Mike Parr b. 1945

  • Artist (Performance Artist),
  • Artist (Mixed Media Artist),
  • Artist (Printmaker),
  • Artist (Screen Artist)
Working across a range of media that includes performance, installation, sculpture, drawing, drypoint etching and photography, Mike Parr is regarded as one of the most successful Australian artists of his generation. Parr has realised over 1000 works within the context of his self-imposed 'Self-Portrait' series.
Tags: Performance art, Conceptual art, Body, Printmaking, Printmaker
exhibited at
Eureka
Date
1982
Place
Serpentine Gallery & Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, UK
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
A-Atrophy (Self Portrait at the age of 37)
Date
1982
Place
Art Projects, Melbourne, Vic.
Description

SOLO. Drawing installation

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
4th Biennale of Sydney: Vision in Disbelief
Date
1982
Place
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Screening of Rules &Displacement Activities Parts 1 & 2
Date
1981
Place
Museum des 20 Juhrhunderts, Vienna, Austria
Description

SOLO. Also toured: Dany Keller Galeries, Munich, Germany; Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt, Germany; National Art School, Dublin, Ireland

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
First Australian Sculpture Triennial
Date
1981
Place
La Trobe University & Preston Institute of Technology, Melbourne, Vic.
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Australian Perspecta 1981: A Biennial Survey of Contemporary Australian Art
Date
1981
Place
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Survey 15: Relics and Rituals
Date
1981
Place
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Vic.
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Mike Parr
Date
1981
Place
Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane, QLD
Description

Source: Solo Survey Exhibition Linkage Project, Tasmanian School of Art, UTAS
Institute of Modern Art exhibition archive

Type
Exhibition
Tags
Major Solo, Installation, Printmaking
performed at
Performance Festival
Date
March 1980
Place
Experimental Art Foundation, Adelaide, SA
Description

Presented by Experimental Art Foundation.
19 days of performance as part of Adelaide Festival held at Carclew and other sites, including parklands, Glenelg Beach.
Local and interstate artists.
Organised by Noel Sheridan, with the assistance from Lindsay Parkhill and Dale Franks.

Type
Festival
Tags
Performance, Festival
Website
http://aeaf.org.au/
exhibited at
Project 30: Some Recent Australian Videotapes
Date
1980
Place
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Self Portrait/Self Image
Date
1980
Place
Victorian College of the Arts Gallery, Melbourne, Vic.
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Venice Biennale
Date
1980
Place
Venice, Italy
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Venice Biennale 1980 : art from 1968-1980, Australia : Mike Parr, Kevin Mortensen, Tony Coleing
Date
1980
Place
Australia Pavilion, Venice Biennale, Italy
Description

Australia Council Visual Arts Board, Funded by Australia Council of the Arts. Australia’s exhibition at the 40th Venice Biennale, 1980.

Source: Solo Survey Exhibition Linkage Project, Tasmanian School of Art, UTAS
UTAS catalogue

Exhibition Catalogue:
Australia Council, Venice Biennale 1980 : art from 1968-1980, Australia : Mike Parr, Kevin Mortensen, Tony Coleing. [Sydney] : Visual Arts Board, Australia Council, 1980.
ISBN 0642894450

Type
Exhibition
Tags
Group, Venice, Mixed media
exhibited at
Videotapes from Australia
Date
1979
Place
The Kitchen Centre for Video and Music, New York, USA
Description

ALSO TOURED: Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Art, LA; Video Inn, Vancouver, Canada

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Contemporary Australian Art
Date
1979
Place
Franklin Furnace, New York, USA
Description

ALSO TOURED: Roads Gallery, NY; Chicago Art Institute, Chicago; Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Art, LA

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
3rd Biennale of Sydney: European Dialogue
Date
1979
Place
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Act 1: An Exhibition of Performance and Participatory Art
Date
1978
Place
Australian National University Arts Centre, Canberra, ACT
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
The Emetics/Primary Vomit Blue (I am Sick of Art)
Date
1977
Place
Watters Gallery, Sydney, NSW
Description

SOLO. Performance

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
10th Biennale de Paris
Date
1977
Place
Musee d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, France
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Rules and displacements part II
Date
November 1976
Place
Experimental Art Foundation, Adelaide, SA
Description

Film show and discussion

Source: Solo Survey Exhibition Linkage Project, Tasmanian School of Art, UTAS
Stephanie Britton (ed.) A decade at the EAF: A history of the Experimental Art Foundation 1974-1984. Adelaide: The Experimental Art Foundation, 1984

Type
Exhibition
Tags
Minor Solo, Video/Film
exhibited at
Post - Object Art in Australia and New Zealand: A Survey
Date
May 1976 - 1976
Place
Experimental Art Foundation, Adelaide, SA
Description

Australian and New Zealand Post-Object Show- A Survey
Post Object Art in Australia and New Zealand

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
150 programmes and investigations
Date
25 October 1975
Place
Experimental Art Foundation, Adelaide, SA
Description

Slide show; Ideology Precedes Art, discussion with Mike Parr.

Source: Solo Survey Exhibition Linkage Project, Tasmanian School of Art, UTAS
Stephanie Britton (ed.) A decade at the EAF: A history of the Experimental Art Foundation 1974-1984. Adelaide: The Experimental Art Foundation, 1984

Type
Exhibition
Tags
Major Solo, Mixed media, Installation
exhibited at
Films Video
Date
5 February 1975 - 14 February 1975
Place
One Central Street, Sydney
Type
Exhibition
Tags
One Central Street
exhibited at
Project 9: Documents, Film, Video
Date
1975
Place
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Documents, Film, Video, Performance
Date
1975
Place
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Vic.
Description
Type
Exhibition