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[[File:Afghan5.jpg|thumb|200px|Seawright's ''Valley'', taken in [[Afghanistan]] in 2002.]]
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'''Paul Seawright''' (born 1965) is a Northern Irish artist. Seawright is the professor of photography and the Executive Dean of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences at [[Belfast College of Art|Belfast School of Art]] at [[Ulster University]] in [[Belfast]].<ref name="ulster-uni">{{Cite web|title = Professor Paul Seawright: Executive Dean | url = https://www.ulster.ac.uk/staff/p-seawright| publisher = [[Ulster University]] | accessdate = 2017-06-13}}</ref> He lives in his birthplace of Belfast.
'''Paul Seawright''' {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100%|OBE}} (born 1965) is a Northern Irish artist. He is the professor of photography and the Deputy Vice Chancellor <ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.ulster.ac.uk/staff/p-seawright | title=Paul Seawright | date=21 November 2021 }}</ref> (previously Executive Dean of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences at [[Belfast School of Art]]) at [[Ulster University]] in Belfast/Derry/Coleraine.<ref name="ulster-uni">{{Cite web|title = Professor Paul Seawright: Executive Dean | url = https://www.ulster.ac.uk/staff/p-seawright| publisher = [[Ulster University]] | accessdate = 13 June 2017}}</ref> Seawright lives in his birthplace of Belfast.


==Life and work==
==Life and work==
Seawright gained an art foundation at [[Ulster University]], Belfast; a BA (Hons) in Photography, Film and Video from [[Surrey Institute of Art & Design, University College|West Surrey College of Art and Design]], where his tutors included [[Paul Graham (photographer)|Paul Graham]] and [[Martin Parr]]; and a PhD from the [[University of Wales]].
Seawright gained an art foundation at [[Ulster University]], [[Belfast]]; a BA (Hons) in Photography, Film and Video from [[Surrey Institute of Art & Design, University College|West Surrey College of Art and Design]], where his tutors included [[Paul Graham (photographer)|Paul Graham]] and [[Martin Parr]]; and a PhD from the [[University of Wales]].


He is best known for his early work from his home city of Belfast, particularly the series ''Sectarian Murder, 1988''.<ref>[http://collection.britishcouncil.org/html/work/work.aspx?a=1&id=39511&section=/theme/] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081007104534/http://collection.britishcouncil.org/html/work/work.aspx?a=1&id=39511&section=%2Ftheme%2F |date=7 October 2008 }}</ref> In this series, he photographed the sites of sectarian murders around Belfast, and paired the images with newspaper reports from the period. By removing reference to the victim's religion, he depoliticised the violence, focusing on the extensive civilian losses in the Northern Irish "[[The Troubles|troubles]]" (more than two thirds of deaths between 1969 and the ceasefires of 1994 were civilian). He was also the first editor of the Belfast-based photography magazine ''[[Source (photography magazine)|Source]]''.
He is best known for his early work from his home city of Belfast, particularly the series ''Sectarian Murder, 1988''.<ref>[http://collection.britishcouncil.org/html/work/work.aspx?a=1&id=39511&section=/theme/] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081007104534/http://collection.britishcouncil.org/html/work/work.aspx?a=1&id=39511&section=%2Ftheme%2F |date=7 October 2008 }}</ref> In this series, he photographed the sites of sectarian murders around Belfast, and paired the images with newspaper reports from the period. By removing reference to the victim's religion, he depoliticised the violence, focusing on the extensive civilian losses in the Northern Irish "[[The Troubles|troubles]]" (more than two thirds of deaths between 1969 and the ceasefires of 1994 were civilian). He was also the first editor of the Belfast-based photography magazine ''[[Source (photography magazine)|Source]]''.


