JOHN PARKER

John Parker BLACK + WHITE + RED New Ceramics by John Parker

Opening Saturday 20th February Artist present from 11am Until 17th March, 2010

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JOHN PARKER, Vortex Ring [10-1] (2009/10) black glazed ceramic, size (ø x d): 343 x 52 mm 1

JOHN PARKER, White Grooved Ring [10-2] (2009/10) white glazed ceramic, size (ø x d): 312 x 47 mm 2

JOHN PARKER, Vortex Ring [10-3] (2009/10) black glazed ceramic, size (ø x d): 217 x 53 mm 3

JOHN PARKER, White Grooved Ring [10-4] (2009/10) white glazed ceramic, size (ø x d): 224 x 76 mm 4

JOHN PARKER, White Grooved Ring [10-5] (2009/10) white glazed ceramic, size (ø x d): 181 x 42 mm 5

6. JOHN PARKER, West Auckland Still Life for Keith & Ernie #

#3 (2008-10), 13 piece installation; white glazed ceramic, 13 pieces

JOHN PARKER, West Auckland Still Life for Keith & Ernie #3 (2008-10) DETAIL VIEW 6

JOHN PARKER, West Auckland Still Life for Keith & Ernie #3 (2008-10) DETAIL VIEW 6

JOHN PARKER, West Auckland Still Life for Keith & Ernie #3 (2008-10) DETAIL VIEW 6

JOHN PARKER, West Auckland Still Life for Keith & Ernie #3 (2008-10) DETAIL VIEW 6

JOHN PARKER, West Auckland Still Life for Keith & Ernie #3 (2008-10) DETAIL VIEW 6

JOHN PARKER, West Auckland Still Life for Keith & Ernie #3 (2008-10) DETAIL VIEW 6

JOHN PARKER, West Auckland Still Life for Keith & Ernie #3 (2008-10) DETAIL VIEW 6

JOHN PARKER, West Auckland Still Life for Keith & Ernie #3 (2008-10) DETAIL VIEW 6

JOHN PARKER, West Auckland Still Life for Keith & Ernie #3 (2008-10) DETAIL VIEW 6

JOHN PARKER, West Auckland Still Life for Keith & Ernie #3 (2008-10) DETAIL VIEW 6

JOHN PARKER, West Auckland Still Life for Keith & Ernie #3 (2008-10) DETAIL VIEW 6

JOHN PARKER, West Auckland Still Life for Keith & Ernie #3 (2008-10) DETAIL VIEW 6

JOHN PARKER, West Auckland Still Life for Keith & Ernie #3 (2008-10) DETAIL VIEW 6

JOHN PARKER, West Auckland Still Life for Keith & Ernie #3 (2008-10) DETAIL VIEW 6

JOHN PARKER, Vortex Orb [10-7] (2010) black glazed ceramic, size (v x ø): 223 x 173 mm 7

JOHN PARKER, Vortex Bottle [10-8] (2010) black glazed ceramic, size (v x ø): 278 x 85 mm 8

JOHN PARKER, Vortex Conical Flask [10-9] (2010) black glazed ceramic, size (v x ø): 318 x 128 mm 9

JOHN PARKER, Vortex Orb [10-10] (2010) black glazed ceramic, size (v x ø): 161 x 121 mm 10

JOHN PARKER, Vortex Bottle [10-11] (2010) black glazed ceramic, size (v x ø): 228 x 78 mm 11

JOHN PARKER, Vortex Conical Flask [10-12] (2010) black glazed ceramic, size (v x ø): 265 x 123 mm 12

JOHN PARKER, Vortex Bottle [10-13] (2010) black glazed ceramic, size (v x ø): 196 x 109 mm 13

JOHN PARKER, Vortex Orb [10-14] (2010) black glazed ceramic, size (v x ø): 300 x 210 mm 14

JOHN PARKER, Vortex Bottle [10-15] (2010) black glazed ceramic, size (v x ø): 261 x 85 mm 15

JOHN PARKER, White Grooved Beehive Bottle [10-16] (2009/10) white glazed ceramic, size (v x ø): 286 x 173 mm 16

JOHN PARKER, White Grooved Beehive Bottle [10-17] (2009/10) white glazed ceramic, size (v x ø): 298 x 136 mm 17

JOHN PARKER, White Grooved Beehive Bottle [10-18] (2009/10) white glazed ceramic, size (v x ø): 282 x 149 mm 18

