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| Education | ||
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| 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 | ||
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| 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 |
| Solo Fairs | ||
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| 2025 | Armory (with Pi Artworks, London), New York | |
| 2024 | NADA (with Dio Horia, Athens), Miami | |
| 2018 | ArcoLisboa (with Pi Artworks, London), Lisbon |
| Group Exhibitions |
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| 2025 | Crossing Lines, Pi Artworks, Istanbul | |
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| Special Relationships, Torrance Art Museum, Los Angeles | ||
| 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 | ||
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| 2025 | Artist Residency, Vermont Studio Center | |
| 2023 | Abbey Fellowship in Painting (& the Jules de Goede Award), the British School at Rome | |
| 2020 | Arts Council England Creative Development Award | |
| 2019 | Artist Residency, Otis Cllege of Art & Design, Los Angeles | |
| Artist Residency, Eastside International, Los Angeles | ||
| 2018 | The Mark Rothko Memorial Trust Artist-in-Residence 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 | |
| 2015 | Artist Residency, 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 | ||
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| 2025 | On Jonathan Lasker: Selma Parlour in conversation with Katrina Blannin, John Chilver and Danny Rolph, inside the exhibition Jonathan Lasker: Pictures for Happy Existentialists, Timothy Taylor Gallery, London | |
| Artist talk, School of Art & Design, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham | ||
| 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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