Rianna Jade Parker (born 1991 in south London) is a British writer, critic, curator and researcher based in South London whose work stems from her interest in internationalist Black cultural production.[1][2][3] She is a founding member of the interdisciplinary collective Thick/er Black Lines and a contributing editor of frieze.[4]
Rianna Jade Parker | |
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| Born | 1991 (age 32–33) |
| Alma mater | University of London |
Early life and education edit
Parker was born in 1991 in South London.[1] She received a MA in Contemporary Art Theory from Goldsmiths College, University of London.
Work edit
Parker's writing has been published in Frieze, Artforum, ARTnews, BOMB, and Art in America.
Parker and Kamara Scott jointly curated War Inna Babylon: The Community’s Struggle for Truths and Rights, an exhibition held at the Institute of Contemporary Arts in London.[5][6] The show takes on the history of Black British communities working against and at the center of institutional racism and policing. The exhibition was organized with the Tottenham Rights community and advocacy groups.[7] The show's concept began with a focus on a work by Forensic Architecture that recreated the scene and circumstances of the police murder of Mark Duggan in 2011, titled The Killing of Mark Duggan. Parker, Scott and Tottenham Rights helped to expand the scope more broadly to look at the impacts of that killing and add a historical framework to understand what Black Britons have endured in the face of institutional racism and policing.[5]
Selected works edit
- Parker, Rianna Jade (2021). Brief History of Black British Art. S.l.: Tate Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84976-756-9. OCLC 1237252164.
References edit
- ^ a b "Rianna Jade Parker". Amant. Retrieved 2021-08-25.
- ^ Parker, Rianna Jade (2020-05-19). "New Artist Focus: Rianna Jade Parker on Ayo Akingbade". LUX. Retrieved 2021-08-25.
- ^ Parker, Rianna Jade. "Rianna Jade Parker | Writer, Critic and Researcher". riannajadeparker.com. Retrieved 2021-08-25.
- ^ "Rianna Jade Parker | Contributors | Frieze". www.frieze.com. Retrieved 2021-08-25.
- ^ a b Yussuf, Aurella (2021-09-07). "Charting Black Resistance in the UK Since the 1940s". Hyperallergic. Retrieved 2021-09-15.
- ^ "War Inna Babylon at the ICA". Voice Online. 2021-06-30. Retrieved 2021-10-28.
- ^ "ICA | War Inna Babylon: The Community's Struggle for Truths and Rights". www.ica.art. Retrieved 2021-09-15.