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MARTIN PARR
* 1952
Epsom, Surrey (GB)
1970–73
Studies Photography at Manchester Polytechnic
1975/79
Arts Council of Great Britain Photography Award
1975-82
Visiting lecturer at National College of Art and Design,
Dublin, and Chelsea School of Art
1982/84
Visiting lecturer at School of Documentary Photography,
Newport
1983-90
Visiting lecturer, West Surrey College of Art and Design
1990/92
Visiting Professor of Photography, University of Industrial
Arts, Helsinki
1994
Becomes member of Magnum Photographic Corporation
2004-
Professor of Photography, University of Wales, Newport
SOLO EXHIBITIONS (selection)
2013
Made in UK, Katara Cultural Village, Doha,(QA)
America in Colour, Janet Borden Inc., New York,(US)
Life’s a Beach, Aperture Foundation, New York,(US)
Martin Parr. Retrospective, Galerie Paris-Beijing, Brussels,(BE)
Souvenir, Museum für Gestaltung, Zurich,(CH)
Life’s a Beach, Galerie Nicola von Senger, Zurich,(CH)
2012
Think of Finland, Laboratory, Helsinki, (FI)
No Worries, Western Australian Maritime Museum, Fremantle, (AU)
New Pictures 6, Minneapolis Winter Games, Minneapolis Institute of Arts,
Minneapolis, (USA)
Assorted Cocktail and newly commissioned work taken at Helmond Carnival,
Gemeentemuseum, Helmond, (NL)
Souvenir, CCCB, Barcelona, (ES)
Small World, Phototheatron, The Athens House of Photography, Athens (GR)
Life’s a Beach, Bibliothèque municipal de Lyon, Lyon, (F)
Playas, Paraty em Foco, Paraty, (BR)
Luxury and Beaches, Pekin Fine Arts, Beijing, (CN)
2011
Assorted Cocktail, DOX, Prague,(CZ)
The Real World, Anzenberger Gallery, Vienna,(AT)
The Goutte d’Or, Institut des Cultures d’Islam, Paris,(FR)
On The Beach, Photomed Festival, Sanary-sur-mer,(FR)
Luxury, Bogotà Photography Festival, Bogotà,(CO)
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What Would You Save in a Flood? In association with Oxfam, Proud Gallery,
London,(UK)
Small World, Guernsey Photography Festival, Guernsey, (GB)
Albania 1990, Common Sense and Small Word, The National gallery of Arts,
Tirana,(AL)
Bristol and West,M Shed, Bristol,(GB)
2010
All Things Parr, Rose Gallery, Santa Monica,(US)
Un Monde a Parr, Rennes,(FR)
The Real World, Kaunas Photo Gallery,(LT)
Four Decades, Studio Trisorio, Napoli,(IT)
Working Mens Clubs, Earlswood Working Mens Club, Cardiff,(GB)
Martin Parr, PHOTOINK, New Delhi,(IN)
Playas, Centro de la Imagen, Mexico City,(MX)
Stephen Daiter Gallery, Chicago,(US)
2009
Martin Parr Sei Fotografie, MACRO, Rome,(IT)
Parr World, Baltic, Gateshead,(GB)
Luxury, Galerie Nicola von Senger, Zurich,(CH)
Martin Parr, Paris-Beijing Photo Gallery, Beijing,(CN)
Playas, Kamel Mennour, Paris,(FR)
Planete Parr, Jeu De Paumme, Paris,(FR)
Parr-O-Rama, Janet Borden, New York,(US)
2008
Dubai, The Third Line, Dubai,(AE)
ParrWorld, Haus der Kunst, Munich,(DE)
Assorted Cocktail, Santral Istanbul,(TR)
Small World, Breda Graphic Design Museum, Breda,(NL)
Stedelijk Museum CS Post, Amsterdam,(NL)
2007
Cocktail, C/O Berlin,(DE)
Retrospective, Kulturhuset, Stockholm,(SE)
A8, Scotland + Parking Spaces, Rocket Gallery, London,(GB)
Mexico, Galeria Espacio Minimo, Madrid, (ES)
Fashion Magazine, Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, Tokyo,(JP)
Autoportrait, ZPAFiS-KA Gallery, Krakow,(PL)
2006
Click Double Click, Haus der Kunst, Munich,(DE)
FOOD, Kunsthallen Brandts Klædefabrik, Odense,(NL)
EuroVisions – New Europeans with the eye of Magnum photographers, Ludwig
Museum, Museum of Contemporary Art, Budapest, (HU)
2005
