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 (b.1981, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan) is a printmaker and drawer based in Tiohtià:ke Montreal. She earned a BFA in Art Education (2008) and a BFA in Painting and Drawing (2010) from Concordia University, as well as an MFA in Visual Art from Columbia University (2012). She is a current full time professor at Concordia University, Montreal. Parsons has previously taught at The University of Texas, Austin and The University of California, Davis. She has had a number of solo exhibitions, namely 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, Musée d’art de Joliette, Hydro-Québec, Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec, Royal Bank of Canada, Caisse Desjardins, BLG, Scotiabank and Equitable Bank.