Paul Simon Waller

I was born in South England, 1982. I was raised in the countryside, away from the collision of the human populace, of whom I tend to shy away from still. Film and image has been my existence since I could hold a remote control, and painting and literature became a passion since I began my education. The book, the canvas and the photographic image have always had a cohesive bond that I have been unable to seperate, furthered by my exile into solitary life that allows me to climb further into my imagination and the loneliness of the British landscape.

I studied painting for nine years before adopting the camera and taking up a photography degree at Portsmouth University. Although I changed medium, my resources still continue to draw furiously from the canvas - with particular fondness for the Romantic painters of the 19th century and contemporary figures such as Francis Bacon, Piet Mondrian and Ken Currie. Inspiration evolves from an endless stream; politics, life, film, literature, music, mythology and old wives tales; and often my studies will come from a seed of one of these forms, moulding them like clay as I continue to shape what I have started. I never feel a project has been completed, it is merely in the starting stab...

Nine GCSE's, Four A-Levels -
Presentation College [...- 2001].
Diploma in Art, Design & Media
- Reading College [2002].
1st Class (Hons.) Degree in BA Photography - Portsmouth University.

Exhibitions - Aspex Gallery (Portsmouth), The Old Truman Brewery (Brick Lane, London), Candid Arts Trust, The Islington Contemporary Art & Design Fair (Torrens St., London). ,