Paul Snell explores the possibilities of abstraction in photomedia. He rhythmically repeats, pairs, overlaps and sequences visual data to create luminous abstractions in uncountable varieties of colours. The smooth Plexiglas surface of each object gives a screen-like illusion of depth and distance, and as Snell explains, 'invites the viewer into a space of inner contemplation and transcendence.'
Snell has exhibited in solo and group exhibitions across Australia and internationally. In 2016 he presented his major solo exhibition, Liminal, at the Queen Victoria Museum and Gallery in Launceston and was finalist in the Josephine Ulrick & Win Schubert Photography Award at the Gold Coast City Gallery. In 2015 he was winner of the Whyalla Art Prize. Snell is a graduate of the Tasmanian School of Art and was awarded his Master of Creative Arts from the University of Tasmania in 2011. He is represented in the collections of ArtBank, Devonport Regional Gallery, Burnie Regional Gallery and the Justin House Museum.
PAUL SNELL
Bleed # 202001 2020
Chromogenic Print Face-mounted 3mm Matte Plexiglas
180 × 115 cm
Edition of 3
PAUL SNELL
Bleed # 202002 2020
Chromogenic Print Face-mounted 3mm Matte Plexiglas
180 × 115 cm
Edition of 3
PAUL SNELL
Bleed # 202005 2020
Chromogenic Print Face-mounted 3mm Matte Plexiglas
180 × 115 cm
Edition of 3
PAUL SNELL
Bleed # 202007 2020
Chromogenic Print Face-mounted 3mm Matte Plexiglas
180 × 115 cm
Edition of 3
PAUL SNELL
Bleed # 202009 2020
Chromogenic Print Face-mounted 3mm Matte Plexiglas, backed with extruded polystyrene, concrete, acrylic, enamel and pigments
60 × 60 cm
Edition of 3
PAUL SNELL
Bleed # 202012 2020
Chromogenic Print Face-mounted 3mm Matte Plexiglas, backed with extruded polystyrene, concrete, acrylic, enamel and pigments
60 × 60 cm
Edition of 3
PAUL SNELL
Bleed # 202013 2020
Chromogenic Print Face-mounted 4.5mm Matte Plexiglas, backed with extruded polystyrene, concrete, acrylic, enamel and pigments
40 × 50 cm
Edition of 3
PAUL SNELL
Bleed # 202015 2020
Chromogenic Print Face-mounted 4.5mm Matte Plexiglas, backed with extruded polystyrene, concrete, acrylic, enamel and pigments
40 × 50 cm
Edition of 3
PAUL SNELL
Bleed # 202020 2020
Chromogenic Print Face-mounted 3mm Matte Plexiglas, backed with extruded polystyrene, concrete, acrylic, enamel and pigments
60 × 60 cm
Edition of 3
PAUL SNELL
Bleed # 202022 2020
Chromogenic Print Face-mounted 3mm Matte Plexiglas, backed with extruded polystyrene, concrete, acrylic, enamel and pigments
60 × 60 cm
Edition of 3
PAUL SNELL
Bleed # 202025 2020
Chromogenic Print Face-mounted 3mm Matte Plexiglas, backed with extruded polystyrene, concrete, acrylic, enamel and pigments
80 × 60 cm
Edition of 3
PAUL SNELL
Bleed # 202028 2020
