Paul Seawright
born in Belfast
lives in Belfast
Solo exhibitions (selection)
- 2004
- Sies + Höke Galerie, Düsseldorf
- Centre Photographique d’Ile de France, Paris
- Thessaloniki Museum of Photography, Greece (Cat.)
- Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco
- 2003
- Imperial War Museum, London (Cat.)
- Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin (Cat.)
- Mois de la Photo, Montreal (Cat.)
- Printemps Septembre, Toulouse (Cat.)
- Fotomuseum Antwerp and tour (Cat.)
- Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin
- Foundation Maragoni, Florence
- Inside Out, Napoli
- 2001
- Hasselblad Centre, Kunst Museum, Gothenberg
- Angles Gallery, LA International Bienalle
- Galerie du Jour, Agnes b, Paris
- 2000
- Griedervonputtkamer, Berlin
- Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago
- Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco
- Bonakdar Jancou Gallery, New York
- Photo.doc, Forum Box, Helsinki, Finland
- Maureen Paley/Interim Art, London.
- Centro de Fotografia, University of Salamanca
- 1999
- Kerlin Gallery, Dublin
- 1998
- Kerlin Gallery, Dublin
- Angles Gallery, Santa Monica
- Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago
- Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco
- Galerie du Jour/Agnes b, Paris
- 1997
- Blue Sky Gallery, Portland, Oregon
- Le Lieu, l’Orient, France
- FranÁoise Knabe Gallery, Frankfurt
- 1996
- Fotogallery, Cardiff
- Houston Fotofest
- 1995
- The Photographers’ Gallery, London
- Gallery of Photography, Dublin
- Cornerhouse, Manchester
- 1993
- Blue Sky Gallery, Portland, Oregon
- The United Nations General Assembly Building, New York
- Arts Council Gallery, Belfast
- The Old Museum, Belfast
- 1992
- The International Center of Photography, New York
- Impressions Gallery, New York
- The Gallery of Photography, Dublin.
- The Photographers’ Gallery, London
- 1989
- Gallery Vapauden Aukion, Helsinki
- Mikkelin Valokuvakeskus, Mikkeli
Group exhibitions (selection)
- 2004
- Centre d’Art la Panera, Spain (Cat.)
- Further – artists from Wales at Venice Biennale, Venice and touring to Glynn Vivian Museum, National Museum of Wales
- 2003
- Disaster Areas, Amsterdam
- The Gap Show, Museum Am Ostwall, Dortmund, Young British Art, with Tacita Dean, Paul Seawright and more
- Gewalt-Bilder, Museum Bellerive, Zurich
- 2001
- Depicting Absence, Implying Presence, San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, including work by Sophie Calle, James Casebere, Lukas Felzmann, Matthias Hoch,Candida Höfer, Michael Kenna, Dale Kistemaker, Catherine Wagner, and Henry Wessel
- A470, Oriel Mostyn Gallery, Llandudno, Wales
- Exhibition of Nominated works, Werner Mantz Prize, Denmark
- BMW Collection, Deichtorhallen, Hamburg
- Identidades, Centro de Fotografia, University of Salamanca
- Piqued Lands, Works by Michael Ashkin, Jan Henle and Paul Seawright
- Barbara Krakow Gallery, Boston
- 2000
- A way a lone a last a loved a long the, Museum of Contemporary Art, Zagreb
- Shifting Ground: Fifty Years of Irish Art, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin
- British Art Show 5, (Travelling show) Venues include: Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh; Southampton City Art Gallery; National Museum of Wales, Cardiff; Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery; Ikon Gallery, Birmingham
- Photo.doc, Forum Box, Helsinki
- Silent Presence, Bielefelder Kunstverein, Germany
- 0044, Ormeau Baths Gallery , Belfast and Crawford, Municpal Art Gallery, Cork
- 1999
- Irish Art Now: From the Poetic to the Political, McMullen Museum of Art, Boston
- College, Art Gallery of Newfoundland and Labrador, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago,Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin
- Engaging Tradition, Hotbath Gallery, Bath
- 0044, PS1, New York, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo
- Surveying The Landscape, Lombard/Freid Fine Arts, New York
- Tokyo Photo Bienalle, Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography
- Contemporary Art, Ormeau Baths Gallery, Belfast
- Concern for the Document, Vox Populi, Le Mois de la Photo, Montreal, Canada
- Silent Presence, Staatliche Kunsthalle, Baden-Baden
- Contemporary Art, Arts Council of Ireland Collection, Limerick City Art Gallery
- Under Exposed, Public Art Project, Stockholm
- Revealing Views, Images from Ireland, Royal Festival Hall, London
- Declinations of Boundaries, Two Person Show, Galerie
Lichtblick, Cologne
- 1998
- Troubled, Photography and Video from Northern Ireland, The Light Factory and Contemporary Art Museum, Raleigh, North Carolina
- Europe in Decay, 3 Person at Light Hall, Kuopio and Helsinki Cathedral
- Sightings – New Photographic Art, ICA, London
- Le Printemps, Cahor, France – Two Person Exhibition with Martin Parr
- Photos Leurres, French Institute, Pargue (Nan Goldin, Lewis Baltz, Sophie Ristelheuber)
- 1997
- The Missing, Three-Person Exhibition, Netherlands Foto Instituut, Rotterdam, (PhotoWorks in Progress/Constructing Identity)
- Political Spaces, Three-Person Exhibition, Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco
- Recent Acquisitions, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin
- NGBK, Contemporary British Photography, Berlin
- IMMA/Glen Dimplex Artists Award, Irish Museum of Modern Art
- Lie of the Land touring exhibition, Gallery of Photography, Dublin, Centre
- Nationale de la Photographie, Paris, Copenhagen, Salamanca, Athens, Prague
- 1996
- Kerlin Gallery, Dublin
- Inside Out, Galerie du Jour/Agnes B. Paris – 3 Person with Richard Billingham & Tom Wood
- L’Imaginaire Irlandais, Ecole des Beaux Arts, Paris
- 1995
- Ceasefire, Wolverhampton Museum and Art Gallery
- 1994
- Different Stories, Photo International Rotterdam, Nederlands Foto Instituut, Rotterdam
- Nervous Landscapes, Southeast Museum of Photography, Florida
- 1993
- Documentary Dilemmas, British Council touring Europe, South America, Ireland.
- Godowsky Awards, PRC Gallery, Boston.
- 1992
- History of the Photographic Image, Rencontres Intls de la Photographie, Arles
- Recent Aquisitions, Ulster Museum, Belfast
- Through the Lens, Arts Council of Northern Ireland touring exhibition
- Current Account, Royal Photographic Society, Bath; Mai de la Photo, Reims
- 1991
- Exhibition accompanying the Northern Ireland Cultural Counterpoint Conference, State University of New York at Binghamton
- Shocks to the System, Arts Council of Great Britain, Royal Festival Hall, London, Ikon Gallery, Birmingham
- 1988
- Death Cambridge Darkroom Gallery / Kettles Yard
- Show of Hands, The Photographers’ Gallery, London
Residue, Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin