ABOUT THE ARTIST

G'day I'm Tom Parsons,

I’m an Artist from Geelong, Victoria (Australia)

When I get asked what I do, I find it to be a bit of a mouthful. The reason being, I’m a bit of a jack of all trades.

I’m a trained artist. I have painted for more than 15 years – and completed my Bachelor of Fine Arts at Monash University.

I am also a business owner, founding and operating my custom and Round Canvas business Outside The Square in 2015. I have developed that business from scratch into Australia’s most profesional quality round canvas brand.

I ALSO am the Manager of one of Australia’s premier Art Supplier’s, Art Shed Online. Where in my position as Manager I specialise in Online Marketing, Social media marketing and email marketing, while also spending all day everyday around art supplies, and meeting artists and creatives alike.

This all keeps me pretty busy, but I love every minute of it.

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Education

2013 – Bachelor of Fine Art Honours in Painting (First Class) Monash University, Melbourne

2010-12 – Bachelor of Fine Art (Painting), Monash University, Melbourne

Awards and prizes

Finalist – Rick Amor Self Portrait Prize 2019

Linden Centre for Contemporary Art Award

Trocadero Artspace Award

Place Gallery Award

Monash Drawing Prize, for excellence in contemporary drawing

Solo Exhibitions

2015 – Infinite Intersect, collaboration with Avni Dauti, The Substation, Melbourne

2014 – Vignette, Platform Contemporary Art Space, Melbourne

2014 – An Attempt Towards Truth, Linden Centre for Contemporary Arts, Melbourne

2014 – Erratic Pattern, collaboration with Avni Dauti, Seventh Gallery, Melbourne

2013 – Looking at the Overlooked, Place Gallery, Melbourne

2012 – Somewhere between an act, fact or instance of seeing, collaboration with Emma Anderson, RUNT Space, Monash University, Melbourne

2011 – Fraternise, collaboration with Maddison Kitching, Louey and Lane Gallery, Melbourne

Group Exhibitions

2015 – Locale, Glen Eira City Council gallery, Melbourne

2014 – Entry Exit Points, Glen Eira City Council gallery, Melbourne

2014 – Hatched, National Graduate Exhibition, PICA, Perth

2014 – Belle Arti Prize, Chapman and Bailey, Melbourne

2014 – Debut X, Blindside, Melbourne

2013 – Index A, Kings ARI, Melbourne

2013 – Isn’t it funny! (Is it?), RUNT Space, Monash University Melbourne

2013 – Honey is flowing in all directions: curated by Tom Nicholson and Brooke Andrew, Monash University, Melbourne

2013 – NEWER ’13, Trocadero Art Space, Melbourne

2012 – Runt Zoo, RUNT Space, Monash University, Melbourne

2008 – Melbourne International Stencil festival, Yarra Sculpture gallery, Melbourne