Louise Paramor

b. 1964 in Sydney, Australia

Studies

1987-1988 Postgraduate Diploma (Sculpture), Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne, Australia
1983-1985 Bachelor of Fine Art (Painting), Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia

Solo Exhibitions

2001 Outback Heat, Kunstverein Langenhagen, Germany Heart-On, International Art Space Kellerberrin Australia (IASKA) Lustgarten, Artspace, Sydney Lustgarten, Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne
2000 Lustgarten, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin Lustgarten, Schloss Pillnitz, Dresden foam-born, Breitengraser-room for contemporary sculpture, Berlin
1998 Laguna, Noosa Regional Gallery, Queensland Amazon, Stripp, Melbourne (a collaborative project with Lisa Young)
1997 Phantom Valley, Stripp, Melbourne Mild Steel, Midura Arts Festival, Australia
1996 Liverpool, Galerie Dusseldorf, Perth 1964, William Mora Galleries, Melbourne Loophole, Geelong Art Gallery, Victoria 1995 Two intoxicating eyes, Aakar Gallery, Bhopal, India India, First Floor, Melbourne
1994 1001 Nights, Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery, University of Western Australia Millionaire’s Playground, 200 Gertrude Street, Melbourne
1993 Mirror Mirror, Gallery Rhumbarallas, Melbourne Works on Paper, Gallery Rhumbarallas, Melbourne
1991 Bottleneck, 200 Gertrude Street, Melbourne Untitled, Ray Hughes Temporary Space, Melbourne
1989 Untitled, Ray Hughes Gallery, Sydney
1988 Untitled, Ray Hughes Gallery, Brisbane

Group Exhibitions

2001 National Sculpture Prize Exhibition, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
2000 Satellit (Z2000), Berliner Pavillion, Berlin Oblique Shadows, Sculpture Square, Singapore Mengenbüro, Gallery Skuc, Ljubljana, Slovenia
1999 Deacons, Graham & James / Arts 21 Award, Ian Potter Museum of Art, University of Melbourne Emblematic, Smith+Stoneley, Brisbane, Queensland
1998 Primavera, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney One Hour Photo, 1st Floor, Melbourne Deacons, Graham & James / Arts 21 Award, Ian Potter Museum of Art, University of Melbourne
1997 World Without End, St Patricks Cathedral, Melbourne Clear Intentions, Auckland Art Gallery, New Zealan
1996 Möet and Chandon Touring Exhibition, National Gallery of Victoria Mrs Birds House, Private Residence, South Yarra, Melbourne A Sculpture Walk in the Royal Botanic Gardens, Melbourne Brand New, Contemporary Art Centre of South Australia, Adelaide Alluring, Project Space, RMIT, Melbourne
1995 Blundstone Contemporary Art Award, Queen Victoria Museum and Gallery, Tasmania
1994 john doe, 200 Gertrude street, Melbourne Reinventing the Grid, Robert Lindsay Gallery, Melbourne Aussemblage, Auckland Art Gallery, then touring New Zealand
1993 (un)authorised duplication, 200 Gertrude Street, Melbourne Artworkz 5 Acquisitive Prize (highly commended), Gallery 101, Melbourne Gasworks Outdoor Sculpture Show, Gasworks Park, Melbourne
1992 The Character in the Veil, Temple, Melbourne Sensual Potential, Linden Gallery, Melbourne Above the Lake, Below the Sky, Benalla Art Gallery, Victoria
1991 Backward Glance, Perth Institute of Contemporary Art, WA Thinking Allowed, Ray Hughes Gallery, Sydney
1990 Dis-location, RMIT Gallery, Melbourne Sense and Sensibility, Manly Art Gallery and Museum, Sydney
1989 Sixteen artists, University Gallery, Melbourne
1988 Site of Execution, Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne
1987 Meanings Material and Milieu, Third Australian Sculpture Triennial, 200 Gertrude Street, Melbourne Among the Souvenirs, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth
1986 Young Contemporary Artists, Fremantle Art Gallery, WA An Incongruous Marriage, Praxis, Fremantle, WA

Awards/Residencies

2001 Pollock Krasner Foundation Grant Arts Victoria International Export and Touring Fund Artist-in-Residence, International Art Space Kellerberrin Australia (IASKA)
1999/2000 Australia Council Fellowship, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin
1998 Artist-in-Residence, Noosa Regional Art Gallery, Queensland Besen Family Foundation Grant Australia-India Council (AIC) Grant
1997 Arts Victoria International Programs Grant
1996 Queens College Tower Studio Residency, University of Melbourne Arts Victoria Project Grant for Loophole, Geelong Art Gallery, Victoria
1995 Asialink Artist-in-Residence, Bharat Bhavan Multi Arts Complex, Bhopal, India Australia-India Council (AIC) Grant
1994 Artist-in-Residence, Curtin University, Perth, WA
1993-5 200 Gertrude Street Artists’ Spaces Studio Residency, Melbourne
1992 Australia Council Studio Residency, Barcelona, Spain

Commissions

2001 Sculpture for stage production ‘Carmen Miranda Revue Pavillon’, dir. Holgar Friedrich, Berlin
1994 Box Hill City Council Permanent Public Sculpture Commission, Melbourne
1993 Illustration, Melbourne Theatre Company Summer Program

Collections

National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
South Melbourne City Council, Victoria
Curtin University, Perth, WA
Museum of Contemporary Art, Brisbane, Queensland
Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery, University of WA,
Perth John McBride Collection, Melbourne

