Paul Yore

Paul Yore (born ) is an Australian contemporary artist. He works with a variety of media including tapestry, banners, quilted hangings, and large-scale installations of mixed media, and his work covers political, religious and LGBT themes.

Early life and education Yore was born around 1988, and raised in a Catholic household. His father was a Franciscan priest, who worked as a missionary in Papua New Guinea, where he met Yore's mother.

Yore studied archaeology and anthropology and painting as part of a fine arts degree at Monash University, graduating in 2010.

Art practice Yore works with a variety of media including tapestry, banners, quilted hangings, and large-scale installations of mixed media, with frequent use of found and discarded materials. His work covers political, religious and LGBT themes.

He sometimes uses trash in his artworks, creating a kind of "kitsch queerness", "bad taste aesthetic", to challenge people's perceptions, and to examine excess consumption in society. He also uses humour to engage viewers with serious ideas, saying:

Career

Yore's first large solo show was held in 2009 at Heide Museum of Modern Art in Melbourne. The first monograph of Yore's work was also published with essays by international artists and scholars, including Tony Albert, hanna baer, Mikala Dwyer, Daniel Fountain, Helen Hughes, and Bruce LaBruce.

Reception Yore has been described as one of Australia’s most provoking artists.

In 2019, a piece by Yore entitled Taste The Feeling 2018 was taken down from an exhibition at the Mostyn gallery in Llandudno, following a complaint to the police that it breached hate crime laws.

Selected exhibitions 2013: Poetry, Dream and the Cosmos, Heide Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne 2013: Here There and Everywhere, Seoul Art Space Geumcheon, Korea 2013: Melbourne Now, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne 2014: Primavera, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney 2016: Soft Core, Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre, Sydney 2016: The Public Body .01, Artspace, Sydney 2016: Spectacular Spectacular, NADA Art Fair, Miami 2017: Mad Love, A3 Arnt Art Agency, Berlin 2022–2023: WORD MADE FLESH, October–November 2022 at Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne; then at Carriageworks in January–February 2023 (part of Sydney Festival)