13 Facts About Mimi Parent

Mimi Parent's art is known for its symbolism, and the metaphorical use of existing objects, including human hair.

Mimi Parent was the eighth of the nine children of architect Lucien Parent.

Mimi Parent was later expelled from the school after joining a controversial artists' group, called Prisme d'yeux.

In Canada, Mimi Parent identified with the Surrealist movement, as well as automatism.

Mimi Parent associated with other surrealist artists, such as Andre Breton and Marcel Duchamp.

Mimi Parent participated in the International Surrealist Exhibition, devoted to Eros.

Mimi Parent often incorporated elements of lunar and solar forces, representing masculinity and femininity.

Mimi Parent was raised in a Catholic household, and her work showed influences of her faith and eroticism.

Mimi Parent incorporated materials such as human hair, in her art objects.

Mimi Parent exhibited at the "Surrealist intrusion into the Enchanter's Domain" in New York in 1960 and in 1966 had a solo exhibition at the "Maya" gallery in Brussels.

Mimi Parent lived and worked in Paris, France and continued creating art in her later years.

Mimi Parent had many solo exhibitions throughout her life and was active as an artist until the end of her days.

Mimi Parent died June 14,2005, in Switzerland and her ashes were scattered by Benoit at Chateau de Lacoste, the estate of the Marquis de Sade in Haute-Provence.