SETON, ALEXANDER
Born 1977, Sydney
1998 Bachelor of Art Theory and History, College of Fine Arts, University of New South Wales, Sydney
AWARDS AND PRIZES
2012 Art OMI Australia, Art OMI International Artists Residency, New York, USA
2009 Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize, Sydney, winner
2009 The Art Gallery of New South Wales Director’s Choice Award, Sculpture by the Sea, Sydney
2009 Prometheus Visual Arts Prize, The Prometheus Foundation, Gold Coast, winner
2008 Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize, Sydney, special commendation
2006 People’s Choice Award, The Helen Lempriere Sculpture Award, Sydney
2005 People’s Choice Award, Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize, Sydney
2005 McClelland Sculpture Survey and Award, Langwarrin, finalist
2004 The Art Gallery of New South Wales Director’s Choice Award, Sculpture by the Sea, Sydney
2004 The Riverview Art Prize, Sydney
2003 The Art Gallery of New South Wales Director’s Choice Award, Sculpture by the Sea, Sydney
2003 The John Fairfax Young Artist’s Subsidy, Sculpture by the Sea, Sydney
2002 The Australian Unrepresented Sculptor Award, Sculpture by the Sea, Sydney
2002 The Young Sculptor’s Honorable Mention, Sculpture by the Sea, Sydney
2002 The Sculptors Society, Sydney, Second Prize
1997 Nescafe Big Break Award, runner up
1994 Mosman Youth Prize First Prize and Anne Ferguson Award, Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney
1994 ArtExpress, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
COLLECTIONS
Art Gallery Society of New South Wales, Sydney
Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide
ARTS ACT, Canberra
Albury Regional Gallery, Albury
Artbank
Danish Royal Art Collection, Copenhagen, Denmark
HBO Collection, New York, USA
Fidelity Worldwide Investment, Sydney
Lane Cove Municipal Council, Sydney
Newcastle Art Gallery, Newcastle
St Ignatius College Collection, Sydney
University of Queensland Art Museum, Brisbane
Private collections in Australia and overseas
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2012 Elegy on Resistance, ArtHK12, Hong Kong Exhibition and Convention Centre, Hong Kong
2012 SSFA12, Sullivan+Strumpf, Sydney
2012 Alexander Seton, Flags, Lismore Regional Gallery, Lismore
2011 Flags, Sullivan+Strumpf, Sydney
2011 Flag, Jan Murphy Gallery, Brisbane
2010 Infinitely Near, Sullivan+Strumpf, Sydney
2009 Assembly, Sullivan+Strumpf, Sydney
2009 Supplementary Restraint System, Jan Murphy Gallery, Brisbane
2008 On Hold, Jan Murphy Gallery, Melbourne Art Fair, Melbourne
2008 Memeoid, ChalkHorse Gallery, Sydney
2007 Panoply, ChalkHorse Gallery, Sydney
2007 Security Blanket, Jan Murphy Gallery, Brisbane
2005 Stay on Message, Maunsell Wickes@BSG, Sydney
2005 We Gotta Get Out Of This Place, Jan Murphy Gallery, Brisbane
2004 New Works, Maunsell Wickes@BSG, Sydney
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2012 Variable Truth, Gallery 4A, Sydney
2012 SSFA12, Sullivan+Strumpf, Sydney
2011 Double Vision, McClelland Gallery and Sculpture Park, Langwarrin
2011 Arboreal, Macquarie University Gallery, Sydney
2011 Pat Corrigan/Collector, Maitland Art Gallery, Maitland
2011 WATTLE, Cat Street Gallery, Sheung Wan, Hong Kong
2011 SSFA11, Sullivan+Strumpf, Sydney
2011 Art Stage Singapore, Sullivan+Strumpf, Marina Bay Sands, Singapore
2010 SO Contemporary, Jackson See Collection: A Snapshot, Praxis Space, Singapore
2010 ARTHK10, Sullivan+Strumpf, Hong Kong Exhibition and Convention Centre, Hong Kong
2010 SSFA10, Sullivan+Strumpf, Sydney
2010 Two Degrees of Separation, Satori Gallery, New York, USA
2010 Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize, Tenth Anniversary; Manly Regional Art Gallery, Sydney
2009 Art Live, Chair and the Maiden Gallery, New York, USA
2009 Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize, Woollahra Council Chambers, Woollahra
2009 SSFA09, Sullivan+Strumpf, Sydney
2008 Step Right Up! Albury Regional Art Gallery, Albury
2008 Sculpture 08, Maunsell Wickes Gallery, Sydney
2008 Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize, Woollahra Council Chambers, Sydney
2007 Arc Biennale, Queensland College of Art, Griffith University, Brisbane
2007 Replicotta Warriors, Chalk Horse, Sydney
2007 Sculpture 07, Maunsell Wickes@BSG, Sydney
2006 New Social Commentaries 2006, Warrnambool Art Gallery, Warnambool
2006 Sculpture By The Sea, Sydney
2006 The Green Zone, ˝ dozen, The Palm House, Sydney
2006 Flamin’ Youth, Orange Regional Gallery, Orange
2006 Helen Lempriere National Sculpture Award, Werribee, finalist
2006 Sculpture By The Sea, Perth
2006 Artists Against Sedition Laws, Casula Powerhouse, Sydney
2005 McClelland Sculpture Survey and Award, McClelland Gallery and Sculpture Park, Langwarrin
2005 March of the Miniatures, Defiance Gallery, Sydney
2005 Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize, Woollahra Council Chambers, Sydney
2005 10th Anniversary Exhibition, Jan Murphy Gallery, Brisbane
2005 Sculpture 2005, Maunsell Wickes@BSG, Sydney
2004 Sculpture By The Sea, Sydney
2004 The Year in Art, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney
2004 Sculpture 2004, Maunsell Wickes@BSG, Sydney
2003 Sculpture By The Sea, Sydney
2003 Darling Park Sculpture Exhibition, Sydney
2003 Ripdff, Flinders Hotel, Sydney
2003 Flavour, Lidi Gallery, Sydney
2002 Sculpture By The Sea, Sydney
2002 Sculpture Inside, Sculpture By The Sea, Sydney
2002 Darling Park Sculpture Exhibition, Sydney
2002 Thursday Plantation East Coast Sculpture Exhibition, Ballina
2000 RFA Gallery, Sydney
2000 Inaugural Exhibition, Studio W, Sydney
1999 LoA II, Sheraton on the Park, Sydney
1998 Luxury of Art I, Exhibition for Emerging Australian Artists, Sydney
SYMPOSIUMS & RESIDENCIES
2011 14th Simposio Internazionale di Scultura, Friuli Venezia Giulia, Italy
2007 Hanyu International Sculpture Cup, Shenzhen, China
2007 The Flying Fruit Fly Circus Residency, Albury Regional Gallery, Albury
2006 Creation Sculpture Symposium, Brisbane Art Festival, Brisbane
2005 International Sculpture Symposium, Mount Gambier
2003 Carlos III International Sculpture Symposium, Cordoba, Spain
2000 Artist In Residence, Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney
COMMISSIONS
2009 St Ignatius’ College Riverview, Sydney
2008 Mater Mother’s Hospital, Brisbane
2008 Albury Regional Gallery Railway Project, Albury
2006 Allen and Unwin Publishing, Sydney
2004 The Sculpture by the Sea Patron Series Artist, Sydney
2000 Artist In Residence, Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney
2000 Ecos Corporation Collection, Sydney
1999 Domain Corporation Group Collection, Sydney
BIBLIOGRAPHY
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