Paul has been practicing as a professional artist for nearly two decades, having featured in solo shows, group shows and art fairs in London and across the UK and Europe throughout that time. He recently completed a major Biennial public commission in collaboration with Warwick University, displayed at The Herbert public art gallery in the city of Coventry, and his paintings feature in private collections around the world, including New York, Miami, Milan, Paris and Hong Kong.
“My paintings are based on the disruption of digital videos taken from the internet. I exploit the underlying structure of these movies in order to explore the shape-shifting qualities of the digital world, foregrounding its illusory effects and their influence on our idea of truth and what lies beyond the screen.
I’m interested in reversing the process of digitisation, by transforming immaterial subjects from cyberspace into physical paintings. There’s a sense of truth about a physical object, you can stand in front of it, and it has substance and gravity. In that sense, I aim to highlight the fact that the screen is just a performance, something that is fleeting and transient, whereas a painting is solid and reliable - something that lasts and can be lived with and enjoyed permanently.”