Selina Ou

Selina Ou is known for her large-scale colour photographs of metropolitan working life. In documentary style, she often seeks out employees in the service industry. In her works, she explores themes of identity and consumerism.

Ou was born in Malaysia and moved to Australia at the age of two. She completed a Bachelor of Fine Art with Honours majoring in Photography at the Victorian College of the Arts, and now lives and works in Melbourne.

Ou has undertaken numerous artist residencies in Australia, China, Japan, Chile and the USA, funded by grants from the Australia Council, Arts Victoria and by municipalities in China and Japan. She has also been the recipient of the Australia Council for the Arts Greene Street residency in New York and the Gertrude Contemporary studio residency.

Awarded the ANZ Emerging Artist Award in 2005, Ou’s work is held in the collections of the National Gallery of Australia, the National Library of Australia, the National Gallery of Victoria, Monash Gallery of Art, Hobart City Council, Artbank, the Australia Council and the Museo de Arte Contemporaneo in Chile.

Her work is also included in the UBS Art Collection and the JGS Collection in New York, as well as in numerous private collections.

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26/04/2022 – 21/05/2022

SAKURA

18/05/2023

SELINA OU IN MAPH X ARTIST PHOTOGRAPHY AUCTION

MAPh has joined forces with Selina Ou and various other artists to create a unique auction experience. MAPh will share equally in the sale proceeds of the artists' work, giving buyers the opportunity to have a direct impact on artists and their practice.

Join them for an auction with a difference. Tickets can be purchased here.
Wednesday 24 May 2023
ARC ONE Gallery: 45 Flinders Ln, Melbourne VIC 3000
6pm for 7pm auction
Drinks and canapés

07/10/2022

SELINA OU IN THE WILLIAM AND WINIFRED BOWNESS PHOTOGRAPHY PRIZE EXHIBITION

Over the last 16 years, the Bowness Photography Prize has emerged as an important annual survey of contemporary photographic practice in Australia and one of the most prestigious prizes in the country.

In 2005 the MGA Foundation was established with the aim of supporting MGA and its significant collection, as well as its unique commitment to photographic art and in 2006 initiated the inaugural William and Winifred Bowness Photography Prize to promote excellence in photography and support contemporary artists working in the medium.

Congratulations Selina Ou for becoming a finalist in this prize and being exhibited in the show.

To view the pdf catalogue of the exhibition, please click here.

04/10/2022

SELINA OU IN THE GUARDIAN ARTICLE

Selina Ou and her work 'The Goal' has been featured in an article by The Guardian on the 2022 Josephine Ulrick and Win Schubert photography award, in which Ou is a finalist. ⁠
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Exclusive to HOTA, the Josephine Ulrick and Win Schubert Photography Award was launched in 2002 in collaboration with the Josephine Ulrick and Win Schubert Foundation. ⁠The winner of this award will be announced on October 11.⁠
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To read the article, please visit the The Guardian website, or to read more on the award, please see the award page on the HOTA home page. ⁠

30/07/2022

SELINA OU FINALIST IN THE WILLIAM AND WINIFRED BOWNESS PHOTOGRAPHY PRIZE

Congratulations Selina Ou for becoming a finalist in this prize.

30/07/2022

SELINA OU FINALIST IN 2022 JOSEPHINE ULRICK AND WIN SCHUBERT PHOTOGRAPHY AWARD

Exclusive to HOTA, the Josephine Ulrick and Win Schubert Photography Award was launched in 2002 in collaboration with the Josephine Ulrick and Win Schubert Foundation.

The winner of the Josephine Ulrick and Win Schubert Photography Award 2022 will be selected by Isobel Parker Philip, Senior Curator of Contemporary Australian Art at the Art Gallery of New South Wales (AGNSW).

The work will be acquired by HOTA Gallery, home to one of Australia’s celebrated collections of 21st Century photography. The winner will be announced ahead of the opening of the 20th anniversary exhibition on 17 September.

Congratulations Selina Ou for becoming a finalist in this prize.

01/06/2022

SELENA OU AT WOLLONGONG ART GALLERY

Works by Selena Ou will be on display at Wollongong Art Gallery from 11th June to 28th March next year.

Recent gifts of contemporary prints and photographs from Ferrier Hodgson, 1976 - 2018 (now KPMG), works acquired through Amanda Love, LoveArt.

