I have spent the last 15 years developing a painterly language through which I seek to capture a vitality beyond the establishment of a mere ‘likeness’ to the subject. Whilst I appreciate the importance of the subject being recognisable, they are glimpsed rather than exposed, their inner selves hinted at but ultimately inscrutable.
Though I often work on a large, potentially imposing scale, the work remains immediate through fluency of brush mark and a rich palette. The spaces the subjects inhabit are often indeterminate, providing an atmosphere that allows for ambiguity of psychological state. The subjects retain their integrity and yet a sense of intimacy is evoked
06/07/1973 Leicester
1992 – 1995
B.A Illustration Falmouth School of Art
1991 – 1992
Foundation studies Loughborough College of Art and Design
Paul Wright 'Paul Wright Paintings', 2010, London
2015
London art fair, Islington
2014
Arusha Gallery, Edinburgh
2014
Patricia Cornish Gallery, Brazil, Recent paintings
2014
National Portrait Gallery, BP portrait award exhibition
2013
Gallery Elena Shchukina, London, Paintings
2013
London art fair, Islington
2012
Art Toronto, Canada
2012
London art fair, Islington
2011
Bolshoi ART
2011
Art London, Chelsea
2011
London art fair, Islington
2010
Art London 2010, Chelsea
2010
Modern Artists Gallery, New paintings, Whitchurch on Thames
2010
The Russell Collection, Austin, Texas USA
2010
The Campden Gallery, ‘Spirit and matter’ Chipping Campden
2010
Texas State University, USA, artist in residence
2010
Thompsons Gallery, London, new paintings
2009
The Discerning Eye Exhibition, London
2009
Paul Wright ‘Paintings’, Monograph self published
2009
- 2013 Loughborough University, Drawing tutor
2009
The Bristol Gallery, Bristol, New contemporaries 1
2008
Paul Wright Paintings, Thompsons Gallery, London
2007
Royal Society of Portrait Painters, Annual exhibition
2006
BP Portrait Award Exhibition, National Portrait Gallery London
2006
Paul Wright, recent painting, Modern Artists Gallery Whitchurch On Thames
2005
Group show “Grounding the figure“, Saltburn Artists Projects Middlesborough
2003
Artist In Residence, Worksop College Nottinghamshire
Prudential, Standard Chartered Bank, Accenture, Leicestershire Health Authority, P&O, Rutland County Council, Texas State University, Smith and Williamson