Nationality British Books Other Places | Occupation Painter Parents David Tree Aunt Virginia Tree | |
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Grandparents Viola Tree, Alan Leonard Romaine Parsons Similar Antony Gormley, David Tree, Viola Tree, François de Harlay de Cham, Guy Gormley | ||
Vicken Parsons, Lady Gormley (born 1957) is a British artist, mostly painting in oils, but also making sculptures. Her works are displayed in Tate Britain, and are in the collections of the Arts Council and the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art.
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She attended the Slade School of Fine Art, in London.
Exhibitions
Parsons' solo exhibitions have included Galerie Christine König (Vienna), Kettle's Yard, the Alan Cristea Gallery, and Tate St Ives. Her work has also been exhibited at the Royal Academy, the Institute of Contemporary Arts, Tate Modern, Southampton City Art Gallery and Kunsthalle Mannheim.
Personal life
Her husband is the sculptor Antony Gormley. They met while attending the Slade, and married in 1980 She also worked as his assistant. Gormley said of her:
For the first 15 years she was my primary assistant. She did all of the body moulding... I think there are a lot of myths that art is made by, usually, lone men... I just feel so lucky and so blessed really, that I have such a strong supporter, and lover, and fellow artist.
The couple have three children, a daughter and two sons.
