BIOGRAPHY
1972: Born in Pennsylvania, United States
1985: Arrived in Adelaide, Australia
1989: Drawing studies, North Adelaide School of Art, Adelaide, Australia
1994: Bachelor of Arts Degree (Visual Arts), South Australian School of Art, USA
1995: Language studies in Chinese (Mandarin), University of Adelaide, Australia
1996: Post-Graduate Diploma in Management (Arts), USA
1998: Photographic studies, International Centre of Photography, New York, USA
2000: MA Fine Arts degree, Chelsea School of Art, The London Institute, UK
2001: Part-time lecturer in Photography, South Australian School of Art, University of South Australia
Present: Resides and works in Adelaide, Australia
Deborah Paauwe is represented by:
Greenaway Art Gallery, Adelaide; Nellie Castan Gallery, Melbourne & Michael Reid, Sydney
1985: Arrived in Adelaide, Australia
1989: Drawing studies, North Adelaide School of Art, Adelaide, Australia
1994: Bachelor of Arts Degree (Visual Arts), South Australian School of Art, USA
1995: Language studies in Chinese (Mandarin), University of Adelaide, Australia
1996: Post-Graduate Diploma in Management (Arts), USA
1998: Photographic studies, International Centre of Photography, New York, USA
2000: MA Fine Arts degree, Chelsea School of Art, The London Institute, UK
2001: Part-time lecturer in Photography, South Australian School of Art, University of South Australia
Present: Resides and works in Adelaide, Australia
Deborah Paauwe is represented by:
Greenaway Art Gallery, Adelaide; Nellie Castan Gallery, Melbourne & Michael Reid, Sydney
exhibitions
Solo exhibitions:
2010 The Yellow Line, Greenaway Art Gallery, Adelaide, Australia
The Yellow Line, Sutton Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
The Yellow Line, Chaffers Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand
2009 The Yellow Line, Criterion Gallery, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
Carousel, Johnston Gallery, Perth, Australia
Carousel, Queensland Centre for Photography, Queensland, Australia
2008 Carousel, Greenaway Art Gallery, Adelaide, Australia
Carousel, Sutton Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
Carousel, Chaffers Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand
2007 The Crying Room, Johnston Gallery, Perth, Australia
Recent work, Maitland Regional Art Gallery, New South Wales, Australia
2006 The Crying Room, Greenaway Art Gallery, Adelaide, Australia
The Crying Room, Sutton Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
Deborah Paauwe: photographic works, Australia: Art & About, Art Statements Gallery, Hong Kong
2005 Magic Window, Sherman Galleries, Sydney, Australia
Magic Window and selected works, Monash Gallery of Art, VIC, Australia
Dark Fables and Small Hours, The Church Gallery, Perth, Australia
2004 Chinese Whispers, Small Hours and Dark Fables, Greenaway Art Gallery, Adelaide
Chinese Whispers and Small Hours, Sutton Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
2003 Deborah Paauwe: photographic works, Bartley Nees Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand
Beautiful Games, Centre for Contemporary Photography, Melbourne
Once in a lullaby, Samstag Program’s Disclosures series of one-day artist projects, Elder Park Rotunda, Adelaide, South Australia
2002 Deborah Paauwe: photographic works, Fundacion Pi y Margall, Madrid, Spain
Double Dutch, Greenaway Art Gallery, Adelaide, Australia
Deborah Paauwe: photographic works, Gallery Luis Adelantado, Valencia, Spain
Tuesday’s Child, Gallery 4A, Asia-Australia Arts Centre, Sydney, Australia
Rainbow Days, Mori Gallery, Sydney, Australia
Gossamer Curtain, Sutton Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
2001 Tuesday’s Child, Sutton Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
Sugar Nights, John Curtin Gallery, Perth, Australia
Violet Window, Greenaway Art Gallery, Adelaide, Australia
Art Lifts: Lifting Art, lift installations, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, Australia
2000 Sugar Nights, Greenaway Art Gallery, Adelaide, Australia
1998 Blue Room, Greenaway Art Gallery, Adelaide, Australia
1996 Pillow Talk, Greenaway Art Gallery, Adelaide, Australia
1994 Nu-ren, Greenaway Art Gallery, Adelaide, Australia
