Paul Bai Born Tianjin, China; Arrived Australia 1988; lives and works in Brisbane Education 1992 – 5 Bachelor of Visual art (Honours in Painting), 2011 – 2015 Doctor of Philosophy (Visual Art), Queensland College of Art, Brisbane Solo Exhibitions 1996 White Box gallery, Brisbane / 1998 Eagle street Magazine Space, Brisbane / 1999 Satelite Space, Brisbane / New Chinese Painting, Gallery 4A, Sydney / 2001 Pestorius Sweeney House, Brisbane / 2002 Painting, Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane / 2003 Pestorius Sweeney House, Brisbane / 2004 Pestorius Sweeney House, Brisbane / Paintings + more, Ausstellungsraum Ursula Werz, Tubingen, Germany / 2006 Return to Aesthetics, Pestorius Sweeney House, Brisbane / Return to Aesthetics, Ausstellungsraum Ursula Werz, Germany / 2008 The Sky is the Limit, Judith Wright Centre for Contemporary Arts, Brisbane / 2010 Pestorius Sweeney House, Brisbane / 2012 Pestorius Sweeney House, Brisbane / 2016 Australian Fine Art, Brisbane / 51 Kennigo St, Fortitude Valley, Brisbane / 2017 Pestorius Sweeney House, Brisbane / 2019 Spatial Room No.1 — Homage to Erich Buchholz, Ankles, Sydney / 2020 Pestorius Sweeney House Selected Group Exhibitions 1994 Claiming Turf, Claiming Fortitude, Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane / Artist Care Drawing Prize Selection Show, QCA Gallery, Brisbane / 1996 Hatched, National Graduate Show, PICA, Perth / 1998 Group Show, Alderton Gallery, Brisbane / In Transit, Smith and Stonely Gallery, Brisbane /1999 Drawing room, Brisbane City Gallery / Now – Emerging Artist in Queensland, Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane / Crossing the Ocean, Central Academy of Fine Art, Beijing / 2000 Multimedia Art Asia-Pacific, Brisbane / Flash, Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane / 2002 Yellow, Pestorius Sweeney House, Brisbane / 2003 David Pestorius Projects at Art Forum Berlin, Berlin / 2004 Post Contemporary Painting, Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane / Gravity – MAAP in Singarpore, Singapore Art Museum / A Group Show, The Other House, Singapore / 1+1+1, Yuill/Crowley, Sydney / 2005 Power to the People, Pestorius Sweeney House, Brisbane / 2006 Art Movement, UTS Gallery, Sydney / TURRBAL-JAGERA, University of Queensland Art Museum /16 – Brisbane Comes to Sydney, Sydney Non-Objective, Sydney / 2007 Lion, Sarah Cottier Gallery, Sydney / David Pestroius Projects at Art Forum Berlin, Berlin / 2008 Primary Views, Monash University Museum of Art, Melbourne / 2013 David Pestorius Projects at Sydney Contemporary 13, Sydney / 2014 LANDSEASKY: revisiting spatiality in video art, Gallery IHN, Seoul / LANDSEASKY: revisiting spatiality in video art, OCT Contemporary Art Terminal, Shanghai / David Pestorius Projects at Spring 1883, Hotel Windsor, Melbourne / LANDSEASKY, National Art School Art Gallery, Sydney / LANDSEASKY, Griffith University Art Museum, Brisbane / 2015 NEW15, Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne / LANDSEASKY, Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou / David Pestorius Projects at Spring 1883, Sydney / GOMA Q: Contemporary Queensland Art, Queensland Art Gallery I Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane / 2016 Sunshine Coast Art Prize, Caloundra Regional Gallery / Green Screen, Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane / 2017 Purple again, Australian Fine Arts, Brisbane / Sunshine Coast Art Prize, Caloundra Regional Gallery / Flat World Society, Pop Gallery, Brisbane / Real Talk – Text and Language in Australian Art, Brisbane City Council Public Art Project / 2019 Green Room, Pestorius Sweeney House, Brisbane / Faded, Pop Gallery, Brisbane / TRACE 2019 — Biennial Exhibition and Art Auction, Brisbane / Here We Are (with Archie Moore), The Soylent Spot, Brisbane / 2020 Bauhaus Now: art + design + architecture, Museum of Brisbane / Media Art Globale–QUANTUM LAND, Connected Art Platform / 2021 Botanica: Contemporary Art Outside, Brisbane / Round About or Inside, Griffith University Art Museum, Brisbane / 2022 Cultural Fusion — Works by Five Asian Australian Artists, Online exhibition curated by Martha Liew / Botanica: Contemporary Art Outside, Brisbane / Round About or Inside, VANDENHOVE Centre, University of Ghent, Belgium / 2023 Origin of the World, NAP Contemporary, Mildura / Living Patterns: Contemporary Australian Abstraction, Queensland Art Gallery I Gallery of Modern Art

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