Biography

Recent Group Exhibitions

2010
Liverpool Biennial 2010: Three Moments <City States>, Agafar Gallery, Contemporary Urban Centre, Greenland Street,
Liverpool, Sept-Nov 2010

The Fifth National Exhibition The National Art Gallery of the Bahamas, Sept. 2010 – Jan. 2011 (Juried Themed Show, “What is Your Carbon Footprint?” – panel of judges consisting of artists - Janine Antoni, NY,  Alfredo Jaar, NY, NAGB co-curator - Jackson Petit, Director, Gasworks and Triangle Arts Trust, London - Alessio Antoniolli, Collectors, Dawn Davies & Saskia D’Aguilar, Bahamas. Installation title: “Tar Baby”- sea level rise with references to ongoing Deep Water Horizon oil spill and environmental affects.




Solo Exhibitions

2009
Green Fuse The Avenue, St. James Street, Mayfair, London, Jan. – Apr. (Inagua and Green Fuse Series)

2007
When the Bough Breaks Chelsea Arts Club, South Kensington, London, June-July (Series: environmental fragility based on children’s nursery rhyme, “Rock-A-Bye-Baby”)

2006
Faces, Colours and Textures La Giovane Pittura Bahamiana, Mantero - La Tessitura , Como, Italy, curated by Roberto Borghi, in conjunction with Sergio Gaddi, Minister of Culture and Finance for the Community of Como and Vertex International Consulting.

2005
Time and Tide new paintings Gallery No.5, Blenheim Crescent, Portobello Road, London.

2004
Seascapes Celebrating 275 Years of Parliamentary Democracy in the Bahamas, Friends of the Bahamas, House of Commons, London.

1999
Alive Workhouse Gallery, South Kensington, London.

1998
New Paintings The Landmark Hotel, Marylebone, London on invitation from His Excellency, Sir Arthur Foulkes, The Bahamas High Commission for the 25th Anniversary of Independence Celebration for the Bahamas.

1997
Currents Royal College of Pathologists, Carlton House Terrace, London.

1993
Flood Tide, High Tide, Ebb Tide Lawrence University, Appleton, Wisconsin.
Currents, Paintings & Ceramic Sculptures - Master of Fine Arts Thesis Show', Anderson Gallery, Richmond, VA.

1991
Paintings of Longing & Travel Gallery X, Charlottesville, Virginia.




Selected Group Exhibitions

2009
Alterworld opened new gallery in a disused space and curated exhibition of 12 established and emerging artists who challenge our perceptions of a stable, ‘knowable’ reality. Gallery 6, Imperial Wharf, Fulham, London. July. – Sept.
Glass Window Grand Opening Glass Window Gallery, Gregory Town, Eleuthera, Bahamas.
Sixth Sense Michael Chandler, Pete Hoida, Michael Lyons, Holly Parotti, Lynn Parotti, Lélia Pissarro, Paul Vanstone, gallery6@Imperial Wharf London, May-June 2009.
The Force that through the Green Fuse Drives the Flower joint exhibition with Paul Vanstone, Imperial Wharf, Fulham, London. Dec. – Jan. 2009 (based on a poem by Dylan Thomas to comment on ongoing themes of the temporality of life, the energy crisis and the fragility of our surroundings)

2008
The Fourth National Exhibition The National Art Gallery of the Bahamas, July-Jan 2009. (Juried Show - the Inagua and Blastocyst Ball Series: IVF and female emotion)
Inagua The Henley Festival, Henley-on-Thames, Oxon, July (The Inagua Series showcased)
Great Western Studios Open London, Ongoing Biannually (since 1995).
Limit New paintings and prints, joint exhibition with Holly Parotti featuring the Inagua Series and Boundaries, Popop Studios, Centre for the Visual Arts, Nassau, Bahamas.
Transforming Spaces 2008 Popop Studios and Residency Programme, Nassau, Bahamas.

