Biography

Education

1989-92

Byam Shaw School of Art. Graham Hamilton Drawing Prize.

1981-87

London University. BA Hons./Ph.D (English Literature)

1968-72

St Martins School of Art.

Selected Solo Shows

2011

‘A New Heaven and a New Earth’, St Giles Cripplegate, London

2009

‘Madly Singing in the Mountains’, Paul Stolper, London

‘Black Sun’, Galleri Hugo Opdal, Flo, Norway

2008

‘World of Light’, Triumph Gallery, Moscow

2007

Paintings and Monoprints, Galleri Trafo, Oslo, Norway

2006

‘Leisure Paintings’, Paul Stolper, London

2005

Paintings 2003-2005, The Hallion, Edinburgh

2003

‘Immense Dawn’, Paul Stolper, London

Paintings 2000-2003, The Church of Our Most Holy Redeemer, London

‘Paradise Alone’, St Edmund Hall, Oxford

2002

‘Paradise Alone’, Ferens Art Gallery, Hull

‘Postmodernism and Spirituality’, University of Central Lancashire, Preston

2001

‘Mutilates’, St Giles Cripplegate, London

Paintings 1997-2001, Babington House, Somerset

2000

Works on Paper, Timothy Everest, London

‘New Work’, A22 Projects, London

1999

‘White Light’, A22 Projects, London

1998

Paintings and Works on Paper, A22 Projects, London

1997

‘Stop Motion’, Cassian de Vere Cole, London

Paintings and Works on Paper, The Coram Gallery, London

Selected Group Shows

2011

The National Open Art Competition, Minerva Theatre, Chichester

Ink Miami: Paul Stolper, Miami Beach, Florida

IFPDA Print Fair: Paul Stolper, The Armory, New York

Editions II, Paul Stolper, London

Unearthed: Carpenters Road Artists, Warton House, Stratford, London

Methodist Art Collection Highlights, Greenbelt Festival, Cheltenham

In the Flesh, Paul Stolper, London

Scope Basel, Switzerland

Afternoon Tea: Works on Paper, WW Gallery, Venice Biennale

2010

Go With the Flo, Galleri Hugo Opdal, Flo, Norway

The Collection, Methodist Art Collection, Wallspace, London

Keep Me Posted, Posted, London

Drink and Dial, WW Gallery, London

2009

Summer Exhibition, The Royal Academy, London

2007

Galleri Trafo, Lensmannslia, Norway

Deckchair Dreams, Bloomberg Space

2005

Strictly Painting III: The Right Side of Painting, Voges + Partner, Frankfurt

Artaid, Royal College of Art, London

2004

John Moores 23, The Walker, Liverpool

Whittingham Riddell Open, Shrewsbury Museum

Summer Exhibition, The Royal Academy, London

‘Presence’, St. Paul’s Cathedral, London

2003

Paul Stolper, Frieze Art Fair, London

Starting a Collection, Art First, London

Recent Editions, The London Print Studio

2002

‘Adapt Now’, Kelvingrove Gallery, Glasgow

Cab Gallery Retrospective 1999-2002, Essor Gallery, London

2001

Unilever House, London, selected by the Contemporary Art Society

‘The Group Show’, A22 Projects, London.

ARCO 01, Madrid, the British Pavilion, curated by Matthew Higgs

2000

‘Ikon Touring’, curated for Ikon Gallery, Birmingham

1998

The Whitechapel Open, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London

1997

The Hunting Art Prizes, Royal College of Art, London

The Cheltenham Open Drawing

1996

CAS Art Market, Royal Festival Hall, London

‘Affordable Art’, Connaught Brown Gallery, London

1995

The London Group Open, Barbican Centre, London

‘Contemporary Curios’, The Blue Gallery, London

1994

‘Images of the Earth’, Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh; Sotheby’s, London

CAS Art Market, Royal Festival Hall, London

The Whitechapel Open, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London

1993

The London Group Open, Barbican Centre, London. Daler Rowney Prize

Mostyn Open, Oriel Mostyn, Llandudno

CAS Art Market, Smiths Galleries, London

‘Painting the Earth’, The Gallery at John Jones, London

‘Artists of Promise’, Bonhams, London

Selected Bibliography

2011

“Insubstantial Pageant”, Richard Davey, Church Times, 12th August

2010

Who’s the Artist? Evening Standard, 22nd October

Guide to the Methodist Art Collection, Roger Wollen

/seconds issue 12, going underground: the cruel scene of the image

2009

Interview Robert Elms, Listed Londoner, BBC London, 24th August

2008

Le Monde Diplomatique, October

The Art Newspaper, July.

