Isabel Crabtree Parker

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Lives and works in Dorset, UK

Date of birth and Birthplace: 2001. Kuching, Sarawak, East Malaysia

British citizen. 

Contact: isabelcrabtreeparker@gmail.com

Website: https://isabelcrabtreeparker.wixsite.com/artist

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Education

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2023-2024: MA Fine Art, Lancaster University.

Degree Result:

• Merit

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2019-2022: BA (Hons) Fine Art, Arts University Bournemouth (AUB).

Degree Result:

• First Class Honours

 

2017-2019: Brockenhurst College, Brockenhurst, Hampshire.

  A Level Results:

• Spanish A ‘Level A

• English Literature & Language A ‘Level B

• Fine Art A ‘Level B 

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Publications

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work-in-progress

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Crabtree Parker, I. (2025) A Subtle Encounter, cotton and silk embroidery on water-soluble fabric, dimensions variable. In: Arts to Hearts Project (ed), 101 Art Book: Nature Edition.

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Crabtree Parker, I. (2025)  Entangled Growth, watercolour, cotton and silk embroidery on canvas, 21 x 29.7cm. In: Arts to Hearts Project (ed), 101 Art Book: Nature Edition.

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Crabtree Parker, I. (2025) Bloom, oil paint and acrylic gesso on canvas, 21 x 29.7cm. In: Arts to Hearts Project (ed), 101 Art Book: Nature Edition.

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Crabtree Parker, I. (Forthcoming) Art Activism and the Anthropocene. Teaching Artist Journal.

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International peer-reviewed journal papers

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Crabtree Parker, I. (2024) The Tyro’s Perspective: Art and Science as an Auto-Didactic Project. International Journal of Education Through Art, 20, 2, 223-230. https://doi.org/10.1386/eta_00163_7 

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Crabtree Parker, I. (2023) Synergenesis. Consilience, 13. Available at: https://www.consilience-journal.com/conciliarte-issue-13-x/synergenesis

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 Parker, J., Ashencaen Crabtree, S., Crabtree Parker, M. and Crabtree Parker, I. (2019) ‘Behaving like a Jakun!’ A case                         study of conflict, ‘othering’ and indigenous knowledge in the Orang Asli of Tasik Chini, Pahang, Malaysia, Journal of                             Sociology and Development. 3, 1, 23-45.

 

 Ashencaen Crabtree, S., Parker, J., Crabtree Parker, I. & Crabtree Parker, M. (2018) Development as eradication: The                         pillage of the Jakun ‘people’s bank’ of Tasik Chini, Pahang, Malaysia’, Southeast Asia Research, 26(3),                               DOI:10.1177/0967828X18793201 

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Co-authored book

 

Ashencaen Crabtree, S., Parker, J., Crabtree Parker, I. and Crabtree Parker, M. (2016) Death of the Dragon God Lake:                         Voice from Tasik Chini. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: SIRD. http://gbgerakbudaya.com/home/product/death-of-the-dragon-                         god-lake/

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Blog Post

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Crabtree Parker, I. (2025) Dialogue, Discovery and Design: How Art can Reframe our Relationship with Nature, Circle, 16 February.

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Williamson, D. and Crabtree Parker, I. (2024) Environment as Participant: A Residency Reflection, Deco Publique, 17 May. Available at:

https://www.decopublique.co.uk/environment-as-participant

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Miscellaneous

 

Unpublished project work Crabtree Parker, Isabel. (2014) People, Science & the Environment – a study of Tasik Chini, West                  Malaysia. 

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Relevant Work Experience

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2025            Exam Invigilator with the Bishop of Winchester Academy supervising formal and mock examinations to ensure fairness 

                    and integrity,  collecting and distributing exam papers and other required materials to candidates, recording and reporting                       any irregularities to prevent possible candidate malpractice and dealing with candidate queries without providing specific                       aid/guidance.

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2022-2023   Teaching Assistant with Teaching Personnel at Victoria Education Centre supporting students in a variety of subjects                               including Art, Literature and Music, invigilating for student exams and acting as a scribe for students both in lessons and                        exams, acting as a practical assistant for a student to assist with the completion of an Art GCSE exam by performing                              practical tasks specifically approved by the awarding body and according to the candidate's instructions, including                                  preparing materials and equipment.

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2022            Teaching Assistant with several Teaching Agencies working to help students who require additional support to complete                          tasks, assisting the teacher with lessons, marking and behavioural management, completing reading comprehension                                records and motivating students to think creatively and excel in their studies.

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2021-2022   Life drawing Co-ordinator assisting with life drawing classes at Arts University Bournemouth. My role was to                                         organise equipment and registration, ensure the safety of facilities and the comfort of both the students and model while                         incorporating exciting artistic themes into the classes.

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2014           Research Assistant for the ‘Children Interviewing Children’ element of the funded  research project ‘An ethnography of                         the Orang Asli communities of Tasik Chini, UNESCO Biosphere Reserve’. Funder: Ministry of Education and Ministry of                     Environment and Natural Resources, Malaysian National Commission for UNESCO Awards.  My role was to conduct                           research work with Indigenous children using art elicitation and interview work (see Publications)

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Exhibitions

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2024         Art Beats, Festival Exhibition. Lancaster-Sunway, International Exhibition of Art, Film, Music & Theatre. Lancaster                              Institute for the Creative Arts (LICA) and Sunway College, Malaysia, Peter Scott Gallery and online. 20-25 August, 2024.                      Themes: Eco-Vision, Untold Stories & Flight. 

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2024          MA Fine Art Degree Exhibition, Post[Age]. Lancaster University, Peter Scott Gallery. 14-18 August 2024. 

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2023         Art Exhibition in Celebration of St John's Churchyard, St John's Church, Moordown, Bournemouth, United Kingdom​

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2022         Summer Shows, Arts University Bournemouth, United Kingdom

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2021         Beyond and Between,  online exhibition drawing from the archive of the European Space Agency, Arts University                                  Bournemouth, United Kingdom

 

2020         Body and Mind, Arts University Bournemouth, United Kingdom

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Commissions

 

2021           Commissioned to create a painting for a Christmas card print run with Catford

                   Press.

 

2020           Commissioned to paint illustrations for the research-based 2020 book, Stories from the People: Narratives from the Bribri                      and Jakun  Indigenous people of Costa Rica  and Malaysia. London: Catford Press. Authors: Ali Garcia Segura, Ismail                          Bin Mohamad, Zanisah Man, Olivia Sylvester, Jonathan Parker and Sara Ashencaen Crabtree. 

 

This publication formed part of the research output from the UKRI GCRF project 'Being Developed? Comparing the experiences of economic and social development among indigenous groups in Malaysia and Costa Rica’ (Bournemouth University, UN-University       For Peace, National University – University Kebangsaan Malaysia and Universidad de Costa Rica.

 

2019           Commissioned to create a print for a client: The Ostrich Policy, 2020 (screen print, 21cm x 29cm).

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Awards and achievements 

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2022           Nominated for 'The Poole Maritime Trust Turland Memorial Award'

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2021            Level 3 Award in Education and Training (PTLLS).

 

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Skills

    

• Dry-Point Etching

• Screen Printing

• Linocut Printing

• Canvas preparation

• Photography documentation skills

• Photography

• Detail oriented

• Fluent in English and competent in Spanish

• Mac/PC literate

• Experience in curating art exhibitions (as part of the MA Fine Art course at Lancaster University and BA (Hons) Fine Art course at Arts University Bournemouth).