QUALIFICATIONS AND TRAINING | |
| 2011-Pres. | Masters by Research UNSW College of Fine Arts |
| 2006 | Painting Master Class, National Art School |
| 2000 | Bachelor of Fine Arts, UNSW College of Fine Art |
| 1987-1994 | Landscape painting classes with Central Coast artist Kel Connell |
SOLO EXHIBITIONS |
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| 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 | |
| 2010 | Hanmer Tim Olsen Gallery, Sydney |
| Modern Home Rebecca Hossack Art Gallery, London | |
| 2009 | New Paintings Tim Olsen Gallery, Sydney |
| Re-Constructions Cat Street Gallery, Hong Kong | |
| 2008 | New Paintings Tim Olsen Gallery, Sydney |
| 2007 | Recent Paintings Tim Olsen Gallery, Sydney |
| 2006 | Recent Paintings Tim Olsen Gallery Sydney |
| 2005 | Modern copy blank_space Gallery, Sydney (December) |
| Modern building copy blank_space Gallery, Sydney (May) | |
| 2004 | Re (Form) First Draft Gallery, Sydney |
| 2 Step Gallery, Sydney | |
| 2003 | Space3 Gallery, Sydney |
| 2001 | DK Restaurant, London |
GROUP EXHIBITIONS |
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| 2012 | Pat Corrigan: Art Collector, Maitland Regional Art Gallery |
| Signal 8: Salon Show, The Cat Street Gallery | |
| Wild Australian Yen Reis Gallery Singapore | |
| Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize finalist, Sydney | |
| Melbourne International Art Fair, Tim Olsen Gallery | |
| Pulse Art Fair Miami Fine Art Society Contemporary | |
| Hampton’s Art Fair Rebecca Hossack Art Gallery | |
| 2011 | Pat Corrigan: Art Collector, Maitland Regional Art Gallery |
| Signal 8: Salon Show, The Cat Street Gallery | |
| NSW Parliament Plein Air Painting Prize finalist, Sydney | |
| Wattle Cat Street Gallery, Hong Kong | |
| Self Portraits China Heights Gallery, Sydney - curated by Paul Davies | |
| Hampton’s Art Fair Rebecca Hossack Art Gallery | |
| Art London Rebecca Hossack Art Gallery | |
| Hong Kong International Art Fair, The Cat Street Gallery | |
| Toronto International Art Fair, Rebecca Hossack Art Gallery | |
| 2010 | Evocatecture Heather James Fine Art Gallery |
| A Summer Survey Tim Olsen Gallery | |
| Hong Kong International Art Fair, The Cat Street Gallery | |
| Miscellanea Tim Olsen Gallery | |
| Art Chicago Rebecca Hossack Art Gallery | |
| Hampton’s Art Fair Rebecca Hossack Art Gallery | |
| Structural Through-Line (Coherence) Lawrence Asher Gallery, Los Angeles | |
| San Francisco Art Fair, Rebecca Hossack Art Gallery | |
| LA Art Show, Rebecca Hossack Art Gallery | |
| London Art Fair, Rebecca Hossack Art Gallery | |
| Melbourne International Art Fair, Tim Olsen Gallery | |
| Dragon Garden The Cat Street Gallery | |
| The King’s School Art Prize finalist, Sydney | |
| 2009 | Finalist - Royal Bank of Scotland Australian Emerging Artist Award |
| Hong Kong Art Fair, The Cat Street Gallery | |
| Affordable Art Fair Paris, Rebecca Hossack Art Gallery | |
| Hamptons Art Fair Rebecca Hossack Art Gallery | |
| Toronto Art Fair Rebecca Hossack Art Gallery | |
| London Art Fair, Rebecca Hossack Art Gallery | |
| No Comply, Red Bull Gallery, Sydney | |
| 2008 | Finalist ABN-AMRO Emerging Artist Award |
| Melbourne International Art Fair, represented by Tim Olsen Gallery | |
| University of Sydney PALM Awards, Guest Judge for Art Prize | |
| 2 X 2, Tim Olsen Gallery | |
| 2007 | 100th Heights China Heights, Sydney |
| Across the Board, Cancer Council, Wallspace Gallery | |
| Solstice, Tim Olsen Gallery | |
| 2006 | Melbourne International Art Fair, Tim Olsen Gallery |
| Sydney Art Fair, Tim Olsen Gallery | |
| Postcards from Paddington Sydney | |
| 2005 | Sydney Art Fair, Soho Galleries, Sydney |
| Group show, Touch Galleries, Sydney | |
| Department, blank_space, Sydney | |
| 2004 | Vans Off the Wall, George Street, Sydney |
| Eloquence (a group thing), blank_space, Sydney | |
| 2003 | Graffiti and Stencils, Knot Gallery, Sydney |
| 3D’s, Space3, Sydney | |
| Stencil exhibition, Surry Hills Labour Club, Sydney | |
| 2002 | Appliance UNSW Solar Research Centre, Sydney |
| Group Show, PCL Gallery, Sydney | |
| 2001 | Photography Prize winner TNT Magazine, London |
| 2000 | Seven Senses Mercedes Fashion Week, Kudos Gallery, Sydney |
| Walking the Streets, Sydney | |
| Dialogue, COFA Graduation show, Sydney | |
| Con/struct, College of Fine Arts, Sydney | |
| 1999 | Yerg, UNSW College of Fine Arts, Sydney |
PUBLISHED |
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| W Magazine Online, Wallpaper* Online, Financial Times UK, Vogue British, Australian Financial Review, ArtWorld, Vogue Living, Harper's Bazaar, Belle, InsideOut, GQ U.K. Australia, Art & Australia, Urbi, Black Magazine, Yen Magazine, The Sydney Morning Herald - Spectrum, WISH Magazine - The Australian, Sunday Arts ABC, Stvdio SBS and Asian Art News. | |
COLLECTIONS |
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| Lexus, Australia | |
| Pat Corrigan Collection | |
| Artbank, Australia | |
| BYL Companies, USA | |
| Central Coast Grammar School, Australia | |
| Historic Houses Trust, Australia | |
| Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Australia | |
| Rothschild, USA | |
| Stockland, Australia | |
| Wilson & Hill Architects New Zealand | |
PAUL DAVIES ARTIST STATEMENT
The focus of my work is primarily based on abandoned architecture. The sites depicted in my paintings remain devoid of human form, and the voyeuristic nature of the work creates a tension between the subject and its audience. The paintings juxtapose the frozen ideals of domestic architecture with the universal natural environment, and investigate these sites as portraits of space.
The work is inspired by painterly, photographic and sculptural practices by artists such as: David Hockney, Jeffrey Smart, Peter Doig, Jon Cattapan and Rachel Whiteread.
My introduction to the built environment in art was a painting my parents owned by Jeffrey Smart entitled “Man with Bouquet” 1982. During this time at school, I took art classes with landscape painter, Kel Connell. Connell taught me the basics of oil painting and omitted the human form from all work, instead focusing on built forms, such as “bush shacks” to provide the subject.
I graduated from the College of Fine Arts UNSW, with a Major in Sculpture, which has inspired my painting practice since. Shortly after graduating from COFA in 2000 I discovered the graffiti and street art practices of Sydney based artists and began employing these techniques to the sculpture I had studied.
I am currently studying a Masters by research at the College of Fine Arts, which investigates the relationship between the built and natural environment in my work. This research has manifest into paintings, stencils and bronze sculpture.

