Email: crow.dillonparkin@gmail.com
Studio: Unit 2F3, The Old Print Works, 498-506 Moseley Road, Birmingham B12 9AH (visits by appointment)
About My Work
My work combines elements of embodiment and performativity in the articulation of lived experience from a feminist perspective. As an artist and ex-powerlifter, the physical body is central to everything I do.
Recent works explore the impact of neo-colonialism and neoliberalism on the bodies of women, as both producers and consumers in the global post-capitalist economy. How does the body remember its own history, and how does it write its own future narrative? What will happen to all our bodies as the climate emergency worsens?
Upcoming Projects
13 November - 17 December 2021 - Up, Down (and Somewhere in Between) - members show, ORT Gallery, Birmingham
18 November - 16 December - Eastside Projects Online Winter Art Fair
27 November 2021 - 2-4pm Meet the Artists event at ORT Gallery, Birmingham
18 December 2021 - 4 September 2022 - Twenty Twenty Collection - New Art Gallery, Walsall
13 January 2022 - Twenty Twenty collection evening reception 6-8pm
Exhibitions and Performances
18-19 & 25-26 September 2021 - Birmingham Open Studios weekends at The Old Print Works
17-31 May 2021 - Ikon for Artists - group show of Birmingham artists at Ikon Gallery, Birmingham
12-16 May 2021 - May Day M'Aidez MAYDAY - group show with tenthirtyart, Camden Image Gallery, London
25 Nov-17 December 2020 Eastside Projects Winter Fair (online shop)
01-31 August 2020 Schwarmerei Online Members Show - group online show, ORT Gallery, Birmingham
23-28 January 2020 Depictions of Living - group show at the The Art Pavilion, Mile End Park, London
27-29 September 2019 Confluence - group show curated by Justine Johnson at Safehouse 1, Copeland Road, London
7-9 June 2019 - studio show at Euroart Studios open weekend
11 April 2019 Judith Butler’s Neoliberal Postcolonial All-inclusive Shred – group performance at Talking Bodies Conference, University of Chester
6-10 March 2019 Women Artists Are The Best Artists – group show with tenthirtyart, Camden Image Gallery, London
December 2018 Repetition is the Mother of Skill: Repetition is the Skill of Mothers - performance for Desperate Artwives SHESHOWS takeover, Leyden Gallery, London
October 2018 Womanspace – group show with Desperate Artwives, Platform 1 Gallery, Wandsworth, London
September 2018 Drawing the Line – joint exhibition with Morfydd Ransom-Hall, Camden Image Gallery, London
June 2018 Judith Butler's Mitochondrial Shred – mother-daughter performance with Lilith Dillon-Parkin, for Desperate Artwives Inside Out takeover, Leyden Gallery, London
June 2018 Frida Kahlo in Temple Fortune – open studio, Euroart Studios, London
October 2017 Judith Butler's New Improved Shred – performance with The Artist Bette Mann at INTERGENFEM curated by Desperate Artwives for FiLiArt, FiLiA Conference, London
June 2017 Two Years Here – open studio retrospective, Euroart Studios, London
October 2016 A Grand Day Out – group show with tenthirtyart, The Crypt Gallery, London
September 2016 Frayed at the Edge – group show with tenthirtyart, The Rag Factory, London
June 2016 Here Comes The Flood – group show curated by Dr Daniel Barnes, Euroart Studios, London
December 2015 Infusion – group show with tenthirtyart, Embassy Tea Gallery, London
October 2015 Judith Butler’s Three Hour Shred – solo performance at Unruly Bodies conference, Brussels
July-September 2015 Fluorescent – open house arts festival, Soho, London
June 2015 Chelsea Salon – group show, Penarth Studios, London
May 2015 multi-infra-sub-meta – Degree Show One, Central Saint Martins
November 2014 Black Box – MA Art and Science studio show, Archway
November 2014 Big Space III – group show, The Street, Central Saint Martins
September 2014 Crepuscular – group show, The Crypt Gallery
August 2014 Interactions – group show, The Old Truman Brewery
June 2014 Print/3 – group show, Arcane Gallery
March 2014 Tomorrow Today – MA Pathway Interim show, Bargehouse
March 2014 It Is about To Start: Judith Butler’s Fifty Minute Shred – solo performance, The Crossing, Granary Square
February 2014 Big Space II – group show, The Street, Central Saint Martins
November 2013 Experimentations – MA Art and Science studio show, Archway
August 1992 Women In Action – The Nicht Gallery, Redfield
April 1991 Sixth Yorkshire Artists Biennale – Crescent Art Gallery, Scarborough
Performative Lectures
April 2017 - This Girl Can't? – Talking Bodies Conference, University of Chester
October 2015 - #BeingReal (reiterated) – Unruly Bodies Conference, Sophia, Brussels
June 2015 - #BeingEmbodied – London LASER 10, University of Westminster
May 2015 - #BeingReal – multi-infra-sub-meta, MA Art and Science Symposium, University of the Arts London
April 2015 – Hashtag Be Real – Talking Bodies Conference, University of Chester
October 2014 – Occupy Your Space – Dare to Do It Differently: Creative Methods in Gender and Sexuality and Public Engagement, Coventry University
Education
2015 MA Art and Science (Distinction), Central Saint Martins
2004 Certificate in Post-compulsory Education, University of Wolverhampton
1990 BA Art and Design (Distinction), Bradford and Ilkley Community College
Studio: Unit 2F3, The Old Print Works, 498-506 Moseley Road, Birmingham B12 9AH (visits by appointment)
About My Work
My work combines elements of embodiment and performativity in the articulation of lived experience from a feminist perspective. As an artist and ex-powerlifter, the physical body is central to everything I do.
