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| b. 1976, Johannesburg, South Africa, London-based |
| Awards |
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| 2020 | Arts Council England Creative Development Award (won prior to the pandemic, project postponed) | |
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| 2018 | The Mark Rothko Memorial Trust Award |
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| 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 | |
| 2014 | Runner-up Award, Arts Foundation Fellowship in Painting | |
| 100 Painters of Tomorrow, international competition and publication, Thames & Hudson, London | ||
| 2012 | Research Support Award, Goldsmiths, University of London | |
| 2011 | New Contemporaries, ICA, London |
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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 | ||
| 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, site-specific installation, Marcelle Joseph Projects, House of St Barnabas, London | |
| 2015 | Paradoxes of the Flattened-Out Cavity, Dio Horia, Island of Mykonos, Greece | |
| 2012 | Selma Parlour, MOT International, London |
| Selected Group Exhibitions |
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| 2020 | By Way of Laughter and Trembling, Durden & Ray, Los Angeles | |
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| 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, Island of Mykonos, Greece | ||
| 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 |
| Residencies |
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| 2019 | Otis College of Art & Design, Los Angeles | |
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| Eastside International, Los Angeles | ||
| 2018 | The Mark Rothko Art Centre, Daugavpils Fortress, Latvia |
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| 2015 | Dio Horia, Island of Mykonos and Athens (invited & return visit for solo exhibition) |
| Artist Talks & Guest Lecturing |
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| Contemporary Painting: Perspectives of Now, panel discussion, University of the West of England, Bristol, 16th January 2020 |
| In conversation with Mark Sheerin, Pi Artworks, London, 11th January 2020 |
| Artist talk, Otis College of Art & Design, Los Angeles, 17th June 2019 |
| Now That's What I Call Painting, with Jin Han Lee, Wimbledon College of Arts, University of the Arts London, 15th October 2018 |
| Artist talk, The 10th International Conference, The Mark Rothko Art Centre, Daugavpils, Latvia, 5-6th July 2018 |
| Artist talk & visiting tutor, Turps Art School, Turps Banana, London, 4th June 2018 |
| Artist talk & visiting tutor, University of the West of England, Bristol, 14th March 2018 |
| The Performativity of Painting, group discussion, Stephen Lawrence Gallery, University of Greenwich, London, 10th February 2018 |
| Changing Places: Transposition & Painting, symposium presentation, Fabrication Research Group, University of Worcester, 6th February 2018 |
| In conversation with Sacha Craddock, Pi Artworks, London, 1st February 2018 |
| Artist talk & visiting tutor, School of Design, Leeds University, 31st January 2018 |
| Visiting tutor, The RA Schools, The Royal Academy of Arts, London, 18th January 2018 |
| Visiting tutor, Wimbledon College of Arts, University of the Arts London, 6th December 2017 |
| Sophie Mackfall, Sid Motion & Selma Parlour, panel discussion, PIY PaintLounge, Sluice Biennial, London, 1st October 2017 |
| Abstract Trompe L'Oeil, in conversation with Marcelle Joseph, House of St Barnabas, London, 24th April 2017 |
| Artist talk & visiting tutor, Camberwell College of Arts, University of the Arts London, 14th March 2017 |
| Artist talk & visiting tutor, Arts University Bournemouth, 2nd February 2017 |
| Artist talk & visiting tutor, Wimbledon College of Arts, University of the Arts London, 24th November 2016 |
| Artist talk, De Montfort University, Leicester, 9th November 2016 |
| Abstract Expressionism & its Legacy for a New Generation, panel discussion, The Royal Academy of Arts, London, 5th November 2016 |
| Alice Browne & Selma Parlour, Artist talk, PaintUnion, Griffin Gallery, London, 24th June 2014 |
| Composition, symposium presentation, MOT International & Goldsmiths, University of London, 28th-30th January 2013 |
| What Theory?, symposium presentation (Interlocutor: Marina Vranopoulou), Goldsmiths, University of London, 26th-28th October 2009 |
| Painting, symposium presentation, Goldsmiths, University of London, 16th-17th March 2009 |
| Teaching & Research |
| Associate Lecturer in Art, University of the Arts London (appointed February 2018) |
| Depicting Limits: Syntax, Abstraction & Space in Contemporary Painting, 2014, doctoral research, Goldsmiths Research Online |
| Interviews & Virtual Tours |
| Selma Parlour, narrated exhibition tour, Pi Artworks Istanbul, Vimeo, November 2020 |
| Too Late for Late Modernism, interview with John Bunker, Instantloveland, May 2018 |
| John Moores Painting Prize: Celebrating 60 years, short film, National Museums Liverpool, April 2018 |
| Horton Gallery - Selma Parlour & Yelena Popova, ODelle Abney, exhibition tour, NYC Gallery Openings, You Tube, June 2012 |
| Miscellaneous |
| Cure3, supporting the Cure Parkinson's Trust, curated by Artwise, Bonhams, London, September 2020 |
| Another World, women artists supporting women charities, conceived & curated by Tracey Emin, Frieze London 2018 |
| Make a Mark, photography publication on women painters by Barry Bliss, New Troy, July 2017 |
| ArtPlatform, supporting the Alzheimer's Society, 2016 |
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