More recently, he has made photographs in post-war [[Afghanistan]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ffotogallery.org/paul-seawright-%E2%80%93-hidden|title=Paul Seawright – Hidden - Ffotogallery|publisher=Ffotogallery.org|accessdate=16 February 2015}}</ref> urban [[Africa]] (''Invisible Cities'')<ref group="n">''Invisible Cities'' is [http://www.paulseawright.info/invisible.html here]{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} in Seawright's website</ref> and America.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Paul Seawright. The List|url = http://wsimag.com/art/12841-paul-seawright-the-list|website = Wall Street International|accessdate = 2015-10-13}}</ref> In 2002, he travelled to Afghanistan, having been commissioned by the [[Imperial War Museum]], [[London]], to respond to the [[September 11 attacks]] and the subsequent war against the [[Taliban]]. His photographs of minefields and battle sites have been exhibited internationally and are in numerous public collections.
More recently, he has made photographs in post-war [[Afghanistan]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ffotogallery.org/paul-seawright-%E2%80%93-hidden|title=Paul Seawright – Hidden - Ffotogallery|publisher=Ffotogallery.org|accessdate=16 February 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150216133359/http://www.ffotogallery.org/paul-seawright-%E2%80%93-hidden|archive-date=16 February 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> urban [[Africa]] (''Invisible Cities'')<ref group="n">''Invisible Cities'' is [https://web.archive.org/web/20090731120828/http://www.paulseawright.info/invisible.html here] in Seawright's website</ref> and America.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Paul Seawright. The List|url = http://wsimag.com/art/12841-paul-seawright-the-list|website = Wall Street International|date = 20 January 2015|accessdate = 13 October 2015}}</ref> In 2002, he travelled to Afghanistan, having been commissioned by the [[Imperial War Museum]], [[London]], to respond to the [[September 11 attacks]] and the subsequent war against the [[Taliban]]. His photographs of minefields and battle sites have been exhibited internationally and are in numerous public collections. His Afghanistan work is included in the Imperial War Museums extensive exhibition of art and conflict, Visions of War: Art of the Imperial War Museums, which opened in November 2023. <ref>Visions of War: Art of the Imperial War Museums
</ref>


In 2005, the [[Fotomuseum Antwerp]] exhibited a major survey exhibition of his work with accompanying catalogue ''Field Notes.''<ref group="n">''Field Notes'' is [http://www.paulseawright.com/publications.html/ here] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060504194906/http://www.paulseawright.com/publications.html |date=4 May 2006 }} in Seawright's website.</ref>
In 2005, the [[Fotomuseum Antwerp]] exhibited a major survey exhibition of his work with accompanying catalogue ''Field Notes.''<ref group="n">''Field Notes'' is [http://www.paulseawright.com/publications.html/ here] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060504194906/http://www.paulseawright.com/publications.html |date=4 May 2006 }} in Seawright's website.</ref>


Seawright was Dean of [[Newport School of Art, Media and Design]] at the [[University of Wales, Newport]].<ref name="ulster-uni" /> Later he was, and remains (in 2017), professor of photography at [[Belfast College of Art|Belfast School of Art]] at Ulster University in Belfast.<ref name="ulster-uni" /> From 2012 he was head of Belfast School of Art<ref name="ulster-uni" /> and is currently Executive Dean of Arts Humanities and Social Sciences.<ref name="ulster-uni" /> He served as a Council member of the [[Arts Council of Northern Ireland]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.artscouncil-ni.org/governance/the_council.htm|title=Arts Council of Northern Ireland|publisher=Artscouncil-ni.org|accessdate=16 February 2015}}</ref><ref name="arts-council-new-chair">http://www.artscouncil-ni.org/news/new-chair-announced-for-arts-council-as-sector-faces-toughest-challenges-ye</ref> and Vice President of the Royal Ulster Academy of Arts.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.royalulsteracademy.org/the-academy/members|title=Members - Royal Ulster Academy|website=www.royalulsteracademy.org}}</ref><ref>http://www.artscouncil-ni.org/news/signed-tour-of-the-royal-ulster-academys-annual-exhibition</ref>
Seawright was Dean of [[Newport School of Art, Media and Design]] at the [[University of Wales, Newport]].<ref name="ulster-uni" /> Later he was, and remains (in 2021), professor of photography at [[Belfast College of Art|Belfast School of Art]] at Ulster University in Belfast.<ref name="ulster-uni" /> From 2012 he was head of Belfast School of Art<ref name="ulster-uni" /> and from 2016 Executive Dean of Arts Humanities and Social Sciences.<ref name="ulster-uni" /> He was appointed Deputy Vice Chancellor of Ulster University in 2021.He served as a Council member of the [[Arts Council of Northern Ireland]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.artscouncil-ni.org/governance/the_council.htm|title=Arts Council of Northern Ireland|publisher=Artscouncil-ni.org|accessdate=16 February 2015}}</ref><ref name="arts-council-new-chair">[http://www.artscouncil-ni.org/news/new-chair-announced-for-arts-council-as-sector-faces-toughest-challenges-ye New Chair announced for Arts Council as sector faces toughest challenges yet. | Arts Council of Northern Ireland<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> and Vice President of the Royal Ulster Academy of Arts.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.royalulsteracademy.org/the-academy/members|title=Members - Royal Ulster Academy|website=www.royalulsteracademy.org}}</ref><ref>[http://www.artscouncil-ni.org/news/signed-tour-of-the-royal-ulster-academys-annual-exhibition Royal Ulster Academy host signed tour | Arts Council of Northern Ireland<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>