Bibliography

2001
Seidler, Ulrich, ‘Traurige Flucht in eine Revue’, Berliner Zeitung, July 7
Artist profile, ABC TV (Australian National TV), The Arts Show, August 24
Genocchio, Ben, ’Decorations from a garden of delights’, The Australian, February 23
Magner, B.L, ‘Lustgarten’, (cat. essay), Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, February Jay, Sian, ‘One Year On’, World Sculpture News, Winter issue

2000
Eichler, Manfred, ZDF (German National TV), Documentary, ‘Hot Spot Berlin-Künstler aus aller Welt an der Spree’, Berlin, September 16
Wünschmann, Anita, ‘Aphrodite aus Papier’, Berliner Zeitung, September 19
Flechtner, Installation, ‘Lusgarten im Schloss Pillnitz’, Dresdener Neueste Nachrichten, July 5
Bonss, Ronald, ‘Luftig leichter Lustgarten’, Sächsische Zeitung, June 28
Lange, Rudiger, ‘Satellit’, (cat. Essay), Exhibizion, Z2000, Positionen junger Kunst und Kultur, Berlin Müller, Katrin Bettina, ‘Überfluss und Askese’, Der Tagesspiegel, January 7
Eichler, Dominic, ‘Fancy -the recent sculptures of Louise Paramor’ (cat. essay), Lustgarten, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin Ebeling, Knut, ‘substanclessness’, (cat. essay), Lustgarten, KB, Berlin Sumie, Kawai, ‘Berlin’, BT (Tokyo), April issue

1999
Murata, Manabi, ‘Berlin Mitte’, Asahigraph (Tokyo), July issue 1999
Bromfield, David, ‘Trash and Treasure’, The West Australian, February 27

1998
Curnow, Ben, ‘Primavera 1998’ (cat. essay), Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney
James, Bruce, ‘Primavera 1998’, Sydney Morning Herald, September 26

1997
Pierini, Esther, ‘Awe Inspiring’, Broadsheet, Vol. 26, No. 3 Spring Warhurst, Myfanwy, ‘Shimmer in the cathedral’, The Age, June, 20
Edgar, Ray, ‘Mrs Bird’s House’ World Art, No.12
Crumlin, Rosemary; ‘World Without End’ (cat. essay), St. Patricks Cathedral, Melbourne

1996
Koop, Stuart, ‘Loophole’, (cat. essay), Brand New, Contemporary Art Centre of South Australia
Clabburn, Anna, ‘Who is art for?’, (cat. essay), Möet and Chandon Touring Exhibition, National Gallery of Victoria Auty, Giles, ‘Sparkle of Sweet Success’ The Weekend Australian, February 17
Falvey, Jennifer, ‘The young at art’, The Sydney Daily Telegraph, September 14
Radok, Stephanie, ‘Spanking’, The Adelaide Review, no. 149 Stelan, Steven, ‘Doin’ their own thing’, Broadsheet, Vol. 25, No. 2, Winter
McKenzie, Robyn,’Oscar Wide meets Mao’, The Age, June 5

1996
King, Natalie, ‘Alluring’ (cat. essay), Project Space, RMIT, Melbourne
Nichols, Jonathon; McQualter, Andrew; Sinha, Sanjeev; ‘Louise Paramor’ Ist Floor A495 (annual gallery publication), Ist Floor, Melbourne

1995
Singh, Digvijay, ‘Australian arts have remarkable novelty’ National Mail, Bhopal, India, April 7
Various Authors, ‘India’, catalogue of work produced during Asialink Residency, India

1994
Bromfeild, David, ‘Gilded show has subtle splendour’, The West Australian, Sept. 24
‘Reflecting the way we see ourselves’, The West Australian, August 30
Heathcote, Christopher, ‘Grids challenge puts timidity of fair to shame’ The Age, October 19
Various Authors, ‘Louise Paramor: Works on Paper’, Artfan, #2 Autumn
Various Authors, ‘(un)authorised duplication’, Artfan, #2, Autumn 1994
Bongiorno, Helen; Shub, Martin (editors), ‘Art Right Now’ CD Rom, Discovery Media

1993
McCulloch, Susan, ‘Sculpture Shapes Up’, Herald-Sun, September 17
Heathcote, Christopher, ‘Good Taste Transcends its Limitations’, The Age, Sept. 17
Schembri, Jim, ‘A Serious Sort of Happiness’, The Age, September 10
Starr, Bala, ‘Works on Paper’ (cat. essay), Gallery Rhumbarallas, Melbourne

1992
Boyd, Adam, ‘Bottleneck’, (cat. essay), 200 Gertrude Street, Melbourne
Koop, Stuart, ‘Bottleneck-Louise Paramor’, Eyeline, Autumn #18 Exhibition Commentary, Art and Australia, Autumn Vol. 29 #3

1991
Marcon, Marco, ‘Backward Galance’, Art Monthly Australia, October #44
Watt, David, ‘Backward Glance’, (cat. essay), Perth Institute of Contemporary Art, WA 1990
Barnes, Carolyn, ‘Dis-location: a parallel text’ (cat. essay), Dis-location, RMIT Gallery, Melbourne

1988
Sturgeon, Graeme, ‘A Bicentennial Look at Australian Sculpture’, Art and Australia, Spring
Neri, Louise, ‘Meanings, Material and Milieu’, (cat. essay), Third Australian SculptureTriennial, Melbourne 1997
Bromfeild, David, ‘Among the Souvenirs’, (cat. essay), Art Gallery of Western Australia

1986
Snell, Ted, ‘Young Contemporary artists’, Western Mail, Perth, October 5