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
performed at
Events/Structures
Date
24 September 1974 - 4 October 1974
Place
Ewing and George Paton Gallery, Melbourne University, Melbourne, VIC
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
A programme of exhibitions 1
Date
5 June 1974 - 29 June 1974
Place
One Central Street, Sydney
Type
Festival
Tags
One Central Street
exhibited at
Concepts
Date
10 March 1974 - 30 March 1974
Place
Contemporary Art Society Gallery, Adelaide, SA
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Recent Australian Art
Date
19 October 1973 - 18 November 1973
Place
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Performance, Action, Videosystems
Date
1973
Place
Galerie Impact, Lausanne, Switzerland
Description

SOLO. Also – Galerie Media, Neuchatel, Switzerland

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Mike Parr (with Peter Kennedy)
Date
1973
Place
Museo de Arte Moderna, Rio de Janeiro
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Summer Festival Exhibition
Date
1972
Place
Galerie Su, Reyjavik, Iceland
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Action, Film, Video
Date
1972
Place
Galerie Impact, Lausanne, Switzerland
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
John Kaldor Art Projects 2, Szeemann: I want to leave a nice, well done child here (20 Australian Artists)
Date
29 April 1971 - 13 May 1971
Place
Bonython Art Gallery, Sydney, NSW
Description

ALSO: National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Victoria, with additional installation by Mike Brown

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Word Situations Number 1
Date
c.March 1971
Place
Inhibodress Gallery, Sydney, NSW
Description

SOLO

Type
Exhibition
Tags
Inhibodress
exhibited at
Word Situations Number 1
Date
c.March 1971
Place
Inhibodress Gallery, Sydney, NSW
Description

SOLO

Type
Exhibition
Tags
Inhibodress
exhibited at
Group exhibition
Date
7 November 1970 - c.November 1970
Place
Inhibodress Gallery, Sydney, NSW
Description

Inaugural exhibition at Inhibodress

Type
Exhibition
Tags
Inhibodress
exhibited at
Contemporary Art Society Annual Exhibition
Date
1970
Place
David Jones Gallery, Sydney, NSW
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Light Pieces and Painted Constructions
Date
1970
Place
Reid Gallery, Brisbane, Qld
Description

SOLO

Type
Exhibition