Celia Paul (born 11 November 1959) is an Indian-born British painter. Paul's mainly known for her impressionistic work, which she developed during her education at the Slade School of Fine Art. Paul lives and works in London, England.
From 1976 to 1981 she studied at the Slade School of Fine Art in London, where she met Lucian Freud who was a visiting tutor and with whom she would have a relationship.
Paul was represented by Bernard Jacobson Gallery, London from 1984 to 1986 and then by Marlborough Fine Art, London from 1989 to 2014. She has been represented by Victoria Miro, London since May 2014.[1]
A solo exhibition of new work by the artist titled Celia Paul: Memory and Desire took place at Victoria Miro in London, 6 April–14 May 2022. The exhibition coincided with the publication of Letters to Gwen John, a new book by the artist published by Jonathan Cape and New York Review Books which centres on a series of letters addressed to the painter Gwen John (1876–1939), who has long been a tutelary spirit for Paul.
Celia Paul's paintings are intimate depictions of people and places that she knows well. She does no portrait commissions. Her paintings have a haunting otherworldly feeling. "Throughout all her work the sense of sight is associated with a world of potential, within. This is how a sense of the ineffable is able to be communicated".[2] Paul worked on a series of paintings of her mother from 1977 to 2007 and since then she has concentrated on her four sisters, especially her sister Kate. "…[T]he real strength of Paul's project becomes apparent with time: the concentrated emotional energy of chronicling a family and its subtle shifts over many years".[3] Recently her work has taken a new direction and she has been focusing on landscape and the sea. "[S]he …is a creator of subterranean images. Her canvases are Impressionism in conversation with modernism- objective but felt".[4]
Paul lives and works in her studio which is directly opposite the main gates of the British Museum.[5]
Personal lifeedit
From the age of 18 to 28, Paul was in a romantic relationship with Lucian Freud.[5] She has a son by him, Frank Paul (born 10 December 1984), who is also an artist. Spouse, Steven Kupfer (married 2011 - 2021).
Solo exhibitionsedit
"Celia Paul: Memory and Desire", Victoria Miro, London, 6 April – 14 May 2022
"Celia Paul: Self-Portrait", an extended reality (XR) exhibition on Vortic Collect, Victoria Miro, London, UK, 10 November – 12 December 2020
"Celia Paul: My Studio", an extended reality (XR) exhibition on Vortic Collect, Victoria Miro, London, UK, 26 June – 25 July 2020
"Celia Paul", Victoria Miro, London, 13 November – 20 December 2019
"Celia Paul", curated by Hilton Als, Yale Center for British Art, 3 April – 12 August 2018
"The Sea and The Mirror", Victoria Miro Venice, 23 September – 21 December 2017
"Desdemona for Hilton by Celia", Victoria Miro, London, 16 September – 29 October 2016
"Desdemona for Celia by Hilton", Gallery Met, New York, 2015
"Pictus Porrectus: Reconsidering the Full-Length Portrait", curated by Dodie Kazanjian and Alison Gingeras, Isaac Bell House, Newport, Rhode Island, 1 July – 2 October 2022
"Me, Myself, I – Artists’ Self-Portraits", Royal West of England Academy, Bristol, 2 May – 19 June 2022
"Figuration", Marlborough Gallery, London, 17 March – 29 April 2022
"The Sublime in Nature", Daniel Malarkey, London, 16 June – 10 July 2021
"I See You", an extended reality (XR) exhibition on Vortic Collect, Victoria Miro, London, 2 June – 4 July 2020
"Parley for the Oceans x Vortic", online exhibition on Vortic, 2 October – 2 November 2020
"Works on Paper", Galleri Bo Bjerggaard, Copenhagen, 26 January – 6 April 2019
"Unparalleled Journey through Contemporary Art of Past 50 Years", Rubell Museum, Miami, USA, on view since 4 December 2019
"Contemporary Dialogues with Tintoretto", Palazzo Ducale and Galleria Giorgio Franchetti alla Ca’ d’Oro, Venice, 20 October 2018 – 24 February 2019
"Studio Prints: a Survey", Marlborough Fine Art, London, 30 November – 21 December 2018
"All Too Human", Tate Britain, 28 February – 26 August 2018; travelling to Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest, 9 October 2018 – 13 January 2019
"House Work", Victoria Miro Mayfair, London, 1 February – 18 March 2017
"NO MAN'S LAND: Women Artists from the Rubell Family Collection", Rubell Family Collection, Miami, 2015 – 2016
Beth Williamson, Celia Paul: Memory and Desire , Studio International, 29 April 2022
Drusilla Modjeska, Looking to the Past, an Artist Finds a Soul Mate in Gwen John , The New York Times, 26 April 2022
Celia Paul, Against Any Intrusion: Writing to Gwen John , The Paris Review, 2 March 2022
Zadie Smith, The Muse at her Easel, The New York Review of Books, 21 November 2019
Tim Adams, Celia Paul on life after Lucian Freud: ‘I had to make this story my own’, The Guardian, 27 October 2019
Financial Times Magazine: "Acclaimed artist Celia Paul on painting from life- and loss": 16 March 2018