2007                       
Safety Zones Concurrent with Art Basel Miami, Diaspora Vibe Gallery, Miami, Florida.
(Series dealing with diasporic living and economic downturn)
Change Diaspora Vibe Gallery, (Miami) & Popop Studios, Nassau, Bahamas.
Artists of the Artists Artists Rifles Clubhouse, Bisley Camp, Surrey, exhibited also in 2005 and 2006.

2006            
Degustation – Paint, Paste, Print Popop Studios, Nassau, Bahamas.
Art International Lyford Cay Manor, Nassau, Bahamas.
Faces, Colours and Textures La Giovane Pittura Bahamiana, Spazio A-Shed, Como, Italy, curated by Roberto Borghi, in conjunction with Sergio Gaddi, Mininister of Culture for the Community of Como.
20/20 Beverley Knowles Fine Art Gallery, Bevington Road, London.
Square One Gallery King’s Road, London.

2005
Artists of the Artists Artists Rifles Clubhouse, Club Row, Bisley Camp, Brookwood, Surrey.
Aspects of the Bahamas: Sustaining Nature's Treasures The Royal Commonwealth Society with The Bahamas National Trust and the Ministry of Tourism, Northumberland Avenue, London.
Revel in the Arts Charity Auction, Mountbatten House and Gardens, West Hill Street, Nassau, Bahamas.

2002
Parotti Views The Central Bank of the Bahamas, Nassau, Bahamas.

2001
The Third Affordable Art Fair Battersea Park, London.
Beatrice Royal Gallery, Eastleigh, Hampshire.

2000
The Second Affordable Art Fair Battersea Park, London.
Wind and Wave Beatrice Royal Gallery, Eastleigh, Hampshire
Lyford Cay Gallery Nassau, Bahamas.

1999
Annual Auction Government House, Nassau, Bahamas.
Spring Open Lyford Cay Gallery, Nassau, Bahamas.

1998
Ways of Seeing Open Exhibition, Pitshanger Manor Museum and Gallery, Ealing.
New Lines Diarama Gallery in conjunction with E1 Gallery, The Media Centre, Great Tichfield Street, London.
Times Metro/Art Movement Art & Dining Club Promotion Bizrot II, Oxo Tower Wharf and Novelli's EC1, Clerkenwell Road, London.
Well Being Phillips, New Bond Street, London.
New Landscapes Marks & Spencer Head Office, Baker Street, London.

1997
A Sense of Place Landscape Abstractions', Fifth Year Anniversary, Collyer-Bristow Gallery, Bedford Row, London.

1996
Celebrating Women Through the Millennium The Contemporary Art Gallery, Dover Street, London.
Cable & Wireless Head Offices Theobald's Road, Holborn, London.

1995
Nine Northumbrian Fields Cable & Wireless Head Offices, Theobald's Road, Holborn, London.
Maryland Studio Artist Marks & Spencer Head Office, Baker Street, London.

1994
Nine Northumbrian Fields Tallentyre Gallery, Morpeth, Northumberland.
The Art Show Alexandra Palace, Green Park, London.

1993
Continuum 2 Women's Caucus for Art, James Centre Gallery, Richmond, VA.

1992
Group Show Fresco Barn, Skowhegan, Maine.

1991
The Independent Group graduate painting show, Artspace, Richmond, VA.
6+2 graduate painting show, Interact Gallery, Richmond, VA.
Continuum 1 Women's Caucus for Art, James Centre Gallery, Richmond, VA.
Face it, Shockoe Bottom Alive/Richmond for Life Painted murals which were sold to raise funds for Richmond Aids Service Organisations.
Annual Juried Fine Arts Show Anderson Gallery, Richmond, VA.

