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Selected Exhibitions

* PlanËte Parr, Jeu De Paume, Paris 2009

* Ulsan International Photo Festival - South Korea 2009

* Conflicting Account - Highlanes Gallery, Drogheda, Ireland 2009

* Then & Now: Evolving Art Practices, Lewis Glucksman Gallery, Cork

* British Council Collection at the Whitechapel Gallery, London 2009

* The Troubles, Art and the Archive in Northern Ireland, OBG Belfast 09

* The Sublime Image of Destruction Brighton Biennale - De La Warr Pavilion. With: Adam Broomberg and Simon Norfolk 2009

* Anxious Landscapes: Paul Seawright 1988-2008 GTG Belfast 2009

* Conflicting Account ≠ Paul Seawright New Works MCAC, N.Ireland 2009

* Field Notes: FotoMuseum Antwerp exhibition at Soltice Art Centre Navan 2009

* 10,000 to 50: Contemporary Art from the Members of Business to Arts Irish Museum of Modern Art 08

* Etudes Irlandaises Sala Kubo-Kutxa San Sebastian Co-curated by the Irish Museum of Modern art

* Atlante Italiano 007 June 2008 L'Ospitale Museum, Reggio Emilia. Exhibition at the Third edition of Fotografia Europea, Reggio Emilia Italy.

* Different Dimension  The 2nd Novosibirsk International Festival of Contemporary Photography: Novosibirsk State Art Gallery Russia and Metenkov Photographic Museum Ekaterinburg Russia 08.

* Atlante 007: MAXXI Rome, with Massimo Vitali, John Davies, Walter Neidermeyer et al 2007

* How We Are: Photographing Britain, Tate Britain, London 2007

* Field Notes, National Media Museum, Bradford 2007

* Invisible Cities, Ffotogallery, Cardiff 2007

* Invisible Cities, Sies + Hoke Gallery, Dusselldorf, 2006

* Naughton Gallery, Queens University Belfast 2006

* Invisible Cities, Kerlin Gallery Dublin 2006

* Foto Museum Antwerp ≠ Field Notes, 2005

* Seoul Photo Triennale, The Seoul Museum of Art, Korea, 2005

* Kerlin Gallery, Dublin, Invisible Cities, 2005

* Blue Sky Portland - Hidden, 2005

* Motor City ≠ Museum der Bildenden Kunste, Leipzig, 2005

* The Wonderful Fund Collection - Le Musee de Marrakech, Morocco, 2005

* Four Now ≠ Lewis Gluksman Gallery, University of Cork, Ireland, 2005

* Centre de la Photographique Ile de France, Paris,2004

* Hidden Sies-Hoke Dusseldorf, 2004

* National Centre of Photography Thessiloniki Greece (Photosynkria), 2004

* Hidden, Rena Bransten San Francisco, 2004

* Further, Glynn Vivian Swansea, 2004

* Further, National Museum of Wales, Cardiff, 2004

* Further, Wales at The 50th Venice Bienalle, 2003

* Hidden, Irish Museum of Modern Art, 2003[7]

* L'Espace Vox, Mois de la Photo Montreal, 2003

* Le Printemps de Septembre, Toulouse, 2003

* Imperial War Museum, London, 2003

* Chapter, Cardiff, 2003

* Oriel Mostyn, Llandudno, 2003

* Aberystwyth Arts Centre and Gallery, 2003

* MKG, Milton Keynes Gallery, 2003

* Re-Imagining Ireland: Irish Art Today, University of Virginia Art Museum, 2003

* Recherche: Galerie du Jour Agnes b, Paris, 2003

* The Unblinking Eye, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, 2002

* GewaltBilder - Gewalt in der Gegenwartskunst Museum Bellerive, Zurich, 2002

* The Gap Show - Critical Art from Great Britain Museum am Ostwall, Dortmund Germany

* Foundation Marangoni, Florence Italy, 2002

* Inside Open - Napoli, Italy, 2002

* Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin, 2001

* Hasselblad Centre, Kunst Museum, Gothenburg, Sweden, 2001

* Angles Gallery, LA International Bienalle, 2001

* Galerie du Jour, Agnes b Paris, 2001

* Irish Art Now: From the Poetic to the Political Chicago Cultural Centre, Irish Museum of Modern Art, 2001

* New Directions, Winston Wachter Fine Art, Seattle, with Candida Hofer, Vik Muniz and Shirin Neshat, 2001

* A470 Oriel Mostyn Gallery, Llandudno, Wales and Chapter, Cardiff, 2001

* Werner Mantz Prize, Centrum Beeldende Kunst, Maastricht, Netherlands, 2001

* Depicting Absence/Implying Presence San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art California, inc James Casebere, Sophie Calle, Candida Hofer,

* On the Margins, Barbara Krakow Gallery Boston, with Michael Ashkin & Jan Henle.

