Painter, printmaker, educator and curator.

MA Royal College of Art
BA University of Leicester

Artist statement

To evoke the atmosphere, light, texture, movement and sounds from each environment that he discovers, the current practice by Jonathan Parnham initially involves painting on location. His en plein air works are often created in many capricious weather conditions whilst working amongst Icelandic waterfalls and glaciers, Wiltshire Downs or the Cornish coastline. Back in the studio, the experience of working outdoors provides rich stimulus for creating expressive, larger scale monotypes and paintings.

The ‘Sea Ice’ series of monotypes represent the artist’s observations involving the startling reality of Iceland’s rapidly retreating glaciers, in juxtaposition to their extreme beauty. Along the Wiltshire Downs, regular walks have also inspired searching monotypes which highlight the erosion of the ancient paths and terraced hills.

Literature provides a key influence within the artist’s imagery; the novels of George Mackay Brown, Robert Macfarlane and Magnús Sigurðsson are often notable references.

A collection of recent prints and paintings have been exhibited at the New Craftsman Gallery, St Ives, Cornwall, and the Mount House Gallery, Marlborough, Wiltshire. Jonathan Parnham studied at the Royal College of Art; his work is held in private and public collections including Chippenham Museum. He has previously won international film awards for his short, fine art animated films.

PRESENT EXHIBITION:

POLAR ARTISTS COLLECTIVE: SHOWCASE EXHIBITION
JANUARY 2025

PREVIOUS SELECTED EXHIBITIONS:

SPOTLIGHT 3
MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY ART COLLECTION CHIPPENHAM MUSEUM
18 NOVEMBER 2023 - 24 FEBRUARY 2024

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PENWITH GALLERY ST IVES CORNWALL
ASSOCIATES EXHIBITION
27 JANUARY - 25 FEBRUARY 2023

PENWITH GALLERY ST IVES CORNWALL ASSOCIATES WINTER EXHIBITION 4 NOVEMBER - 8 JANUARY 2023

PENWITH GALLERY ST IVES CORNWALL ASSOCIATES SUMMER EXHIBITION 22 JULY- 22 AUGUST 2022

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WOOLWICH CONTEMPORARY PRINT FAIR
11-15 NOVEMBER 2021
ONLINE EDITION 11-28 november 2021

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WOOLWICH CONTEMPORARY PRINT FAIR
12-15 NOVEMBER 2020

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INTERPRETING THE LANDSCAPE

MOUNT HOUSE GALLERY MARLBOROUGH WILTSHIRE SN8 1PA

6 MARCH 2020 - 25 MARCH 2020

Recent exhibitions of works include:

March 2020.
‘Interpreting the Landscape’.
Mount House Gallery, Marlborough, Wiltshire.
Group exhibition.

Dec. 2018 - Jan. 2019.
‘Light from the North: Visual Explorations of Iceland’.
New Craftsman Gallery, St Ives, Cornwall.
Solo exhibition.

2018.
‘Extraordinary Sketchbooks’.
Mount House Gallery, Marlborough, Wiltshire.
Group exhibition.

2017.
‘Topography of the Landscape’.
New Craftsman Gallery, St Ives, Cornwall.
Group exhibition.