PAUL DAVIES WEST SITE STORIES
Cover: Paul Davies Pink sunset on open plan 2019 acrylic on canvas 91 x 122 cm
PAUL DAVIES
WEST SITE STORIES 21 August – 14 September 2019 Exhibition Opening Wednesday 21 August 2019, 6 – 8 pm
Double Negative 1 2019 acrylic on canvas 152.5 x 122 cm
Double Negative 2 2019 acrylic on canvas 152.5 x 122 cm
Leisure limbo 2019 acrylic on canvas 122 x 92 cm
House in perspective 2019 acrylic on canvas 122 x 92 cm
Built on Spec (Portrait) 2019 acrylic on canvas 122 x 92 cm
Falling Water Forest 2019 acrylic on canvas 153 x 122 cm
Pacific Pattern 2019 acrylic on canvas 153 x 122 cm
Open Plan 2019 acrylic on canvas 122 x 91 cm
Mountain + Pool 2019 acrylic on canvas 122 x 91 cm
Open Plan Set 2019 acrylic on canvas 156 x 122 cm
Golden Gully Open Plan 2019 acrylic on canvas 153 x 122 cm
TBC 2019 acrylic on canvas 153 x 122 cm
Opposite Page: Untitled/ On Spec 2019 acrylic on canvas 92 x 122 cm
Opposite Page: Falling Water Blue Forest 2019 acrylic on canvas 147.5 x 176 cm
Opposite Page: Pacific Pattern II 2019 acrylic on canvas 147.5 x 176 cm
Opposite Page: Mirror Untitled 2019 acrylic on canvas 183 x 244 cm
Opposite Page: Sunset Falling 2019 acrylic on canvas 92 x 122 cm
Opposite Page: Setting on open plan 2019 acrylic on canvas 91 x 122 cm
Paul Davies BIOGRAPHY 1979
Born
EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE: 2016 2014 2013
Taliesin Artist Residency Program, Frank Llyod Wright School of Architecture, Pheonix, Arizona. Masters by Research, UNSW College of Fine Arts Cite des Arts Residency, Paris, Awarded by the Art Gallery of NSW
2006
Painting Master Class, National Art School
2000
Bachelor of Fine Arts, UNSW College of Fine Art
SOLO EXHIBITIONS: 2019 2018 2017
2016
The Roaring Daze Olsen Gruin New York, NY West Site Stories Olsen Gallery Sydney, Australia After the Gold Rush, Sophie Gannon Gallery, Melbourne Art Fair Installation Fitzpatrick Leland House, MAK Centre of Art and Architecture, Los Angeles Paintings and Photographs, Soho House, West Hollywood Everything Loose Will Land in LA, OLSEN Gallery, Sydney We Tell Ourselves Stories, Art District 13 Gallery Delhi 24 Photograms Frank Lloyd Wright School of Architecture, Phoenix
2015 2014
2013 2012 2011
Hollywood Stills Art 16 art fair London Life Stills Sophie Gannon Gallery, Melbourne Southern Exposure Art District 13, Delhi Other Desert Spaces, Olsen Irwin Gallery, Sydney Devoid of Sensation, Heather James Fine Art, Palm Desert Pastiche: A lens through which to view the present UNSW College of Art & Design, Sydney Built in Translation, The Fine Art Society, London Built in Translation II, Art District 13 Gallery, Delhi Other Desert Spaces The Standard, Hollywood Switching Utopia, Sophie Gannon Gallery, Melbourne Flattening Sublime, Cite Internationale des Arts, Paris Flattening Sublime, Olsen Irwin Gallery, Sydney Pentimento Tim Olsen Gallery, Sydney The Cat Street Gallery, Hong Kong Tim Olsen Gallery at Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne Portraits Gold Coast City Regional Art Gallery
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS: 2019
2018
Creatures Olsen Gruin New York NY Centennial Gifts: Recent Additions to the Permanent Collection Laguna Art Museum CA Collective Metamorphosis Art District 13 Delhi, India India Art Fair Collective Metamorphosis Art District 13 Delhi On the Edge: Landscapes from the Collection Macquarie University Art Gallery Australia 80 @ 80 Palm Springs Art Museum India Art Fair Art District 12 Gallery, curated by Veer Munshi