Seawright was appointed [[Officer of the Order of the British Empire]] (OBE) in the [[2020 Birthday Honours]] for services to higher education and the arts.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=63135|supp=y|page=B14|date=10 October 2020}}</ref>
==Publications==

=== Exhibitions ===
* ''Hidden,'' Irish Museum of Modern Art, 2003<ref>{{cite web|title=Paul Seawright at the Irish Museum of Modern Art|url=http://www.imma.ie/en/page_19488.htm|publisher=Imma.ie|accessdate=16 February 2015}}</ref>
* ''Further,'' Wales at The 50th Venice Bienalle, 2003<ref>[http://www.wai.org.uk/index.cfm?UUID=7F8C82C0-0F12-42A0-9A237DC2304528F9] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070810214324/http://www.wai.org.uk/index.cfm?UUID=7F8C82C0-0F12-42A0-9A237DC2304528F9|date=10 August 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|date=15 December 2005|title=Wales at the 50th Venice Biennale of Art 2003|url=http://www.walesvenicebiennale.org/site/paul_seawright.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051215072012/http://www.walesvenicebiennale.org/site/paul_seawright.html|archive-date=15 December 2005|accessdate=17 April 2020}}</ref>
* Naughton Gallery, Queens University Belfast 2006<ref>[http://www.naughtongallery.org/naughtongallery.php?page=58&exhibition=45&PHPSESSID=4390b194cf334200775c5c9676036b61] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930072639/http://www.naughtongallery.org/naughtongallery.php?page=58&exhibition=45&PHPSESSID=4390b194cf334200775c5c9676036b61|date=30 September 2007}}</ref>
* ''Field Notes,'' National Media Museum, Bradford 2007<ref>{{Cite web|title=Paul Seawright: Field Notes|url=https://www.scienceandmediamuseum.org.uk/what-was-on/paul-seawright-field-notes|url-status=dead|website=National Science and Media Museum|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928083958/http://www.nationalmediamuseum.org.uk/exhibition/PaulSeawright/index.asp|archivedate=28 September 2007}}</ref>
* ''How We Are: Photographing Britain,'' Tate Britain, London 2007<ref>[http://213.121.208.204/britain/exhibitions/howweare/] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120207065604/http://213.121.208.204/britain/exhibitions/howweare/|date=7 February 2012}}</ref>

=== Awards ===
*1997: [[Irish Museum of Modern Art]] Glen Dimplex Art Prize<ref>{{cite web|date=13 March 2005|title=Irish Museum of Modern Art: Wall of Myths at the Irish Museum of Modern Art|url=http://www.modernart.ie/en/page_19243.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050313184217/http://www.modernart.ie/en/page_19243.htm|archive-date=13 March 2005|accessdate=17 April 2020}}</ref>
*2001: Personal chair by the University of Wales.<ref name="arts-council-new-chair" />

