Bea Parsons

Originally from Saskatoon and now living in Montréal, Bea Parsons is a printmaker, drawer and painter. Materially speaking, her practice mainly employs black ink monotypes and complex pencil crayon drawings on paper. Her work, both haunting and mysterious, is populated by characters, landscapes and symbols inspired by her Nêhiyawak and European heritage. An intimate and highly recognisable style characterised by graphic and abstract motifs, Parsons creates pictorial atmospheres charged with movement and emotion. Her work powerfully explores notions of identity and place, while simultaneously expanding on concepts of uniqueness and multiplicity.

Bea Parsons holds a BFA from Concordia University in Montreal and an MFA from Columbia University in New York. She is a full-time professor of Painting and Drawing at Concordia. Parsons has recently had solo exhibitions at Franz Kaka in Toronto and Tappeto Volante in New York City. Her works have been acquired by the Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal, Scotiabank, Musée de Joliette, Caisse de depôt et placement du Québec, Hydro-Québec, Royal Bank of Canada, Caisse Desjardins, and Equitable Bank.