2010 The Yellow Line, Greenaway Art Gallery, Adelaide, Australia
The Yellow Line, Sutton Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
The Yellow Line, Chaffers Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand
2009 The Yellow Line, Criterion Gallery, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
Carousel, Johnston Gallery, Perth, Australia
Carousel, Queensland Centre for Photography, Queensland, Australia
2008 Carousel, Greenaway Art Gallery, Adelaide, Australia
Carousel, Sutton Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
Carousel, Chaffers Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand
2007 The Crying Room, Johnston Gallery, Perth, Australia
Recent work, Maitland Regional Art Gallery, New South Wales, Australia
2006 The Crying Room, Greenaway Art Gallery, Adelaide, Australia
The Crying Room, Sutton Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
Deborah Paauwe: photographic works, Australia: Art & About, Art Statements Gallery, Hong Kong
2005 Magic Window, Sherman Galleries, Sydney, Australia
Magic Window and selected works, Monash Gallery of Art, VIC, Australia
Dark Fables and Small Hours, The Church Gallery, Perth, Australia
2004 Chinese Whispers, Small Hours and Dark Fables, Greenaway Art Gallery, Adelaide
Chinese Whispers and Small Hours, Sutton Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
2003 Deborah Paauwe: photographic works, Bartley Nees Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand
Beautiful Games, Centre for Contemporary Photography, Melbourne
Once in a lullaby, Samstag Program’s Disclosures series of one-day artist projects, Elder Park Rotunda, Adelaide, South Australia
2002 Deborah Paauwe: photographic works, Fundacion Pi y Margall, Madrid, Spain
Double Dutch, Greenaway Art Gallery, Adelaide, Australia
Deborah Paauwe: photographic works, Gallery Luis Adelantado, Valencia, Spain
Tuesday’s Child, Gallery 4A, Asia-Australia Arts Centre, Sydney, Australia
Rainbow Days, Mori Gallery, Sydney, Australia
Gossamer Curtain, Sutton Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
2001 Tuesday’s Child, Sutton Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
Sugar Nights, John Curtin Gallery, Perth, Australia
Violet Window, Greenaway Art Gallery, Adelaide, Australia
Art Lifts: Lifting Art, lift installations, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, Australia
2000 Sugar Nights, Greenaway Art Gallery, Adelaide, Australia
1998 Blue Room, Greenaway Art Gallery, Adelaide, Australia
1996 Pillow Talk, Greenaway Art Gallery, Adelaide, Australia
1994 Nu-ren, Greenaway Art Gallery, Adelaide, Australia
AWARDS, RESIDENCES, commissions
2011 Commissioned to photograph book cover for poet Elaine Barker, Adelaide, Australia Mentor for Jump National Mentoring Program for Young & Emerging Artists
2009 Commissioned to create an image featuring the fashion label Hugo Boss in conjunction with the L’oreal Melbourne Fashion Festival, Melbourne, Australia
Commissioned by Art & Australia and Marie Claire magazine to campaign for the National Heart Foundation in the Red Dress campaign, Sydney, Australia
Finalist, Hazelhurst Art Award, 2009, Hazelhurst Regional Gallery, New South Wales, Australia
2008 Commissioned by the National Portrait Gallery, Canberra, Australia to photograph Sarah- Jane Clarke and Heidi Middleton of Sass & Bide
Nominee, KLM Paul Huf Award 2008, Foam_Fotografiemuseum Amsterdam, Netherlands
Arts SA Grant, Australia
2007 Australia Council New Work Established Grant
Arts SA Grant, Australia
2006 Commissioned by the Australian Wool Innovation (AWI) to create a work for Australian Fashion
Week exhibition to be held at the MCA, Sydney, Australia to tour Milan, Shanghai, Paris
Finalist, ABN AMRO Artist Award, Sydney, Australia
2005 Selected as one of 50 Inspiring Young South Australians by SA Great, Australia
High Commendation, Citigroup Private Bank 2005 Australian Photographic Portrait Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Australia
Finalist, ABN AMRO Artist Award, Melbourne & Sydney, Australia
2004 Recipient of the Arts SA sponsored South Australian Living Artist Festival publication prize Australia Council New York Studio
Best Photography, “Oscarts”, The Advertiser, Monday, December 27, 2004