The works explore the precarious position artists occupy, the mysteries of human evolution, displacement and isolation, and reference popular culture, capitalism and corporations. Artists include Brook Andrew, Claire Healy and Sean Cordeiro, Tracey Moffatt, Selina Ou and Patricia Piccinini.

10/03/2022

SELINA OU IN 'WHO ARE YOU: AUSTRALIAN PORTRAITURE' AT NGV

Selina's work 'Anita (ticket seller)' has been included in this joint exhibition between the NGV and the National Portrait Gallery (Canberra) on view from 25 March until the 21 August at the Ian Potter Centre, NGV Australia, Federation Square, Level 3.

Click here for more information.

Selina Ou, Anita (Ticket Seller), 2002, chromogenic photograph, 100 x 100cm

09/02/2019

SELINA OU IN BELLE MAGAZINE

Virgin Cinema Attendants, Roppongi Hills, Tokyo, 2005, from Selina Ou's Sakura Season series of photographs, is featured in the current issue of Belle Magazine. The work hangs in the dining room of a South Yarra residence designed by Full of Grace Interiors, photographed by Fi Storey.

Contact the gallery to enquire about available works.

Image: Selina Ou, Virgin Cinema Attendants, Roppongi Hills, Tokyo, 2005, featured in Belle Magazine, 2019. Photo: Fi Storey

11/10/2018

SELINA OU ON ABC'S 7.30

Selina Ou has been selected as an artist in the National Portrait Gallery's 20/20 exhibition, which celebrates 20 years of the National Portrait Gallery with 20 new portrait commissions. Selina was commissioned to produce a portrait of quantum physicist Michelle Simmons.

Ahead of the exhibition, Ou was recently interviewed on ABC's 7.30.

20/20 is on display until 10 February 2019. For further details, please click here.

Image: Selina Ou, Michelle Simmons, 2018

11/09/2018

SELINA OU AT THE NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY

20/20 will be on display from 20 October until 10 February 2019.

Image: Selina Ou, Michelle Simmons, 2018

Showing all 59 artworks

Selina Ou The Red Lanterns 2021 inkjet print 80 x 120 cm Sold

Selina Ou The Pond 2020 inkjet print 80 x 120 cm Sold

Selina Ou The Red Lanterns 2021 inkjet print 80 x 120 cm Sold

Selina Ou The Pines 2022 inkjet print 80 x 120 cm Sold

Selina Ou We Love Green Convenience Store, Roppongi Hills, Tokyo 2005 c-type print 120 x 120 cm Sold

Selina Ou Roadworker, Shinjuku, Tokyo 2005 c-type print 120 x 120 cm Sold

Selina Ou Baseball Training at Myoshinji Temple, Arashiyama 2005 c-type print 120 x 120 cm

Selina Ou The Temple 2022 inkjet print 80 x 120 cm $3,500.00

Selina Ou The Pond 2020 inkjet print 80 x 120 cm $3,500.00

Selina Ou The Goal 2020 inkjet print 80 x 120 cm $3,500.00

Selina Ou The Pines 2022 inkjet print 80 x 120 cm $3,500.00

Selina Ou The Red Lanterns 2021 inkjet print 80 x 120 cm $3,500.00

Selina Ou The Amphitheatre 2022 inkjet print 80 x 120 cm $3,500.00

Selina Ou The Ramp 2022 inkjet print 80 x 120 cm $3,500.00

Selina Ou The Community Fence 2022 inkjet print 80 x 120 cm $3,500.00

Selina Ou The New Suburb 2022 inkjet print 80 x 120 cm $3,500.00

Selina Ou The Pony 2021 inkjet print 80 x 120 cm $3,500.00

Selina Ou The Neighbour 2020 inkjet print 80 x 120 cm $3,500.00

Selina Ou The Playground 2021 inkjet print 80 x 120 cm $3,500.00

Selina Ou The Trampoline 2022 inkjet print 80 x 120 cm Sold

Selina Ou The Kite 2020 inkjet print 80 x 120 cm $3,500.00

Selina Ou Watch Store, Santiago, Chile 2006-07 c-type print 100 x 100 cm

Selina Ou Snack stand, Santiago, Chile 2006-07 c-type print 100 x 100 cm

Selina Ou Fruit and Vegetables Stall, Procidencia, Santiago, Chile 2006-07 c-type print 100 x 100 cm

Selina Ou Fruit and Vegetables Stall #2, La Vega Central, Santiago, Chile 2006-07 c-type print 100 x 100 cm

