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Education Born in 1967 and schooled in Durban, Jenny graduated from the Durban University of Technology (formerly the Natal Technikon) with a Higher National Diploma in Fine Arts in 1988. Experience After graduating, Parsons participated in numerous exhibitions as well as holding tow solo exhibitions. She worked as a lecturer for the Natal Technikon Short Courses Unit and for the Natal Society of Arts. In 1991 she moved to Cape Town. Jenny has since worked with a number of art and educational institutions including Community Arts Project and the Durbanville Cultural Society. Her last full time teaching position was at the Ruth Prowse College of Art and Design where she was head of the Fine Art department in 1998 and 1999. Since 2000, Parsons has worked as a full-time artist from her studio in Observatory, exhibiting regularly in South African galleries. Exhibitions Solo and Two Person Exhibitions Dorpstraat Galery. Stellenbosch 2010 Origin, Carol Lee Fine Art Johannesburg, 2009 KZNSA, Durban 2009 Association for Visual Arts Cape Town 2009 Cape Gallery Cape Town 2007 Irma Stern Museum (with Mary Visser) Cape Town 2007 Association for Visual Arts Cape Town, 2006 3rd i Gallery Cape Town, 2005 Irma Stern Museum Cape Town, 2004 Grassroots Gallery Durban, 1990 NSA Gallery (with Robin Moodley) Durban, 1989 Elizabeth Gordon Gallery (with Clive Truter) Durban, 1988 Selected Group Exhibitions "Interventions" International Thupelo Workshop. Cape Town 2010 "A Little Piece of Africa" artSPACE Berlin, 2009 "Cut and Dried" Off the Wall, Paarl 2009 "Angels" Grande Provence Franschoek 2008/9 Dorp Straat Galery, Stellenbosch 2008 "Still Life" Carol Lee Fine Art Johannesburg 2008 Mike Donkin's Choice, Dorp Street Gallery Stellenbosch 2008 Irma Stern Museum (with Mary Visser) Cape Town 2007 "Malleable" ArtSpace Durban, 2007 "Water" Carol Lee Fine Art Johannesburg, 2007 "Postcards from South Africa", Axis Gallery New York, 1999 Irma Stern Museum (Boudoir Biscuits) Cape Town, 1998 Boudoir Biscuits Installation at MCQP Cape Town, 1997 Ibis Gallery (Boudoir Biscuits) Nieu Bethesda, 1997 "Mustardseed & Moonshine", Chelsea Gallery Cape Town, 1993 "Durban Scene", Elizabeth Gordon Gallery Durban, 1990 Collections University of Cape Town Art CollectionDurban University of Technology Permanent Collection First National Bank South African Breweries Webber Wentzel Grindrod Shipping General Cologne Reinsurance de Grendel Winery Carpets in the Judges' Chambers, Constitution Hill, Johannesburg (Boudoir Biscuits collaboration with the women of St Anne's Home, Cape Town) Parsons is represented in numerous South African and foreign collections.
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