Janette Parris

Biography

Janette Parris is an artist who investigates the contemporary urban experience, using narrative, humour and popular formats including soap opera, stand-up comedy, musical theatre, pop music, cartoons, comics and animation. Parris has exhibited widely nationally and internationally at spaces including Tate Britain, Tate Modern and the Ludwig Museum Budapest. In 2023 Parris exhibited in and co-curated Life Is More Important Than Art at the Whitechapel Gallery with Gilane Tawadros. Parris is the founder of Arch, an established comic exhibited in the British Library’s Comics Unmasked in 2014. Parris' Artist Book 'This Is Not a Memoir' was published by Montez Press in November 2023. Parris was awarded The British School in Rome Bridget Riley Fellowship in 2025.