barden 'Artist's Can...'
2018 - Islington Journal, October 28th
2018 - Islington Gazette, October 25th
2018 - The Guide Artists Magazine, Featured Artist
2018 - Equilibrium Magazine, Spring Issue 63
2014 - Into the Glass: Hyperreal Paintings of Anthony J. Parké,
Foreword: Edward Lucie-Smith
2014 - Camden New Journal, May 15, No.1661
2014 - Catto Gallery Catalogue - Solo Show 2014
2014 - Cork Street Open Catalogue, 2014
2013 - Book: East Finchley Open Arts 10th Anniversary
2013 - Equilibrium Magazine, Spring Issue 46
FILM /INTERVIEW
2014 - Interviewed by art historian, critic and poet,
Edward Lucie-Smith
AWARDS
2019 - Royal Society of Miniatures, Connoisseur
Commendation Award
2018 - Islington Arts Society Annual Exhibition Peoples Choice Award
2017 - Royal Society of Miniatures, Gold Memorial Bowl, Honourable Mention
2017 - Courtyard Arts Open, Herts, Highly Commended
2016 - Hertford Society Open Exhibition, Peoples Choice, runner up
EDUCATION
2012 - St Martins School of Art, Advanced Anatomical Drawing
1999 - Masters Degree – English Literature, O.U
1993-1997 - Honours Degree – Combined: Fine art (Kingston)/ Philosophy (O.U.)
1989-1991 - Fine Art Foundation Diploma, Waltham Forest
TALKS
2016 - Guest Speaker: Art Business Success Summit, London.
2013 - Collett School, Hemel Hempstead UK
2013 - Coleridge School, London UK