Farah Nayeri, New York Times: Artist’s Muse Steps out of the Shadows: 5 March 2018 and front page of New York Times International 11 March 2018
Sophie Elmhirst, ‘Standing Tall: Celia Paul will always be her own woman’, Harper’s Bazaar Art, November 2016 [Cover artwork Anemone, Celia Paul, May 2016]
Laura Cumming, ‘It’s always the quiet ones...’, The New Review [The Observer], 11 September 2016
Jackie Wullschlager, ‘Artist Celia Paul explores the beauty of melancholy’, Financial Times, 2 September 2016
Hilton Als, "Celia at Home", in Celia Paul (London: Victoria Miro, 2014)
Rowan Williams, (introduction) Gwen John and Celia Paul: Painters in Parallel (Chichester: Pallant House Gallery, 2012)
Catherine Lampert, "Eighty Steps", in Celia Paul (London: Marlborough Fine Art, 2011)
Frank Paul, (introductions) Celia Paul (Sheffield: Graves Art Gallery, 2005) and Celia Paul (London: Marlborough Fine Art, 2013)
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Celia Paul born 11 November 1959 is an Indian born British painter Paul s mainly known for her impressionistic work which she developed during her education at the Slade School of Fine Art Paul lives and works in London England Contents 1 Biography 2 Style and influences 3 Personal life 4 Solo exhibitions 5 Group exhibitions 6 Films and interviews 7 Public collections 8 Further reading 9 References 10 External linksBiography editCelia Paul was born on 11 November 1959 in Thiruvananthapuram formerly called Trivandrum South India From 1976 to 1981 she studied at the Slade School of Fine Art in London where she met Lucian Freud who was a visiting tutor and with whom she would have a relationship Paul was represented by Bernard Jacobson Gallery London from 1984 to 1986 and then by Marlborough Fine Art London from 1989 to 2014 She has been represented by Victoria Miro London since May 2014 1 A solo exhibition of new work by the artist titled Celia Paul Memory and Desire took place at Victoria Miro in London 6 April 14 May 2022 The exhibition coincided with the publication of Letters to Gwen John a new book by the artist published by Jonathan Cape and New York Review Books which centres on a series of letters addressed to the painter Gwen John 1876 1939 who has long been a tutelary spirit for Paul Paul wrote her autobiography Self Portrait which was released in 2019 and well received by national newspapers including The Guardian The New York Times and The New York Review of Books Style and influences editCelia Paul s paintings are intimate depictions of people and places that she knows well She does no portrait commissions Her paintings have a haunting otherworldly feeling Throughout all her work the sense of sight is associated with a world of potential within This is how a sense of the ineffable is able to be communicated 2 Paul worked on a series of paintings of her mother from 1977 to 2007 and since then she has concentrated on her four sisters especially her sister Kate T he real strength of Paul s project becomes apparent with time the concentrated emotional energy of chronicling a family and its subtle shifts over many years 3 Recently her work has taken a new direction and she has been focusing on landscape and the sea S he is a creator of subterranean images Her canvases are Impressionism in conversation with modernism objective but felt 4 Paul lives and works in her studio which is directly opposite the main gates of the British Museum 5 Personal life editFrom the age of 18 to 28 Paul was in a romantic relationship with Lucian Freud 5 She has a son by him Frank Paul born 10 December 1984 who is also an artist Spouse Steven Kupfer married 2011 2021 Solo exhibitions edit Celia Paul Memory and Desire Victoria Miro London 6 April 14 May 2022 Celia Paul Self Portrait an extended reality XR exhibition on Vortic Collect Victoria Miro London UK 10 November 12 December 2020 Celia Paul My Studio an extended reality XR exhibition on Vortic Collect Victoria Miro London UK 26 June 25 July 2020 Celia Paul Victoria Miro London 13 November 20 December 2019 Celia Paul curated by Hilton Als Yale Center for British Art 3 April 12 August 2018 The Sea and The Mirror Victoria Miro Venice 23 September 21 December 2017 Desdemona for Hilton by Celia Victoria Miro London 16 September 29 October 2016 Desdemona for Celia by Hilton Gallery Met New York 2015 Celia Paul Victoria Miro 2014 Gwen John and Celia Paul Painters in Parallel Pallant House Gallery Chichester 2012 2013 Celia Paul Graves Art Gallery Sheffield 2005 Celia Paul Stillness Abbot Hall Kendal 2004 Regular solo exhibitions at Marlborough Fine Art 1991 2013 Celia Paul Bernard Jacobson Gallery 1986Group exhibitions edit Pictus Porrectus Reconsidering the Full Length Portrait curated by Dodie Kazanjian and Alison Gingeras Isaac Bell House Newport Rhode Island 1 July 2 October 2022 Me Myself I Artists Self Portraits Royal West of England Academy Bristol 2 May 19 June 2022 Figuration