CV | Paul Ferman

Born Hamburg, Germany
   
Studies, Work & Travel
  Presently living and working in Australia
1950 Arrived Australia
  Fine Arts Degree, University of Sydney
   
Solo Exhibitions
2008 Necessary Illusions, Il Ponte Contemporanea, Roma, Italy
  Surface, King St Gallery, Sydney
2007 Necessary Illusions, M.O.P. Gallery, Sydney
  Proximity, Abstract Particulars, Depot 2 Gallery, Sydney
  Abstract Particulars, Il Ponte Contemporanea, Roma
  Bolongna Art fair - Il Ponte Contemporanea
  Trance, Surface, Civilise Span Gallery, Melbourne
2006 Civilise, M.O.P. Gallery, Sydney
  Domestic Sculpture, Span Gallery, Melbourne
  Mappying Mother, Surface, Depot 2 Gallery, Sydney
2005 Domestic Sculpture, Il Ponte Contemporanea, Roma
  Of Uncertain Nature, Gallery Bencivart, Pesaro, Italy
  Tube Talk, Room 35,  Gitte Weise Gallery, Sydney
2004 Survey, Front Room Gallery Singapore
2003 Proximity, Il Ponte Contemporanea, Roma
2002 Palimpsest, Il Ponte Contemporanea, Roma
  Palimpsest, Dina Carola Gallery, Napoli
2001 Untitled, Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney
1999 Mitosis - meiosis, Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney
  Mitosis - meiosis, New Zone,Ortona, Italy
  Mitosis - meiosis, Studio d’Arte Contermporanea, Pino Casagrande, Spoleto
1998 Mitosis - meiosis, Studio d’Arte Contermporanea, Pino Casagrande, Roma
1996 Untitled, Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney
  Untitled, OPTS Gallery, San Francisco
1995 Untitled, Studio d’Arte Contemporanra Pino
  Casagrande, Roma
1994 Untitled, Gallerie Anita Neugebauer, Basel Switzerland
1993 Untitled, Michael Nagy Fine Art, Sydney
1989 Untitled, D.C. Art, Sydney
   
Selected Group Exhibitions
2008 MiArt 08, Milano, Italy
2007 BaTTiTi, scuola F.Vitale di Ostuni, Ostuni Italy
2006 The All Australian Show, Galleria Paula Verrenga,Salerno, Italy
  Exquisite Corpse, Peleton Gallery, Sydney
  Transfigure, Melbourne Art Fair
2005 Twenty, Wessell + O’Connor Gallery, New York
  Felons, Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin
  Riparte XI, Roma
  Tripod, Spazio ex Deco, Teramo, Italy
  The All Australian Show, Galleria Lipanjepuntin, Trieste, Italy
  Room 35 - 8th Birthday, Gitte Weise Gallery, Sydney
  Cologne Art Fair, Bencivartgallery
2004 Riparte X, Roma
  Ether, Il Ponte Contemporanea,Melbourne Art Fair
2003 Celebrate, Il Ponte Contemporanea, Roma
2002 Welcome- 02, Palazzo Delle Exposizioni, Roma
2001 Welcome- 01, Mostra d’arte Contemporanea, Roma
1999 Simbiosi, Museo di Gallese, Viterbo
1998 Wessell + O’Connor Gallery, New York
  Uomo Ambiente Territorio, Vasto Museum, Italy
1997 Riparte III, Roma
1996 Art Amsterdam Wastergasabrick, Amsterdam
  Riparte II, Roma
  Click, Contempory Photography,Westergastabriek, Ripa Residence, Roma
  John, Paul, Annie + Maree, Il Ponte
  Contemporanea, Roma
1995 Riparte I, Roma
1991 Queensland Art Gallery
1990 National Gallery of Victoria
1988 Hasselblad Masters, Sydney
1987 Hasselblad Masters, Sydney
   
Awards  
2009 Blake Prize, National Art School
Other
Ulrik-Schubert Photographic Award, Gold Coast City Art Gallery
  Pat Corrigan Acquistive Award, Centre of Contempory Photography, Melbourne
   
Collections  
  Maquarie Bank, Sydney
  Gold Coast City Art Gallery
  Hobart Art Gallery
  Pat Corrigan Collection
  Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris
  Michael Shapiro Gallery, San Francisco
  Studio d’Arte Contemporanea, Roma
  Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney
  Galerie Montenay, Paris
  Galerie Serieuze Zaken, Amsterdam
  Chartwell Collection, Christchurch, New Zealand
  Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery
   
Bibliography
2010
‘Metro Picks: Paul Ferman’  Sydney Morning Herald Metro, Feb 26 -Mar 4, p14
  ‘The Planner: Free’ Sydney Morning Herald Spectrum, Feb 20-21, p20
2007 Fisher, Francisco, Necessary Illusions Exhibition Essay, M.O.P Gallery, Sydney NSW