Ione Parkinvisual artist and curator of Cosmos: The Art of Observing Space. She co-leads the international art-astronomy project, Creativity and Curiosity. An Academician’s Council member; a Visiting Honorary Fellow, School of Physics and Astronomy, University f Leicester; and a British Association of Planetaria member. Her large-scale paintings express her fascination with the early formation of the universe, cosmic dust and gas, and solar dynamics, creating luminous visions of immensity; her mixed media artworks are speculations on undiscovered planetary surfaces. Parkin exhibits nationally and internationally and her work is included in Private and Public Collections. Read More Read Less