Paul Richard James

1966 Wales U.K.
Emigrated to Canada in 1973. Paul has exhibited largely in Toronto.

I work on several bodies of work at one time and each body of work is as important as any other. My work is at the same time, both traditional and radical in style and content. I am interested in the bridge between the digital and the organic. My "Lilly" series investigates the relationship between the pixel and the brushstroke through large oil paintings that mimick digital imagery. The "Seduction" series focuses upon the female gaze in the fashion industry, combining female models and a painterly surface. My working process includes the use of digital imagery as source material and the digital process to "heighten" the synthetic nature of the painted surface. I make work that is both gallery based and "street" based. My "painted cutout" series as well as the "art plus tax" series are highly political in nature and are installed in site specific environments. Recently, I have begun to combine digital imagery and encaustic to push this relationship between the organic and inorganic even further.

Education
1992 -Michael John Angel Academy of Classical Realism, Toronto
B.Ed.Faculty of Education, Queens University, Kingston,
B.A.University of Guelph, Guelph,
A.O.C.A.Associate of the Ontario College of Art, Toronto

Solo Exhibitions
2008Work @ Bold Gallery: Contemporary Art, Hamilton, ON, Dec-Feb
2002Lilly @ Show Gallery, Toronto, Large scale abstract paintings derived from experiments with digital imagery
2000Seduction @ Alpha Gallery, Toronto, ON Figurative paintings derived from fashion periodicals
1999Retribution @ the Anarchist Free Space, Kensington Market, Toronto, Window Exhibition
1995Symbolism Re-examined @ Gallery Gong, Bloor Street, Toronto, classical figurative work

Group Exhibitions
2008SouthWest Hamilton Artists Tour, Hamilton ON, May 10,Groundhog Day Show @ Gallery 435, Hamilton, ON, Feb.
2007Yule Love Art @ The Pearl Company, Hamilton, ON, Dec.
Bruce Trail Fundraiser: Art Auction @ The Pearl Company, Hamilton, ON, Oct.
Whodunit?OCAD Mystery Art Sale @ The Ontario College of Art & Design, Toronto, Nov.
2006Changes Shifting Values in Internal & External Consciousness @ ACA Gallery,
Toronto, ON, Sept 18-Oc t 18
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