* 50 Years of Irish Art, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, 2001

* Museum of Contemporary Art Zagreb, 2000

* Grieder Von Puttkamer, Berlin, 2000

* Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago, 2000

* Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, 2000

* Bonakdar Jancou Gallery, New York, 2000

* Photo.doc, Forum Box, Helsinki, Finland, 2000

* Maureen Paley/Interim Art, London, 2000

* Centro de Fotografia, University of Salamanca, Spain, 2000

* Auto Werke, Deichtorhallen - Hamburg. Group show with Gillian Wearing, Wolfgang Tillmans, Sharon Lockhart, Thomas Struth, 2000

* British Art Show 5; (Travelling show) Venues include: Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh; Southampton City Art Gallery ; Ffotogallery Cardiff, Ikon Birmingham, 2000

* 0044, Ormeau Baths Gallery , Belfast and Crawford, Municipal Art Gallery, Cork

* Irish Art Now: From the Poetic to the Political, McMullen Museum of Art, Boston College; Art Gallery of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada; Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, 2000/01

* Foto Biennale, Netherlands Foto Institute, Rotterdam, 2000

* Lautlose Gegenwart, Bielefelder Kunstverein, 2000

* 0044, PS1, New York, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, 1999

* Engaging Tradition, Hotbath Gallery, Bath, 1999

* Surveying The Landscape, Lombard/Freid Fine Arts, New York, 1999

* Fragments of Document & Memory, Tokyo Photo Bienalle, Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, 1999

* Contemporary Art, Ormeau Baths Gallery, Belfast, 1999

* Concern for the Document, Vox, Le Mois de la Photo, Montreal, Canada, 1999

* Silent Presence, Staatliche Kunsthalle, Baden-BadenGermany

* Contemporary Art, Arts Council of Ireland Collection, Limerick City Art Gallery

* Under Exposed, Public Art Project, Stockholm.

* Revealing Views; Images from Ireland, Royal Festival Hall, London, 1999

* Declinations of Boundaries, Two Person Show, Galerie Lichtblick, Cologne, 1999

* Kerlin Gallery, Dublin, 1998

* Angles Gallery, Santa Monica, 1998

* Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago, 1998

* Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, 1998

* Galerie du Jour/Agnes b, Paris, 1998

* Troubled, Photography and Video from Northern Ireland, The Light Factory, and Contemporary Art Museum, Raleigh, North Carolina, 1998

* Europe in Decay, 3 Person at Light Hall, Kuopio and Helsinki Cathedral, 1998

* Sightings - New Photographic Art, ICA, London, 1998

* Le Printemps, Cahor, France - Two Person Exhibition with Martin Parr.

* Photos Leurres, French Institute, Prague (Nan Goldin, Lewis Baltz, Sophie Ristelheuber), 1998

* Blue Sky Gallery, Portland, Oregon, 1997

* Le Lieu, l'Orient, France, 1997

* FranÁoise Knabe Gallery, Frankfurt,1997

* Lie of the Land touring exhibition - Gallery of Photography, Dublin, Centre Nationale de la Photographie, Paris, Copenhagen, Salamanca, Athens.

* Inside Out, Galerie du Jour/Agnes B. Paris - 3 Person with Richard Billingham & Tom Wood, 19996

* L'Imaginaire Irlandais, Ecole des Beaux Arts, Paris, 1996

* Ceasefire, Wolverhampton Museum and Art Gallery 1995

* Ffotogallery, Cardiff, 1996

* Houston Fotofest, 1996

* Paul Seawright, Inside Information, The Photographers' Gallery, London, 1995

* Paul Seawright, Inside InformationGallery of Photography, Dublin, 1995

* Paul seawright, Sectarian Murder, Cornerhouse, Manchester, 1994

* Blue Sky Gallery, Portland, Oregon, 1993

* The United Nations General Assembly Building, New York, 1993

* Documentary Dilemmas, British Council touring Europe, South America, India, Ireland, 1993/4