Recent works explore the impact of neo-colonialism and neoliberalism on the bodies of women, as both producers and consumers in the global post-capitalist economy. How does the body remember its own history, and how does it write its own future narrative? What will happen to all our bodies as the climate emergency worsens?
Upcoming Projects
13 November - 17 December 2021 - Up, Down (and Somewhere in Between) - members show, ORT Gallery, Birmingham
18 November - 16 December - Eastside Projects Online Winter Art Fair
27 November 2021 - 2-4pm Meet the Artists event at ORT Gallery, Birmingham
18 December 2021 - 4 September 2022 - Twenty Twenty Collection - New Art Gallery, Walsall
13 January 2022 - Twenty Twenty collection evening reception 6-8pm
Exhibitions and Performances
18-19 & 25-26 September 2021 - Birmingham Open Studios weekends at The Old Print Works
17-31 May 2021 - Ikon for Artists - group show of Birmingham artists at Ikon Gallery, Birmingham
12-16 May 2021 - May Day M'Aidez MAYDAY - group show with tenthirtyart, Camden Image Gallery, London
25 Nov-17 December 2020 Eastside Projects Winter Fair (online shop)
01-31 August 2020 Schwarmerei Online Members Show - group online show, ORT Gallery, Birmingham
23-28 January 2020 Depictions of Living - group show at the The Art Pavilion, Mile End Park, London
27-29 September 2019 Confluence - group show curated by Justine Johnson at Safehouse 1, Copeland Road, London
7-9 June 2019 - studio show at Euroart Studios open weekend
11 April 2019 Judith Butler’s Neoliberal Postcolonial All-inclusive Shred – group performance at Talking Bodies Conference, University of Chester
6-10 March 2019 Women Artists Are The Best Artists – group show with tenthirtyart, Camden Image Gallery, London
December 2018 Repetition is the Mother of Skill: Repetition is the Skill of Mothers - performance for Desperate Artwives SHESHOWS takeover, Leyden Gallery, London
October 2018 Womanspace – group show with Desperate Artwives, Platform 1 Gallery, Wandsworth, London
September 2018 Drawing the Line – joint exhibition with Morfydd Ransom-Hall, Camden Image Gallery, London
June 2018 Judith Butler's Mitochondrial Shred – mother-daughter performance with Lilith Dillon-Parkin, for Desperate Artwives Inside Out takeover, Leyden Gallery, London
June 2018 Frida Kahlo in Temple Fortune – open studio, Euroart Studios, London
October 2017 Judith Butler's New Improved Shred – performance with The Artist Bette Mann at INTERGENFEM curated by Desperate Artwives for FiLiArt, FiLiA Conference, London
June 2017 Two Years Here – open studio retrospective, Euroart Studios, London
October 2016 A Grand Day Out – group show with tenthirtyart, The Crypt Gallery, London
September 2016 Frayed at the Edge – group show with tenthirtyart, The Rag Factory, London
June 2016 Here Comes The Flood – group show curated by Dr Daniel Barnes, Euroart Studios, London
December 2015 Infusion – group show with tenthirtyart, Embassy Tea Gallery, London
October 2015 Judith Butler’s Three Hour Shred – solo performance at Unruly Bodies conference, Brussels
July-September 2015 Fluorescent – open house arts festival, Soho, London
June 2015 Chelsea Salon – group show, Penarth Studios, London
May 2015 multi-infra-sub-meta – Degree Show One, Central Saint Martins
November 2014 Black Box – MA Art and Science studio show, Archway
November 2014 Big Space III – group show, The Street, Central Saint Martins
September 2014 Crepuscular – group show, The Crypt Gallery
August 2014 Interactions – group show, The Old Truman Brewery
June 2014 Print/3 – group show, Arcane Gallery
March 2014 Tomorrow Today – MA Pathway Interim show, Bargehouse
March 2014 It Is about To Start: Judith Butler’s Fifty Minute Shred – solo performance, The Crossing, Granary Square
February 2014 Big Space II – group show, The Street, Central Saint Martins
November 2013 Experimentations – MA Art and Science studio show, Archway
August 1992 Women In Action – The Nicht Gallery, Redfield
April 1991 Sixth Yorkshire Artists Biennale – Crescent Art Gallery, Scarborough
Performative Lectures
April 2017 - This Girl Can't? – Talking Bodies Conference, University of Chester
October 2015 - #BeingReal (reiterated) – Unruly Bodies Conference, Sophia, Brussels
June 2015 - #BeingEmbodied – London LASER 10, University of Westminster
May 2015 - #BeingReal – multi-infra-sub-meta, MA Art and Science Symposium, University of the Arts London
April 2015 – Hashtag Be Real – Talking Bodies Conference, University of Chester
October 2014 – Occupy Your Space – Dare to Do It Differently: Creative Methods in Gender and Sexuality and Public Engagement, Coventry University
Education
2015 MA Art and Science (Distinction), Central Saint Martins
2004 Certificate in Post-compulsory Education, University of Wolverhampton
1990 BA Art and Design (Distinction), Bradford and Ilkley Community College
Photographs of '...les neiges d'antan?' at The Crypt Gallery (2016) by Martin Sturgess