{"id":1895,"date":"2026-08-02T19:32:17","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T03:32:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.blackportraitures.info\/bp-la\/?page_id=1895"},"modified":"2026-08-02T19:32:18","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T03:32:18","slug":"rianna-jade-parker","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.blackportraitures.info\/bp-la\/rianna-jade-parker\/","title":{"rendered":"Rianna Jade Parker"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-getwid-section alignfull alignfull getwid-section-content-custom-width\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-section__wrapper getwid-padding-left-medium getwid-padding-right-medium\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-section__inner-wrapper\" style=\"max-width:1140px\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-section__background-holder\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-section__background\"><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-section__foreground\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-section__content\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-section__inner-content\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns has-2-columns are-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-995f960e wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Rianna Jade Parker<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-getwid-advanced-heading\" style=\"margin-bottom:0px;margin-top:0px\"><span class=\"wp-block-getwid-advanced-heading__content\">Critic, Curator and Researcher<\/span><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rianna Jade Parker is a critic, curator and researcher based in South London where she studied her MA in Contemporary Art Theory at Goldsmiths College, University of London. She is a founding member of interdisciplinary collective Thick\/er Black Lines, whose work was exhibited in the landmark exhibition\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.somersethouse.org.uk\/whats-on\/get-up-stand-up-now\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Get Up, Stand Up Now: Generations of Black Creative Pioneers<\/em><\/a>\u00a0at Somerset House, London. She is a contributing editor of\u00a0<em>Frieze<\/em>\u00a0magazine and co-curated\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ica.art\/exhibitions\/war-inna-babylon\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>War Inna Babylon: The Community\u2019s Struggle for Truths and Rights<\/em><\/a>\u00a0at the Institute of Contemporary Arts, London. Her first book\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/shop.tate.org.uk\/a-brief-history-of-black-british-art\/26143.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>\u2018A Brief History of Black British Art\u2019<\/em><\/a>\u00a0was published by Tate in 2021 and she is represented by\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wylieagency.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>The Wiley Agency<\/em><\/a>. Additionally, she has curated numerous artist projects and creative commissions for Tate Modern, Transmission Gallery, Prada Mode London, Reference.Point, and the 10th Berlin Biennale. Rianna has presented work at the South London Gallery, Tate Britain, Southbank Centre, Senate House Library, Iniva, Autograph ABP, Somerset House, and the Royal College of Art. Her writing has been published in print and online by <em>ARTnews<\/em>, <em>Frieze Magazine<\/em>, <em>Art in America<\/em>, <em>Artforum<\/em>, <em>Harpers Bazaar<\/em>, Artnet, Phaidon Press, Thames and Hudson, Tate Liverpool, Frieze Masters, Camden Art Centre, Stephen Friedman Gallery, Hayward Gallery, <em>Aperture<\/em>, <em>The Guardian<\/em>, and <em>BOMB Magazine<\/em>. Press, mentions and citations appear in <em>Hyperallergic<\/em>, <em>Artforum<\/em>, <em>Evening Standard<\/em>, <em>The Financial Times<\/em>, <em>VICE<\/em>, <em>Momus<\/em>, <em>AQNB<\/em>, <em>Dazed and Confused<\/em>, and <em>The White Pube<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-getwid-advanced-spacer\" style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--1\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-text-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.blackportraitures.info\/bp-la\/presenters\/\" style=\"color:#000000\">BACK<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/www.blackportraitures.info\/bp-la\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2026\/08\/RJP-Laylah-Amatullah-Headshot-1280x1920.jpg\" alt=\"Rianna Jade Parker\" class=\"wp-image-1720\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"qubely_global_settings":"","qubely_interactions":"","inline_featured_image":false,"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1895","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"blocksy_meta":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":false,"thumbnail":false,"medium":false,"medium_large":false,"large":false,"1536x1536":false,"2048x2048":false,"qubely_landscape":false,"qubely_portrait":false,"qubely_thumbnail":false},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"cm","author_link":"https:\/\/www.blackportraitures.info\/bp-la\/author\/cherylmann\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blackportraitures.info\/bp-la\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1895","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blackportraitures.info\/bp-la\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blackportraitures.info\/bp-la\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackportraitures.info\/bp-la\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/28"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackportraitures.info\/bp-la\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1895"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackportraitures.info\/bp-la\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1895\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1896,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackportraitures.info\/bp-la\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1895\/revisions\/1896"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blackportraitures.info\/bp-la\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1895"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}