Jacque Parsley
Assemblage and Collage
Using the flotsam and jetsam of everyday life, including a myriad of found objects, artifacts, ephemera, and vintage printed matter, I present an iconography that creates a dialogue between the permanent and the transient.
As Kurt Schwitters said, “The waste of the world becomes my art”.
As a child I embroidered, wove potholders, collected charms and played with paperdolls. The influence of the fond memories have been integrated into my art by means of collage, assemblage and embellishment.
Strange juxtaposition and irreverent combinations of objects and images add to the intrigue.
I have introduced paint, dyes, oil pastels, humor and text to expand my freedom of expression.
Each work reflects a partly told tale, a moment in time that gives a nostalgic visual narrative of memories that have been recycled, and a past that has been reinterpreted.
These shrines to unknown individuals have a karma that is still unfolding to create new paradigm.
“A pair of socks is not less suitable to make a painting than with wood, nails, turpentine, oil and fabric”. Robert Rauschenberg.
Jacque Parsley:
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2024
2024 “Book Art” Kentucky Museum of Contemporary Art Louisville, Kentucky
2020
“Artists for World Peace” Middletown, CT Funding Clinics for Native Americans
“Celebrate Women” Invitational Exhibition, Owensboro Museum of Fine Art
2019
“Oddities and Entities” Three person exhibit, ArtsPlace, Lexington, KY
“Celebration of Bluegrass Music” Invitational Exhibition, Owensboro Museum of Fine Art, Owensboro, KY
“Black and White” Juried Exhibition Kore Gallery, Louisville, KY
“Cardinal Moments” An exhibition examining Regional Artists on the Periphery from Found to Folk, Swanson Contemporary, Louisville, KY
2018
“Shared Vision” two person exhibit with Gayle Cerlan, Crafts Gallery and Mercantile, Louisville, KY
“Louisville Artists: Carry On” A survey of artists who have made Louisville home for long careers. Janice Mason Art Museum Cadiz, KY.
2016
“Mix it Up” New Editions, Lexington, Kentucky, Group Exhibit
2015
“Mixed Media Collage”,Galeria Atenea, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico One Person Exhibit
“Jacque Parsley Assemblage ” Galerie Hertz, Louisville Kentucky Featured Artist
2014
“Lost and Found” Craft(s) Gallery Louisville, KY One person Exhibit
2013
“An Artists Reclamation Project” Landfill Art Organization, Virtual Web Exhibition
2012
“Artebella” Featured Artist Louisville Visual Art, also 2013, 2014
2011
“Tryptych” Galerie Hertz, Louisville, Kentucky Three Person Exhibit
“Enid: Generations of Women Sculptors” Carnegie Center for Art and History, New Albany, Indiana, Invitational Group Exhibition
2010
“RE:fuse/Re:use, Tabletop Assemblage” International Exhibition, Climate Gallery, Long Island, New York, Invitational Group Exhibition
“WORDPLAY” John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI, Juried Exhibit
2009
“Infinite Riches in a Little Room” Louisville Visual Art, Group Exhibition
2008
“Memories Arcane” Kentucky Center for the Arts Gallery, Two Person Exhibit
2007
“Pillow Talk” Chapman Friedman Gallery, Louisville, Kentucky, Group Exhibition
2006
“Life in Sight” Kentucky Museum of Arts and Craft, Invitation Group Exhibition
“Allegorical Amalgamations” Reed Whipple Cultural Center, Las Vegas, NV, Group
2005
“Assemblage” Ronald Bar Gallery, Indiana University SE, One person Exhibit
2004
“Jacque Parsley Mixed Media” Museo Casa Allende, San Miguel de Allende, MX
2003
“Here and There” Michael Wardell Gallery, Las Vegas, NV Group Exhibition
2002
“Towers, Towers, Towers” Louisville Visual Art, Juried Invitational
2001
“Regionalists” Owensboro Museum of Fine Art, Owensboro, Kentucky, Invitational
2000
“Enid: Generations of Woman Sculptors”, Louisville Visual Art, Louisville, Kentucky
1999
“Jacque in Mexico”, Galeria Reloj 46, San Miguel de Allende, MX One Person Exhibit
1998
“Alliance of Women Artists International Exhibition”, Fort Mason, San Francisco, CA
“Born Again” Art Walk, Atlanta, Georgia
“Festival of Artisans”, International Exhibition in conjunction with the Louisville Sister Cities Program, Mainz, Germany
1997
“ Exhibition 280:Works on Walls”, Hunting Museum of Art, Huntington, VA also 1982
1996
“Spotlight ‘96” American Craft Council, , National Juried Invitational, Louisville, KY
“Second Home”, Cragin Fife Gallery, Brookline, MA Invitational
“World’s Women On Line Exhibit” presented at United Nation’s 4th World Conference in Beijing, China and the National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington, D.C.
1995
“Skillful Renderings: National Craft Leaders”, St. Petersburg, FL Invitational
“Transitions ‘95”, Columbus Cultural Arts Center, Columbus, OH, Juried
“Visual Play”, Textile Arts Center, Chicago, IL. National Juried