* Arts Council Gallery, Belfast,1993

* The Old Museum, Belfast, 1993

* The International Center of Photography, New York, 1992

* Impressions Gallery, York, 1992

* History of the Photographic Image, Rencontres Intls de la Photographie, Arles,1992

* Recent Acquisitions, Ulster Museum, Belfast, 1992

* Through the Lens, Arts Council of Northern Ireland touring exhibition (USA)1992/3

* The Gallery of Photography, Dublin, 1992

* Paul Seawright, The Orange Order, The Photographers' Gallery, London, 1991

* Shocks to the System, Arts Council of Great Britain, Royal Festival Hall, London, Ikon Gallery, Birmingham, 1991

* Gallery Vapauden Aukion, Helsinki, Finland, 1989

* Mikkelin Valokuvakeskus, Mikkeli

Selected Publications

* Invisible Cities,Paul Seawright, Works from Africa, Ffotogallery 2007

* Paul Seawright Field Notes, Fotomuseum Antwerp,2005

* Landscape of War, Centre d'art la Panera Spain, 2004

* Gestes, Le Printemps de Septembre Toulouse, Actes Sud, 2003

* Maintenant: Now, Vincent Levois, Le Mois de la Photo, 2003

* Re-Imagining Ireland: Irish Art Today, University of Virginia Art Museum, J Hartz.

* Further: Artists from Wales at the Venice Bienniale, Merrell, 2003

* Hidden, Paul Seawright, Imperial War museum/ bangorMuseum of Modern Art, 2003

* Profiles: Paul Seawright by Fintan O'Toole, BBC4, 30 minute documentary, 2003

* Afghanistan:Ashes to dust BBC Radio Wales, BBC World Service 30 min documentary, 2002

* The Gap Show - Critical Art from Great Britain, Museum am Ostwall, Dortmund Germany

* The Forest, Paul Seawright, Hasselblad Centre, Museum of Fine Art Gotenberg, Sweden, 2001

* The Map, Paul Seawright, Catalogue/Public Art Project SDCC (22,000 distributed)

* British Art Show 5, Catalogue, 2000

* Paul Seawright, Monograph, Centre of Photography, Salamanca, Spain, 2000

* Tokyo Photo Bienniale Catalogue, Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography 1999

* Irish Art Now, From the Poetic to the Political, Merrell Holberton Publishers,1999

* Constructing Identity, (The Missing)', Netherlands Foto Museum, Rotterdam 1997

* Residential, Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin, 1997

* L'Imaginaire Irlandais, Ecole des Beaux Arts, Paris, 1996

* Inside Information, Paul Seawright, Photographers Gallery, London, 1995

* Nervous Landscapes, Southeast Museum of Photography, Florida, 1994

* Documentary Dilemmas, The British Council, London, 1993

* The Orange Order, Paul Seawright, The Arts Council of Northern Ireland, 1993

* Shocks to the System, The Arts Council of Great Britain, London, 19993

* Valokuvataide Arkitaide, Helsinki, 1989

* Death, Cambridge Darkroom Gallery / Kettles Yard, 1988, Finland, 1989Gallery / Kettles Yard, 1988

 

Collections

* The Art Institute of Chicago.

* San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.

* The Tate, London

* Museum of Contemporary Art, Strasbourg.

* Museum of Contemporary Art, Leipzig.

* Government Art Collection, London.

* Contemporary Art society, London

* The Imperial War Museum, London

* National Museum of Wales, Cardiff

* Portland Art Museum, Oregon

* Waterford RTC

* University of Cork/Glucksman

* Simmons and Simmons, London

* ACC Bank, Dublin

* AIB Collection Dublin

* Deutsche Bank Frankfurt

* Worcester City Art Gallery & Museum

* Vereins-und Westbank, Hamburg

* BMW, Munich

* Collection Agnes b, Paris

* The Art Gallery of Ontario, Canada

* The International Center of Photography, New York

* The Arts Council of Ireland

* The Arts Council of Great Britain

* The Arts Council of Northern Ireland

* The British Council

* Southeast Museum of Photography, Florida

* The Ulster Museum, Belfast

* Royal Hospitals, Belfast

* Crawford Art Gallery, Cork

* The Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin

* Buhl Collection, New York

* Fonds National d'Art Contemporain, Paris