1990
Senior Thesis Exhibition The Butler Building, Purchase, NY.
Sea-Love A book and 'Dialogue', handmade paper sculptures, Visual Arts Gallery, State University of New York, Purchase, NY.
Junior Painting Exhibition Visual Arts Gallery, State University of New York, Purchase, NY.
Interior Space I nstallation using audio, video & sculpture to simulate the effects of water on the body, Visual Arts Gallery, State University of New York.




Work in Collections

The National Art Gallery of the Bahamas, Nippon Oil Exploration UK Ltd.,Tail Wind Advisory Management Ltd.,Goldman Sachs Investment Bank, High Commissions of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas,Washington,New York and London,Grand Bahama Port Authority, Bahamas Maritime Authority, London & New York, Wilmott Dixon, London, International Private Collections including The D’Aguilar Foundation, The Dawn Davies Collection, His Excellency Sir Arthur Foulkes, GCMG, Governor-General, Bahamas
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Qualifications

1995-96
Training for Artists in Schools Institute of Education, University of London. A course for Artists' Residencies in schools, galleries and other venues in conjunction with the London Arts Board.

1991-93
Master of Fine Arts Degree in Painting & Printmaking Summa cum laude, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, USA.

1987-90
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting Summa cum laude, State University of New York at Purchase, New York.

1985-87
College of Mount Saint Vincent Riverdale, New York.




Awards and Grants

1995-1999
London Arts Board Funding Programmes (yearly grants) - Arts Education Projects. Visual arts workshops at the Chelsea Children's Hospital School, The Royal Brompton and Harefield Hospitals, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital and Collingham Gardens Child and Family Unit. Project Titles: Create Whilst Healing & Life Celebrations.

1997-1999
London Borough of Ealing Grant Aid (yearly grants) - Corporate Resources Group, Ealing in partnership with Arts for Everyone, Lottery Funding. Conducted a year long visual arts residency programme in Ealing schools and provided visual arts workshops at the Pitshanger Manor Museum and Gallery for the academic year.

1996
London Arts Board Funding Programmes 1996 - 98 – Local Authority Art Education. Provided Arts Education Day for schools at the Pitshanger Manor Gallery Ealing, for the academic year.

1993
Phi Kappa Phi Honour Society, Virginia Commonwealth University.

1992
Artist's Fellowship Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture, Maine.

1991-92
Graduate Assistantship for three semesters Virginia Commonwealth University. Full tuition waiver and monthly stipend.

1990
President's Award for Visual Arts State University of New York.

1985-92
Scholarships Lyford Cay Foundation, Nassau, Bahamas.

1985-87
Merit Scholarship College of Mount St Vincent, Riverdale, NY.

1984-85
Scholarships Esso Standard Oil Art Competitions, Nassau, Bahamas.



 
Artist’s Residencies and Charitable Projects

2007-95
Artist in Residence The Chelsea Children’s Hospital School, London. Responsible for creative visual art workshops for paediatrics at the Royal Brompton and Harefield Hospital, Chelsea & Westminster Hospital, St.Mary’s and Collingham Gardens Child and Family Psychiatric Unit. Responsible for creative visual art workshops at the Royal Brompton and Harefield Hospital, Chelsea & Westminster Hospital and Collingham Gardens Child and Family Unit. Project Titles 'Life Celebration I-IV' and 'Create whilst Healing' are issue-based, dealing with topics like racism, bullying, environmental conservation, nature and art, artists, personal identity and body image through the creative arts. All Key Stages are taught within a flexible Special Needs framework. A cumulative exhibition featuring the work from this programme has been on tour in Great Britain since 1998 and has also travelled to Barcelona. It has been exhibited in venues such as The National Gallery and the Royal College of Pathologists, London; as well as the Banbury Museum and the H.O.P.E. conference, Barcelona. Numerous articles have been written about this touring exhibition, in addition to the production of a book and other publications, raising the profile of hospital schools and the art of young people.

