Paul P. (b. 1977, Canada) first gained attention for his drawings and paintings of young men that systematically re-imagined found erotic photographs along nineteenth century aesthetic modes. His portraits are appropriated from gay erotic magazines, specifically those produced in the years bracketed by the beginning of gay liberation and the advent of the AIDS crisis; a period of provisional freedoms. In recent years the artist’s interests in transience, desire, cataloging, and notation has expanded to include landscapes and their abstraction, and to sculptural works in the form of furniture.
Paul P. was included in the 2014 Whitney Biennial, New York and the 2018 Front International Cleveland Triennial. He has participated in numerous national and international exhibitions including KW Institute, Berlin; Morena di Luna/Maureen Paley, Hove, UK; Museum of Modern Art, Queer Thoughts, Broadway 1602, Greene Naftali, New York; Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee; Lulu, Mexico City, Mexico; Cooper Cole, Scrap Metal, Power Plant, Toronto; Participant Inc., New York; Griffin Art Projects, Vancouver; National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa; Oakville Galleries, Oakville; Freud Museum, Maureen Paley, London; The Suburban, Oak Park; Institut Valencia d’Art Modern, Valencia; Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg, Austria, X Museum, China, among others.
Paul P.’s artwork can be found in the collections of the National Gallery of Canada, the Museum of Modern Art New York, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Hammer Museum, the Brooklyn Museum, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Art Gallery of Ontario, and the Whitney Museum, among others. Paul P. lives and works in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Paul P.
Sibilant Esses, Greene Naftali
Sibilant Esses, Greene Naftali, 2024
Sibilant Esses, Greene Naftali
Jimmy DeSana and Paul P.
Ruins of Rooms, KW Institute for Contemporary Art
Ruins of Rooms, KW Institute for Contemporary Art, 2024
Ruins of Rooms, KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin
Paul P.
Early Skirmishes, Hordaland Kunsenter
Early Skirmishes, 2022
Hordaland Kunsenter, Burgen, Norway
Paul P.
Vespertilians, Maureen Paley Studio M
Vespertilians, 2022
Maureen Paley Studio M, London, United Kingdom
Paul P.
Friendly in the Knife-Edged Moment, Oakville Galleries
Friendly in the Knife-Edged Moment, 2022
Oakville Galleries, Oakville, Canada
Paul P.
Untitled
Untitled, 2020
Oil on canvas
P.P0133
Paul P.
Untitled
Untitled, 2016
Oil on linen
P.P0202
Paul P.
Untitled
Untitled, 2019
Oil on canvas
P.P0077
Paul P.
Untitled
Untitled, 2020
Oil on linen
P.P0164
Paul P.
Untitled
Untitled, 2016
Oil on linen
P.P0191
Paul P.
Untitled
Untitled, 2016
Oil on linen
P.P0028
Paul P.
Untitled
Untitled, 2020
Oil on linen
P.P0192
Paul P.
Untitled
Untitled, 2019
Oil on linen
P.P0081
Paul P.
Untitled (Sleeping boy)
Untitled (Sleeping boy), 2017
Ink and collage on paper
Paul P.
Untitled (Faun)
Untitled (Faun), 2017
Ink on paper
Paul P.
Untitled
Untitled, 2015
Watercolour on paper
P.P0068
Paul P.
Slim Volume, Queer Thoughts
Slim Volume, Queer Thoughts, 2019
New York, NY
Paul P.
Untitled (G.B. Jones)
Untitled (G.B. Jones), 2017
Patinated brass and patinated copper
Paul P.
The Rex Prisms at Maureen Paley
The Rex Prisms, Maureen Paley, 2016
London, UK
Paul P.
Wandering Years (low table with stools)
Wandering Years (low table with stools), 2019
Whitewashed oak
Table: 20 x 31 x 15.7 in | Two Stools: 17.7 x 14.9 x 12.2 in
Paul P.
Untitled
Untitled, 2010
Oil on linen
P.P0033
Paul P.
Untitled
Untitled, 2011
Oil on linen
P.P0032
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