IONE PARKIN RWA
Royal West of England Academician (RWA)
Honorary Visiting Fellow, School of Physics & Astronomy, University of Leicester
BA Hons Fine Art, Winchester School of Art
www.ioneparkin.com
ioneparkin@gmail.com
Awards/Grants
Royal Astronomical Society - funding for ‘Creativity & Curiosity’ (C&C) project, 2016
Royal Astronomical Society - funding for C&C project, 2017
Arts Council England - C&C project, March-October 2017
Hope Scott Trust - C&C project
Solo Exhibitions
2014 ‘Elemental Perspectives’, Arthouse1 Gallery, London
2013 ‘Ione Parkin RWA: Primal Matter’, Victoria Art Gallery, Bath
2012 ‘Ione Parkin RWA: Perceptual Motion’ Quest Gallery, Bath (Catalogue)
2010 ‘Fragments of Infinity’, Milner Gallery, Royal West of England Academy (RWA), Bristol
‘Natural Elements: Relative Densities’, Sir Terry Frost Gallery, Worcester
2005 ‘New Earth’, Byard Art, Cambridge
1998 ‘Ione Parkin: Paintings’, Gomez Gallery, Baltimore, U.S.A.
1996 ‘Ione Parkin: New Work’, Art First, Cork Street, London
1994 ‘Ione Parkin: New Paintings’, Anthony Hepworth Fine Art, Bath
2-person shows
2006 ‘Fred Cuming RA and Ione Parkin RWA’, Adam Gallery, London + Bath.
2004 ‘Earth-Skin: Ione Parkin and Peter Hayes’, Black Swan Arts, Somerset
‘Prima Materia: Ione Parkin and Felicity Keefe’, Six Chapel Row Gallery, Bath
Group Exhibitions & Art Fairs (selected)
2020 An Lanntair Arts Centre, Stornoway, Outer Hebrides
RWA Autumn Exhibition, Bristol
2019 Royal Scottish Academy, SSA/VAS Open
University of Amsterdam, AIS Conference
Glasgow Science Centre
Newarke Houses Museum, Leicester (British Science Week 2019)
2018 Zeiss-Grossplanetarium, Berlin, Germany (Berlin Science Week 2018)
Visions of Science, Edge Arts Centre, University of Bath
Creativity & Curiosity, National Space Centre, Leicester (British Science Week)
RWA Autumn Exhibition, Bristol
2017 Creativity & Curiosity, Cambridge Science Festival, Christ’s College, Cambridge
Creativity & Curiosity, Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge
Drawn 2017, RWA, Bristol
Circle Hospital, Bath
2016 Printmaking, Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institute
Battersea AAF, (Modern Art Buyer)
2015 Grafisch Atelier, Alkmaar, Holland
Denise Yapp Contemporary Art, Monmouth
RWA Autumn Exhibition, Bristol
Cambridge Art Fair (Acuity Arts)
Battersea AAF (Modern Art Buyer)
2014 RWA Autumn Exhibition, Bristol
Battersea AAF (Bowlish Gallery)
2013 RWA Autumn Exhibition, Bristol
‘Making Light of It’, Herschel Museum of Astronomy, Bath
Summer Show, Byard Art, Cambridge
IMPRESS ’13, International Print Conference, Stroud
Brussels AAF (Bowlish Gallery)
Battersea AAF (Bowlish Gallery)
2012 RWA Autumn Exhibition, Bristol
2011 “Raw Elements”, Bath Art Affair, Peter Hayes Studio/Gallery, Bath
RWA Autumn Exhibition (on Selection Panel). Exhibition Catalogue
‘Fabric of the Land’, School of Geosciences, University of Aberdeen
2010 Central Gallery, Malvern
Affordable Art Fair (AAF), London, (Bertram Enterprises)
2009 Brussels Art Fair (Cube Gallery)
Open Print Show, RWA, Bristol
RWA Autumn Exhibition, Bristol
Chapel Row Gallery, Bath
DeFined Art, Esher
Drawing Room II, RWA, Bristol
2008 Chelsea Art Fair (Cube Gallery)
Art Contact, Cambridge
DeFined Art, Esher
AAF London (Cube Gallery)
RWA Autumn Exhibition, Bristol
