Kate Parsons

Born 1955 Hythe, Kent, UK. Studio at Spike Island, Bristol and London.


Kate studied at Chelsea School of Art and Goldsmiths College in London, and has subsequently carried out a practice-based PhD in Sculpture.

Her work focuses on an amalgamation of art and anthropology, which has stemmed from living and working in Kenya. This experience has been the main influence on her life and work, for art practice, research and lecturing. Kates work is very much process led, reflecting themes of mortality through fragility, construction/
deconstruction, and recycling.

The materials she uses are often symbolic in concept or form, creating semiotic associations with the concepts and contexts she is working with. The relationship formed with the context is essential to her work, and results in a cultural hybridization of materials, forms and meanings.

She has exhibited nationally and internationally and gained awards from the Arts Council (ACE) and the Arts and Humanities Research Council.

1997-2004PhD Sculpture (Practice-based/theory), University of Gloucestershire
2000Fellow of the Royal Society of Art (FRSA)
1992-94M.A. in Art and Design Education, De Montfort University, Leicester
1978-79Art Teachers Certificate, Goldsmiths College, University of London
1974-77B.A.(Hons) Fine Art (Sculpture) Chelsea School of Art, London SW3
1973-74Foundation Course, Chelsea School of Art, London SW3

Selected Exhibitions
2008Howard Gardens Gallery, UWIC, Cardiff Uncommon Ground
2007Spike Island Open Studios, Bristol
2007Holman Fenwick & Willan, Lloyds Avenue, London EC3
2006Walcot Chapel, Bath Its all about the monkey installation
2006Art Below, London Underground (Embankment), Poster Diseased Wall III
2006Pittville Gallery, University of Gloucestershire - Drawing Viewpoints
2006South Central Centre, Bath Consumption 24/7 Installation
2005Phoenix Art Gallery, Brighton - Presence/Absence Installation
2005Watershed Media Centre, Bristol 90SecChallenge Film Real Time
2004Spike Island, Project Space, Top Floor Concealed/Revealed
2003Brunei Gallery, SOAS, London (solo) Concealed/Revealed
2003Spike Island Open Studios, Bristol
2003RWA Open Sculpture Exhibit...