Biography

Paul Selwood was born in Sydney in 1946. He first studied Sculpture at the National Art School, East Sydney Technical College in 1964–65, and was awarded a Master of Fine Art at COFA, Sydney, in 1993.

Since 1972 he has held numerous solo exhibitions, including at The Sir Hermann Black Gallery, University of Sydney (1998). His work has been selected for many group exhibitions, including the National Sculpture Award, National Gallery of Australia (2005); Sculpture by the sea, Sydney (1999, 2000 and 2002); the Wynne Prize, AGNSW, Sydney (1998); Shifting ground, AGNSW (1990); and the Australian Sculpture Triennial, Melbourne (1981 and 1984).

In 2002 he completed a commission for the Victorian Bar Association, Owen Dixon Chambers. His work is held in the collections of the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Heide Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne, and Regional Gallery and University collections throughout Australia.
Paul Selwood now lives and works in Wollombi, New South Wales.

Born 20 June 1946, Sydney.

1964-65 Sculpture student, East Sydney Technical College
1965-70 Travelled in Europe visiting museums, galleries etc.
1966 Marble carving at Lit Nitus Marble Quarries, Greece
1966-68 Technical Assistant, Royal College of Art, Sculpture School, London
1969 Lecturer in Sculpture, Bath Academy of Art, U.K.
1970 Visiting Sculptor, Wolverhampton College of Art, U.K.
1971 Travelled in the East
1972 Lecturer in Sculpture, National Art School, East Sydney Technical College
Lecturer in Sculpture, Woollahra Arts Centre
Lecturer in Sculpture, Macquarie University Union
1977-83 Lecturer in Sculpture, Darling Downs Institute of Advanced Education, Toowoomba, Queensland
1984 Invited Artist, Sculpture Symposium, Canberra School of Art
Invited Artist, First "Artists Speak" Forum, Queensland Art Gallery
1986 Teaching Sculpture, Newcastle TAFE
1988-91 Lecturing in Sculpture, Newcastle University
Lecturing in Sculpture, City Art Institute, Sydney
1989 Lecturing in Sculpture and drawing, National Art School, East Sydney Technical College
1993 M.F.A. University of New South Wales

Solo Exhibitions

1972 Recent Paintings and Sculptures, Watters Gallery, Sydney
1973 Orange City Council, New South Wales
1974 Rainforest Pictures, Watters Gallery, Sydney
1978 Paul Selwood Recent Sculpture, Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane
1981 Sculpture, Watters Gallery, Sydney
1983 Recent Sculpture, Watters Gallery, Sydney
1984 123 Charlotte Street, Brisbane
1986 Recent Sculptures, Watters Gallery, Sydney
1988 Sculpture and Linocuts, Watters Gallery, Sydney
1990 Recent Sculpture, Watters Gallery, Sydney
1992 Recent Sculpture, Watters Gallery, Sydney
1993 Cellular Forms, Watters Gallery, Sydney
1996 Landscape As Still Life, and other sculptures, Watters Gallery, Sydney
1998 Paul Selwood: An Exhibition of Sculptures, The Sir Hermann Black Gallery, University of Sydney
Sculptures and Drawings, Watters Gallery, Sydney
1999 Beltore Group and other Sculptures, Watters Gallery, Sydney
2000 Tragedie Comedie Sculpture, Watters Gallery, Sydney
2002 Paul Selwood – recent sculpture, Watters Gallery, Sydney
2003 recent sculpture, Charles Nodrum Gallery, Melbourne
2004 new works, Watters Gallery, Sydney
2005 -Recent Sculpture and Paper Constructions, Stephanie Burns Fine Art, Yarralumla, ACT
2006 sculpture, Charles Nodrum Gallery, Melbourne
recent sculpture, Watters Gallery, Sydney

