PAUL WRIGHT PAINTINGS  at The Modern Artists Gallery

I have spent the last 14 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 individual being recognisable, the subjects 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 approachable 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

Portraits are the most important part of Paul Wright's body of work to date - but the still life and landscape display the same qualities—a subtle and attractive palette, an accomplished treatment of light and shadow, and increasingly spontaneous brushwork, which enlivens the surface and animates the subject at the same time.   Professor John Hyman, Oxford University 

Paul Wright has emerged as an accomplished and immensely talented artist; a defiant standard-bearer for the qualities of technique, craftsmanship, colour and texture in painting. Although he is clearly influenced by the best traditions of fine art, his approach is individual, contemporary and powerful.  Darryl McCarthy Art Critic 2010 

Education

1992 – 1995   B.A Illustration Falmouth School of Art
1991 – 1992   Foundation Studies  Loughborough College of Art and Design

Exhibitions  and Achievement

2011  Paul Wright at The Modern Artists Gallery Berkshire
2011   The London Art Fair 2011 Islington, London
2010   Paul Wright Solo 2010 Modern Artists Gallery  Berkshire
2010   The Campden Gallery  Glos.  Solo Exhibition
2010   Texas State University  USA, Artist in Residence
2010   Thompsons Gallery  London
2009   The Discerning Eye Exhibition, London
2009   Paul Wright    Paintings Artist’s Monograph
2009 - Present  Lecturer Loughborough University
2009   The Bristol Gallery, Bristol, New Contemporaries 1
2008   Thompsons Gallery London
2007   Mall Galleries, London, Royal Society of Portrait Painters Annual Exhibition
2007   Commission  21 paintings for P&O
2006   National Portrait Gallery London BP Portrait Award Exhibition
2006   Modern Artists Gallery Berkshire  Paul Wright Recent paintings
2005   Saltburn Artists Projects, Middlesborough, Grounding the figure
2005   Paul Wright's Portrait of Eddie Isaacs M.B.E, Leicester Train Station
2004-2005   Public Mural and Sculpture Commission, Braunstone Health And Social Centre Leicester
2003  Paul Wright Portraits Modern Artists Gallery Berkshire
2003  Phoenix Arts Touring Exhibition  Decorating the Face
2003  Worksop College Nottinghamshire Artists in Residence

2001-2002  Naked  Exhibition Kaleidoscope Gallery London

2001 Annual Exhibition Plymouth Museum

2001 Open Exhibition  Royal West of England Academy
2001 Painting Triennial Artists Exhibition  Royal West of England Academy

COLLECTIONS
MODERN ARTISTS GALLERY BERKSHIRE
PRUDENTIAL
STANDARD CHARTER
ACCENTURE
LEICESTER HEALTH AUTHORITY
P&O
RUTLAND COUNTY COUNCIL
SMITH & WILLIAMSON
TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY