Louise Paramor
Louise Paramor’s playful and exuberant work imbues materials found in our everyday lives with new value. She explores the fundamental principles of modernism including form, colour and scale, with the use of loud saccharine colour defining her aesthetic. Paramor repurposes found objects and industrial materials such as plastic into three-dimensional forms that invite the viewer to contemplate the built environment and mass consumer society.
Born in 1964 in Sydney, Paramor is best known for her sculptures and public art commissions. In 1985, she completed a Bachelor of Fine Arts (in painting) from Curtin University, Perth and in 1988 she completed a Post Graduate Diploma (in sculpture) from the Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne. Paramor was awarded the McClelland sculpture survey & award in 2010 for her work Top shelf, which is now in McClelland’s permanent collection. She has been the recipient of numerous commissions including the permanent public sculptural commission for the Peninsula Link Freeway in Melbourne, where she created the monumental sculptural assemblage, Panorama station, 2012. Paramor’s work is in the collections of the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne; Heide Museum of Modern Art, Bulleen, Victoria; Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth; Monash University Museum of Art, Caulfield, Melbourne; Glen Eira City Council, Caulfield; and Moreland City Council, Coburg.
Imbued with a sense of playfulness and humour, Louise Paramor’s work reinscribes ubiquitous materials found in our everyday lives with new value. Her work explores the fundamental principles of Modernism including form, colour and scale, with the use of loud saccharine colour defining her aesthetic. Paramor repurposes found objects and industrial materials such as plastic into three-dimensional forms that invite the viewer to contemplate the built environment and mass consumer society.
Born in 1964 in Sydney, Melbourne-based artist Louise Paramor is best known for her sculptures and public art commissions. In 1985, she completed a Bachelor of Fine Arts (Painting) from Curtin University, Perth and in 1988 she completed a Post Graduate Diploma (Sculpture) from the Victorian College of the Arts. Paramor was the recipient of the McClelland Survey Award 2010 for her sculpture Top Shelf (2010), which is now a permanent part of the McClelland collection. She has been the recipient of numerous commissions including the permanent public sculptural commission for the Peninsula Link Freeway in Melbourne, where she created the monumental sculptural assemblage, Panorama Station 2012. Paramor’s work has been collected by the National Gallery of Victoria, Heide Museum of Modern Art, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Monash University Museum of Art, Glen Eira City Council and Moreland City council, among others. She regularly exhibits nationally and internationally.
