Paula MacArthur (born 1967 in Enfield, London) is an English artist. MacArthur was joint first prize winner in 1989 of the âÂÂJohn Player Portrait Awardâ at the National Portrait Gallery, London with Tai-Shan Schierenberg. In 1993 she graduated from the Royal Academy of Arts where she was awarded the âÂÂRoyal Academy Schools Prize for PaintingâÂÂ, that same year she was a prize winner of âÂÂLiverpool John Moores 18âÂÂ. Her work is held in numerous collections including The National Portrait Gallery, London the collection of Baron and Baroness von Oppenheim and The Priseman Seabrook Collection.
MacArthur has lectured on her work at the Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, Norwich University of the Arts, Jerwood Gallery, Hastings and Glasgow Artist Guild. She ran the De La Warr Pavilion âÂÂArtist Critique Groupâ until 2019.
MacArthur's recent work has focused on painting gem stones and crystals.
Selected exhibitions
- "Entwined: Plants in Contemporary Painting" Huddersfield Art Gallery, Huddersfield, England (2022)
- âÂÂSlippery & Amorphousâ The Crypt, St Marylebone Parish Church (2016)
- âÂÂThis Year's Modelâ Studio 1.1, London (2016)
- âÂÂUndead Paintersâ ASC Gallery, London (2015)
- âÂÂCreekside Openâ Art in Perpetuity Trust (APT Gallery), London (2015)
- âÂÂDisturbanceâ Atom Gallery, London (2015)
- âÂÂOVERHE(a)R(e)â Carnegie Library, London (2015)
- âÂÂInfinitely Precious Thingsâ VJB Arts, London (2014)
- âÂÂQ14â Art in Perpetuity Trust (APT Gallery), London (2014)
- âÂÂOVERHE(a)R(e)â Aplomb Gallery, Chicago, USA (2014)
- âÂÂLe Voci Ritrovateâ Castello di Monti, Corigliano dâÂÂOtranto, Italy (2014)
- âÂÂZeitgeist Summer Exhibitionâ Zeitgeist Arts Projects, London (2014)
- âÂÂThe Femail Projectâ The Article Gallery, Birmingham City University (2013)
- âÂÂTasty Modernâ Schwartz Gallery, London (2013)
- âÂÂMinutiaeâ The Stone Space, London (2012)
- âÂÂWhat the Folk Sayâ Compton Verney, Warwickshire (2011)
- âÂÂRemastersâ The Rag Factory, London (2010)
- âÂÂFour Self Portrait Artistsâ Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool (1994)
- âÂÂRoyal Academy of Arts Post-Graduatesâ Grassimuseum, Leipzig, Germany (1993)
- âÂÂRoyal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibitionâ Royal Academy of Arts, London (1991)
- âÂÂYoung Contemporariesâ Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester (1989)
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