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NIGEL PARRIS

NATIONALITY:        Citizen Of Trinidad and Tobago

Nigel Parris is one of the most technically advanced of the young painters in Trinidad and Tobago. A graduate of San Juan Secondary School and the University of the West Indies Extra Mural, he was one of the pioneer participants in the Studio 66 Apprenticeship programme.

He later embarked on the quest to leran from those more knowledgeable, then became an apprentice to Caribbean's wellknown artist, Leroy Clarke.

He has participated in several National Exhibitions, including the Trinidad and Tobago Art Society's Annual exhibition, National Exhibitions and National Watercolour Exhibition, among others. The first showing of a collection of his works was in 1997, along with Gregory Williams and Garvin Pierre at the Angostura Complex, Laventille.

His work also gained recognition in the International Catalogue of "Through the Eyes of the Artists", an exhibition held at the Commonwealth Institute in London in 1997.

In December 1998 Nigel showed his work alomng with Paul Kain in a two-man exhibition, titled "Points of Reference" at Davises 100 and in October 1999 the exhibition "Togetherness" with artist Fitzroy Hoyte Jr was hosted.

The year 2000 saw Nigel beginning to prepare for his first one-man exhibition titled "Word of Light" as well as having his work used in Our World Today , a production of the London Print Studio for an international exhibition programme. This exhibition featured the works of four other artists from Trinidad and Tobago and was titled "Dingolay: Art from Trinidad and Tobago".

ARTIST’S STATEMENT

Imagination, thought, and mystery have always seemed to be a persistent phenomenon that resides within me.The nature of things, whether functional or non-functional - an innate absolute to seek out and to explore.

For these reasons, I must say that painting is a personal engagement as well as an individual expression; it is also an interpretation of ones space and of ones society, but moreover, it represents the voice of the artist and his active participation in the creative process.

Nigel Parris

 

Here Lies Another Dream