Paul Bai
Born in Tianjin, north-eastern China, Paul Bai arrived in Australia in 1988 and obtained a Doctor of Philosophy (Visual Art) at Griffith University Queensland College of Art in 2015.
Paul works in various media including painting, sculpture, video, collage and photography. Throughout his practice, the artist poses a consistent interest in the notion of space. By adopting the tradition of conceptual art, he re-instigates the topic of ‘content and context’ by displaying the ambiguous nature of spatiality that can be regarded as conceptual, physical, and experiential.
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Paul has exhibited with OCAT– OCT Contemporary Art Terminal Shanghai, Guangdong Museum of Art, Singapore Art Museum, Australian Centre for Contemporary Art (ACCA), University of Queensland Art Museum, Monash University Museum of Art, Queensland Art Gallery| Gallery of Modern Art, Gallery 4A, Institute of Modern Art, Griffith University Art Museum, and Museum of Brisbane.
Paul Bai, Study of Horizon No.4, 2021
Japanese ink on watercolour paper
28 cm x 20.8 cm
Courtesy of the artist and Australian Fine Arts
Paul Bai, Spatial Construction No.1 (working title), 2022
Acrylic on canvas and wood
66 cm x 68.5 cm
Courtesy of the artist and Australian Fine Arts
Paul Bai, Untitled Study for line, form, inter-zone, night sky and other in-between moments (No.3), 2017
Japanese ink on watercolour paper
20.8 cm x 28 cm
Courtesy of the artist and Australian Fine Arts
Paul Bai, Sunrise and Sunset in the Landscape No.7, 2019
Watercolour on paper
9.2 cm x 27.9 cm
Courtesy of the artist and Australian Fine Arts
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