about

‘I choose to paint in oil for the texture it brings to compositions. My favourite kind of paintings are visibly tactile, artists such as Frank Auerbach and Leon Kossoff were an early influence on the way I use paint, applying generously and building impasto.’

Nina Parsons studied fine art at Goldsmiths University, and after graduating in 2022, continued to make work from her home in Surrey before founding and establishing Open 205, an artist-run gallery/studio space in South East London, where she currently produces work as a resident artist. Alongside featuring in external group exhibitions such as 'Horizon Reverie’ at One Paved Court in Richmond, her new work is regularly exhibited at the gallery space. 

In her work, the formal elements of art, particularly shape, colour, and composition, are exaggerated and explored through the materiality of paint. Using domestic scenes and objects as a source of inspiration, she selects shapes from a flattened perspective, reimagining their form as untamed suggestions of their original shape. Informed by Matisse and the Fauvist movement, Parsons enjoys painting with a heightened awareness of colour, using bold colour choice to create a sense of warmth, nostalgia and playfulness. In doing so, she aims to evoke the child-like wonder and innocence of viewing one's surroundings with fresh, curious eyes.