Satinder Parhar
Biography
Having been introduced into printmaking at the age of 16, Satinder Parhar has developed his printmaking skills throughout his artistic career. He went on to complete a BA (Hons) in Fine Art at the University of Wolverhampton, followed by an MA degree. Specialising in producing large scale dry-point prints, which explores the concept of interstitial spaces.
Fascinated by natural and man-made apertures; Satinder explores empty spaces such as tunnels, vents, caves, fissures etc. These forms create an intervening space called an ‘interstice.’ It examines the structures, the interstitial spaces formed within and its relationship with the “object.” Do they supplement or oppose each other? The use of black and white emphasises the disparity and the unity between the interstice and interstitial space. The two colours oppose each other, yet work together. The viewer is immersed within this re-representational space through the size of the prints. Both exist in the realm of one another. One cannot exist without the other. The “object” is a mere footnote in the wider spectrum.
Satinder often exhibits around the UK. Institutions include; Wolverhampton Art Gallery, Walsall Art Gallery and Nuneaton Art Gallery and Museum. Recently he has been working and exhibiting with IKON Gallery and with RBSA Gallery as a Graduate Member (GRBSA). He is also a member at Birmingham Printmakers.
Education
2018 Masters in Fine Art; University of Wolverhampton, UK
2016 Bachelors in Fine Art; University of Wolverhampton, UK
Selected Exhibitions
2024 Start the Press! Exhibition, IKON Gallery, Birmingham, UK
2023 Member & Associates’ Exhibition, RBSA Gallery, Birmingham, UK
2023 RBSA Graduates Artists Exhibition 2023, RBSA Gallery, Birmingham, UK
2022 103rd Wolverhampton Society of Artists Exhibition, Wolverhampton Art Gallery, Wolverhampton, UK
2022 RBSA Print Prize 2022, RBSA Gallery, Birmingham, UK
2018 MA Fine Art Degree Show, The New Art Gallery, Walsall, UK
2018 Time and Tide, Nuneaton Museum and Art Gallery, Nuneaton, UK
Certificates & Awards
2024 First Prize Award, Printfest Wolverhampton, UK
2022 The People’s Choice Print Prize Award, RBSA Print Prize 2022, UK
Press & Publications
2024 Visual Art Journal, Issue 11, p.56 - 57 – October 2024. https://visualartjournal.com/2024/10/31/issue-11-october-2024/
2024 Artist Talk Magazine, Issue 32, p.46 - 47 – July 2024. https://www.artisttalkmagazine.com/issue-32
Artist Residencies
2025 BCN Residency Programme, Wolverhampton School of Art, Wolverhampton, UK (10 – 28 March)
2024 Start the Press!, IKON Gallery, Birmingham, UK (21-23 March)
Interviews
2024 Anna Gvozdeva, Interview, Visual Art Journal, Online, 9 October 2024. https://visualartjournal.com/2024/10/09/satinder-parhar/
Blogs
2024 Satinder Parhar, “Satinder Parhar | Start the Press! Artist in Residency at IKON Gallery,” (blog). 3 May 2024. https://www.peopleofprint.com/exhibition/satinder-parhar-ikon/
2023 Satinder Parhar, “Satinder Parhar,” (blog) 12 May 2023. https://www.peopleofprint.com/solo-artist/satinder-parhar/