Kamel Mennour Gallery, Paris,(FR)
Swissness, Galerie Nicola von Senger, Zurich,(CH)
Fashion Show, Rocket Gallery, London,(GB)
Martin Parr: Oeuvres 1971-2000, MEP, Paris,(FR)
2004
Martin Parr: Photographische Werke 1971-2000, Deichtorhallen, Hamburg,(DE)
Shanghai surprise, Lothringer13, Munich,(DE)
2003
20/21 Essen, Germany,(DE)
Martin Parr: Fotografías 1971-2000, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte
Reina Sofía, Madrid,(ES)
Kunsthalle Rotterdam,(NL)
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National Museum of Photography, Copenhagen,(DK)
Studio Trisorio, Naples,(IT)
2002
Rose Gallery, Los Angeles,(US)
Rocket Gallery, London,(GB)
Sirieuze Zaken, Amsterdam,(NL)
Rose Gallery, Richard Heller Gallery, Santa Monica,(US)
The Phone Show (catalogue), Rocket Gallery, London,(GB)
Martin Parr Photographic Works 1971-2000, Barbican Art Gallery and major
European tour
2001
Think of England (catalogue), Rocket Gallery, London,(GB)
Ars Futura, Zurich,(CH)
2000
Kulturbeutel, Old Post Office, Mitte Berlin,(DE)
Gallery du Jour, Paris,(FR)
Japonais Endormis, Kunsthalle, Rotterdam,(NL)
Autoportrait (catalogue), Tom Blau Gallery, London,(GB)
20/21 Gallery, Essen,(DE)
1999
Benidorm, Sprengel Museum, Hannover,(DE)
Ars Futura, Zurich,(CH)
Common Sense, 43 locations worldwide
1998
Gallery Riis, Oslo,(NO)
Japonais Endormis (catalogue), Gallery du Jour, Paris,(FR)
Ooh La La, National Museum of Photography, Bradford,(GB)
1997
West Bay (catalogue), Rocket Gallery, London,(GB)
1996
Janet Borden, New York,(US)
1995
Gallery du jour, Paris,(FR)
Small World and From A to B, National Centre of Photography, Paris,(FR)
Small World (catalogue), Photographer’s Gallery, London,(GB)
1994
Curitiba Photo Festival, Brazil,(BR)
From A to B (catalogue), 27 Welcome Break Service Stations,(GB)
1993
Home and Abroad (catalogue), Watershed Gallery, Bristol and international
tour
Bored Couples, Gallery du Jour, Paris and subsequent tour
A Year in the Life of Chew Stoke (catalogue), Chew Stoke Village Hall,
Bristol,(GB)
1992
Kiek in de Kok Gallery, Tallinn,(EE)
Signs of the Times, Janet Borden, New York,(US)
1991
Gallery Jacques Gordat, Paris,(FR)
Janet Borden, New York,(US)
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1989
The Cost of Living (catalogue), Royal Photographic Society, Bath and
subsequent tour
1988
Kodak Gallery, Tokyo and Osaka,(JP)
1987
Spending Time, National Centre of Photography, Paris,(FR)
ICP Midtown, New York,(US)
1986
Amsterdam Manifestation,(NL)
Fotograficentrum, Stockholm,(SE)
Arles Festival,(F)
Museum Folkwang, Essen,(DE)
The Last Resort (catalogue), Serpentine Gallery, London,(GB)
Point of Sale, Salford City Art Gallery,(GB)
1985
George Eastman House, Rochester,(GB)
1984
A Fair Day (catalogue), Orchard Gallery, Derry and subsequent tour
British Photographic Society, Geology Museum, Beijing, China,(CN)
1983
International Photography Festival, Malmö, Sweden,(SE)
1982
Bad Weather (catalogue), Photographer’s Gallery, London and subsequent tour
Rural Irish Photographers (catalogue), Neikrug Gallery, New York,(US)
1981
The Non-Conformists, Camerawork, London,(GB)
1978
Fotomania Gallery, Barcelona,(ES)
1977
Photographer’s Gallery, London,(GB)
1976
Beauty Spots, Impressions Gallery, York and subsequent tour
1974
Home Sweet Home, Impressions Gallery, York and Arnolfini Gallery,
Bristol,(GB)
GROUP SHOWS (selection)
2012
Picturing the South, High Museum of Atlanta, Atlanta,(USA)
I See China, Pekin Fine Arts, Beijing,(CN)
Seducted by Art: Photography Past and Present, The National Gallery,