Chromogenic Print Face-mounted 4.5mm Matte Plexiglas, backed with extruded polystyrene, concrete, acrylic, enamel and pigments
40 × 50 cm
Edition of 3
PAUL SNELL
Bleed # 202031 2020
Chromogenic Print Face-mounted 3mm Matte Plexiglas, backed with extruded polystyrene, concrete, acrylic, enamel and pigments
80 × 60 cm
Edition of 3
PAUL SNELL
Bleed # 202041 2020
Chromogenic Print Face-mounted 3mm Matte Plexiglas, backed with extruded polystyrene, concrete, acrylic, enamel and pigments
80 × 60 cm
Edition of 3
PAUL SNELL
Bleed # 202042 2020
Chromogenic Print Face-mounted 3mm Matte Plexiglas, backed with extruded polystyrene, concrete, acrylic, enamel and pigments
80 × 60 cm
Edition of 3
PAUL SNELL
Intersect # 201502 2015
Lambda print face-mounted to 6mm Plexiglas
118 × 118 cm
Edition of 2 + 1 AP
PAUL SNELL
Intersect # 201503 2015
medium Lambda print, face-mounted to 6mm plexiglas
118 × 118 cm
PAUL SNELL
Intersect # 201701 2017
medium Lambda print, face-mounted to 6mm plexiglas
118 × 118 cm
PAUL SNELL
Orb # 201903 2020
Chromogenic Print Face-mounted 4.5mm Matte Plexiglas, backed with extruded polystyrene, concrete, acrylic, enamel and pigments
50 × 50 cm
Edition of 3
PAUL SNELL
Orb # 202001 2020
Chromogenic Print Face-mounted 4.5mm Matte Plexiglas, backed with extruded polystyrene, concrete, acrylic, enamel and pigments
50 × 50 cm
Edition of 3
PAUL SNELL
Orb # 202002 2020
Chromogenic Print Face-mounted 4.5mm Matte Plexiglas, backed with extruded polystyrene, concrete, acrylic, enamel and pigments
50 × 50 cm
Edition of 3
PAUL SNELL
Orb # 202003 2020
Chromogenic Print Face-mounted 4.5mm Matte Plexiglas, backed with extruded polystyrene, concrete, acrylic, enamel and pigments
50 × 50 cm
Edition of 3
PAUL SNELL
Orb # 202005 2020
Chromogenic Print Face-mounted 4.5mm Matte Plexiglas, backed with extruded polystyrene, concrete, acrylic, enamel and pigments
50 × 50 cm
Edition of 3
PAUL SNELL
Pulse # 201410 2014
Lambda print face-mounted to 6mm Plexiglas
118 × 118 cm
Edition of 2 + 1 AP
PAUL SNELL
Pulse # 201712 2017
Lambda print face-mounted to 6mm plexiglas & backed with 30mm beveled ply
60 × 60 × 30 cm
SYDNEY CONTEMPORARY PRESENTS 2020
01 October – 31 October 2020
GROUP SHOW
BLEED
15 July – 08 August 2020
PAUL SNELL
VANISHING POINT
09 August – 01 September 2018
PAUL SNELL
CHROMOPHILIA
17 May – 10 June 2017
PAUL SNELL
9 ALMOST 10
31 August – 17 September 2016
GROUP SHOW
SPRING 1883
17 August – 21 August 2016
GROUP SHOW
FORMAL
17 February – 05 March 2016
PAUL SNELL
PAUL SNELL – INCIDENTAL CONTACT
03 February 2020
PAUL SNELL
Paul Snell
Lives and works in Tasmania
Academic Qualifications: 2009 - 11 MCA, University of Tasmania.1995 - Bachelor of Fine Arts (Hons), University of Tasmania.1990 - Diploma of Education, University of Tasmania.1987-89 - Bachelor of Fine Arts, University of Tasmania.
PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE – EXHIBITION HISTORY – SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2018 Timbre – Colville Gallery, Hobart, Tas
Vanishing Point - Gallery 9, Sydney, NSW
2017 Mute - Colville Gallery, Hobart, Tas
Chromophilia - Gallery 9, Sydney, NSW
The Liminal Space - Moonah Arts Centre, Hobart, Tas
2016 The Liminal Space - QVMAG, Launceston, Tas
Formal, Gallery 9 - Sydney, NSW
2015 Intersect, Colville Gallery - Hobart, Tas
Sectant - Gallery 9, NSW
Decoding Sydney - Gaffa, Sydney, NSW
2014 Shift - Colville Gallery Hobart, Tas
2013 Chromophobia - Colville Gallery, Hobart, Tas
Decoding New York - Edmund Pearce Gallery, Vic
Chromophobia - Rex Livingston Gallery, Sydney, NSW
Chromophobia - Jan Manton Gallery, Qld
2012 Afterimage -Devonport Regional Gallery, Tas
The Persistence of Vision - The Colour Factory, Melbourne, Vic
Codes and Convensions - Colville Gallery, Hobart, Tas
2011 Afterglow - 146 Artspace, Hobart, Tas
PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE – EXHIBITION HISTORY – SELECTED CURATED AND GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2019 Formal - MONA FOMA, Poimena Gallery, Tas
2018 Beyond The Field (Still) - Contemporary Art Tasmania, Tas
Colville gallery at West End Art Space, Vic
2017 SPEED: Mobility & Exchange – Academy Galley, Tas
There is no abstract art – Devenport Regional Gallery
2016 OP ART – Brenda May Gallery, NSW
2015 NEO-O-10 - Stephen McLaughlan Gallery, Vic
Standback – Moonah Arts Centre, Tas
2014 AT_Salon_2, Anita Treverso Gallery, Vic
Perceptions of Space - Justin Collection, Glen Eira City Council Gallery, Vic
The Art of Sound, Burnie Regional Gallery, Tas
2013 Balck Echo, Stephen Mclaughlan Gallery, Vic
Abstraction 12, Charles Nodrum Gallery, Vic
Factory 49 @ Stephen McLachlan Gallery, Stephen Mclaughlan Gallery, Vic
2012 NONOBJECTIVE_Present, 120 Langford Gallery, Melbourne, Vic
PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE – ART FAIRS
2017 Den Fair, Vic
2014 Melbourne Art Fair, Vic
2013 Spectum Art Fair, New York, New York
Art Hamptons, International Art Fair, New York
PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE – SELECTED ART PRIZES
2018 The Hutchins Art Award – Tas
The Glover Art Prize – Tas
The Blake Prize, National Art School, NSW
2017 Wyndham Art Prize, Vic
Fisher’s Ghost Art Award, NSW
2016 Josephine Ulrick & Win Schubert Photography Award, Gold Coast City Gallery, Qld
The Bay of Fires Art Prize, Tas
2015 The Whyalla Art Prize, SA
Hazelhurst Art Award, Hazelhurst Regional Gallery, NSW
Paramor Art Prize, Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre, NSW
Josephine Ulrick & Win Schubert Photography Award, Gold Coast City Gallery, Qld
2014 The Substation Contemporary Art Award, The Substation, Vic
Tidal Art Prize, Devonport Regional Gallery, Tas
2013 Sunshine Coast Art Prize, Caloundra Regional Gallery,QLD
The Bay of Fires Art Prize, Tas
Muswellbrook Art Prize, Muswellbrook Regional Art Gallery, NSW
The Glover Art Prize – Tas
2012 Gold Coast Art Prize, Gold Coast Regional Gallery, Qld
Tidal Art Prize, Devonport Regional Gallery, Tas
2011 The Whyalla Art Prize, SA
The Blake Prize, National Art School, NSW
Sunshine Coast Art Prize, Caloundra Regional Gallery,QLD
PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE – REPRESENTATION IN PRIVATE & PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Tasmania
Justin House Museum, Victoria
Pine Rivers Regional gallery, Brisbane
Art Bank, Australia
Devonport Regional Gallery, Tasmania
Burnie Regional Gallery, Tasmania
PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE – AWARDS
2015 Winner, Whyalla Art Award, South Australia
Winner, Moreton Bay Art Award, Pine Rivers Gallery Brisbane
2012 Winner, Flanagan Art Prize, Ballarat,Vic
Winner, Tidal Art Prize, Devonport Regional Gallery, Devonport