Parlee Erz

Parlee Erz

Parlee Erz

  • Biography

    Parlee Erz, Parlee or Pali Erz is the pseudonym for British artist Graham Lawrie. Parlee is known for his illustrations and graffiti of comic and cartoon characters. He studied at Nottingham Trent University, receiving his Bachelors’s degree with Honors in Fine Arts in 1994. He is one of the founding members of a Graffiti group called The Essex Rockerz (ERZ) in 1986 which is still active today. Furthermore, he is involved with ‘Art is the Cure’ an organization in which his volunteers as a mentor for younger and aspiring street artists. Parlee is influenced by cartoons he watched during childhood alongside the Hip Hop and Graffiti culture he admired as a teenager. Although he has worked on canvas, he works primarily on Perspex which emphasizes the light and reflection of his characters.

  • Exhibitions

    2015 Heroes & Villains Vertical Gallery, Chicago
    2013 Emporer Yes 2nd exhibition Top Office Machines, Bethnal Green, London
    2012 End of the line Shoreditch arches, Shoreditch, London
    2012 Walkabout Foundation Show The Village Underground, Shoreditch, London
    2012 Death Rattle Exhibition Top Office Machines, Shoreditch, London
    2012 Artist in residence Doopo Doopo Gallery, London
    2012 Follow your art The Village Underground, Anti Slavery International, London
    2012 Group Show High Rollers Society Gallery, London
    2012 Group Show Westbank Gallery, Nottinghill, London
    2012 Emperor Yes Top Office Machines, Shoreditch, London
    2012 Good Times Roll High Rollers Society Gallery, London
    2012 Summer Exhibition Heatham House Gallery, Twickenham, London
    2012 1st Cut Show Westbank Gallery, Nottinghill, London
    2011 Group Show The Opera Gallery London
    2011 Bank Job Show WestBank Gallery, Nottinghill, London

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