Marlborough Gallery London 17 March 29 April 2022 The Sublime in Nature Daniel Malarkey London 16 June 10 July 2021 I See You an extended reality XR exhibition on Vortic Collect Victoria Miro London 2 June 4 July 2020 Parley for the Oceans x Vortic online exhibition on Vortic 2 October 2 November 2020 Works on Paper Galleri Bo Bjerggaard Copenhagen 26 January 6 April 2019 Unparalleled Journey through Contemporary Art of Past 50 Years Rubell Museum Miami USA on view since 4 December 2019 Contemporary Dialogues with Tintoretto Palazzo Ducale and Galleria Giorgio Franchetti alla Ca d Oro Venice 20 October 2018 24 February 2019 Studio Prints a Survey Marlborough Fine Art London 30 November 21 December 2018 All Too Human Tate Britain 28 February 26 August 2018 travelling to Museum of Fine Arts Budapest 9 October 2018 13 January 2019 House Work Victoria Miro Mayfair London 1 February 18 March 2017 NO MAN S LAND Women Artists from the Rubell Family Collection Rubell Family Collection Miami 2015 2016 Forces in Nature curated by Hilton Als Victoria Miro London 2015 Work presented at Frieze Art Fair London 2014 by Victoria Miro Cinematic Visions Painting at the Edge of Reality curated by James Franco Isaac Julien and Glenn Scott Wright Victoria Miro London 2013 Self Consciousness curated by Peter Doig and Hilton Als VeneKlasen Werner Berlin 2010 Psycho curated by Danny Moynihan Anne Faggionato London 2000 School of London Odette Gilbert London 1989 British Figurative Art Sickert to Bacon Israel Museum Jerusalem 1989 School of London Bacon to Bevan Musee Maillol Paris 1998 September curated by Peter Doig The approach London 1997Films and interviews editCelia Paul Private View directed by Jake Auerbach 2019 In Conversation with Hilton Als Victoria Miro London 8 July 2014 Artists at War Walter Sickert directed by Danny Katz 2014 Woman s Hour broadcast on BBC Radio 4 1 October 2012 The Last Art Film directed by Jake Auerbach 2010 Lucian Freud directed by Randall Wright 2011 Lucian Freud directed by Jake Auerbach 2004Public collections editBritish Museum London National Portrait Gallery London Victoria and Albert Museum London Saatchi Collection London Abbot Hall Kendal Metropolitan Museum of Art New York Yale Center for British Art Connecticut Carlsberg Foundation Copenhagen Frissiras Museum Athens Herzog Anton Ulrich Museum Brunswick Germany Morgan Library New York New Hall Art Collection CambridgeFurther reading editCelia Paul Letters to Gwen John Jonathan Cape April 2022 ISBN 9781787333376 Celia Paul Self Portrait Jonathan Cape November 2019 ISBN 9781787331846 Beth Williamson Celia Paul Memory and Desire Studio International 29 April 2022 Drusilla Modjeska Looking to the Past an Artist Finds a Soul Mate in Gwen John The New York Times 26 April 2022 Celia Paul Against Any Intrusion Writing to Gwen John The Paris Review 2 March 2022 Zadie Smith The Muse at her Easel The New York Review of Books 21 November 2019 Tim Adams Celia Paul on life after Lucian Freud I had to make this story my own The Guardian 27 October 2019 Financial Times Magazine Acclaimed artist Celia Paul on painting from life and loss 16 March 2018 Farah Nayeri New York Times Artist s Muse Steps out of the Shadows 5 March 2018 and front page of New York Times International 11 March 2018 Sophie Elmhirst Standing Tall Celia Paul will always be her own woman Harper s Bazaar Art November 2016 Cover artwork Anemone Celia Paul May 2016 Laura Cumming It s always the quiet ones The New Review The Observer 11 September 2016 Jackie Wullschlager Artist Celia Paul explores the beauty of melancholy Financial Times 2 September 2016 Hilton Als Celia at Home in Celia Paul London Victoria Miro 2014 Rowan Williams introduction Gwen John and Celia Paul Painters in Parallel Chichester Pallant House Gallery 2012 Catherine Lampert Eighty Steps in Celia Paul London Marlborough Fine Art 2011 Frank Paul introductions Celia Paul Sheffield Graves Art Gallery 2005 and Celia Paul London Marlborough Fine Art 2013 William Feaver introduction Celia Paul Stillness Kendal Abbot Hall Art Gallery 2004 Alistair Hicks The School of London Resurgence of Contemporary Painting Oxford Phaidon Press 1989 Can a Woman Who Is an Artist Ever Just Be an Artist New York Times Magazine November 2019 The Muse at her Easel Zadie Smith 21 November 2019 New York Review of BooksReferences edit Victoria Miro Artists Angus Cook Introduction to Celia Paul Recent Work at Marlborough Fine Art October 1991 Jackie Wullschlager Financial Times 6 July 2014 Letter from London Celia Paul and Henri Matisse The New Yorker 28 July 2014 a b Parker Dian 6 March 2024 I Am No Longer Anyone s Model Celia Paul on Why She Chose Art Over Love Artnet News Retrieved 9 March 2024 External links edit nbsp Wikiquote has quotations related to Celia Paul Celia Paul at Victoria Miro Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Celia Paul amp oldid 1217712595, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
