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

Citations

  • Phipps, Jennifer (November 1975), 'Project 9: Documents, Film, Video’.

  • Murray-Cree, Laura (2006), 'Twenty: Sherman Galleries 1986 – 2006’, Craftsman House, Australia.

  • Geczy, Adam (2003), 'Focusing the Mind through the Body’, Artlink Magazine, Vol.23(1), Adelaide

    http://www.artlink.com.au/issues/2310/fallout/

  • Britton, Stephanie (ed.) 1984, A decade at the EAF: A History of the Experimental Art Foundation 1974-1984, Experimental Art Foundation, Adelaide

Initial data sources

  • Twenty: Sherman Galleries 1986 - 2006