DAVID PAULSON
Born: 1944 Leeds UK
EDUCATION
1984 Master Fine Arts University of Tasmania
Graphic Designer Sydney
Studied Painting National Art School Sydney
Teacher Painting/Drawing Queensland College of Art
EXHIBITIONS—SOLO
2019 little mysteries FireWorks Gallery Brisbane
2016 Space & Place FireWorks Gallery Brisbane
2014 Drawing Back FireWorks Gallery Brisbane
2013 Maleny Creek 2013 in Firebrand III: In Focus FireWorks Gallery Brisbane
2012 The Light of Time: Creeks Pools and other Stories Noosa Regional Gallery
2011 Re-reflections FireWorks Gallery Brisbane
2009 Tenebrous FireWorks Gallery Brisbane
2007 Minutiae FireWorks Gallery Brisbane
2005 The Dark and The Light: Dark Waters FireWorks Gallery Brisbane
1995-01 Solo Exhibitions of paintings/drawings Michel Sourgnes Fine Art Brisbane
EXHIBITIONS—GROUP
2024 Strange new ways, FireWorks Gallery Brisbane
2024 Creek...River...Ocean, FireWorks Gallery Brisbane
2023 Evidence of Scale III: Drawing & Sculpture, FireWorks Gallery Brisbane
2023 Morbid Curiosities FireWorks Gallery Brisbane
2023 Halfway House: Where Chaos Meets Critique, FireWorks Gallery Brisbane
2022 Evidence of Scale II: Drawing & Sculpture, FireWorks Gallery Brisbane
2022 Brisbane Portrait Prize, Brisbane Powerhouse
2021 Brisbane Portrait Prize, Brisbane Powerhouse
2021 Evidence of Scale, FireWorks Gallery Brisbane
2020 Twelve Artists FireWorks Gallery Brisbane
2020 Twelve Ways FireWorks Gallery Brisbane
2020 Spring FireWorks Gallery Brisbane
2020 Figuratively Speaking FireWorks Gallery Brisbane
2019 Matches 6: Three clusters FireWorks Gallery Brisbane
2018 Tattersall's Landscape Art Prize Tattersall's Club Brisbane
2017 Tattersall's Landscape Art Prize Tattersall's Club Brisbane
2017 A SWEEP: Old & New Works FireWorks Gallery Brisbane
2016 Tattersall's Landscape Art Prize Tattersall's Club Brisbane
2015 Tattersall's Landscape Art Prize Tattersall's Club Brisbane
2014 Tattersall's Landscape Art Prize Tattersall's Club Brisbane
2014 Asia Contemporary Art Show Conrad Hong Kong
2012 Melbourne Art Fair (FireWorks Gallery) Royal Exhibition Building Carlton Melbourne
2012 Winter Lines FireWorks Gallery Brisbane
2011 Eclectica Exhibition Series (I and III) FireWorks Gallery Brisbane
2010 Melbourne Art Fair (FireWorks Gallery) Royal Exhibition Building Carlton Melbourne
2009 Archibald Prize Art Gallery of NSW Sydney
2008 Anzac Artists 2008 FireWorks Gallery Brisbane
2008 The University of Queensland National Self Portrait Prize University of Queensland Art Museum Brisbane
2007 Archibald Prize Art Gallery of New South Wales
2007 The University of Queensland National Self Portrait Prize University of Queensland Art Museum Brisbane
2006 Homage to the Square FireWorks Gallery Brisbane
2006 Three Large Rooms FireWorks Gallery Brisbane
2006 two way: artist and mentor FireWorks Gallery Brisbane
2004 Archibald Prize Art Gallery of New South Wales
2004 What Colour Is Your Heart? FireWorks Gallery Brisbane
1998 Dobell Drawing Prize Art Gallery of New South Wales
1993-95 Aboriginal Art & Other Burning Issues FireWorks Gallery Brisbane
1992 Transgenerations Queensland Art Gallery
1990 Balance 1990: Views Visions Influences Queensland Art Gallery
1988 Designer/Builder "EXPO '88" Brisbane
1986 Sixth Sydney Biennale Art Gallery of New South Wales
1986 Moments in Qld Art Queensland Art Gallery
1986 Australian Painters & Sculptors Queensland Art Gallery and Saitama Japan
AWARDS & ACHIEVEMENTS
2021 Finalist Brisbane Portrait Prize Brisbane Powerhouse
2010 Winner Kenilworth Art Prize Kenilworth Hall Kenilworth Queensland
2009 Finalist Archibald Prize Art Gallery of NSW Sydney
2008 The University of Queensland National Self Portrait Prize University of Queensland Art Museum Brisbane
2007 The University of Queensland National Self Portrait Prize University of Queensland Art Museum Brisbane
2007 Finalist Archibald Prize Art Gallery of New South Wales
2004 Finalist Archibald Prize Art Gallery of New South Wales
1998 Finalist Dobell Drawing Prize Art Gallery of New South Wales
COLLECTIONS
Queensland Art Gallery
State Library of Queensland
Wilsons HTM
University of South East Queensland Art Collection
Griffith Artworks Brisbane
Queensland University Technology Brisbane
Queensland Performing Arts Centre Brisbane
University of Tasmania
Private Collections Brisbane Sydney Melbourne Canberra Cairns USA