Ruskin graduate Cerena Parkinson (MFA 2025) presents her Emery Prize solo exhibition in May. The Emery Prize is awarded annually to a Ruskin BFA or MFA finalist student and judged by the Pembroke College JCR Art Fund Collection Committee.

Private view on 15th May, 6-8pm. Please find further info and rsvp to attend the opening at the link: https://www.pembrokejcrart.org/copy-of-2024

Pembroke College, entrance to the gallery is via 5 Brewer Street, Oxford, OX1 1QN. Wheelchair accessible: https://www.pembrokejcrart.org/visit

Cerena Parkinson is a multidisciplinary artist and writer based in London, whose work explores migration, identity, and the legacies of colonialism through an autobiographical lens. Awarded the Emery Prize for her MFA research at The Ruskin School of Art in 2025 and the Drawing Year Scholarship 2026 at the Royal Drawing School, she has exhibited in London, Surrey, New York City, and at the Pastel Society Exhibition at The Mall Galleries in 2025 and 2026. Her Emery Prize exhibition presents an installation of multi-disciplinary works grounded in “The Parenthetical Theory,” a concept she developed to examine the marginalisation of subaltern narratives within Western systems of knowledge. Drawing from her experience as a Jamaican American woman, Parkinson’s practice combines observation, imagination, and storytelling to celebrate joy, resilience, and womanhood within diasporic communities.

Opening hours:
Saturday, 16th May: 1 -4pm
Sunday, 17th May: 1- 4pm
Wednesday, 20th May: 1-3pm
Saturday 23rd May: 1-4pm 
Sunday 24th May: 1-4pm
Wednesday 27th May: 1-3pm
Saturday 30th May: 1-4pm 
Sunday 31st May: 1-4pm