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Paul Roux
About
Paul Roux graduated in 1998 from the Michaelis School of Fine Art (University of Cape Town, South Africa). After a detour into advertising and marketing, his re-commitment to the fine arts over the last six years has seen a number of awards and solo exhibitions, as well as scholarship for further study at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. His work is represented in collections in Europe, South Africa and the US.
Based in the greater Los Angeles area, he is currently pursuing a number of residency opportunities and continuing to develop his own work.
CURRENT PROJECTS:
PROJECT APOLOGY:
Project Apology is a video work in progress that involves the documentation of an undertaking to apologize, in person and as a self-appointed representative of humanity, to members of all of the non-human animal species on the planet that are being adversely affected by human activity. Obviously such a mandate includes every last living creature and, as such, presents a very tall order, the unmanageability of such an undertaking becoming a big part of its content as a piece of art - in pushing for a greater degree of acknowledgement of damage done and acceptance of the urgent need for responsible change. http://projectapology.wordpress.com
"I 'm busy being busy, here's my card..."
"I 'm busy being busy, here's my card..." is an ongoing public performance work that consists consists of me, unusually `well-dressed' in suit and tie, standing and parading around in specially identified public spaces with a bright white canvas-stretcher sign that stands 6ft tall and reads as follows:
"Privileged and emotionally indulged 30 year old white male seeks spiritual guidance and/or large handout commensurate to overdeveloped sense of importance and degree of single-mindedness with which I lust forward blindly in pursuit of material illusion. Maybe you could teach me to be grateful for what I have? But what I really want is a new BMW, until the next one hits the showroom floor. Please help. May God bless you, only if you help me?"
The original sign is impossible to read from afar, forcing interested members of the public to move closer (say roughly within 10ft/3m), thus encouraging interaction around its content. From afar, it also evokes images of Sanskrit or other ancient religious writing and thus some associations of religiosity, which serves as additional bait for some and accents the sentiment of the piece, as a satirical ode to consumer desires. … Read More
PAUL ROUX
65 W Thompson Ave, #102, Ventura CA 93001
paulroux.net
AWARDS/ RESIDENCIES/ GRANTS:
010 – The Homestead, Alaska – Residency Invitation (unable to attend).
007 - Harold Arts Foundation Residency.
007 – Vermont Studio Center Fellowship Award (unable to attend).
007 - Honorary Mention - Dana Pond Award, SMFA Boston.
006 - Deans Discretionary Award, SMFA Boston.
006 – Scholarship Award to School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
005 – Business and Arts South Africa (BASA) Grant.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
010 – Pieces – Vita Art Center, Ventura, CA. With Leighton Roux.
010 – Pin the tail on the Donkey – a satire of contemporary species class-ism – Beland Gallery, Essex Art Center, Lawrence, MA. June through August 2010.
009 – If beauty is in the eye of the beholder, does it matter if the lens was made in China? - Irma Stern Museum, Cape Town, South Africa.
007 – Recent paintings and video - Fenway Studios, Boston.
005/06 – Beached – Third Eye Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa.
005 – Beached - Dorp Street Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa.
999 – New Art at Bang - Bang Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa.
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS/SCREENINGS:
010 – Red Dot Art Fair, Miami, FL – Anderson Art Collective.
010 – Ojai Celebrates Art – Ojai Valley Museum, Ojai, CA.
010 – Rogue Wave II – Anderson Art Collective, Carpinteria, CA.
008 – Human Animal Project, Trustman Gallery, Simmons College, Boston, MA.
008 – NEXT – Invitational Exhibition of Emerging Art - “I’m busy being busy, here’s my card…” [Live Performance] - Harold Arts booth. Chicago, IL.
008 - Harold Arts at Version Fest NFOXPO, Chicago, IL.
008 - Birds of Prey, Heaven Gallery, Chicago, IL.
007/8 – Sublime Climate: Addressing Global Warming [an exhibition/symposium] - Thomson Gallery, Cambridge School of Weston, Weston, MA.
007 – Stencils – Public Space and Social Intervention, NESAD Gallery, Boston, MA.
007 – New Art Collective, Montserrat College of Art, Beverly, MA.
007 - Mediating the Mediated Gaze, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston – March through May 2007.
007 – SMFA Auction: The 12th Annual Medal Award Honoring Brice Marden - Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA.
006 - Small Works, Everard Read, Cape Town, South Africa.
006 - Dorp Street Gallery at Grande Provence, Gallery at Grande Provence, Franshoek, Western Cape, South Africa.
006 – Aardklop - c/o Dawid Ras (independent curator) - Outshoorn, Western Cape, South Africa.
005 - Absolut Finale, Association for Visual Arts, Cape Town, South Africa.
000 – Blaze, Bang Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa.
CURATORIAL PROJECTS:
008 – Human Animal Project, Trustman Gallery, Simmons College, Boston, MA.
007 – New Art Collective, Montserrat College of Art, Beverly, MA.
007 - Mediating the Mediated Gaze, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston – March through May 2007.
EDUCATION:
2006/2007: SMFA Boston, Post-Baccalaureate Certificate - one year course of studio study, focusing on painting and video production.
1995/8: Bachelor of Fine Art. University of Cape Town, South Africa.
SELECTED PRESS:
KZSB 1290AM, Art and Antiques with Elizabeth Stewart - Elizabeth Stewart talks with Paul Roux.
Andover Townsman, July 22, 2010: 'Satire on species classism' at Essex Art Center.
Boston Globe, July 5, 2010: A tale to be told.
Art New England Magazine - June/July/August 2010: Exhibitions.
The Fine and Decorative Arts Society of South Africa, Exhibitions: http://www.fads-capetown.co.za/exhibitions.htm
http://www.aaqq.org/Reference/Education/Colleges-and-Universities/Africa/South-Africa/University-of-Cape-Town/Faculty-of-Humanities/
Vernacular Architecture Society South Africa, 3 July 2009: VASSA Bulletin 3.
Radio Sonder Grense, RSG Kuns, July 2009: Kabous Meiring gesels met Paul Roux.
Fine Music Radio, June 19, 2009, live interview.
South African Business Art, June 2009.
Boston Globe, Cate McQuaid, October 22, 2008: Playing with Perceptions of Space.
Boston Globe, Denise Taylor, February 28, 2008: New gallery tackles a hot topic…
Art Matters (SMFA Boston) Spring 2008.
Boston Globe, Cate McQuaid, August 16, 2007: A Journey from Techno to Mellow.
Boston Globe, Cate McQuaid, June 24, 2007: Systems, Patterns, Repetition - at Montserrat exhibit, fresh perspectives from New England curators and artists.
Art Scope Magazine, 2007.
Art Matters (SMFA Boston) Spring 2007.
Melvyn Minnaar, Cape Times, November, 2005: Paul Roux is up to the artistic challenge of water where most find themselves at sea.
Radio Sonder Grense, RSG Kuns, January 2005: Amanda Olivier gesels met Paul Roux.
Cape Town Today, January 2005: "Beached" by Paul Roux,
SL Magazine (SA), July1999: Artwork of the month.
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