Sculptural art
Site-specific and integrated art
Pittsburgh Creative Corps Artist Directory
Parker Donaldson
Primary Discipline
Artistic Practice
Assemblage, including found objects, multimedia
Fabrication, including wood, metal, glass
Ceramic / glass
Freddie Fu, 2022, bronze, 4′ x 3.5′ x 3′ without base. Commissioned by UPMC for the lobby of the Freddie Fu Sports Medicine Building.
Alone Together / At Last / Forever, 2023, tile, wood, grouting, cement. Installation documentation.
Flower Boy, 2020, ceramic, dried flowers, cement, wood glue, 1.5′ x 1.5′ x 4′.
Direct Contact, 2021, resin balloon, tile, grout, felt, 2.5′ x 2.5′ x 1′.
About the Artist
Parker Donaldson b. 1988 is an American conceptual artist, sculptor and musician hailing from Pittsburgh, PA. Upon earning his BFA in Sculpture from the University of Cape Town, South Africa in 2020, he has worked professionally as a sculptor/designer/fabricator as well as showing internationally. The breadth of his practice ranges from video, installation, performance and portraiture. In 2020 he was awarded the C. G. Saker Scholarship and in 2021 he received the Simon Gerson Prize for his show, a Gross Fugue with Rose Colored Glasses (2020). Parker currently resides in Pittsburgh along with his wife and fellow artist Akudzwe Elsie Chiwa.
Photo by Pittsburgh Emerging Arts Leaders
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Accreditations, Certifications, and/or Awards
- Simon Gerson Prize, 2021;
- Humanities Faculty Scholarship, Michaelis School of Fine Art, 2021;
- C.G. Saker Scholarship, 2021;
- Director and Staff Award, Michaelis School of Fine Art, 2019
Provides Fabrication Services to Other Artists
Yes
Teaching Artist
No
Joined the Directory
October 2023
Related
PROJECT
Pittsburgh Creative Corps
Designed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Pittsburgh Creative Corps initiative engages artists and creative workers to activate the public realm while providing economic opportunity.
“Collaboration is about gaining perspective. As an artist, collaboration allows me to use a multifocal perspective to create something new that involves more than what an individual can provide.”
Parker Donaldson
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PROJECT
Pittsburgh Creative Corps
Designed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Pittsburgh Creative Corps initiative engages artists and creative workers to activate the public realm while providing economic opportunity.
