Artist Statement
I am interested in the power art has to transgress boundaries. It can be in, (at least), two places at once; inner and outer, real and imagined, present and past.
It offers an instant synthesis of thought and emotion, challenging divisions between what is seen and imagined, observed and remembered. An expression both literal and metaphorical in the same space.
'I partly see my art as a form of visual poetic, or static music….the impulse to transform…to unite discords…walking the line in-between beauty and brutality…the bitter sweet…'
I am currently concerned with the physicality of painting; colour, form, space, texture and the alchemy that can arise from a response to materials.
Education
B.A.(Hons) 2:1/1st English/Education, U.C.C. Cardiff 1982
P.G.C.E. English/Art/Drama, U.C.C. Cardiff 1986
Art and Person Centred Counselling, University of Wales, Swansea 1998/99
B.A.(Hons) 2:1 Fine Art Painting, C.C.T.A. 2003
M.A.(Year 1) Swansea Institute 2005
Awards
Welsh Artist of the Year, 2001
Selections
British Contemporary Art Finalist 2025
The National Open Art Competition 2017
The Royal Cambrian Academy, selected and member 2017
The Mall Galleries, London, Society of Women Artists, selected and shortlisted 2017
British Women Artists, selected 2017
Residencies
Artist in Residence, Oriel Q Gallery, 2018
Memberships
The Royal Cambrian Academy, elected 2017
Axis axisweb.org/artist/patriciamcparlin
Publications
The Dictionary of Welsh Artists, 2014
Imago Mundi, Contemporary Artists from Wales, Fabrica 2016
Gallery Experience
St Dogmaels Gallery Manager 2003-2011
King Street Gallery Member 2003-2006
Origin Member 2006-2025
Y TY Celf Member 2017-2025
Solo Shows
Canfas Gallery, 2026
Ffwrnes Theatre, Solo Show, 2019
King Street Gallery, solo show, 2018
Selected Exhibitions
Canfas Gallery 2026
Cardiff Made 2025
Confluence, 2025
Group 6, 2024
R.C.A, joint show, ‘Into Winter’, 2022
R.C.A. Summer/Winter shows 2017/2018/2019/2020/2021/2023/2024
Oriel Myrddin, Gallery Open 2021
Oriel Q, Narberth, 2020
Art at the Hall, 2019
R.C.A. Winter Show 2017,2018,2019,2020.2021
Sticks Gallery, Gosport, Female Abstraction, 2017
Boundary Art, 2015
Art at Waunifor, 2014, 2018
Off the Wall Gallery, Summer Show, Cardiff, 2012
Off the Wall Gallery, Connecting Girls, Inspiring Futures, Cardiff, 2012
Oriel Q Gallery, 2011, 2014, 2016,2017
Art @ rhos y gilwen, Pembrokeshire, 2010
Women’s Work, Off the Wall Gallery, Cardiff, 2010
Art @ rhos y gilwen, Pembrokeshire, 2008
Blood Relative,Paintworks, Bristol, 2007
Welsh Artist of the Year, St David’s Hall, Cardiff, 2000,2001,2003,2007
Fresh Art, London, 2003
The National Eisteddfod of Wales, 2002
R.K.Burt Gallery, London, 2002
Art West, Carmarthen, 2002
Fairy Hill Sculpture Park, Swansea, 2002
Fifteen Individuals, Queens Hall, Narberth, 2000
Contact Details
Websites & Social Media
https://www.riseart.com/artist/5894/patricia-mcparlin
https://www.axisweb.org/p/patriciamcparlin
https://www.facebook.com/patriciamcparlinartist