Edinburgh Art Fair (Cube Gallery)
2007 RWA Autumn Exhibition, Bristol
Edinburgh Art Fair (Cube)
AAF London (Cube)
DeFined Art, Esher
‘Micro-Macro’, Queen Street Gallery, Surrey
Stour Gallery, Cotswolds
NewcastleGateshead Art Fair (Cube Gallery)
2006 AAF London, (Cube Gallery)
Cube Gallery, Bristol
DeFined Art, Esher
RWA Autumn Exhibition, Bristol
2005 Northcote Gallery, Chelsea, London
RWA Autumn Exhibition, Bristol
London Art Fair, (Six Chapel Row Gallery)
AAF London, (Byard Art)
Original Print Gallery, Dublin (until 2011)
Stour Gallery, Shipston-on-Stour, Cotswolds
2004 London Art Fair, (Byard Art)
AAF New York, (Byard Art)
AAF London, (Byard Art)
Stour Gallery, Cotswolds
2003 London Art Fair, (Byard Art)
Art London, (Byard Art)
AAF New York, (Byard Art)
Maltby Contemporary Art, Winchester
‘Location’, Byard Art, Cambridge
RWA Autumn Exhibition, Bristol
2002 Art London, (Byard Art)
AAF New York, (Byard Art)
AAF London, (Byard Art)
‘If Pressed’, Sherborne House, Dorset
2001 Art London (Byard Art)
RWA First Open Painting, Bristol
‘In Theory’, (Opened by Lars Nittve, Director of Tate Modern), Bath
2000 Chelsea Art Fair (Byard Art)
Contemporary Prints, Barbican Centre
Contemporary Print Gallery, London
1999 ‘Elemental Landscapes’, Six Chapel Row Gallery, Bath
Original Print Gallery, Dublin
1998 Art First, London
Rosenberg & Kaufman, SoHo, New York
‘Abstract Landscapes’, Six Chapel Row Gallery, Bath
1997 Crane Kalman, London
Cricket Hill Associates, New York
1996 Crane Kalman, London
1995 20th Century Art Fair, London (Anthony Hepworth)
Anthony Hepworth, Bath
Art First, London
The Byard Gallery, Nottingham
Art ’95, Islington, London, (Anthony Hepworth)
1994 Royal Academy Summer Exhibition
Clive Jennings Gallery, London
Manchester Art Fair, (Anthony Hepworth)
Art ’94, Islington, (Anthony Hepworth)
1993 Anthony Hepworth Fine Art, Bath
The Salthouse Gallery, St Ives
1992 Art’92, Islington, London
Europe Art, Geneva
1991 Art ’91, Olympia, London
Corporate Collections
Alliance Corporate Ireland PLC, Dublin Premier Steel, Dublin
ANCPS Civil Servants, Dublin Reuters H.Q., London
Bertram Enterprises, Somerset Royal West of England Academy, Bristol
BNPA Bank, Dublin Taylor Vinters Solicitors, Cambridge
CACEIS Financial Services, Dublin Vera Forsyth Chartered Architects, Bath
Duchas Heritage Service, Dublin West Wiltshire Primary Care Trust, Bath
Future Business Centre, Cambridge Piro Installations Ltd, Warminster
G & D Services Ltd, Bath Mullis & Peake, Essex
Kindle Banking Systems, Ireland Knightsley Ltd, Ireland
King’s School, Worcester
Private Collections
England, Ireland, USA, Canada, Switzerland, France, Denmark, New Zealand
Publications/Reviews
Creativity & Curiosity ‘Moons’, catalogue, Newarke Houses Museum, April 2019
Creativity & Curiosity, catalogue, Zeiss-Grossplanetarium, Berlin, October 2019
Creativity & Curiosity catalogue, September 2017
Elements, IScience magazine, Imperial College London, Summer 2017
Astronomy & Geophysics Magazine, Creativity & Curiosity, Ione Parkin RWA, December 2016 (Front cover + Feature)
Front Cover + Feature – [EVOLVER] Magazine, November/December 2013
Artists and Illustrators Magazine, October 2013
Bath Lives, Bath Life, November 2013
Ione Parkin RWA: Perceptual Motion, catalogue, Quest Gallery, Bath.