Contemporary Magazine, issue 95

/seconds issue 8, orphan letters

2007

/seconds issue 7, sci-fi, utopia, roadside picnics

The Art Newspaper, October

‘Profile’; ‘Anatomy of a Painting’, Artists & Illustrators, June.

2006

‘Riddled with Light’, Richard Dyer and Charlotte Mullins (Paul Stolper)

‘Outsiders but Interconnected’, Richard Davey, Church Times, October 6

Monoprinting, Jackie Newell and Dee Whittington (AC Black)

Art and Christianity Enquiry, October

London News, Contemporary, issue 86

2005

Art and Christianity Enquiry, April

2004

Cambridge Companion to Post-Modernism (CUP), cover image

Royal Academy Illustrated, ed Allen Jones and David Hockney

2003

Time Out, Martin Coomer, September 23

Frieze Art Fair Year Book 2003-2004

Persona, Derrick Santini (Dazed)

Computing Projects, Derek Christopher (Payne Gallway), cover image

2002

‘Fantastical Mutations’, Charlotte Mullins, Financial Times, December 14

‘Free Association’, Charlotte Edwards, Artists Profile, Art Review, November

‘Lone Rider’, Artist’s Story, Artists Newsletter, November

‘Life After YBA-mania’, Carol Kino, Art in America, October

‘Reflections on artists showing work in church’, ACE July

2001

‘Art at St Giles’, Barbican Residents Magazine, November

Time Out, Martin Coomer, October 31

Cab Gallery, Artsworld Channel, interview Kim Noble

i-D Magazine, The Gallery issue

2000

‘Art Works: British and German Contemporary Art: 1960-2000’, Alistair

Hicks (Merrill/Deutsche Bank)

Art London, Martin Coomer (Ellipsis)

‘Hailing a New Kind of Gallery’, Louisa Buck, Evening Standard, Nov 7th

‘Consumed by Light’, Charlotte Mullins, Art Review, September

Critics Choice, John McEwen, Sunday Telegraph, February 20th

Choice of London Galleries, Louisa Buck, The Art Newspaper, February

Visual Art Choice, Charlotte Mullins, Independent on Sunday, February 6th

Galleries Magazine, Teresa Newman, February

‘Keep the Meter Running’, Mike Dawson, Flux Magazine, February

‘Let’s Go and Buy a Nice Piece of Art’, Martin Palmer, The Times, Jan 15th

1999

Metro: Life, Guy Somerset, November 30th

‘London Calling’, Louisa Buck, The Art Newspaper, November

‘Fame and Fortune’, Ria Higgins, The Sunday Times Magazine, Nov 7th

‘Inventing Money’, Nicholas Dunbar (John Wiley), cover image

1998

‘Higher Purchase’, John Windsor, The Guardian, Oct 29th

Dictionary of Artists in Britain, David Buckman (Art Dictionaries, Bristol)

‘The Independent Collector’, John Windsor, The Independent, July 7th

Pick of London’s Art Shows, Catherine Milner, Country Life London Edition

‘Who Are Your Art Parents?’, video, Whitechapel Art Gallery

1997

Art Review, February and May

Galleries Magazine, Richard Dyer, May

GLR Interview, Andrea Oliver, May 16th

Choice, Kate Bernard, Evening Standard, May 8th

‘Private Room with a Public View’, Katherine Bergen, The Times, April 9th

1995

‘Some Are More Equal Than Others’, Independent on Sunday, July 24th

Collections

Murderme

Deutsche Bank

The Methodist Collection of Modern Art

Bernard Jacobson Gallery

St Giles Church, Cripplegate

The Groucho Club

The Economist

The Brehman Collection

THS Partners

The John Lewis Partnership