JOHN PARKER, White Grooved Beehive Bottle [10-19] (2010) white glazed ceramic, size (v x ø): 362 x 162 mm 19

JOHN PARKER, White Grooved Beehive Bottle [10-20] (2006/10) white glazed ceramic, size (v x ø): 248 x 140 mm 20

JOHN PARKER, White Grooved Flared Bowl [10-21] (2009/10) white glazed ceramic, size (v x ø): 131 x 373 mm 21

JOHN PARKER, White Grooved Flared Bowl [10-22] (2009/10) white glazed ceramic, size (v x ø): 130 x 309 mm 22

JOHN PARKER, White Grooved Flared Bowl [10-23] (2009/10) white glazed ceramic, size (v x ø): 94 x 308 mm 23

JOHN PARKER, Red China Ring [10-24] (2009/10) red glazed ceramic, size (ø x d): 173 x 40 mm 24

JOHN PARKER, Red China Ring [10-24] (2009/10) DETAIL VIEW 24

JOHN PARKER, Red China Ring [10-25] (2009/10) red glazed ceramic, size (ø x d): 232 x 50 mm 25

JOHN PARKER, Red China Ring [10-25] (2009/10) DETAIL VIEW 25

JOHN PARKER, Red China Bottle [10-26] (2009/10) red glazed ceramic, size (v x ø): 252 x 120 mm 26

JOHN PARKER, Red China Bottle [10-27] (2009/10) red glazed ceramic, size (v x ø): 280 x 145 mm 27

JOHN PARKER, Red China Bottle [10-28] (2009/10) red glazed ceramic, size (v x ø): 350 x 134 mm 28

JOHN PARKER, Red China Bottle [10-27] (2009/10) DETAIL VIEW 27

JOHN PARKER, Red China Bottle [10-28] (2009/10) DETAIL VIEW 28

JOHN PARKER, Red China Bottle [10-26] (2009/10) DETAIL VIEW 26

JOHN PARKER, Red China Textured Flared Bowl [10-29] (2009/10) red glazed ceramic, size (v x ø): 143 x 292 mm 29

JOHN PARKER, Red China Textured Flared Bowl [10-29] (2009/10) DETAIL VIEW 29

JOHN PARKER, Red China Textured Flared Bowl [10-30] (2009/10) red glazed ceramic, size (v x ø): 147 x 291 mm 30

JOHN PARKER, Red China Textured Flared Bowl [10-30] (2009/10) DETAIL VIEW 30

JOHN PARKER, Vortex Cylinder [10-31] (2010) black glazed ceramic, size (v x ø): 228 x 80 mm 31

JOHN PARKER, White Grooved Cylinder [10-32] (2009/10) white glazed ceramic, size (v x ø): 186 x 63 mm 32

JOHN PARKER, Vortex Cylinder [10-33] (2010) black glazed ceramic, size (v x ø): 240 x 95 mm 33

JOHN PARKER, Vortex Cylinder [10-34] (2010) black glazed ceramic, size (v x ø): 212 x 77 mm 34

JOHN PARKER, Vortex Cylinder [10-35] (2010) black glazed ceramic, size (v x ø): 280 x 84 mm 35

JOHN PARKER, White Grooved Cylinder [10-36] (2008/10) white glazed ceramic, size (v x ø): 265 x 90 mm 36

JOHN PARKER, Vortex Cylinder [10-37] (2010) black glazed ceramic, size (v x ø): 307 x 90 mm 37

JOHN PARKER, Vortex Cylinder [10-38] (2010) black glazed ceramic, size (v x ø): 294 x 100 mm 38

JOHN PARKER, Vortex Cylinder [10-38] (2010) DETAIL VIEW 38

JOHN PARKER, White Grooved Cylinder [10-36] (2008/10) DETAIL VIEW 36

JOHN PARKER - BLACK + WHITE + RED 1 JOHN PARKER, Vortex Ring [10-1] (2009/10)