===Collections===
* The [[Tate]], London.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Paul Seawright born 1965|url=https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/paul-seawright-9835|website=Tate}}</ref>
* [[International Center of Photography]] New York,<ref>{{Cite web|date=2 March 2016|title=Paul Seawright|url=https://www.icp.org/browse/archive/constituents/paul-seawright|website=International Center of Photography}}</ref>
* [[San Francisco Museum of Modern Art]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Paul Seawright, Untitled (Sandwich), 1997 · SFMOMA|url=https://www.sfmoma.org/artwork/99.621/|website=www.sfmoma.org}}</ref>
* [[British Council]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Paul Seawright &#124; Artists &#124; Collection &#124; British Council − Visual Arts|url=http://visualarts.britishcouncil.org/collection/artists/seawright-paul-1965|website=visualarts.britishcouncil.org}}</ref>
* Arts Council of Ireland Collection <ref>{{Cite web|title=Arts Council Collection &#124; Seawright, Paul|url=http://artscouncil.emuseum.com/view/people/asitem/1972/Seawright,+Paul?pos=4&searchKey=S&t:state:flow=14319949-7fcf-4d82-8238-52bb93b0995e|website=artscouncil.emuseum.com}}</ref>
* [[Art Institute of Chicago]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Paul Seawright|url=https://www.artic.edu/artists/86229/paul-seawright|website=The Art Institute of Chicago|date=1965 }}</ref>
* [[UK Government Art Collection]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Untitled (Woman and Child)|url=https://artcollection.culture.gov.uk/artwork/18065/|website=Government Art Collection}}</ref>

== Publications ==
===Publications by Seawright===
===Publications by Seawright===
* ''Death: Selected by Dawn Ades et al.'' {{ISBN|0907074332}}. Cambridge Darkroom Gallery / Kettles Yard Gallery, 1988.
* ''Death: Selected by Dawn Ades et al.'' {{ISBN|0907074332}}. Cambridge Darkroom Gallery / Kettles Yard Gallery, 1988.
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* ''Field Notes.'' Antwerp: [[Fotomuseum Antwerp]], 2005.
* ''Field Notes.'' Antwerp: [[Fotomuseum Antwerp]], 2005.
* ''Invisible Cities.'' Cardiff: [[Ffotogallery]], 2007. {{ISBN|978-1872771694}}. Edited by Christopher Coppock, essay by John Reader and an interview with the artist by Russell Roberts. Edition of 1000 copies.
* ''Invisible Cities.'' Cardiff: [[Ffotogallery]], 2007. {{ISBN|978-1872771694}}. Edited by Christopher Coppock, essay by John Reader and an interview with the artist by Russell Roberts. Edition of 1000 copies.
* ''Volunteer.'' Artist Photo Books, 2013. {{ISBN|978-0992748517}}. Edition of 850 copies.
* ''Volunteer.'' Artist Photo Books, 2013. {{ISBN|978-0992748517}}.
*''Things Left Unsaid.'' Artist Photo Books, 2014. {{ISBN|978-0992748548}}.
*''Things Left Unsaid.'' Artist Photo Books, 2014. {{ISBN|978-0992748548}}.
*''Beasts of Burden''. Cologne: Strzelecki, 2021. {{ISBN|978-3-946770-78-7}}. Edited by Thomas Niemeyer. 72 pages, 32 coloured illustrations.


===Publications with contributions by Seawright===
===Publications with contributions by Seawright===
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* ''So Now Then.'' Cardiff: Ffotogalery/HPF, 2006. Edited by Seawright and C. Coppock.
* ''So Now Then.'' Cardiff: Ffotogalery/HPF, 2006. Edited by Seawright and C. Coppock.


==TV and radio==
== TV and radio ==
* ''Afghanistan:Ashes to dust,'' [[BBC Radio Wales]], [[BBC World Service]] 30 min documentary, 2002 – "Seawright reports from Afghanistan on the impact of more than twenty years of conflict on the country and its people"<ref>{{cite web|accessdate=2019-02-09|title=Ashes to Dust|url=http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/80023163|website=Imperial War Museums}}</ref>
* ''Afghanistan:Ashes to dust,'' [[BBC Radio Wales]], [[BBC World Service]] 30 min documentary, 2002 – "Seawright reports from Afghanistan on the impact of more than twenty years of conflict on the country and its people"<ref>{{cite web|title=Ashes to Dust|url=http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/80023163|website=Imperial War Museums|accessdate=9 February 2019}}</ref>
* ''Profiles: Paul Seawright'' by [[Fintan O'Toole]], [[BBC4]], 30 minute documentary, 2003
* ''Profiles: Paul Seawright'' by [[Fintan O'Toole]], [[BBC4]], 30 minute documentary, 2003


