SELMA PARLOUR
LIST OF ARTWORKS
July.16 - September.16.2020
Selma Parlour
Born 1976 in Johannesburg, South Africa, Selma Parlour lives and works in London. Parlour holds a BA, MFA and PhD in Fine Art from De Montfort University, University of Reading and Goldsmiths University, respectively.
Selma Parlour, Invented Vocabulary VII, 2018, oil on linen, 61 cm x 51 cm, 24 in x 20 in
Selma Parlour, Flank II, 2017, oil on linen, 86.5 cm x 86.5 cm, 34 in x 34 in
Selma Parlour, Compile time I, 2017, oil on linen, 150 cm x 120 cm, 59 in x 47 in
Selma Parlour, Compile time II, 2017, oil on linen, 150 cm x 120cm, 59 in x 47 in
Selma Parlour, Compile time III, 2017, oil on linen, 150 cm x 160cm, 59 in x 63 in
Miniaturised Minimalism
Installation of Miniaturised Miniatures
Selma Parlour, Miniaturised Minimalism I, 2019, oil on linen with laser engraved primed surface, 36 cm x 30.5 cm, 14 in x 12 in
Selma Parlour, Miniaturised Minimalism II, 2019, oil on linen with laser engraved primed surface, 36 cm x 30.5 cm, 14 in x 12 in
Selma Parlour, Miniaturised Minimalism III, 2019, oil on linen with laser engraved primed surface, 36 cm x 30.5 cm, 14 in x 12 in
Selma Parlour, Miniaturised Minimalism IV, 2019, oil on linen with laser engraved primed surface, 36 cm x 30.5 cm, 14 in x 12 in
EXHIBITIONS:
Activities for the Abyss, Pi Artworks, London (2019, solo); Upright Animal, curated by Sacha Craddock, Pi Artworks, London (2018, solo); Parlour Games, Marcelle Joseph Projects, House of St Barnabas, London (2016, site-specific, solo); MOT International, London (2012, solo); Selma Parlour & Yelena Popova, Horton Gallery, New York (2012); and Bloomberg New Contemporaries, ICA, London (2011).
COLLECTIONS:
Saatchi Gallery, London; and the Creative Cities Collection, Beijing.
AWARDS:
Arts Council England Creative Development Award (2020), Mark Rothko Memorial Trust Artist-in-Residence Award (2018), the Sunny Dupree Family Award for a Woman Artist, Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy of Arts, London (2017), and the John Moores Painting Prize (2016, prizewinner). Other notable awards are her artist residency at Dio Horia, Athens and Mykonos, Greece (Invited, 2015), and a runner-up award from the Arts Foundation, UK (2014). During her doctoral studies at Goldsmiths, University of London, Selma Parlour received a Research Support Award (2012), and went on to complete her practice-led PhD in Art in 2014. That same year her work was selected for Thames and Hudson’s international competition and publication: 100 Painters of Tomorrow.