The Arts Foundation : John Parker

John ParkerCeramic Artist and Theatre Designer

John Parker is one of New Zealand’s foremost ceramic artists and an established theatre and exhibition designer.

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Avid Gallery (Wellington)
Form Gallery (Christchurch)
Koru Contemporary Art (Hong Kong)
Masterworks Gallery (Auckland)
Milford Galleries (Dunedin and Queenstown)
Auckland Theatre Company (set and costume design;
Arts with Courtney Johnston (2010 - John Parker on Nine to Noon). View accompanying images;
2010 Laureate Award announcement on TV;
2011 Interview with Kim Hill - on set design for NZ Opera's double bill of Cavalleria Rusticana and Pagliacci.

TVNZ 7 series featuring Laureates and New Generation artists
04 May 2011
TVNZ 7 screens a series of short programmes created in partnership with the Arts Foundation called ‘The Artists’ screening every day between 8am and midnight for a week
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John Parker Interview - Te Papa
2011
Ceramic artist John Parker talks about the rules he sets himself in order to create his work. Filmed in his Auckland studio
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John Parker - Floating Lattice Bowl
2006
Floating Lattice Bowl paperclay 122 x 175 x 175mm
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Radiating Excellence
2001
"The interviews on which this article is based took place over November and December 2001. They were then shaped and rewritten to make us all sound better than we were on the day." Jim Barr and Mary Barr interview John Parker about his ceramic life.
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2010 Laureates announced
03 Nov 2010
The Arts Foundation is proud to announce and congratulate the 2010 Laureate Award recipients: Stuart Devenie, Gareth Farr, Leon Narbey, John Parker and Michael Parmenter. The Awards were presented in Dunedin on 2 December 2010.
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