About Gina Parr
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1976 - 1979
Lanchester Polytechnic Coventry
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Event: SWA Annual Exhibition
Dates: 25 Jun 2024 - 29 Jun 2024
Society of Women Artists Annual Exhibition, 2024
Event: Royal Academy Summer Exhibition 2024
Dates: 18 Jun 2024 - 18 Aug 2024
Gina Parr selected to show at this years RA Summer Exhibition
Biography
Gina Parr b: 1957 is a British Painter and Photographer who “Paints” with her camera whilst traveling and away from her studio.
Originally trained as a Fine Artist, graduating with a First Class BA Honours Degree, she went on to Chelsea College of Art to study Set Design, leading to a 25-year career Production Designing a multitude of sets and stages for the likes of David Bowie, Kylie, Robbie Williams, “Shooting Stars” with Vic and Bob, the original Albert Square for “Eastenders” and Art Direction for Richard Eyres on "Insurance Man", Alan Bennett's Drama for BBC.
She returned to her full time Art practice in 2007.
Since then she has exhibited in galleries and art fairs in the UK, Denmark, Italy and France, has completed commissions in The Middle East, Belgium, London and the USA, has had her work featured on set of numerous British Television dramas and has been selected to show at the Royal West Academy Photography Open in Bristol 2023, the ING Discerning Eye 2023 at The Mall Galleries London and the 2024 Royal Academy Summer Show.
She has recently been collaborating with Glen Scotia Whisky, part of the Loch Lomond Group Glasgow, to produce a commissioned painting for their very special whisky release in Spring 2025.
Parr has also lectured in art and design in various colleges including Chelsea College of Art and Nottingham University.
Her works are held in numerous collections Worldwide including Keble College Oxford, Director of Jestico + Whiles Architects London, President of the Boston's Children's Museum USA, Senior Economist Goldman Sachs, Argentex and Vedanta Headquarters in London, to name but a few.
She now lives and works in both Devon and London’s East End.
