Wendy Paramor :: biography at :: at Design and Art Australia Online

Wendy Paramor b. 12 December 1938

Artist (Sculptor),
Artist (Painter)

Wendy Paramor was the only woman painter and sculptor to flourish in the hard edge colour field abstractionist Central Street. She died young, of cancer, at a time when this art was out of fashion. More recently her oeuvre has been reassessed and she is now recognised as a significant artist of her time.

Tags: Colour field, Abstract painting, Hard edge, Formalist

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SNO 147 Margaret Grafton with Wendy Paramor

Date: 15 September 2018 - 14 October 2018
Place: SNO Contemporary Art Projects, Sydney, NSW
Type: Exhibition

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Paramor lost and found: a painter's painter

Date: 2000
Type: Exhibition
Note: This retrospective exhibition was curated by Cecily Briggs with contributions from Alan Oldfield

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Women at Watters

Date: 22 February 1995 - 11 March 1995
Place: Watters Gallery, East Sydney, NSW
Type: Exhibition
Tags: National Women's Art Exhibition, Watters Gallery

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It's great to be an Australian woman?

Date: 3 November 1975 - c.November 1975
Place: Hogarth Galleries, Sydney, New South Wales
Type: Exhibition
Tags: International Women's Year

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'Sculpturscape '73', 5th Mildura Triennial

Date: 7 April 1973 - July 1973
Description: Also known as 'Sculpturscape '73’
Type: Exhibition

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Marland House sculpture competition

Date: 22 June 1971 - c.June 1971
Place: Age Gallery, 250 Spencer Street, Melbourne, Victoria
Type: Exhibition

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Wendy Paramor

Date: 18 March 1970 - 5 April 1970
Place: Central Street Gallery, Sydney, NSW
Type: Exhibition
Tags: Central Street Gallery

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Sculpture 1970: the fourth Mildura Sculpture Triennial

Date: 28 February 1970 - 18 April 1970
Place: Mildura Arts Centre, Mildura, VIC
Type: Exhibition

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Central Street Painting and Sculpture: Group Exhibition 1969

Date: 12 November 1969 - 29 November 1969
Place: Central Street Gallery, Sydney, NSW
Type: Exhibition
Tags: Central Street Gallery

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Group Exhibition: 'Gallery Mixture'

Date: 10 December 1968 - 21 December 1968
Place: Central Street Gallery, Sydney, NSW
Description: First exhibition in Central Street’s new downstairs gallery space.
Type: Exhibition
Tags: Central Street Gallery

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Wendy Paramor

Date: 25 September 1968 - October 1968
Place: Central Street Gallery, Sydney, NSW
Type: Exhibition
Tags: Central Street Gallery

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Group Exhibition

Date: 18 May 1968 - 25 May 1968
Place: Central Street Gallery, Sydney, NSW
Description: 'This exhibition is designed primarily to expose a range of work by gallery painters at the time of the visit to Sydney of Clement Greenberg’ – Elizabeth McGillick, 15 May 1968. Co-incided with a similar exhibition held at the University of Sydney Staff Club.
Type: Exhibition
Tags: Central Street Gallery