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ANCA Artist Profile - Paul Hay
Sculptor
Paul Hay Binary 2004 Steel, paint 2 pieces at 100 x 300 Dia. cm
Paul's practice covers a number of trajectories including temporal works, performance, installation, and public sculpture. Paul Hay's research interests include the development of large works based on gestalt perception, the installation potentials of sculpture and the reworking of his performance work of the 1970's.
Before teaching full-time at the School of Art, ANU in 2004, Paul taught part-time at ANU and Curtin University. He has exhibited widely and received major public commissions.
Since 1975 Paul has received awards including grants from the South Australian and Western Australian governments, the Australia Council and Creative New Zealand. His work has been shown at the Art Gallery of South Australia, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Experimental Art Foundation and Perth Institute of Contemporary Art and he has participated in national and international exhibitions including Australian Perspecta and ARX (Artists Regional Exchange).
Since 1978, Paul has spent extended periods living in the USA, England, New Zealand and Indonesia.
In 2002 and 2003, Paul participated in Sculpture by the Sea and in 2005 at The Helen Lempriere National Sculpture Award. He is currently showing work at The McClelland Contemporary Sculpture Survey.
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