Paul Pollock

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Paul Pollock (born September 11, 1949 in Narooma , Australia ) is an Australian painter.

Life

At the age of 19, Pollock began studying art history, philosophy, psychology and geography at the University of Sydney . In 1972 he moved to Europe. From 1974 to 1978 he studied with Beppe Assenza at the painting school of the Goetheanum in Dornach , Switzerland . He then worked as an art teacher at the Rudolf Steiner School in Basel .

In 1981 he founded his painting school in Freiburg , which he has been leading ever since. He led art seminars in Israel (1988) and founded the Artistic-Social Pedagogical Initiative (KSPI) in Tbilisi , Georgia (1990). In 1995 he was given a teaching position at the Hamburg University of Applied Sciences on the subject of color and space . Further teaching positions followed: Alanus University of Art and Society , Bonn (2000–2003), Edith Maryon Art School, in Freiburg (2004). In the mid-1990s, he taught art and art history at various Waldorf schools in the Freiburg area. Paul Pollock has also taught in various seminars in São Paulo , Brazil ; in Mallorca , Spain ; as well as in Switzerland , France , and Portugal .

In addition to his artistic activity, Paul Pollock teaches in his studio in ongoing courses and gives numerous thematically related seminars and workshops in various locations in Europe.

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Paul Pollock mainly paints with tempera , but also with watercolors on fabric and paper. He describes himself in his painting process as an 'explorer'. Traveling, in the sense of his exploration of color, for him does not mean passive enjoyment, indulging in color, but active exploration, as well as getting to know and recognize what is new to him on this journey.

The spatiality of a picture thus comprises different levels of work and experience, which are shaped by both external impressions and internal observations. His pictures are created in a process of exchange between the inside (of the painter) and the outside of his environment.

Exhibitions (selection)

  • Wuppertal, 1981
  • Freiburg, 1982, 1986, 2002, 2006, 2010
  • Amsterdam, 1982
  • Basel, 1983
  • Stuttgart, 1985, 2004
  • Heidelberg, 1989
  • Tbilisi, 1990
  • Colmar, 1995
  • Winterthur, 1998
  • Sao Paulo, 2002
  • Hamburg, 2002, 2007

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personal data
SURNAME Pollock, Paul
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Australian painter
DATE OF BIRTH September 11, 1949
PLACE OF BIRTH Narooma , Australia