650

2 JOHN PARKER, White Grooved Ring [10-2] (2009/10)

575

3 JOHN PARKER, Vortex Ring [10-3] (2009/10)

370

4 JOHN PARKER, White Grooved Ring [10-4] (2009/10)

475

5 JOHN PARKER, White Grooved Ring [10-5] (2009/10)

315

6 JOHN PARKER, West Auckland Still Life for Keith & Ernie #3 (2008-10)

4,500

7 JOHN PARKER, Vortex Orb [10-7] (2010)

395

8 JOHN PARKER, Vortex Bottle [10-8] (2010)

395

9 JOHN PARKER, Vortex Conical Flask [10-9] (2010)

475

10 JOHN PARKER, Vortex Orb [10-10] (2010)

275

11 JOHN PARKER, Vortex Bottle [10-11] (2010)

315

12 JOHN PARKER, Vortex Conical Flask [10-12] (2010)

395

13 JOHN PARKER, Vortex Bottle [10-13] (2010)

275

14 JOHN PARKER, Vortex Orb [10-14] (2010)

575

15 JOHN PARKER, Vortex Bottle [10-15] (2010)

375

JOHN PARKER - BLACK + WHITE + RED 16 JOHN PARKER, White Grooved Beehive Bottle [10-16] (2009/10)

550

17 JOHN PARKER, White Grooved Beehive Bottle [10-17] (2009/10)

495

18 JOHN PARKER, White Grooved Beehive Bottle [10-18] (2009/10)

450

19 JOHN PARKER, White Grooved Beehive Bottle [10-19] (2010)

650

20 JOHN PARKER, White Grooved Beehive Bottle [10-20] (2006/10)

325

21 JOHN PARKER, White Grooved Flared Bowl [10-21] (2009/10)

675

22 JOHN PARKER, White Grooved Flared Bowl [10-22] (2009/10)

525

23 JOHN PARKER, White Grooved Flared Bowl [10-23] (2009/10)

495

24 JOHN PARKER, Red China Ring [10-24] (2009/10)

375

25 JOHN PARKER, Red China Ring [10-25] (2009/10)

525

26 JOHN PARKER, Red China Bottle [10-26] (2009/10)

450

27 JOHN PARKER, Red China Bottle [10-27] (2009/10)

525

28 JOHN PARKER, Red China Bottle [10-28] (2009/10)

650

29 JOHN PARKER, Red China Textured Flared Bowl [10-29] (2009/10)

525

30 JOHN PARKER, Red China Textured Flared Bowl [10-30] (2009/10)

525

JOHN PARKER - BLACK + WHITE + RED 31 JOHN PARKER, Vortex Cylinder [10-31] (2010)

295

32 JOHN PARKER, White Grooved Cylinder [10-32] (2009/10)

195

33 JOHN PARKER, Vortex Cylinder [10-33] (2010)

350

34 JOHN PARKER, Vortex Cylinder [10-34] (2010)

250

35 JOHN PARKER, Vortex Cylinder [10-35] (2010)

295

36 JOHN PARKER, White Grooved Cylinder [10-36] (2008/10)

375

37 JOHN PARKER, Vortex Cylinder [10-37] (2010)

450

38 JOHN PARKER, Vortex Cylinder [10-38] (2010)

395

JOHN PARKER b. 1947, lives Auckland

“I subscribe to the well rounded aesthetic ideal, I guess. All the things I do relate, they are all visual. They all concern the drama of reactions to shape and colour and arrangement.” John Parker works as a potter, set and costume designer and film critic. He draws no distinction between his interests. “The same themes flow through your work and the same processes of stylisation, fine-tuning and attention to detail apply.” 1 “When working in clay, I see myself following in the traditions of being just a craft potter. Each piece is hand-made and unique. I throw and turn all my work on the potter’s wheel. I make ware which is easily recognisable as the classical pottery vessel, bottle or bowl, but my special concern is to push the concepts of these as far as possible into severe minimalism and into the functional/non-functional debate to explore the very essence of defining these ideas. My forms and aesthetic, of the stark and the industrial owe more to the philosophy of the European design movements of de Stijl and the Bauhaus than to Leach and Hamada.” 2 “His pots are beautifully formed, strongly based on simple geometry; they are elegantly glazed and crisply detailed.” (3) “For some years now Parker has been limiting his focus and simplifying his forms. In his search for refinement and perfection he now works purely in white porcelain.” 4 Born Auckland, New Zealand 1947. After some years studying in New Zealand and London, Parker graduated with a Master of Fine Arts, Royal College of Art, London in 1975. He returned to Auckland in 1977 and continues to live and work there.

Parker has been exhibiting ceramics since 1967. In the last 8 years he has had as many as three solo shows a year. He participates in at least one New Zealand group show a year and he has been represented in international group shows in the UK, Italy, USA and Australia. He has received numerous awards and commissions and his work is held in major New Zealand public collections and many private collections in New Zealand and overseas.

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Artists Statement, 1994.

Artists Statement, 2000.