London,(UK)
2011
The Truth is Not in the Mirror, Haggerty Museum of Art,(USA)
Photography Calling!, Sprengal Museum, Hannover,(DE)
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2010
Dreamlands, Centre Pompidou, Paris,(FR)
Photomonth, Krakow,(PL)
2009
Georgian Spring, Uferallen, Berlin,(DE)
Rencontres d’Arles Photographie, Arles,(FR)
2008-2010
No Such Thing As Society, Various European location
2008
Three From Britain, Rose Gallery, Santa Monica,(US)
Street and Studio, Tate Modern, London,(GB)
Between memory and History: From the epic to the everyday, Museum of
Contemporary Art, Toronto,(CA)
2007
How We Are, Tate Britain, London,(GB)
2006
Making History, Tate Gallery, Liverpool,(GB)
Click Double Click, Haus der Kunst, Munich,(DE)
2005
Exposures, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago,(US)
Eurovisions, Centre Pompidou, Paris, (FR)
2004
About Face, Hayward Gallery, London,(GB)
2003
Cruel and Tender, Tate Modern, London,(GB)
2000
At Sea, Tate Gallery, Liverpool,(GB)
1999
Our Turning Worls: Magnum Photographers 19989-1999, Barbican Art Gallery,
London,(GB)
1998
No Sex Please, we’re British, Shiseido Department Store, Tokyo,(JP)
1997
Kunsthaus Zurich, Zurich,(CH)
Trois Grands Egyptiennes, Musée de la Photographie, Charlleroi,(BE)
1993
Photographs from the Real World, Lillehammer Art Museum, Lillehammer,(NO)
1991
British Photography from the Thatcher Years, MOMA, New York,(US)
1990
The Past and Present of Photography, MOMA, Tokyo,(JP)
1989
The Art of Photography, Royal Academy, London,(GB)
1988
A British View, Museum für Gestaltung, Zurich,(CH)
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1987
Mysterious Coincidences, Photographers’s Gallery, London,(GB)
1986
British Contemporary Photography, Houston Foto Festival, Houston,(US)
New Documents, Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago,(US)
1985
Quelques Anglais, Centre Nationale de la Photographie, Paris,(FR)
1982
Strategies-recent developments in British photography, John Hansard
Gallery, Southampton,(GB)
1981
New Work in Britain, Photographer’s Gallery, London,(GB)
1979
Three Perspectives on Photography, Hayward Gallery, London,(GB)
1978
Art for Society, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London,(GB)
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Bad Weather: A. Zwemmers, 1982. ISBN: 0302999965
A Fair Day: Promenade Press, 1984. ISBN: 0907797105
The Last Resort: Promenade Press, 1986; Dewi Lewis Publishing, 1998/2002.
ISBN: 0951141406/ ISBN: 1899235167
One Day Trip: Editions de la difference, Pas-de-Calais, 1989
The Cost of Living: Cornerhouse, 1989. ISBN: 094879755
Home and Abroad: Jonathan Cape, 1993. ISBN: 0224038761
Bored Couples: Gallery du Jour, 1993.
From A to B: BBC Books, 1994. ISBN: 0563369841
Small World, Dewi Lewis, 1995. ISBN: 1899235051
Common Sense, Dewi Lewis, 1999. ISBN: 1899235078
Martin Parr. Autoportrait, Dewi Lewis, 2000. ISBN: 1899235728
Think of England, Phaidon Press, 2000 and 2003. ISBN: 0714839914
Martin Parr by Val Williams: Phaidon Press, 2002 ISBN: 0714839906
Fashion Magazine: Magnum Photos, 2005. ISBN: 2952410208
Mexico: Chris Boot, 2007. ISBN: 0954689488
Small World: Dewi Lewis, 2007. ISBN: 9781904587408
Phaidon 55 – Martin Parr, Phaidon, 2007. ISBN: 9780714845289
Japan: Super Labo, 2011. ISBN: 4905052130
Life’s a Beach: Xavier Barral and Aperture, 2012. ISBN: 9781597112246
Life’s a Beach: Thames & Hudson, 2013. ISBN: 1597112135
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