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
New Acquisitions, Dumbo House, New York Desert Stories, Palm Springs Art Museum Framing Nature, McClelland Sculpture Park + Garden The Kindness of Strangers: Recent Acquisitions and Conservation Projects, Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art Condition Report, India Art Fair, 13 Gallery, Curated By Ranjit Hoskate Sydney Contemporary, Olsen Gallery, Sophie Gannon Gallery Public Trust: It’s About What We Do Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art Chippendale New World Art Prize Highly Commended judged by Wayne Tunnicliffe – Head of Australian Art at Art Gallery of New South Wales McClelland Collection McClelland Gallery + Sculpture Park Fair Go Sophie Gannon Gallery Melbourne Oberoi collection curated by Kapil Chopra Oberoi Hotel, Delhi Summer Season Heather James Fine Art, Jackson Hole Winter Season Heather James Fine Art, Curated by Chip Tom, Palm Springs Works on Paper China Heights Gallery Sydney Art15 Contemporary Art Fair, Fine Art Society Contemporary London Palm Springs Art Fair, Heather James Fine Art Sydney Contemporary Art Fair, Sophie Gannon Gallery Summer Season Heather James Fine Art, Jackson Hole Winter Season Heather James Fine Art, Palm Desert Melbourne Art Fair, Sophie Gannon Gallery Art13 London Fine Art Society Contemporary Signal 8: Salon Show The Cat Street Gallery Summer exhibition Sophie Gannon Gallery Natural Selection The Fine Art Society Contemporary Sovereign Art Foundation Prize Hong Kong Fleurieu Art Prize Finalist Yering Station Art Prize Finalist
2012
2011
Arnold Bloch Leibler Art Prize Finalist Reflections - The M Collection Exhibition Dianne Tanzer Gallery Signal 8: Salon Show The Cat Street Gallery Albany Art Prize Finalist Signal 8: Salon Show The Cat Street Gallery Pulse Art Fair, Miami Fine Art Society Contemporary Sydney Contemporary Olsen Irwin Gallery Wild Australia Yen Reis Gallery Singapore Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize finalist, Australia Melbourne International Art Fair, Tim Olsen Gallery Pat Corrigan: Art Collector Maitland Regional Art Gallery Signal 8: Salon Show The Cat Street Gallery, Hong Kong Wattle Cat Street Gallery, Hong Kong Evocatecture Curated by Chip Tom Heather James Fine Art Gallery NSW Parliament Plein Air Painting Prize finalist, Australia Heat Tim Olsen Gallery, Sydney Self Portraits China Heights Gallery, Sydney - organized by Paul Davies Art London Rebecca Hossack Art Gallery Hong Kong International Art Fair, The Cat Street Gallery Toronto International Art Fair, Rebecca Hossack Art Gallery A Summer Survey Tim Olsen Gallery
PUBLISHED: Wallpaper* Online, Financial Times UK, Vogue British, ArtWorld, Vogue Living, Harper's Bazaar, Belle, InsideOut, GQ U.K. Australia, Art & Australia, Urbis, Black Magazine, Yen Magazine, The Sydney Morning Herald - Spectrum, WISH Magazine - The Australian, Sunday Arts ABC, Stvdio SBS
COLLECTIONS: Palm Springs Art Museum, USA Crocker Art Museum, USA Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, USA University of California, Irvine Institute and Museum for California Art USA Macquarie University, Australia McClelland Gallery + Sculpture Park, Australia Bond University, Australia Artbank, Australia Maitland Regional Gallery, Australia Historic Houses Trust, Australia Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Australia
PAUL DAVIES
WEST SITE STORIES 21 August – 14 September 2019 Exhibition Opening Wednesday 21 August 2019, 6 – 8 pm