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
2020
Golden Days Bathurst Regional Art Gallery
Space Displaced Sophie Gannon Gallery Sydney Contemporary Art Fair
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 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
Void The Cat Street Gallery, Hong Kong
Portraits Tim Olsen Gallery at Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne
Portraits Gold Coast City Regional Art Gallery
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2020
COLLECTIVUS Olsen Gallery, Sydney
California Cool Laguna Art Museum Annual Auction
Group Exhibition Sophie Gannon Gallery
2019
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
Collective Metamorphosis India Art Fair Art District 13 Delhi
On the Edge: Landscapes from the Collection Macquarie University Art Gallery Australia
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
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
Signal 8: Salon Show The Cat Street 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
Signal 8: Salon Show The Cat Street Gallery, Hong Kong
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
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
RESIDENCIES
2019
Artspace Sydney Australia
2018
NG Art Creative Residency Eygalieres France
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
PUBLIC 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
Laguna Art Museum, USA
Geelong Gallery, Australia
Macquarie University, Australia
McClelland Gallery + Sculpture Park, Australia
Bond University, Australia
Artbank, Australia
Maitland Regional Gallery, Australia
Sydney Living Museums, Australia
Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Australia