==Awards==
== See also ==
* [[List of artists from Northern Ireland]]
*1997: [[Irish Museum of Modern Art]] Glen Dimplex Art Prize<ref>{{cite web|accessdate=2020-04-17|title=Irish Museum of Modern Art: Wall of Myths at the Irish Museum of Modern Art|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050313184217/http://www.modernart.ie/en/page_19243.htm|date=13 March 2005|website=web.archive.org}}</ref>
*2001: Personal chair by the University of Wales.<ref name="arts-council-new-chair" />

==Collections==
* The [[Tate]], London.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/paul-seawright-9835|title=Paul Seawright born 1965|website=Tate}}</ref>
* [[International Center of Photography]] New York, <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.icp.org/browse/archive/constituents/paul-seawright|title=Paul Seawright|date=2 March 2016|website=International Center of Photography}}</ref>
* [[San Francisco Museum of Modern Art]] <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sfmoma.org/artwork/99.621/|title=Paul Seawright, Untitled (Sandwich), 1997 · SFMOMA|website=www.sfmoma.org}}</ref>
* [[British Council]] <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://visualarts.britishcouncil.org/collection/artists/seawright-paul-1965|title=Paul Seawright &#124; Artists &#124; Collection &#124; British Council − Visual Arts|website=visualarts.britishcouncil.org}}</ref>
* Arts Council of Ireland Collection <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://artscouncil.emuseum.com/view/people/asitem/1972/Seawright,+Paul?pos=4&searchKey=S&t:state:flow=14319949-7fcf-4d82-8238-52bb93b0995e|title=Arts Council Collection &#124; Seawright, Paul|website=artscouncil.emuseum.com}}</ref>
* [[Art Institute of Chicago]] <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.artic.edu/artists/86229/paul-seawright|title=Paul Seawright|website=The Art Institute of Chicago}}</ref>
* [[UK Government Art Collection]] <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://artcollection.culture.gov.uk/artwork/18065/|title=Untitled (Woman and Child)|website=Government Art Collection}}</ref>

==Exhibitions==
* ''Hidden,'' Irish Museum of Modern Art, 2003<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.imma.ie/en/page_19488.htm|title=Paul Seawright at the Irish Museum of Modern Art|publisher=Imma.ie|accessdate=16 February 2015}}</ref>
* ''Further,'' Wales at The 50th Venice Bienalle, 2003<ref>[http://www.wai.org.uk/index.cfm?UUID=7F8C82C0-0F12-42A0-9A237DC2304528F9] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070810214324/http://www.wai.org.uk/index.cfm?UUID=7F8C82C0-0F12-42A0-9A237DC2304528F9 |date=10 August 2007 }}</ref>
* Naughton Gallery, Queens University Belfast 2006<ref>[http://www.naughtongallery.org/naughtongallery.php?page=58&exhibition=45&PHPSESSID=4390b194cf334200775c5c9676036b61] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930072639/http://www.naughtongallery.org/naughtongallery.php?page=58&exhibition=45&PHPSESSID=4390b194cf334200775c5c9676036b61 |date=30 September 2007 }}</ref>
* ''Field Notes,'' National Media Museum, Bradford 2007<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.scienceandmediamuseum.org.uk/what-was-on/paul-seawright-field-notes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928083958/http://www.nationalmediamuseum.org.uk/exhibition/PaulSeawright/index.asp|deadurl=y|title=Paul Seawright: Field Notes|archivedate=28 September 2007|website=National Science and Media Museum}}</ref>
* ''How We Are: Photographing Britain,'' Tate Britain, London 2007<ref>[http://213.121.208.204/britain/exhibitions/howweare/] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120207065604/http://213.121.208.204/britain/exhibitions/howweare/ |date=7 February 2012}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[List of Northern Irish artists]]


==Notes==
==Notes==
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==External links==
==External links==
{{External links|date=February 2015}}
* {{Official website|www.paulseawright.com}}
* {{Official website|www.paulseawright.com}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20051215072012/http://www.walesvenicebiennale.org/site/paul_seawright.html Wales at the 50th Bienalle of Art]
* [http://www.photography-now.com/artists/K08197.html Photography Now]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070602152232/http://www.arts.ulster.ac.uk/artdesign/ University of Ulster, School of Art & Design]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20040829161149/http://amd.newport.ac.uk/ Newport School of Art, Media and Design]


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Seawright's Valley, taken in Afghanistan in 2002.

