Rianna Jade Parker (born 1991 in south London) is a British writer, critic, curator and researcher based in South London whose work stems from her interest in internationalist Black cultural production.
She is a founding member of the interdisciplinary collective Thick/er Black Lines and a contributing editor of ''
frieze
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''.
Early life and education
Parker was born in 1991 in South London.
She received a MA in Contemporary Art Theory from
Goldsmiths College
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, University of London.
Work
Parker's writing has been published in Frieze, Artforum, ARTnews, BOMB, and Art in America.
Parker and Kamara Scott jointly curated ''War Inna Babylon: The Community’s Struggle for Truths and Rights,'' an exhibition held at the
Institute of Contemporary Arts in London. The show takes on the history of Black British communities working against and at the center of institutional racism and policing. The exhibition was organized with the Tottenham Rights community and advocacy groups.
The show's concept began with a focus on a work by
Forensic Architecture
Forensic Architecture is a multidisciplinary research group based at Goldsmiths, University of London that uses architectural techniques and technologies to investigate cases of state violence and violations of human rights around the world. The ...
that recreated the scene and circumstances of the police murder of
Mark Duggan in 2011, titled ''The Killing of Mark Duggan.'' Parker, Scott and Tottenham Rights helped to expand the scope more broadly to look at the impacts of that killing and add a historical framework to understand what Black Britons have endured in the face of institutional racism and policing.
Selected works
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References
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1991 births
Activists from London
Living people
Black British women writers
Black British writers
British art curators
British art critics
Writers from London