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    ALEX SETON

    Born 1977, Sydney
    1998 Bachelor of Art Theory and History, College of Fine Arts, University of New South Wales, Sydney

    Collections

    Albury Regional Gallery, Albury
    Artbank
    Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide
    Art Gallery Society of New South Wales, Sydney
    ARTS ACT, Canberra
    Australian War Memorial, Canberra
    Canberra Civic Collection, Canberra
    Danish Royal Art Collection, Copenhagen, Denmark
    Fidelity Worldwide Investment, Hong Kong and Sydney
    HBO Collection, New York, USA
    Lane Cove Municipal Council, Sydney
    Newcastle Art Gallery, Newcastle
    National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
    Patrick Corrigan Collection, Sydney
    Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane
    St Ignatius College Collection, Sydney
    University of Queensland Art Museum, Brisbane
    Private collections throughout Australia and overseas

    Solo Exhibitions

    2016
    Pygmalion, Sullivan+Strumpf, Singapore

    2015
    The Journey, Galerie Paris-Beijing, Paris, France
    Someone Else’s Problem, Sydney Contemporary, Carriageworks
    Last Resort, Rockhampton Art Gallery, Rockhampton
    Sullivan+Strumpf, Sydney Contemporary, Sydney

    2014
    Replicator, Tweed Regional Gallery, Murwillumbah

    2013
    Roughing Out, Hazelhurst Regional Gallery and Arts Centre, Sydney

    2012
    Six More, Australian War Memorial, Canberra
    Elegy on Resistance, ArtHK12, Sullivan+Strumpf, Hong Kong Exhibition and Convention Centre, Hong Kong

    2011
    Flags, Lismore Regional Gallery, Lismore
    Flags, Sullivan+Strumpf, Sydney
    Flag, Jan Murphy Gallery, Brisbane

    2010
    Infinitely Near, Sullivan+Strumpf, Sydney

    2009
    Assembly, Sullivan+Strumpf, Sydney
    Supplementary Restraint System, Jan Murphy Gallery, Brisbane

    2008
    On Hold, Jan Murphy Gallery, Melbourne Art Fair, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne
    Memeoid, ChalkHorse Gallery, Sydney

    2007
    Panoply, ChalkHorse Gallery, Sydney
    Security Blanket, Jan Murphy Gallery, Brisbane

    2005
    Stay on Message, Maunsell Wickes@BSG, Sydney
    We Gotta Get Out Of This Place, Jan Murphy Gallery, Brisbane

    2004
    New Works, Maunsell Wickes@BSG, Sydney

    Group Exhibitions

    2016
    Forming in the pupil of an eye, Kochi-Muziris Biennale 2016, India
    Contour 556: Interventions in the Landscape, Canberra Public Art Festival
    Art Stage Jakarta, Sullivan+Strumpf, Sheraton Grand Jakarta Gandaria City Hotel, Indonesia 2016 Arrival, Sullivan+Strumpf, Singapore
    2016 Group Exhibition, Sullivan+Strumpf, Sydney
    Art Stage Singapore, Sullivan+Strumpf, Marina Bay Sands, Singapore

    2015
    Sydney Contemporary, Carriageworks, Sydney
    Art Basel Hong Kong, Sullivan+Strumpf, Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre
    Art Paris 2015, Galerie Paris-Bejing, Paris
    10th Anniversary Group Show, Sullivan+Strumpf, Sydney

    2014
    Protest Songs, Lismore Regional Gallery, Lismore
    Subject to Ruin, Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre, Casula
    Conflict: Contemporary Responses to War, University of Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane
    Art Basel Hong Kong, Sullivan+Strumpf, Hong Kong
    Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art: Dark Heart, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide
    The Redlands Konica Minolta Art Prize, National Art School, Sydney
    SSFA14, Sullivan+Strumpf, Sydney

    2013
    Australia: Contemporary Voices, The Fine Art Society Contemporary, London, UK
    Gravity of Sculpture: Part II, Dorsky Gallery Curatorial Programs, New York, USA
    Wynne Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
    Drawing a Line, Caboolture Regional Gallery, Caboolture, Queensland
    Speak to Me, Sullivan+Strumpf, Sydney

    2012
    Look Closely Now, Lake Macquarie Regional Gallery, Lake Macquarie
    Variable Truth, 4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art, Sydney
    SSFA12, Sullivan+Strumpf, Sydney

    2011
    Arboreal, Macquarie University Gallery, Sydney
    Double Vision, McClelland Gallery and Sculpture Park, Langwarrin
    Pat Corrigan/Collector, Maitland Art Gallery, Maitland
    WATTLE, Cat Street Gallery, Hong Kong
    SSFA11, Sullivan+Strumpf, Sydney
    Art Stage Singapore, Sullivan+Strumpf, Marina Bay Sands, Singapore

