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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/

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