2003 Artist-in- Residence, Araluen Centre for the Arts, Northern Territory, Australia
Artist-in-Residence, Pat Corrigan, Gold Coast, Australia
2002 Lightbox commission, Botanic Bar, Adelaide, Australia
Commissioned for Hermes Photography Project, Hermes Australia
Helpmann Academy Mentorship Scheme: Mentor to recent graduateS from South Australian School of Art, University of South Australia
Winner, Living Art Award, in conjunction with the 2002 Conrad Jupiters Art Prize, Gold Coast, Australia Winner, The Gerda Pinter Award, in Loving Memory of JP, in conjunction with the 2002 Conrad Jupiters Art Prize, Gold Coast, Australia
Winner, 32nd Alice Prize Award, Alice Springs, including 4 week residency in Alice Springs, Australia
2001 Finalist, Artlink @ Sotheby’s International Young Art Program 2001, London, UK
2000 Australia Council New Work Grant
Arts SA Leadership Professional Development Grant, Australia
1999 Anne & Gordon Samstag International Visual Arts Scholarship, Australia
Artist-in-Residence, Wilderness School, South Australia
1998 First Prize, Works on Paper category,EVA ‘98, Emerging Visual Arts Awards, Adelaide, Australia
Arts SA Emerging Artists Professional Development Grant, Australia
199-6,7,8 South Australian Youth Arts Board Project and Development Grants, Australia
1994 Women’s Suffrage Centenary of South Australia 1894-1994 Project Grant, Australia
2009 Commissioned to create an image featuring the fashion label Hugo Boss in conjunction with the L’oreal Melbourne Fashion Festival, Melbourne, Australia
Commissioned by Art & Australia and Marie Claire magazine to campaign for the National Heart Foundation in the Red Dress campaign, Sydney, Australia
Finalist, Hazelhurst Art Award, 2009, Hazelhurst Regional Gallery, New South Wales, Australia
2008 Commissioned by the National Portrait Gallery, Canberra, Australia to photograph Sarah- Jane Clarke and Heidi Middleton of Sass & Bide
Nominee, KLM Paul Huf Award 2008, Foam_Fotografiemuseum Amsterdam, Netherlands
Arts SA Grant, Australia
2007 Australia Council New Work Established Grant
Arts SA Grant, Australia
2006 Commissioned by the Australian Wool Innovation (AWI) to create a work for Australian Fashion
Week exhibition to be held at the MCA, Sydney, Australia to tour Milan, Shanghai, Paris
Finalist, ABN AMRO Artist Award, Sydney, Australia
2005 Selected as one of 50 Inspiring Young South Australians by SA Great, Australia
High Commendation, Citigroup Private Bank 2005 Australian Photographic Portrait Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Australia
Finalist, ABN AMRO Artist Award, Melbourne & Sydney, Australia
2004 Recipient of the Arts SA sponsored South Australian Living Artist Festival publication prize Australia Council New York Studio
Best Photography, “Oscarts”, The Advertiser, Monday, December 27, 2004
2003 Artist-in- Residence, Araluen Centre for the Arts, Northern Territory, Australia
Artist-in-Residence, Pat Corrigan, Gold Coast, Australia
2002 Lightbox commission, Botanic Bar, Adelaide, Australia
Commissioned for Hermes Photography Project, Hermes Australia
Helpmann Academy Mentorship Scheme: Mentor to recent graduateS from South Australian School of Art, University of South Australia
Winner, Living Art Award, in conjunction with the 2002 Conrad Jupiters Art Prize, Gold Coast, Australia Winner, The Gerda Pinter Award, in Loving Memory of JP, in conjunction with the 2002 Conrad Jupiters Art Prize, Gold Coast, Australia
Winner, 32nd Alice Prize Award, Alice Springs, including 4 week residency in Alice Springs, Australia
2001 Finalist, Artlink @ Sotheby’s International Young Art Program 2001, London, UK
2000 Australia Council New Work Grant
Arts SA Leadership Professional Development Grant, Australia
1999 Anne & Gordon Samstag International Visual Arts Scholarship, Australia
Artist-in-Residence, Wilderness School, South Australia
1998 First Prize, Works on Paper category,EVA ‘98, Emerging Visual Arts Awards, Adelaide, Australia
Arts SA Emerging Artists Professional Development Grant, Australia
199-6,7,8 South Australian Youth Arts Board Project and Development Grants, Australia
1994 Women’s Suffrage Centenary of South Australia 1894-1994 Project Grant, Australia