Group Exhibitions

1967 Sculpture '67, AIA Gallery, London
Preview London, Camden Arts Centre, London
1969 Three Artists, touring Britain, sponsored by the Arts Council of Great Britain and Kasmin Ltd
1971 The Sculpture Garden, Sydney
1973 Sculpturescape '73, Mildura Arts Centre
1974 Ten Years, Watters Gallery, Sydney
Lennox Head Exhibition, Holdsworth Galleries, Sydney
Trustees Exhibition, Queensland Art Gallery
Australia '75, Commonwealth Gardens, Canberra
1981 The First Australian Sculpture Triennial, La Trobe University, Victoria
1984 Australian Sculpture Now, 2nd Australian Sculpture Triennial, National Gallery of Victoria
Canberra School of Art Sculpture Symposium Exhibition, Australian Centre for Photography, Sydney
The Sculpture Garden Exhibition, Woollahra, Sydney
1986 Hunter Valley Sculptors, Newcastle City Art Gallery
1987 Off the Pedestal, Irving Sculpture Gallery, Sydney
1988 First Australian Contemporary Art Fair, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne
The Intuitive Line, (with John Peart), Watters Gallery, Sydney
Works on Paper, (with Robert Klippel & Ken Whisson), Watters Gallery, Sydney
Hunter Valley Sculpture, Maitland City Gallery
The Face of Australia, Australian Regional Galleries Bicentennial Touring Exhibition
1989 Sculptors at the Table, (with 15 sculptors), Crafts Centre, touring Regional Galleries
Wally Barda, Collage; Paul Selwood, Sculpture, Watters Gallery, Sydney
Portrait of a Gallery, Watters 25th anniversary exhibition touring 8 regional centres until 1991
1990 Second Australian Contemporary Art Fair, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne
40 Artists 40 Works, Works on paper, Watters Gallery, Sydney
Shifting Ground, Art Gallery of New South Wales
College of Fine Art Staff Exhibition, Newcastle University
1992 Contemporary Australian Drawing, Museum of Contemporary Art, Brisbane
Third Australian Contemporary Art Fair, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne
Whaling Street Studios Print Show, POD Gallery, Sydney
1994 Fourth Australian Contemporary Art Fair, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne
1995 The First Eleven, University of Newcastle Gallery
Negative Positive Positive Negative, Watters Gallery, Sydney
1996 A Box By Any Other Name, Defiance Gallery, Sydney
The Real Salon de Refuses, Ardt Gallery, Sydney
Fifth Australian Contemporary Art Fair, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne
Artists of the Wollombi Valley, Maitland City Art Gallery
1997 It's a Box II, Defiance Gallery, Sydney
The Biggest Little Sculpture Show in Town, Defiance Gallery, Sydney
1998 Wynne Prize Exhibition, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
1999 The Innovators, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney
We Are Australian, Australian multicultural foundation, touring Capital cities, 1999-2000
Sculpture By The Sea, Waverley Council, Bondi to Tamarama cliff walk, Sydney
2000 Sculpture 2000, Access Gallery, Sydney, 4 – 30 Jan.
Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi – Tamarama cliff walk
2001 Rocks and Flesh, Artists Ties Gallery
Woollahra Sculpture Prize Exhibition, Woollahra Council Chambers
2002 Briefcase 50, Boutwell Draper Gallery, Sydney
Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi – Tamarama cliff walk, Sydney
2003 Sculpture 2003, Watters Gallery, Sydney
Sculpture in the Vines, Hunter Valley Vineyards
2004 Sculpture 2004, Watters Gallery, Sydney
Sculpture in the Vines, Hunter Valley Vineyards
University of Western Sydney Acquisitive Sculpture Award & Exhibition, Campbelltown Campus, Sydney
2005 Homage Cezanne, Stephanie Burns Fine Art, Canberra
Drawings and three Dimensions, Gallery Onetwentyeight, New York
National Sculpture Award, invitation only, National Gallery, Canberra

Prizes and Awards

1972 Armidale Sculpture Prize, juror Daniel Thomas
1973 Liverpool Sculpture Prize, juror Douglas Dundas
1975 Commonwealth Arts Grant
1977 Townsville Sculpture Award
1988 Artist Development Grant, Australia Council

Commissions

2002 Victorian Bar Association for the Owen Dixon Chambers, Melbourne

Collections

Art Gallery of New South Wales
Mildura Arts Centre, Victoria
Stanthorpe City Council, Queensland
New England Regional Art Museum
Macquarie University, New South Wales
Heidi Museum of Contemporary Art, Melbourne
Orange Regional Art Gallery, New South Wales
Liverpool City Council, New South Wales
Bathurst Regional Art Gallery, New South Wales
Townsville City Council, Queensland
Gold Coast Regional Gallery, Queensland
Griffith University, Queensland
National Bank Collection

Bibliography

Baker, James: From the Landscape: A review of the influence of the landscape in contemporary art,
Museum of Contemporary Art, Brisbane publication, 1991
Delaruelle, Jacques: Paul Selwood, Art Monthly, July 1990 no.32
Delaruelle, Jacques: Review, Sydney Review, June 1992
Fern, Lynette: ‘Heavy Metal Inspiration’ Sydney Morning Herald 3/7/92
Germain, Max: Artists and Galleries of Australia and New Zealand, Lansdowne 1979
Harris, Peter: World Sculpture News, vol.6 No.1, p.71
Legge, Geoffrey: Negative Positive Positive Negative (catalogue), Watters Gallery, Sydney
Lynn, Elwyn: ‘Reflective tone from the pulpit’ The Australian, Weekend Review, 13-14/2/93
McGillick, Paul: (1983) ‘Sculptures in a setting: Paul Selwood’, Aspect no. 28, 1983.
Scarlet, Ken: Australian Sculptors, Nelson 1979
Sturgeon, Graeme: The Development of Australian Sculpture 1788-1975, Thames 1978
Sturgeon, Graeme: Australian Sculpture Now, National Gallery of Victoria, 1984

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