Linda Dry Parker

Linda Dry Parker Biography

BA Hons Degree Newcastle University, England
Masters Degree Brighton University, England

Linda Dry Parker Description

Born in Essex, England, Linda Dry-Parker’s works have been exhibited in the Gallery Perutz, London, the Barry Stern and Global Galleries in Sydney, Art Asia, Hong Kong and Port Jackson Fine Art, Laguna Beach California, among others.

Collections and commissions include two huge murals for Walt Disney in Hong Kong, oil paintings for the Shangri La Hotels in both the Philippines and Bangkok and a landscape watercolour series for St Vincent’s Hospital, Sydney.

Linda Dry Parker Statement

“I regard myself as an abstract colourist with a passion for the figure. I use layers of colour as a foundation for my work. Colour is an abstract expression, while I find the figure connects to me with reality.”

Linda Dry Parker Resumé

Education
BA Honours Degree, Newcastle University, England
Masters Degree, Brighton University, England

Exhibitions
1976 - Northern Arts Travelling Exhibition, UK
1976 - Lang and Shipley Galleries, UK
1977 - Joint exhibition of printmakers, Morley Gallery, UK
1980 - Joint exhibition, Profile Gallery. Melbourne
1981 - Profile Gallery, Melbourne
1984 - Graphic Illusion, Melbourne
1986 - Graphic Illusion, Melbourne
1989 - Exhibit at Decorex, Melbourne
1989 - Joint exhibition, Studio Gallery, BI Rock, Melbourne
1989 - Solo exhibition, Capricorn Gallery, Melbourne
1991 - Solo exhibition, Capricorn Gallery, Melbourne
1992 – 94 - Eagle Hawke Gallery, Sydney
1994 - Alice Bales Award selection
1995 - Gallery Café, Surry Hills, Sydney
1997 - Palm Beach Gallery, Palm Beach, NSW
1997 – 98 - A R T Gallery, Balgowlah
1997 – 98 - Joint exhibition, Anita Ellis Gallery
1998 - Mosman Art Competition, selected for exhibition
1999 - Joint exhibition, Barry Stern Gallery
2000 - Solo Exhibition, Port Jackson Fine Art, Laguna Beach, Los Angeles
2001 - Joint exhibition, Cooks Hill Gallery, Newcastle
2002 - L’attitude Gallery, Boston, USA
2003 – Global Gallery, Sydney
2003 - Port Jackson Fine Art, Laguna Beach, USA
2004 - Global Gallery, Sydney
2004 - Art Asia, Hong Kong
2004 - Ronald Coles Gallery, Sydney
2004 - Gallery Perutz, London, England
2005 – Soda Gallery, Sydney
2005 - Gallery Perutz, Edinburgh UK
2005 - Gallery Perutz, London UK
2006 – Manyung Gallery, Melbourne
2006 - Ronald Coles Gallery, Sydney
2006 - Gallery Perutz, Bristol, Edinburgh
2007 – Gallery Perutze, Bristol
2008 - Mosman Regional Art Prize , Sydney
2008 - Bell Gallery , Berrima
2008 - Gallery Perutze , UK
2008 - Manyung Gallery , Melbourne Vic.
2009 - Manyung Gallery Victoria 2009 - Bell Gallery Berrima 2010 - Bell Gallery , Berrima NSW 2010 - Gallery Perutze, Bristol UK 2011 - Bell Gallery Berrima NSW 2011 - Moulton Gallery Sydney NSW 2012 - Gallery Perutze Bristol UK

Collections and Commissions
2005 - Walt Disney , Hong Kong, 2 Murals 7.4 Mtrs x 4.2 mtrs
2005 - Manderin Hotel , Phillipines
2004 - Shangri La Hotel Phillipines, Oil on Canvas, 3mtrs x 2.5mtrs
2004 - Shangri La Hotel Bangkok, Oil on Canvas 4 mtrs x 2mtrs
2003 - St Vincents Hospital, Sydney, Landscape Water colour series, 60cms x 50cms

Awards
1998 - Winner , Alice Bales Award, Melbourne
2002 - Australian Cancer Council

Publications
November 1989, Herald Sun
February 1990, House and Garden
January 1994, Vogue Magazine