Vicken Parsons

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Vicken Parsons
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Vicken Parsons, On Reflection, November 2017
Born1957 (age 67–68)
Nationality British
Occupation Painter
StyleOil painting, sculpting
Spouse
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(m. 1980)​
Children3

Vicken Parsons, Lady Gormley (born 1957 [1] ), is a British artist, mostly painting in oils, but also making sculptures. Her works are displayed in Tate Britain, [2] and are in the collections of the Arts Council and the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art. [1]

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Life

She attended the Slade School of Fine Art, in London. [1]

Exhibitions

Parsons' solo exhibitions have included Kettle's Yard, the Alan Cristea Gallery, and Tate St Ives. [1] Her work has also been exhibited at the Royal Academy, the Institute of Contemporary Arts, Tate Modern, Southampton City Art Gallery and Kunsthalle Mannheim. [1]

Personal life

Her husband is sculptor Sir Antony Gormley. Vicken met Gormley while attending the Slade, and they married in 1980. [2] [3] She also worked as his assistant. [2] [3] Gormley said of her: [2]

For the first 15 years she was my primary assistant. She did all of the body moulding... I think there are a lot of myths that art is made by, usually, lone men... I just feel so lucky and so blessed really, that I have such a strong supporter, and lover, and fellow artist.

The couple live in a converted gasholder in King's Cross, London. [4] They have three children, a daughter and two sons. [5] [6]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Vicken Parsons: Paintings". Alan Cristea Gallery. Retrieved 9 January 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Antony Gormley: Being Human". Imagine. Autumn 2015. BBC. Retrieved 3 November 2015.
  3. 1 2 Phillips, Sarah (6 February 2012). "How we made: Vicken Parsons and Antony Gormley on Bed". The Guardian . Retrieved 9 January 2016.
  4. ↑ Healy, Rachael (31 August 2024). "Antony Gormley joins fight against 'destruction' of historic King's Cross site". The Guardian . Retrieved 1 July 2025.
  5. ↑ "Never again, says Antony Gormley's wife after they create first joint artwork". London Evening Standard . 20 March 2012. Retrieved 9 January 2016.
  6. ↑ Jones, Alice (8 May 2015). "Sir Antony Gormley interview: 'I don't have any choice over this: it's what I was born to do'" . The Independent . Archived from the original on 17 August 2022. Retrieved 9 January 2016.
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