    2010
    SO Contemporary, Jackson See Collection: A Snapshot, Praxis Space, Singapore
    ARTHK10, Sullivan+Strumpf, Hong Kong Exhibition and Convention Centre, Hong Kong
    SSFA10, Sullivan+Strumpf, Sydney
    Two Degrees of Separation, Satori Gallery, New York, USA
    Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize, Tenth Anniversary; Manly Regional Art Gallery, Sydney

    2009
    Artlive, Chair and the Maiden Gallery, New York, USA
    Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize, Woollahra Council Chambers, Woollahra
    SSFA09, Sullivan+Strumpf, Sydney

    2008
    Step Right Up! Albury Regional Art Gallery, Albury
    Sculpture 08, Maunsell Wickes Gallery, Sydney
    Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize, Woollahra Council Chambers, Sydney

    2007
    Arc Biennale: Art, Design and Craft, Queensland University of Technology Art Museum, Brisbane
    Replicotta Warriors, Chalk Horse, Sydney
    Sculpture 07, Maunsell Wickes@BSG, Sydney

    2006
    New Social Commentaries 2006, Warrnambool Art Gallery, Warnambool
    Sculpture By The Sea, Sydney
    The Green Zone, ½ dozen, The Palm House, Sydney
    Flamin’ Youth, Orange Regional Gallery, Orange
    Helen Lempriere National Sculpture Award, Werribee, finalist
    Sculpture By The Sea, Perth
    Artists Against Sedition Laws, Casula Powerhouse, Sydney

    2005
    McClelland Sculpture Survey and Award, McClelland Gallery and Sculpture Park, Langwarrin
    March of the Miniatures, Defiance Gallery, Sydney
    Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize, Woollahra Council Chambers, Sydney
    10th Anniversary Exhibition, Jan Murphy Gallery, Brisbane
    Sculpture 2005, Maunsell Wickes@BSG, Sydney

    2004
    Sculpture By The Sea, Sydney
    The Year in Art, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney
    Sculpture 2004, Maunsell Wickes@BSG, Sydney

    2003
    Sculpture By The Sea, Sydney
    Darling Park Sculpture Exhibition, Sydney
    Ripdff, Flinders Hotel, Sydney
    Flavour, Lidi Gallery, Sydney

    2002
    Sculpture By The Sea, Sydney
    Sculpture Inside, Sculpture By The Sea, Sydney
    Darling Park Sculpture Exhibition, Sydney
    Thursday Plantation East Coast Sculpture Exhibition, Ballina

    2000
    RFA Gallery, Sydney
    Inaugural Exhibition, Studio W, Sydney

    1999
    LoA II, Sheraton on the Park, Sydney

    1998
    Luxury of Art I, Exhibition for Emerging Australian Artists, Sydney

    Awards and Prizes

    2016
    Wynne Prize, Art Gallery of NSW, finalist
    Prix Talents Contemporains, Fondation François Schneider, France, Winner
    Fleurieu Art Prize, Anne & Gordon Samstag Museum of Art, finalist

    2014
    Il Henraux International Sculpture Award, Querceta, Italy, finalist
    University of Queensland National Artists’ Self Portrait Prize, University of Queensland, ‘People’s Choice’ award
    Inaugural Nancy Fairfax Artist in Residence, Margaret Olley Art Centre, Tweed River Art Gallery, Murwillumbah

    2013
    University of Queensland National Artists’ Self Portrait Prize, University of Queensland, finalist
    Wynne Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, finalist

    2012
    Art OMI Australia, Art OMI International Artists Residency, New York, USA

    2009
    Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize, Sydney, winner
    Sculpture by the Sea, Art Gallery of New South Wales Director’s Choice Award, Sydney, winner
    Promethe
    us Visual Arts Award, The Prometheus Foundation, Gold Coast, winner

    2008
    Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize, Sydney, special commendation

    2007
    Hanyu International Sculpture Cup, Shenzhen, China
    The Flying Fruit Fly Circus Residency, Albury Regional Gallery, Albury

    2006
    Helen Lempriere Sculpture Award, People’s Choice Award, Sydney, winner

    2005
    Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize, People’s Choice Award, Sydney, winner
    McClelland Sculpture Survey and Award, Langwarrin, finalist

    2004
    Sculpture by the Sea, Art Gallery of New South Wales Director’s Choice Award, Sydney, winner
    The Riverview Art Prize, Sydney

    2003
    Sculpture by the Sea, Art Gallery of New South Wales Director’s Choice Award, Sydney, winner
    Sculpture by the Sea, John Fairfax Young Artist’s Subsidy, Sydney

    2002
    Sculpture by the Sea, The Australian Unrepresented Sculptor Award, Sydney, winner
    Sculpture by the Sea, The Young Sculptor’s Honorable Mention, Sydney
    The Sculptors Society, Sydney, Second Prize

    1997
    Nescafe Big Break Award, runner up

    1994
    Mosman Youth Prize First Prize and Anne Ferguson Award, Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney
    Art Express, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney

    In conversation with Alex Seton

    Australian artist Alexander Seton talks about his work

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