Catherine Parsonage
MA work
MA work
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I am sealed into a polymer sphere, crawling up walls reaching for momentum in the rush of thought to clamber all the way to the top. Sweating, rosy cheeked and nauseous from the exertion I realise I'm upside down and fall, I am sure dogged perseverance will out but I am so involved in this monotony that the memory of its origin and conclusion has dissipated. There must be something of mine in this bludey ball, something that I have ownership of, even if it is my own madness. My struggle is not madness but the impressing versatility of the task, and I know I will remain here turning in the same space within the same parameters, in the knowledge that I can neither win nor lose, and who could tell if I'd prefer one strain or the other would we be so deliciously happy if we reached our desired destination, answers flicker propelling themselves with us on their backs into possibility.
Info
Info
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MA Degree
School
School of Humanities
Programme
MA Painting, 2013
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Contact
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+44 (0)7548 631827
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I am sealed into a polymer sphere, crawling up walls reaching for momentum in the rush of thought to clamber all the way to the top. Sweating, rosy cheeked and nauseous from the exertion I realise I'm upside down and fall, I am sure dogged perseverance will out but I am so involved in this monotony that the memory of its origin and conclusion has dissipated. There must be something of mine in this bludey ball, something that I have ownership of, even if it is my own madness. My struggle is not madness but the impressing versatility of the task, and I know I will remain here turning in the same space within the same parameters, in the knowledge that I can neither win nor lose, and who could tell if I'd prefer one strain or the other would we be so deliciously happy if we reached our desired destination, answers flicker propelling themselves with us on their backs into possibility.
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Degrees
- BA, Fine Art, Manchester Metropolitan University, 2011; BTEC, Art & Design, Manchester Metropolitan University, 2009
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Exhibitions
- RCA Secret, Royal College of Art, London, 2012–3; Work in Progress, Royal College of Art, London, 2012; Saatchi New Sensations, Bloomsbury House, London, 2011; BP Portrait Award, National Portrait Gallery, London, 2011
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Awards
- Winner, Basil Alkazzi Scholarship, 2011–13; Selected, Catlin Prize, 2011
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Conferences
- "How to do a Professional Critical Practice Talk", Manchester Metropolitan University, 2013; 'Artist Talk', Artist Talk & Crit MA Students, Kingston University, 2013; 'How to do a Professional Critical Practice Talk', Manchester Metropolitan University, 2012
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Publications
- 'Young British Artists 2.0', Alex Needham, The Guardian, 2012; Catlin Guide, Justin Hammond, 2011; 'Experience New Sensations', Think-Work-Play, 2011; BP Portrait Award 2011, Alison Weir, 2011