Prominent Tasmanian artist Paul Snell works with photographic images; manipulating, abstracting, and redefining realities of his photographs. His highly stylised, refined and striking imagery has become iconic.
Snell has exhibited widely in numerous solo and group exhibitions both in Australia and recently abroad at the Spectrum Art Fair [2013] in New York. His work is held in private and public collections nationally including Art Bank. Snell has been a finalist in many National Prizes including The Blake Prize [2011], The Geelong Print Prize [2011], The Prometheus Art Award [2011] and The Sunshine Coast Art Prize [2013] Substation Contemporary Art Prize [2014] and Tidal Art Prize [2014]. In 2012 he won both the nationally recognised Tidal Art Prize and The Flanagan Art Prize.
“Paul Snell’s works are immediately attractive because of their intense vibrancy and luminous material qualities” Anna Madeleine Artist Profile Issue 29 [2014-15]
2009 11 MCA, University of Tasmania.
1995 Bachelor of Fine Arts (Hons), University of Tasmania.
1993 Tasmanian Teachers Certificate.
1990 Diploma of Education, University of Tasmania.
1987-89 Bachelor of Fine Arts, University of Tasmania.
2014
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2:Season 3, ANITA TRAVERSO GALLERY, Vic
Shift, Colville Gallery Hobart, Tas
Perceptions of Space: Justin Collection, Glen Eira City Council Gallery, Vic
The Art of Sound, Burnie Regional Gallery, Tas
2013
Double Agency, Poimena Gallery, Launceston, Tasmania
Spectum Art Fair, New York, New York
Chromophobia, Colville Gallery, Hobart, Tas
Decoding New York. Edmund Pearce Gallery, Vic
Chromophobia, Rex Livingston Gallery, Sydney, NSW
Chromophobia, Jan Manton Gallery, Qld
Balck Echo, Stephen Mclaughlan Gallery, Vic
Abstraction 12, Charles Nodrum Gallery, Vic
Art Hamptons, International Art Fair, New York
Factory 49 @ Stephen McLachlan Gallery, Vic
Tasmania Today, Academy Gallery, University of Tasmania, Tas
2012
Afterimage, Devonport Regional Gallery, Tas
The Persistence of Vision, The Colour Factory, Melbourne, Vic
Codes and Convensions, Colville Gallery, Hobart, Tas
NONOBJECTIVE_Present, 120 Langford Gallery, Melbourne, Vic
New Beginnings, New Gallery, University of Tasmania
Launceston Now, New Gallery, University of Tasmania
2014
The Substation Contemporary Art Award, The Substation, Vic - Finalist
Flanagan Art Prize, Ballarat,Vic - Finalist
Noosa Art Award, Noosa Regional Gallery, Qld - Finalist
The Bay of Fires Art Prize, Gallery Parnella, Tas - Finalist
Cliftons Art Prize, Canberra - Finalist
2013
The Fishers Ghost Art Prize, Campbeltown Arts Centre, NSW - Finalist
Banyule Art Award, Hatch Contemporary Art Space, Vic - Finalist
The Bay of Fires Art Prize, Gallery Parnella, Tas - Finalist
Muswellbrook Art Prize, Muswellbrook Regional Art Gallery, NSW - Finalist
Mount Eyre Art Prize, Rex-Livingston Art Dealer, NSW
- Finalist
Sunshine Coast Art Prize, Caloundra Regional Gallery, Qld
- Finalist
Glover Prize, Evendale, Tas - Finalist
Burnie Print Prize, Burnie Regional Art Gallery, Tas - Finalist
2012
Winner Flanagan Art Prize, Ballarat,Vic
Winner Tidal Art Prize, Devonport Regional Gallery, Devonport
Moreton Bay Art Award, Pine Rivers Gallery, Brisbane - Finalist
Glover Prize, Evendale, Tas
- Finalist
Gold Coast Art Prize, Gold Coast Regional Gallery, Qld - Finalist
The Blake Prize, Directors Cut Exhibition - Finalist
Tidal Art Prize, Devonport Regional Gallery, Tas - Finalist
The Fishers Ghost Art Prize, Campbeltown Arts Centre, NSW - Finalist
The Gosford Art Prize, Gosford Regional Gallery, Gosford, NSW - Finalist
Flanagan Art Prize, Ballarat,Vic - Finalist
Mount Eyre Art Prize, Rex-Livingston Art Dealer, NSW - Finalist
The Bay of Fires Art Prize, Gallery Parnella, Tas - Finalist
2011
The Whyalla Art Prize, SA - Finalist
The Fisher’s Ghost Art Award, Campbeltown Arts Centre, NSW - Finalist
The Gosford Art Prize, Gosford Regional Gallery, Gosford, NSW - Finalist
The Manning Art Prize, Manning Regional Gallery, Taree, NSW - Finalist
The Blake Prize, National Art School, NSW - Finalist
Flanagan Art Prize, Ballarat,Vic - Finalist
Hazelhurst Art Award, Hazelhurst Regional Gallery, NSW - Finalist
Mount Eyre Art Prize, Rex-Livingston Art Dealer, NSW - Finalist
Sunshine Coast Art Prize, Caloundra Regional Gallery - Finalist
Prometheus Art Award, The Prometheus Foundation Gallery, Gold Coast - Finalist
Moreton Bay Art Award, Pine Rivers Gallery, Brisbane - Finalist
Burnie Print Prize, Burnie Regional Art Gallery, Burni - Finalist