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Education  
2008 - 2014 PhD Art, practice-led, Goldsmiths, University of London
1999 - 2002 MFA, University of Reading
1995 - 1998 BA (hons) Art, 1st Class, De Montfort University, Leicester
 
Solo Exhibitions
2023 Salon Paintings, Almine Rech, Paris
2022 Yonder Cloud, Pi Artworks, London
  Warp & Weft, Dio Horia Acropolis, Athens
2020 Selma Parlour, Pi Artworks, Istanbul
2019 Activities for the Abyss, Pi Artworks, London
2018 Upright Animal, curated by Sacha Craddock, Pi Artworks, London
2016 Parlour Games, Marcelle Joseph Projects, House of St Barnabas, London
2015 Paradoxes of the Flattened-Out Cavity, Dio Horia, Mykonos
2012 Selma Parlour, MOT International, London
Group Exhibitions
2024 Unreal City: Abstract Painting in London, Saatchi Gallery, London
  Gesture and Form: Women in Abstraction, Almine Rech, New York
  Beyond Form, Pi Artworks, London
2023 So close, come on, Badr El Jundi, Madrid
  Feeling of Light, Almine Rech, Brussels
2022 Climbing the Underside of the Ladder, Durden & Ray, Los Angeles
  Ode to Orlando, Marcelle Joseph Projects, Pi Artworks, London
2021 Intersections, Pi Artworks, London
  Superfice, Coleman Projects, London
  The Long Echo, Terrace Gallery, London
2020 By Way of Laughter and Trembling, Durden & Ray, Los Angeles
  Notions of Female Leadership, Dio Horia, Athens
  Perfectionism IV: A Trick of The Eye, OPENART Advisory (online)
  Take Your Conscience to the Pawnshop, Terrace Gallery, London
2019 Women Imprinted, The h Club Gallery, London
  The Inhuman /difficult transition/, Thames-Side Studios Gallery, London
2018 Harder Edge, The h Club Gallery & The Saatchi Gallery, London
  Not Dream of Islands, Palfrey Space, London
  Destroyed by Shadows, The Cornerstone Gallery, Liverpool Hope University, Liverpool
  The Performativity of Painting, Stephen Lawrence Gallery, University of Greenwich, London
2017 Beneath the Colour, The Saatchi Gallery at the Hyatt Regency, London
  The Summer Exhibition, The Royal Academy of Arts, London
  Make a Mark, ArthouSE1, London
  Nine Painters, Syson Gallery, Nottingham
2016 John Moores Painting Prize, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
  Kaleidoscope, Fold Gallery, London
  The Marmite Prize for Painting V, Block 336, London & Highlanes Gallery, Drogheda, Ireland
  Pool, Griffin Gallery, London
2015 The Shapes We're In, Bread & Jam, London
  Dio Horia in Mykonos, Dio Horia, Mykonos
  En Plein Air, pop-up exhibition, Mecklenburgh Square, London
  The Shape of Things, The Dot Project, London
  Autocatalytic Future Games, No Format, London
2014 100 Painters of Tomorrow, One Art Space, New York, NY
2012 A Sense of Adventure, pop-up exhibition, Pullman Hotel, London
  Creative Cities Collection Exhibition, The Barbican, London
  Selma Parlour & Yelena Popova, Horton Gallery, New York, NY
  Double Vision, Lion & Lamb Gallery, London
  270112 Abstractions, Laure Genillard Gallery, London
  Parallel Universe, Charlie Dutton Gallery, London
2011 Bloomberg New Contemporaries, S1 Artspace, Sheffield & ICA, London
  Salon Art Prize, Matt Roberts Arts, London
  Mysteries, Beers.Lambert Contemporary Art, London
   
Awards  
2023 Abbey Fellowship in Painting, the British School at Rome
2020 Arts Council England Creative Development Award
2018

The Mark Rothko Memorial Trust Artist-in-Residence Award

2017 The Sunny Dupree Family Award for a Woman Artist, The Summer Exhibition, The Royal Academy of Arts, London
2016 Prizewinner, John Moores Painting Prize
2015 Artist-in-Residence, Dio Horia, Mykonos
2014 Runner-up Award, Arts Foundation Fellowship in Painting
  100 Painters of Tomorrow, Thames & Hudson, London
2012 Research Support Award, Goldsmiths, University of London
2011

New Contemporaries, ICA, London

   
Talks & Teaching  
2023 Minimal Art as Language, in conversation with Maud de la Forterie, Almine Rech, Paris
2018 - 2020 Associate Lecturer in Art, Wimbledon College of Arts, University of the Arts London
2020 Contemporary Painting: Perspectives of Now, panel discussion, University of the West of England, Bristol
  In conversation with Mark Sheerin, Pi Artworks, London
2019 Artist talk, Otis College of Art & Design, Los Angeles
2018 Now That's What I Call Painting, with Jin Han Lee, Wimbledon College of Arts, University of the Arts London
  Artist talk, The 10th International Conference, The Mark Rothko Art Centre, Daugavpils, Latvia
  Artist talk & visiting tutor, Turps Art School, London
  Artist talk & visiting tutor, University of the West of England, Bristol
  The Performativity of Painting, group discussion, Stephen Lawrence Gallery, University of Greenwich, London
  Changing Places: Transposition & Painting, symposium presentation, Fabrication Research Group, University of Worcester
  In conversation with Sacha Craddock, Pi Artworks, London
  Artist talk & visiting tutor, School of Design, Leeds University
  Visiting tutor, The RA Schools, The Royal Academy of Arts, London
2017 Visiting tutor, Wimbledon College of Arts, University of the Arts London
  Sophie Mackfall, Sid Motion & Selma Parlour, panel discussion, PIY PaintLounge, Sluice Biennial, London
  Abstract Trompe L'Oeil, in conversation with Marcelle Joseph, House of St Barnabas, London
  Artist talk & visiting tutor, Camberwell College of Arts, University of the Arts London
  Artist talk & visiting tutor, Arts University Bournemouth
2016 Artist talk & visiting tutor, Wimbledon College of Arts, University of the Arts London
  Artist talk, De Montfort University, Leicester
  Abstract Expressionism & its Legacy for a New Generation, panel discussion, The Royal Academy of Arts, London
2014 Alice Browne & Selma Parlour, Artist talk, PaintUnion, Griffin Gallery, London
2013 Composition, symposium presentation, MOT International, London & Goldsmiths, University of London
2009 What Theory?, symposium presentation, Goldsmiths, University of London
  Painting, symposium presentation, Goldsmiths, University of London
 
 

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