PAUL BACON

Born 1963

Studies

1989 Bachelor of Social Work Sydney University

1992 Diploma of Fine Art National Art School, Sydney

Solo Exhibitions

1997 Sculpture Legge Gallery

1998 Sculpture Legge Gallery

2000 Sculpture Legge Gallery

2002 Sculpture Legge Gallery

2003 Sculpture Legge Gallery

2005 Sculpture Legge Gallery

2007 Sculpture Legge Gallery

Group Exhibitions

1992 Graduate Show Cellblock Theatre, East Sydney Technical College

Functional Show 10 Taylor Street Gallery, Sydney

Sheet Library Taylor Square Arts Festival, Sydney

1993 The Gift Show 10 Taylor Street Gallery, Sydney

Three Sculptures POD Gallery, Sydney

1994 Part 2 Outdoor Sculpture Show Sydney Festival

Grouped Celf Gallery, Sydney

Recent Graduates Cell Block Theatre, National Art School, Sydney

1995 Alumni Cell Block Theatre, National Art School, Sydney

Sculpture Lawn Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney

Summer Exhibition Legge Gallery

1996 Paul Bacon Sculpture / Meredith Morse Painting Legge Gallery

Fifth Australian Contemporary Art Fair Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne

Mellow Down Easy Legge Gallery

1997 Sculpture by the Sea Bondi Ocean Walk, Sydney

Jupiter’s Art Prize Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Queensland

Sanguine Valediction Legge Gallery

1998 Sixth Australian Contemporary Art Fair Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne

Sculpture by the Sea Bondi Ocean Walk, Sydney

Six Inch Show Defiance Gallery, Sydney

Christmas Show Legge Gallery

1999 Evolution Legge Gallery

Opening Exhibition IF Art Gallery, Beechworth, Victoria

Group Show Legge Gallery

Sculpture by the Sea Bondi Ocean Walk, Sydney

Tenth Summer Exhibition Legge Gallery

2000 Ten Years Legge Gallery

Sculpture by the Sea Bondi Ocean Walk, Sydney

Sculpture from the Sea Touring Exhibition Manly, Hazelhurst and Campbelltown

Regional Art Galleries

Seventh Australian Contemporary Art Fair Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne

11^th Summer Exhibition Legge Gallery

2001 Group Show Legge Gallery

2002 Sculpture by the Sea Bondi Ocean Walk, Sydney

Melbourne Art Fair 2002 Royal exhibition Building, Melbourne

Summer Show Legge Gallery

2003 Sculpture Group Show Legge Gallery

Summer Show Legge Gallery

2004 Steel Sculpture Legge Gallery

Wallendbeen Red Cross Art Exhibition, Wallendbeen Memorial Hall, New South Wales

Melbourne Art Fair 2004 Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne

The March of the Miniatures Defiance Gallery, Sydney

2005 Sculpture 2005 Legge Gallery

Art OMI Australia Retrospective Cell Block Theatre, National Art School, Sydney

Summer Show Legge Gallery

2006 Group Show Legge Gallery

Large Sculpture Legge Gallery

Miniature Show Defiance Gallery, Sydney

Melbourne Art Fair 2006 Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne

Summer Show Legge Gallery

2007 Small Sculpture Legge Gallery

Collections

Art OMI, New York

Artbank

Evansdale Sculpture Park, Gold Coast

Gold Coast City Art Gallery

Maitland Regional Art Gallery

Mirvac

National Australia Bank

St.Vincent’s Hospital, Sydney

University of Technology, Sydney

Awards

1997 Gerda Pinter Award Jupiter’s Art Prize, Gold Coast

2000 Balnaves Sculpture Acquisition Award Sculpture by the Sea

Art OMI International Artists Residency New York

Bibliography

Art & Australia: exhibition commentary, vol.35 no.2, 1997

Dysart, Dinah: Sculpture by the Sea, Art & Australia, p63-64, vol.38 no.1, 2000

Legge, Sonia: Catalogue Essay, Paul Bacon Solo Exhibition, 17/4/07 - 5/5/07

Low, Lenny Ann: Exhibitions, The Sydney Morning Herald, 16-17/2/02

Martin-Chew, Louise: Rebirth of Sculpture in Australia, Art & Australia, Spring , vol.40 no.1, 2002

Moses, Alexa: Exhibitions, The Sydney Morning Herald, 20/9/03

Scarlett, Ken: Elgee Park:Sculpture in the Landscape , Macmillan Art Publishing, 2004

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