Paul Seawright OBE (born 1965) is a Northern Irish artist. He is the professor of photography and the Deputy Vice Chancellor [1] (previously Executive Dean of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences at Belfast School of Art) at Ulster University in Belfast/Derry/Coleraine.[2] Seawright lives in his birthplace of Belfast.

Life and work

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Seawright gained an art foundation at Ulster University, Belfast; a BA (Hons) in Photography, Film and Video from West Surrey College of Art and Design, where his tutors included Paul Graham and Martin Parr; and a PhD from the University of Wales.

He is best known for his early work from his home city of Belfast, particularly the series Sectarian Murder, 1988.[3] In this series, he photographed the sites of sectarian murders around Belfast, and paired the images with newspaper reports from the period. By removing reference to the victim's religion, he depoliticised the violence, focusing on the extensive civilian losses in the Northern Irish "troubles" (more than two thirds of deaths between 1969 and the ceasefires of 1994 were civilian). He was also the first editor of the Belfast-based photography magazine Source.

More recently, he has made photographs in post-war Afghanistan,[4] urban Africa (Invisible Cities)[n 1] and America.[5] In 2002, he travelled to Afghanistan, having been commissioned by the Imperial War Museum, London, to respond to the September 11 attacks and the subsequent war against the Taliban. His photographs of minefields and battle sites have been exhibited internationally and are in numerous public collections. His Afghanistan work is included in the Imperial War Museums extensive exhibition of art and conflict, Visions of War: Art of the Imperial War Museums, which opened in November 2023. [6]

In 2005, the Fotomuseum Antwerp exhibited a major survey exhibition of his work with accompanying catalogue Field Notes.[n 2]

Seawright was Dean of Newport School of Art, Media and Design at the University of Wales, Newport.[2] Later he was, and remains (in 2021), professor of photography at Belfast School of Art at Ulster University in Belfast.[2] From 2012 he was head of Belfast School of Art[2] and from 2016 Executive Dean of Arts Humanities and Social Sciences.[2] He was appointed Deputy Vice Chancellor of Ulster University in 2021.He served as a Council member of the Arts Council of Northern Ireland[7][8] and Vice President of the Royal Ulster Academy of Arts.[9][10]

Seawright was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2020 Birthday Honours for services to higher education and the arts.[11]

Exhibitions

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  • Hidden, Irish Museum of Modern Art, 2003[12]
  • Further, Wales at The 50th Venice Bienalle, 2003[13][14]
  • Naughton Gallery, Queens University Belfast 2006[15]
  • Field Notes, National Media Museum, Bradford 2007[16]
  • How We Are: Photographing Britain, Tate Britain, London 2007[17]

