Paul Malcolm is a Narrm based artist living on Wurundjeri Woi Wurung land who works between collage, photography and solvent transfer printing to explore our relationship to the photograph. He uses deconstructed, degraded images to challenge perceptual immediacy and investigate ideas around agency and sovereignty.
Paul has participated in several group exhibitions including graduate shows, Contemporary Art, Richard Searby Studio 2017 and Hons 18, Phoenix Gallery 2018, at Deakin University, Burwood. His work was selected for Video Contemporary, at Carriageworks Sydney for the 2018 Sydney Contemporary Art Fair. He recently exhibited at the MFA Graduate Show, RMIT City Campus 2021 and was a featured artist for Faint Indeterminacy at Bus Projects 2021/22.
As an Intern at Burrinja Cultural Centre, Upwey he worked with the Cultural and Creative Development team to plan and execute the Annual Dandenong Ranges Open Studios event and exhibition in 2018.
His ongoing work as an Arts Technician at St Joseph’s College Ferntree Gully and Mount Scopus Memorial College Burwood fosters a continued relationship with emerging artists in the South East region of Victoria, Australia.
Since completing his Master of Fine Art at RMIT University Melbourne in 2021, Paul has worked with AMaGA (Australian Museum and Galleries Association) on their Bushfire Recovery Project as a Digitisation Officer, helping Regional communities in East Gippsland Victoria digitise and archive historical documents, objects and artworks.
In 2023, Paul commenced a Master of Teaching (Secondary) degree at Deakin University Burwood.