PAUL DAVIES 1979
EDUCATION
Masters by Research UNSW College of Art & Design (2014)
Painting Master Class, National Art School (2006)
Bachelor of Fine Arts, UNSW College of Fine Art (2000)
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023
Memory Lens Jan Murphy Gallery
2022
12 Frames Hugo Michell Gallery
Against Light Sophie Gannon Gallery
2021
Belvedere Loop Olsen Gallery Sydney
2020
In A Limbo Landscape Peter Mendenhall Gallery Los Angeles
Space Displaced Sophie Gannon Gallery Sydney Contemporary Art Fair
Golden Days Bathurst Regional Art Gallery
2019
The Roaring Daze Olsen Gruin New York, NY
West Site Stories Olsen Gallery Sydney, Australia
2018
After the Gold Rush Sophie Gannon Gallery Melbourne Art Fair
2017
Installation Fitzpatrick-Leland House MAK Centre for Art and Architecture Los Angeles
Paintings and Photographs Soho House Los Angeles
Everything Loose Will Land in LA Olsen Gallery Sydney
We Tell Ourselves Stories Art District 13 Gallery Delhi
2016
24 Photograms Frank Lloyd Wright School of Architecture Phoenix
Hollywood Stills Art16 art fair London
Life Stills Sophie Gannon Gallery Melbourne
Southern Exposure Art District 13 Delhi
2015
Devoid of Sensation Heather James Fine Art, Palm Desert
Other Desert Spaces Olsen Irwin Gallery Sydney
2014
Pastiche: A lens through which to view the present UNSW College of Art & Design Sydney
Built in Translation The Fine Art Society Contemporary London
Built in Translation II Art District 13 Gallery, Delhi
Other Desert Spaces The Standard, Hollywood
Switching Utopia Sophie Gannon Gallery Melbourne
2013
Flattening Sublime Cite Internationale des Arts, Paris
Flattening Sublime Olsen Irwin Gallery, Sydney
Blow Up Cat Street Gallery Hong Kong
2012
Pentimento Tim Olsen Gallery, Sydney
2011
Portraits Gold Coast City Regional Art Gallery
Void The Cat Street Gallery, Hong Kong
Portraits Tim Olsen Gallery at Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023
Lost In Palm Springs HOTA Home Of The Arts
Surface Tension Starkwhite, Queenstown New Zealand
Summer Show Peter Mendenhall Gallery Los Angeles
Sydney Contemporary Art Fair Jan Murphy Sophie Gannon Gallery
Lost In Palm Springs The Manly Art Gallery & Museum
Art at Tamarisk Palm Springs, California USA, Curated by Rochelle Steiner (cont 2023)
Making Place; 100 Views of Brisbane Museum of Brisbane (cont 2023)
Whispering Gums Starkwhite, Queenstown New Zealand (cont 2023)
2022
Whispering Gums Starkwhite, Queenstown New Zealand
Art at Tamarisk Palm Springs, California USA, Curated by Rochelle Steiner
Making Place; 100 Views of Brisbane Museum of Brisbane
2021
Summer Group Show Peter Mendenhall Gallery Los Angeles
Going Home Hugo Michell Gallery, Australia
Incognito Art Show, Sydney Australia
2020
India Art Fair Art District 13 Gallery Delhi
California Cool Laguna Art Museum Annual Auction
A shining light - recent acquisitions 2019-20 Geelong Gallery
Group Exhibition Sophie Gannon Gallery
2019
Centennial Gifts: Recent Additions to the Permanent Collection Laguna Art Museum CA
On the Edge: Landscapes from the Collection Macquarie University Art Gallery Australia
Collective Metamorphosis Art District 13 Delhi, India
Collective Metamorphosis India Art Fair Art District 13 Delhi
Creatures Olsen Gruin New York NY
2018
80 @ 80 Palm Springs Art Museum
India Art Fair Art District 13 Gallery curated by Veer Munshi
New Acquisitions Dumbo House New York
All We Can’t See: Illustrating the Nauru Files Yellow House Sydney
2017
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 Art District 13 Gallery Curated By Ranjit Hoskote
Sydney Contemporary Olsen Gallery, Sophie Gannon Gallery
The Mid Century Project Kalowski House by Harry Seidler
2016
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
2015
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 Sophie Gannon Gallery
2014
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
2013
Natural Selection The Fine Art Society Contemporary
Fleurieu Art Prize Finalist, Australia
Yering Station Art Prize Finalist, Australia
Arnold Bloch Leibler Art Prize Finalist, Australia
Albany Art Prize Finalist, Australia
Reflections The M Collection Exhibition Dianne Tanzer Gallery
Signal 8: Salon Show The Cat Street Gallery
Sydney Contemporary Olsen Irwin Gallery
Wild Australia Yen Reis Gallery Singapore
2012
Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize finalist, Australia
Melbourne International Art Fair Tim Olsen Gallery
Pat Corrigan: Art Collector Maitland Regional Art Gallery
Wattle Cat Street Gallery, Hong Kong
2011
Evocatecture Curated by Chip Tom Heather James Fine Art Gallery
NSW Parliament Plein Air Painting Prize finalist, Australia
Hong Kong International Art Fair The Cat Street Gallery
Heat Tim Olsen Gallery, Sydney
Self Portraits China Heights Gallery, Sydney - organized by Paul Davies
RESIDENCIES / SELECTED ARTIST TALKS AND LECTURES
2022
Whispering Gums - conversation with Kelly Carmichael at Starkwhite Gallery Queenstown
2021
Getty Patrons Program - Creative Point of View conversation with Rochelle Steiner Cheif Curator & Director of Curatorial Affairs and Programs at the Palm Springs Art Museum
2020
Art Talks BMW Culture Soho House: Paul Davies and Kate Bryan, Global Head of Collections at Soho House
2019
Artspace artist residency Sydney Australia
2018
Guest Speaker Modernism Week at the Palm Springs Art Museum
NG Art Creative Residency Eygalieres France
2017
Pool of Thought - In conversation with Aaron Betsky at the MAK Center for Art and Architecture Los Angeles
2016
Taliesin Artist Residency Program, Frank Lloyd Wright School of Architecture Phoenix Arizona
2013
Cite des Arts Residency, Paris, Awarded by The Art Gallery of NSW
2012
Guest Speaker Semi-Permanent Conference Brisbane
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
Palm Springs Art Museum
Crocker Art Museum
Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
University of California, Irvine Institute and Museum for California Art
Laguna Art Museum
Geelong Gallery
Art Gallery of Ballarat
Macquarie University
McClelland Gallery + Sculpture Park
Museum of Brisbane
Bond University
Artbank
Maitland Regional Gallery
Sydney Living Museums
HOTA, Home of the Arts
University of the Sunshine Coast Art Gallery
The Central Coast Council Art Collection