Helen Schamroth, ‘100 New Zealand Craft Artists’, Godwit, Auckland, 1998.

Barry Allom, ‘Urbane, stylish, all white’, The Press, 18 November 1998.

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JOHN PARKER b. 1947, lives Auckland EDUCATION 1975 1970

MA, Royal College of Art, London, England DipTech (Distinction) Auckland College of Education

SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2010 2009 2007

2006

2005 2004

2003

2002 2001 2000

1999 1998

1997

1996 1995 1994

1993 1992 1991 1990 1986 1985 1984 1983 1982

Black + White + Red The Same But Different The Same But Different New Ceramic Forms New China Diversions Baubles Off White Superstrata Superstrata Superstrata Resurfacing Resurfacing New Artefacts Abstraction and Still Life New Artefacts New Artefacts White Ware John Parker Ceramics White Ware, White Ware Wall to Wall White Ware White Ware Twentieth Century Ceramics Twentieth Century Ceramics 99 White Bottles Functional Ware Functional Ware White Ware White Ware White Ware Recent Ceramics New Work New Work Points and Penatrations New Work New Work Triptychs New Work Window Dressing New Work Masterworks Ceramics for the Modern Home Happy Birthday to Me Decorative Art Firth Solo Show: Textures

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milford galleries queenstown Masterworks, Auckland Avid, Wellington milford galleries queenstown Masterworks Gallery, Auckland Avid Gallery, Wellington Avid Gallery, Wellington Masterworks Gallery, Auckland Milford Gallery, Dunedin Avid Gallery, Wellington Objectspace, Auckland Avid Gallery, Wellington Master Works Gallery, Auckland Milford Gallery, Dunedin Milford Gallery, Dunedin Master Works Gallery, Auckland AVID, Wellington Form Gallery, Christchurch Festival of the Arts (Retrospective Exhibition), City Gallery, Wellington Master Works Gallery, Auckland AVID Gallery, Wellington Hastings Exhibition Centre, Hastings International Arts Festival, Wellington Milford Gallery, Dunedin AVID Gallery, Wellington Master Works Gallery, Auckland Albany Village Gallery, Auckland Master Works Gallery, Auckland AVID Gallery, Wellington MIRO Gallery, Napier Master Works Gallery, Auckland AVID Gallery, Wellington AVID Gallery, Wellington AVID Gallery, Wellington FORM Gallery, Christchurch.

Master Works Gallery, Auckland AVID Gallery, Wellington FORM Gallery, Christchurch.

Master Works Gallery, Auckland.

AVID Gallery, Wellington.

Compendium Gallery, Auckland AVID Gallery, Wellington Master Works, Auckland Compendium Gallery, Auckland Real Time, Auckland 12 Potters Gallery, Auckland 12 Potters Gallery, Auckland New Vision Gallery, Auckland Pots of Ponsonby Auckland

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1981 Fourth solo show, 1980 Domestic Wares 1979 Third solo show 1977 1973 1972

Second solo show First solo show Christmas Show

Blackfriars Gallery, Sydney, Australia New Vision Gallery, Auckland.

Dowse Art Museum, Wellington.

The Craft Centre, Melbourne, Australia Albany Village Pottery, Auckland Alicat Gallery, Auckland Brooke Gifford Gallery, Christchurch Blackfriars Gallery, Sydney, Australia New Vision Gallery, Auckland.

Media, Wellington.

New Vision Gallery, Auckland.

New Vision Gallery, Auckland Faenza, ITALY. MEDIA, Wellington.

GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2009 2008 2006 2004 2002 1996 1995 1994 1984 1983 1982 1980 1979 1978

1977

1976

1975

1969+ 1967+

Collis and Parker The David Lloyd Gallery, Hamilton In Good Company Skepski Gallery, Melbourne Down Under China Arthouse, Christchurch Reconstructing China Masterworks, Auckland Beyond the Pale North Art, Auckland Parker and Parker; Installation with Richard Parker, Object Space, Auckland Space, Fire and Form Gallery East, Fremantle, Ceramic Art Gallery, Sydney, Shepparton Art Gallery, Victoria, AUSTRALIA The Bowled and the Beautiful Freemantle, Australia Works in Progress (collaboration with Terry Stringer), Compendium Gallery, Auckland Clay and Architecture (Collaboration with Simon Carnachan), Fisher Gallery, Auckland Ceramics for the Year of the Pig, Master Works Gallery, Auckland.