Ione Parkin RWA: Perceptual Motion, article, Bath Magazine, Dec. 2012
IMPRESS International Printmaking Festival 2013, catalogue
RWA Autumn Exhibition, catalogue (on Selection Panel). October 2011.
“Ione Parkin RWA”, catalogue, by Geoffrey Bertram. Published by Bertram Enterprizes, 2010. (Available from ‘geoffreyart’ on www.blurb.co.uk)
“Fragments of Infinity” (Lead feature), Evolver Magazine, March-April 2010
“Fragments of Infinity”, David Metcalfe, BANA Magazine, April 2010.
“Age of Enchantment”, article by Anthony Nanson, Resurgence Magazine, January/February, 2010
“Tidal Shift” Mary Palmer, Selected Poems, (cover image). Pub. Awen, 2009.
“50 Wessex Artists”, Fiona Robinson. Published by Evolver, 2006.
“Fred Cuming RA & Ione Parkin RWA”, exhibition catalogue, Adam Gallery, Bath/London, 2006.
“Collecting Original Prints”, Rosemary Simmons. Pub. A & C Black, 2005.
“Prima Materia”, Vivienne Light, catalogue, Six Chapel Row Gallery, 2004.
“Earth-Skin”, (2-person show with Peter Hayes at Black Swan Arts) Cornwall Arts, April 2004.
Venue Magazine, Jan/Feb 2001, (Picture of the Issue).
“3 Years On” catalogue, Art First, London, 1997.
Presentations/Talks
2021 National Astronomy Meeting (NAM21) (C&C project), University of Bath
When Art & Science Collide - Panel Discussion (C&C project) 44AD artspace, Bath
2020 Hebridean Dark Skies Festival (Co-curator), An Lanntair, Isle of Lewis, Scotland
2019 AIS Conference, University of Amsterdam
Royal Observatory Greenwich, Peter Harrison Planetarium
‘Disciplinary Convergence’ Conference, University of Notre Dame (USA) in UK
Hebridean Dark Skies Festival, An Lanntair, Isle of Lewis, Scotland
2018 Zeiss-Grossplanetarium, Berlin Science Week (Talks & Panel Discussion)
Royal Astronomical Society, London
National Astronomy Meeting (NAM/EWASS 2018), Liverpool (Talk & Panel Discussion)
National Space Centre, Leicester, British Science Week (Space Lates Talk)
2017 Road to the Stars Conference (INSAP X/Oxford XI/SEAC 25th), Centro de Estudios Avanzados, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Panel Discussion, Creativity & Curiosity, Cambridge Science Festival
2017 Creative workshops, Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge Science Festival
2015 “Elemental Perspectives” – Bath Royal Literary & Scientific Institute
Bath Spa University (Guest Speaker: Critical Theory/Music Technology)
2014 “Elemental Perspectives” - Arthouse1, Bermondsey
Victoria Art Gallery, Bath – “3 Painters” Panel Discussion
2013 Bath Spa University (Visiting speaker: Critical Theory/Music Technology)
2012 Stroud SITE Festival (talk/performance/discussion: “Without This Art”)
Bath Spa University (Visiting speaker: Critical Theory/Music Technology)
2011 Bath Spa University (Visiting speaker: Critical Theory/Music Technology)