Die Dorpstraat Gallery

Born (1967) and schooled in Durban, Jenny graduated from the Natal Technikon with a Higher National Diploma in Fine Arts in 1988.

EXPERIENCE

After graduating, she held two solo exhibitions in Durban as well as participating in numerous group exhibitions. She worked as a lecturer for the Natal Technikon Short Courses Unit and for the Natal Society of Arts until moving to Cape Town in 1991.

Jenny has since worked with a number of art and educational institutions including Community Arts Project, the Durbanville Cultural Society and the Ruth Prowse College of Art and Design where she was head of the Fine Art department in 1998 and 1999.

In 1996, together with artists Mary Visser and Diana Page, she started the Boudoir Biscuits, a collective of women artists. The group have collaborated on numerous projects and exhibitions. In 2002 the Biscuits were one of three finalists in the Cape Town Convention Centre National art competition. This project was redeveloped and in 2003 they were awarded the design contract for the carpets in the Judges Chambers in the New Constitutional Court Building in Johannesburg.

Jenny works as a professional artist from her studio in Woodstock.

Solo and Two Person Exhibitions

KZNSA, Durban 2009
Association for Visual Arts Cape Town 2009
Cape Gallery Cape Town 2007
Irma Stern Museum (with Mary Visser) Cape Town 2007
Association for Visual Arts Cape Town, 2006
3rd i Gallery Cape Town, 2005
Irma Stern Museum Cape Town, 2004
Grassroots Gallery Durban, 1990
NSA Gallery (with Robin Moodley) Durban, 1989
Elizabeth Gordon Gallery (with Clive Truter) Durban, 1988

Selected Group Exhibitions

“A Little Piece of Africa” artSPACE Berlin, 2009
“Cut and Dried” Off the Wall, Paarl 2009
“Angels” Grande Provence Franschoek 2008/9
Dorp Straat Galery, Stellenbosch 2008
“Still Life” Carol Lee Fine Art Johannesburg 2008
Mike Donkin’s Choice, Dorp Street Gallery Stellenbosch 2008
Irma Stern Museum (with Mary Visser) Cape Town 2007
“Malleable” ArtSpace Durban, 2007
“Water” Carol Lee Fine Art Johannesburg, 2007
“Postcards from South Africa”, Axis Gallery New York, 1999
Irma Stern Museum (Boudoir Biscuits) Cape Town, 1998
Boudoir Biscuits Installation at MCQP Cape Town, 1997
Ibis Gallery (Boudoir Biscuits) Nieu Bethesda, 1997
“Mustardseed & Moonshine”, Chelsea Gallery Cape Town, 1993
“Durban Scene”, Elizabeth Gordon Gallery Durban, 1990
CollectionsUniversity of Cape Town Art Collection
Durban University of Technology Permanent Collection
First National Bank
South African Breweries
Webber Wentzel
Grindrod Shipping
General Cologne Reinsurance
de Grendel Winery
Carpets in the Judges’ Chambers, Constitution Hill, Johannesburg (Boudoir Biscuits collaboration with the women of St Anne’s Home, Cape Town)
Parsons is represented in numerous South African and foreign collections.