Michael Parr

Place: Rural Queensland

Born: 1945

Biography:

Mike Parr is an Australian performance artist and printmaker. Parr's works have been exhibited in Australia and internationally, including in Brazil, Cuba, France, Germany, Hungary, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, and the United States. In the 1970s, he co-founded the artist cooperative Inhibodress with Peter Kennedy and Tim Johnson. Parr spent his childhood in rural Queensland. He is the brother of installation/photography artist, Julie Rrap (formerly Julie Brown-Rrap). He was born with a misshapen arm, and this physical characteristic has influenced his art.