Awards

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Collections

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Publications

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Publications by Seawright

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  • Death: Selected by Dawn Ades et al. ISBN 0907074332. Cambridge Darkroom Gallery / Kettles Yard Gallery, 1988.
  • Valokuvataide Arkitaide. Helsinki, 1989.
  • Shocks to the System. Arts Council of Great Britain, London, 1993.
  • The Orange Order. Belfast: Arts Council of Northern Ireland, 1993.
  • Nervous Landscapes. Southeast Museum of Photography, FL, 1994.
  • Inside Information. London: The Photographers' Gallery, London, 1995.
  • L'Imaginaire Irlandais. Ecole des Beaux Arts, Paris, 1996.
  • Residential. Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin, 1997.
  • Constructing Identity. (The Missing), Netherlands Photo Museum, Rotterdam, 1997.
  • Paul Seawright. Salamanca, Spain: Salamanca University, 2000.
  • The Map. Catalogue of public art project, SDCC. Edition of 22000 copies.
  • The Forest. Gotenberg, Sweden: Hasselblad Center; Selborne, Hampshire, UK: Shoreditch Bienale, 2001. Edited by Christine Redmond and Val Williams. ISBN 978-9163106316. With a text by Seawright.
  • Hidden. London: Imperial War Museum / Bangor Museum of Modern Art, 2003.
  • Maintenant: Now. Vincent Levois, Le Mois de la Photo, 2003.
  • Gestes, Le Printemps de Septembre Toulouse. Actes Sud, 2003.
  • Landscape of War. Centre d'Art la Panera, Spain, 2004.
  • Field Notes. Antwerp: Fotomuseum Antwerp, 2005.
  • Invisible Cities. Cardiff: Ffotogallery, 2007. ISBN 978-1872771694. Edited by Christopher Coppock, essay by John Reader and an interview with the artist by Russell Roberts. Edition of 1000 copies.
  • Volunteer. Artist Photo Books, 2013. ISBN 978-0992748517.
  • Things Left Unsaid. Artist Photo Books, 2014. ISBN 978-0992748548.
  • Beasts of Burden. Cologne: Strzelecki, 2021. ISBN 978-3-946770-78-7. Edited by Thomas Niemeyer. 72 pages, 32 coloured illustrations.

Publications with contributions by Seawright

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TV and radio

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  • Afghanistan:Ashes to dust, BBC Radio Wales, BBC World Service 30 min documentary, 2002 – "Seawright reports from Afghanistan on the impact of more than twenty years of conflict on the country and its people"[26]
  • Profiles: Paul Seawright by Fintan O'Toole, BBC4, 30 minute documentary, 2003

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Invisible Cities is here in Seawright's website
  2. ^ Field Notes is here Archived 4 May 2006 at the Wayback Machine in Seawright's website.

References

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  1. ^ "Paul Seawright". 21 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Professor Paul Seawright: Executive Dean". Ulster University. Retrieved 13 June 2017.
  3. ^ [1] Archived 7 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ "Paul Seawright – Hidden - Ffotogallery". Ffotogallery.org. Archived from the original on 16 February 2015. Retrieved 16 February 2015.
  5. ^ "Paul Seawright. The List". Wall Street International. 20 January 2015. Retrieved 13 October 2015.
  6. ^ Visions of War: Art of the Imperial War Museums
  7. ^ "Arts Council of Northern Ireland". Artscouncil-ni.org. Retrieved 16 February 2015.
  8. ^ a b New Chair announced for Arts Council as sector faces toughest challenges yet. | Arts Council of Northern Ireland
  9. ^ "Members - Royal Ulster Academy". www.royalulsteracademy.org.
  10. ^ Royal Ulster Academy host signed tour | Arts Council of Northern Ireland
  11. ^ "No. 63135". The London Gazette (Supplement). 10 October 2020. p. B14.
  12. ^ "Paul Seawright at the Irish Museum of Modern Art". Imma.ie. Retrieved 16 February 2015.
  13. ^ [2] Archived 10 August 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  14. ^ "Wales at the 50th Venice Biennale of Art 2003". 15 December 2005. Archived from the original on 15 December 2005. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
  15. ^ [3] Archived 30 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  16. ^ "Paul Seawright: Field Notes". National Science and Media Museum. Archived from the original on 28 September 2007.
  17. ^ [4] Archived 7 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  18. ^ "Irish Museum of Modern Art: Wall of Myths at the Irish Museum of Modern Art". 13 March 2005. Archived from the original on 13 March 2005. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
  19. ^ "Paul Seawright born 1965". Tate.
  20. ^ "Paul Seawright". International Center of Photography. 2 March 2016.
  21. ^ "Paul Seawright, Untitled (Sandwich), 1997 · SFMOMA". www.sfmoma.org.
  22. ^ "Paul Seawright | Artists | Collection | British Council − Visual Arts". visualarts.britishcouncil.org.
  23. ^ "Arts Council Collection | Seawright, Paul". artscouncil.emuseum.com.
  24. ^ "Paul Seawright". The Art Institute of Chicago. 1965.
  25. ^ "Untitled (Woman and Child)". Government Art Collection.
  26. ^ "Ashes to Dust". Imperial War Museums. Retrieved 9 February 2019.
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