2006                
Buddy Baer Berlin GmbH sponsored by Dr. Hartwig Piepenbrock, Honorary Consul, to design and paint a 2m tall fibreglass bear for the Bahamas in the United Buddy Bears’ global tour to promote international tolerance and co-existence and raise money for children in need together with UNICEF. www.buddy-baer.com

1992
Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture, Maine Juried New York Residency during Summer: 65 emerging artists under the tutorial of international artists in Maine.




Broadcasting

2006
Destination Lunch Overseas Property TV, in conjunction with the Ministry of Tourism of the Bahamas, Sky Television.
Bahamas Week in Como Espansione TV, AL 9000, Italy, June 7th.
Modern Art Replaces Lost Property Featuring Time & Tide paintings British Satellite News, London, Jan.

2002   
Radio interviews discussing Parotti Views Exhibition, Love 97 and 102.9 Island FM, Nassau,Bahamas, Aug.

1997
30 minute feature of private view of Currents Exhibition, The Multicultural Channel, London.




Bibliography

2011                
Milgate, Marcia. “Water, water eveytwhere”,Real Life, Caribbean. July.

2009                
Watson, Andrea. “Art of Good Design”, The Daily Express, London. Jun 12th.

2008
Pretty Flamingos Lloyd's List, London, Nov.
Rutherford, Thea. Parotti Sisiters Take it to the Limit, The Nassau Guardian, Bahamas, April 12th.
“Prints and paintings… “An Expression of the links between natural and manmade forces”, The Tribune, Nassau, April 16th.

2007
Brewer, James. Ecological Strains and Fierce Human EmotionsBubble to the Surface Lloyd's List, London, Jun. 22nd.
Oldman, Alison. When the Bough Breaks :A Nature Painting to Rock Your World Ham & High, London, Jun.14th
 Burrows, Petura. “Parotti’s ….appreciation of the sensuous possibilities of oil paint”. The Tribune, Nassau, June 6t

2006
Faces, Colours and Textures La Giovane Pittura Bahamiana,  Corriere Della Sera, Italy, Jun.
La Bahamas conquisatano il Lario, Corriere di Como Italy, May.
Burrows, Petura. Using Her Artistic Talent for a Charitable Cause The Tribune. Nassau, Bahamas, Apr.
Bahamian Artist to show Spirit of Bahamas at World Cup The Bahama Journal, Arts & Entertainment, Apr.
Vedrine, Betty. The Bahamas Gets a Bear The Nassau Guardian, Bahamas, April
Mackinnan Wendy, Bahamas Newsletter, High Commission of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas.

2005  
Brewer, James. Out of Death Comes an Appreciation of Life Lloyd’s List, London, Nov 3rd.
Brewer, James. Threatened Reefs that Reflect the Fragility of the Human Species Lloyd’s List, London, Feb. 

2003
Torelli, Umberto. Idee di Stagione, Quest’ estate vado all’estero Corriere della Sera, Milano, Italy, Jun. 

2002       
Mather, Janice. See Seascapes Anew with Parotti Views The Nassau Guardian, Bahamas, Aug.
Review of exhibition, Parotti Views The Tribune, The Miami Herald, USA, Aug.
Sisters Make their Views Clear The Tribune, Nassau, Bahamas, Aug.
Bexon, Tina. Artists in Residence The Evening Standard, London, Jun. 

1999
Lyford Cay Exhibit Brings Together Four Diverse Painting Styles The Tribune, The Miami Herald, USA.

1998
Hall, Hadassah. Art Helps in Achieving a Full Life Review, The Nassau Guardian, Bahamas, Dec.
A Wave of Warmth from the Bahamas Review of evening of art and opera at the Holy Trinity Church in Guildford,
The Nassau Guardian, Bahamas, Aug.

1993
Bullard, CeCe. Review of Continuum 2 exhibit, Richmond Times Dispatch, Virginia, USA, Apr.

1991
Merritt, Robert. Women Creating Complex Images… Review of Continuum 1 exhibit, Richmond Times Dispatch, Virginia, USA, Oct.