Selina Ou Fruit and Vegetables Stall #1, La Vega Central, Santiago, Chile 2006-07 c-type print 100 x 100 cm

Selina Ou Hardware Store #5, Matucana Street, Barrio Brasil, Santiago, Chile 2006-07 c-type print 100 x 100 cm

Selina Ou Hardware Store #3, Matucana Street, Barrio Brasil, Santiago, Chile 2006-07 c-type print 100 x 100 cm

Selina Ou Raquel, Waitress and Fashion Designer, Nolita, New York 2011 c-type print 100 x 100 cm

Selina Ou Tim, Hair Stylist, Lower East Side, New York 2011 c-type print 100 x 100 cm

Selina Ou Jerome, Retail Assistant and Fashion Designer, Soho, New York 2011 c-type print 100 x 100 cm

Selina Ou Derek, Student, Chrystie St, New York 2011 c-type print 100 x 100 cm

Selina Ou Phillip, Manager, Bustin Boards, Lower East Side, New York 2011 c-type print 100 x 100 cm

Selina Ou Craig and Christopher, Marines, Intrepid Museum, New York 2011 c-type print 100 x 100 cm

Selina Ou Carolyn and Janet, Lolitas, Brooklyn Botanical Garden, New York 2011 c-type print 100 x 100 cm

Selina Ou Issa and Lamine, Taxi Mechanics, Upper West Side, New York 2011 c-type print 100 x 100 cm

Selina Ou Clementine, Liz and Billy Bob, Mercer-Houston Dog Run, Greenwich Village, New York 2011 c-type print 100 x 100 cm

Selina Ou Darren, Model and Carlito, Artist, Soho, New York 2011 c-type print 100 x 100 cm

Selina Ou Calzado Sport Shoe Stall, Central Station, Santiago, Chile 2006 c-type print 100 x 100 cm

Selina Ou Magazine Stand, Central Station, Santiago, Chile 2006-07 c-type print 100 x 100 cm

Selina Ou Magazine Stand, Matacuna Street, Central Station, Santiago, Chile 2006-07 c-type print 100 x 100 cm

Selina Ou Kiosk, Mercado Central, Santiago, Chile 2006-07 c-type print 100 x 100 cm

Selina Ou Food Store, La Vega Central, Santiago, Chile 2006-07 c-type print 100 x 100 cm

Selina Ou Hardware Store #4, Matucana Street, Barrio Brasil, Santiago, Chile 2006-07 c-type print 100 x 100 cm

Selina Ou Hardware Store #2, Matucana Street, Barrio Brasil, Santiago, Chile 2006 c-type print 100 x 100 cm

Selina Ou Hardware Store #1, Matucana Street, Barrio Brasil, Santiago, Chile 2006 c-type print 100 x 100 cm

Selina Ou Young Couple with Deer, Nara 2005 c-type print 120 x 120 cm

Selina Ou We Love Green Convenience Store, Roppongi Hills, Tokyo 2005 c-type print 120 x 120 cm

Selina Ou Text Messaging, Maruyama Park, Kyoto 2005 c-type print 120 x 120 cm

Selina Ou Supermarket assistant, Roppongi Hills, Tokyo 2005 c-type print 120 x 120 cm

Selina Ou School Photograph, Daibutsu, Kotokuin Temple, Kamakura 2005 c-type print 120 x 120 cm

Selina Ou Roadworker, Shinjuku, Tokyo 2005 c-type print 120 x 120 cm

Selina Ou Landscape Gardening, Kinkakuji Temple, Kyoto 2005 c-type print 120 x 120 cm

Selina Ou Building Construction Site, Shinjuku, Tokyo 2005 c-type print 120 x 120 cm

Selina Ou Baseball training, Myoshinji Temple, Kyoto 2005 c-type print 100 x 100 cm

Selina Ou After Hours Kiosk, Shinagawa Station, Tokyo, 2005 2005 c-type print 100 x 100 cm

Selina Ou Magazine Stand, Matacuna Street, Central Station, Santiago, Chile 2006-07 c-type print 65 x 65 cm Sold

Selina Ou Virgin Cinema Attendants, Roppongi Hills, Tokyo 2005 c-type print 120 x 120 cm Sold

Selina Ou Building Construction Site, Shinjuku, Tokyo 2005 c-type print 120 x 120 cm Sold