Collaborations (Joint show with Rick Rudd), Master Works Gallery, Auckland.

Porcelain: 4 potters 12 Potters Gallery, Auckland Clay and Glass AZ ART, Arizona, USA Basic Black: Twenty Bowls Denis Cohn Gallery, Auckland weaver John Hadwen C S A Gallerywith, Christchurch 5x5, Denis Cohn Gallery, Auckland North Island Potters Dowse Art Museum, Wellington Crafts New Zealand, overseas travelling exhibition.

Porcelain 3, Alicat, Auckland.

4 x 10 : Four Approaches Peter Webb Gallery, Auckland Oxford Gallery, Oxford, UK Porcelain Show MEDIA, Wellington.

Porcelain 2, Alicat, Auckland.

Heals (with Ian Godfrey) London, UK Upper Street Gallery, LONDON. Third Eye Gallery, GLASGOW. Tom Caldwell Gallery, BELFAST. 24 British Potters (travelling show) USA Degree Show Royal College of Art, London, UK Oxford Gallery, Oxford, UK Christmas Show Goswell Road Workshop, London, UK Faenza, Italy National Museum of Wales, Cardiff, Wales New Zealand Society of Potters Annual Exhibitions. with Grant Hudson.

Upstairs Gallery, Hamilton Auckland Studio Potters Annual Exhibitions

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AWARDS & COMMISSIONS 2009 2007 1999

1998 1995 1989 1985 1980 1979 1985 1980 1979

Winner of Portage Awards, John Green Waitakere Artist Award Winner of Portage Awards, John Green Waitakere Artist Award Awarded Waitakere City Millennium Medal for services to the Community Commissioned Installation for Ministry of Foreign Affairs, for Embassy Chancery, Jakarta Commission for Noel Lane - Architect, Auckland Commissioned APEC Leaders Gift presented to Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin Commissioned Installation for Chapman Tripp Foyer, Wellington Birkehead Licensing Trust Award Royal Easter Show Western Potters Award Merit Award, Royal Easter Show Pottery Awards.

Merit Award, Hume Gas Award.

Awarded Major Creative Development Grant by Q E 2 to research glaze technology and U V light Merit Award, Fletcher Brownbuilt Pottery Award Merit Award, Fletcher Brownbuilt Pottery Award Merit Award, Fletcher Brownbuilt Pottery Award Merit Award, Fletcher Brownbuilt Pottery Award Merit Award, Fletcher Brownbuilt Pottery Award.

Merit Award, Fletcher Brownbuilt Pottery Award

SELECTED COLLECTIONS Chapman Tripp Sun Alliance Montana Wines Auckland Institute and Museum Dowse Art Museum Museum of New Zealand - Te Papa Tongarewa Manawatu Art Gallery.

Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences, Sydney, Australia N Z Embassy, Tokyo, Japan Northern Arizona University, USA Pennsylvania State University, USA Waikato Art Museum.

Whangarei Art Gallery N Z Embassy, Jakarta, Indonesia

SELECTED ARTICLES 2002 2002 1998 1996 1995 1995 1990 1988 1981 1978 1973 1973

John Parker Ceramics, Wellington: David Bateman (essay attached) Severe White Things, Art News, Summer 2002, pp 50 – 51 (attached) Schamroth, Helen, 100 New Zealand Craft Artists, Auckland: Godwit (attached) Lloyd-Jenkins, Douglas, From Paris to Vortex: Keith Murray and New Zealand Ceramics, Keith Murray in Context, Robin Craw (ed.), Napier: Hawkes Bay Museum Parker, John, The Organic Nature of Sophistication: Lucie Rie Remembered, New Zealand Potter, vol.37, no.3, December 1995, pp 16-18 Mansfield, Janet, Contemporary Ceramic Art in Australia and New Zealand, Sydney: Craftsman House Waitakere Arts and Cultural Centre. Stages: John Parker Survey Exhibition, Auckland Parker, John and Celia Parkinson 24 New Zealand Potters, Auckland: David Bateman Parker, John, Domestic Wares, New Zealand Potter, vol.23, no.2, Spring 1981, pp 24-25 Parker, John, Eat Your Heart Out Betty Crocker, New Zealand Potter, vol.20, no.2, Spring 1978, pp 20 Harris, Margaret, John Parker, New Zealand Potter, vol.15, no.1, Autumn 1973, pp 44-46 Harris, Margaret, John Parker at New Vision, New Zealand Potter, vol.15, no.1. Autumn 1973, pp 47

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