Nerrida Parfitt

Located in Victoria Australia, I am a contemporary painter with qualifications in visual art and design.

My current work explores abandoned places and decay within the Australian landscape.

With a focus on impermanence, I am interested in capturing unconventional beauty which is often overlooked. I find inspiration from my surroundings including nature and historical architecture, and more broadly Surrealism, dreams and music.

Diploma of Design: Graphic Design. Open Colleges.

Certificate IV: Design. The Graphic Design School.

Electronic Design and Interactive Media, Victoria University of Technology, Victoria Australia.

Associate Diploma of Art: Visual Art, Western Metropolitan College of TAFE, Victoria Australia.

2020
Fifty squared art prize, Brunswick Street Gallery, Fitzroy VIC.
Woodend Art Show, Woodend VIC.
Bushfire benefit, Bullarto Gallery, VIC.

2019
Fifty Squared Art Prize, Brunswick Street Gallery, Fitzroy, VIC.
Bacchus Marsh Art Show, Bacchus Marsh, VIC.
Small works art prize, Brunswick Street Gallery, Fitzroy VIC.
Linden postcard show, Linden New Art, St Kilda VIC.
Small!19, Fortyfive Downstairs, Melbourne VIC.

2014
New Surrealisms, Brunswick Street Gallery, Fitzroy VIC.

2010
Opening night, Ink Gallery, Brunswick VIC.
Out of the Woods, Brunswick Street Gallery, Fitzroy VIC.

2009
Bushfire Charity Art Auction, Brunswick Street Gallery, Fitzroy VIC.
Melton Artbeat (Highly commended), Melton Community Hall, Melton, VIC.

2008
Group show, Incinerator Arts Complex, Moonee Ponds, VIC.
Postcard Show, Linden Contemporary Art Space, St. Kilda, VIC.
Art Sydney 08, Royal Hall of Industries, Sydney, NSW.
Smoke Signals, Brunswick Street Gallery, Fitzroy VIC.

2007
A Space Between, Wall Gallery, Ascot Vale, VIC.

2006
Melton Artbeat, Melton Community Hall, Melton, VIC.

2004
Angel Circus, Pop-up gallery, Fitzroy VIC.

Prizes
2019
"People’s Choice award” at the Rotary Art Show, Bacchus Marsh, VIC.

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