
Paul Wright
Paul Wright was born in Leicester in 1973.
I have spent the last 20 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
Education
1992 – 1995 B.A Illustration Falmouth School of Art
Selected Exhibitions and Achievements
2019 NSPCC Annual art auction
2019 Red Eight Gallery, London
2018 The Roxbury Gallery, Monaco, Geneva
2018 Discerning eye, Exhibition
2018 New York AAF
2018 James Bond anniversary exhibition, Ian Fleming foundation
2018 2019 Ransom Gallery, London
2017 Present Area 23, New York, Advertisement campaigns
2017 - 2019 Maddox Gallery, London
2016/17 Paul Mudoon selected lyrics, book illustrations, exhibition
2016 Paul Wright 15 years, Monograph
2015 Edgar Modern, We have contact
2015 Thompson’s Gallery, New paintings
2015 Mall galleries, Discerning eye exhibition, guest artist
2014 Edgar Modern, Portrait of an icon
2014 Arusha Gallery, Edinburgh
2014 Patricia Cornish Gallery, Brazil, Recent paintings
2014 National Portrait Gallery, BP portrait award exhibition
2012 Art Toronto, Canada
2011 Art London, Chelsea
2011 London art fair, Islington, Thompson’s Gallery
2010 The Russell Collection, Austin, Texas USA
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
2009 – 2013 Loughborough University, Drawing tutor
2009 The Bristol Gallery, Bristol, New contemporaries 1
2008 Paul Wright and Jonathan Worth, Catmose Gallery, Oakham
2008 Paul Wright Paintings, Thompsons Gallery, London
2007 Royal Society of Portrait Painters, Annual exhibition
2006 BP Portrait Award Exhibition, National Portrait Gallery London
Collections
Prudential
Standard Chartered Bank
Accenture
Leicestershire Health authority
P&O Cunard line
Rutland county council
Texas State University
Smith and Williamson