About
Phone: 415.435.2600
Fax: 415.435.6085
Email: info@gertrudparker.com
Born: Vienna, Austria
Education: BA, Political Science, University of California, Berkeley, CA
PostGraduate Ecole Therese Gauthier, Montreal Quebec
Art Studies: San Francisco State College, Alexander Nepote
University of Wisconsin, Kenneth Kümmerling
Pacific Basin School of Textiles, Berkeley, CA
Fiberworks (Yoshika Wada)
Mendocino Art Center, CA
Fort Mason, San Francisco, Kay Sekimachi
One Year Seminar – Lillian Elliott, Berkeley
Awards and Commission
2011 Nominated Artist Eureka Fellowship Program
Fleishacker Foundation, San Francisco, CA
1998 Ornament for the White House Tree (One of 6 Artists in California)
1997 Gold Medal, 1st prize, 7th International Exhibition, Stockholm, Sweden
1993 Richard A. Florsheim Art Fund Grant
1992 Art of California Magazine Discovery Award
1992 “Capital Convergence ‘92” Honorable Mention, Washington, D.C.
1988 Certificate of Excellence for Outstanding Achievement in Fiber,
New York
1987 Marin Society of Artists Award, Ross, CA
Selected Bibliography
“Black Tongue Review” Issue 3, Rules of Engagement 2013
“…the sculptures, inspired by the gutskin work of artist Gertrud Parker…”
Torben Ulrich: Dance: Cacophony for 8 Players 2012
Daniel Filipacchi “Ceci n’est pas une autobiographie” page 408. 2012
“…Gertrud est une infatigable Sculpteuse de grand talent.”
“Gertrud Parker, Artist and Collector” Catalog “Altered Patterns” by Amy Winter, Sonoma County Museum 2011
“haaaauch 2005-2010” Heiderose Hildebrand, Klagenfurt, Austria 2010
“Women Artists in Marin:5 Decades” Marin Arts Council 2009
“Verfremdung” Catalog Galerie Haasner 2006
“haaaauch 1998-2005” Heiderose Hildebrand, Catalog, Klagenfurt, Austria 2005
“Judging the Book by its Cover” Spertus Museum, Chicago, Illinois 2002
Frank Cebulski, Artweek: September 2002 “Gertrud Parker at the Richmond Art Center”
Peter Selz: “The Visceral Sculpture of Gertrud Parker” 2000
'Textile Miniaturen” Artemis Galerie, Goerlitz, Germany 2000
“The 7th International Shoebox Sculpture Exhibition” University of Hawaii Art Gallery 2000
Toyamura International Sculpture Biennale, Japan, Catalog 1999
Woman’s Art Journal, May 1999 “Gertrud Parker: Sheer Artistry” Amy Winter, PhD
G.L. Owens Editor:
International Women Artists Entering the Second Millennium 1997
Who’s Who in American Art 1995-96, 2001-2002
Cameron Cartiere: “Dual Visions: Artists in the Studio, Leaders in The Community” Installation at Falkirk Cultural Center, San Rafael, CA 1994
Doramay Keasbey: Sheer Delight-Hand-woven Transparancies,
Stella Publishing House 1990
Wayne Freedman, Producer, KRON-TV (NBC Affiliate, San Francisco)
“Inside Art” 1988
Art Related Employment
Founder, Chairman of the Board, San Francisco Craft & Folk Art Museum
Links
International Sculpture Center, www.sculpture.org
Artfacts, www.artfacts.net
Galerie-Haasner, www.galerie-haasner.de
JSTOR, www.jstor.org
Stark Guide, www.thestarkguide.com