About

Artist Biography

Eileen Parent is an abstract printmaker living in Sonoma County, C.A. She was born in upstate New York and grew up surrounded by nature. Her artwork is influenced by her rural surroundings and her curiosity to explore the organic shapes and patterns she finds in nature.

She earned a Bachelor of Art in painting from UC Berkeley with high honors. After graduation she continued to paint and travel the United States and Europe extensively. While experimenting with different artistic mediums she was drawn to the process of printmaking. She fell in love with printmaking’s traditional techniques and historical background. She has exhibited her work in Sonoma County and the greater North Bay area. She is currently pursuing a Bachelor of Fine Art in printmaking at Sonoma State University.

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Education

2003 / B.A., UC Berkeley, Berkeley, C.A.

2001 / A.A., Santa Rosa Junior College, Santa Rosa, C.A.

Exhibitions

2019 / Then and Now, Sonoma State University Library Gallery, Rohnert Park, C.A.

2019 / Out There Expo, The Studio, Santa Rosa, C.A.

2019 / No Show, Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, C.A.

2019 / Juried Student Exhibition, Sonoma State University Art Gallery, Rohnert Park, C.A.

2018 / Open Studio, The Studio, Santa Rosa, C.A.

2018 / Purely Abstract, Healdsburg Center for the Arts, Healdsburg, C.A.

2018 / Juried Student Exhibition, Sonoma State University Art Gallery, Rohnert Park, C.A.

2017 / Juried Student Exhibition, Sonoma State University Art Gallery, Rohnert Park, C.A.

2014 / Spring Student Show, Robert F. Agrella Art Gallery, SRJC, Santa Rosa, C.A.

Awards

2019 / John S. Bolles Memorial Scholarship

2003 / Certificate of Recognition: Outstanding Accomplishment in Art

2000 / Certificate of Art: Drawing & Painting

Related Experience

Teaching Assistant, Printmaking, Prof. Kurt Kemp, SSU

Printshop Monitor, SSU

Teaching Assistant/Print Lab Technician, Prof. Kevin Fletcher, SRJC