Paul Williams completed his Master of Visual Arts at The Victorian College of the Arts in 2008. His most recent solo exhibitions include Sunken Garden at Neo Space (2014), Nothing Solid at Gallery 9 (2014), Background Noise at The Substation (2013), Ghost Gums at Gallery 9 (2013), Nature Walk at Mr Kitly (2013) and Time Frames at Seventh Gallery (2011). He has exhibited in a multitude of group shows, most notably The Geelong Contemporary Art Prize Finalists exhibition in 2014, Rock, Paper, Fissures at Utopian Slumps (2013), Project 13 – Jamais Vu at Anna Pappas Gallery (2013), The John Leslie Art Prize Finalists Exhibition (2008), The Keith and Elizabeth Murdoch Travelling Art Fellowship Finalists Exhibition at The Victorian College of the Arts (2009), and The Brett Whitely Travelling Art Scholarship Finalists Exhibitions (2002 and 1999). He has received the Alan Gordon McMillan Arts Award, the Rosemary Ricker Award and the Tania Brougham Award. Williams has work in the Macquarie Bank collection, the R.A.C.V. collection and private collections in Australia and Canada.

Education

2008                 Master of Visual Arts, The Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne, Victoria

2007                 Post Graduate Diploma, The Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne, Victoria

1994                 Bachelor of Fine Arts (Major: Painting) Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia

Solo Exhibitions

2016
Stone Rivulet,  Anna Pappas Gallery, Melbourne

2012

Ghost Gums, Gallery 9, Sydney

Background Noise, The Substation, Melbourne

Nature Walk, Mr Kitley, Melbourne

2011

Time Frames, Seventh Gallery, Melbourne

Selected Group Exhibitions

2010

Mr Kitley Opening Exhibition, Mr Kitley Gallery, Melbourne

2009

Keith and Elizabeth Murdoch Travelling Art Fellowship, Margaret Lawrence Gallery, Melbourne

Some Recent Paintings, The Directors Cut, John Buckley Gallery, Melbourne

2008

Graduate Exhibition 2008, Margaret Lawrence Gallery, Melbourne

John Leslie Art Prize, Finalists Exhibition, Gippsland Art Gallery, Sale

Macarthur Cook Art Award Finalists Exhibition, 45 Downstairs Gallery, Melbourne

Plein Air, Kozminsky Gallery, Melbourne

Masters of the Universe, Victorian College of the Arts Student Gallery, Melbourne

2007

Graduate Exhibition 2007, Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne

Sleeper Awakes’, Victorian College of the Arts Student Gallery, Melbourne

A Disparate Collection, Victorian College of the Arts Student Gallery, Melbourne

2002

Brett Whitely Travelling Art Scholarship Finalist Exhibition, Brett Whitely Gallery Sydney        

1999

Brett Whitely Travelling Art Scholarship Finalist Exhibition, Brett Whitely Gallery, Sydney

Awards & Residencies
2008         Alan Gordon McMillan Arts Award

Rosemary Ricker Award

Tania Brougham Award

Selected Collections

Macquarie Bank Collection Sydney, RACV Collection Melbourne, Private Collections Australia and Canada