Bio
Boaz Parnas is a contemporary artist living and working in London.
Born in Jerusalem, he holds a BFA (hons) from Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design and attended The Glasgow School of Art’s exchange programme.
Recipient of the Cooper Prize of academic excellence and the Sustainable Bezalel Award, Parnas has presented solo exhibitions in London, Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, and participated in group exhibitions across Europe.
Artist Statement
I am a painter who also works in sculpture, drawing, print, and digital media, often bringing everything together in installations where each piece contributes to a larger whole. I see art and humour as the same tool - a means of survival, of communication and innovation.
My process is instinct-driven and materially honest, with focus on colour and texture. I work fast, reuse found and recycled materials, resist over-finishing - the traces of making remain visible and intentional. Subjects, materials and locations are chosen for being in the right place at the right time. In my eyes a painting is an object, a sculpture is a surface, the work lives in the tension between these readings, and often in the gap between a memory and its retelling.
The imagery comes from the everyday: the banal, the overlooked, the absurd. I want the viewer to feel understood, to find humour in something heavy, and to leave a little lighter than they arrived.