
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 X Museum, Beijing, China; Morena di Luna/Maureen Paley, Hove, UK; Museum of Modern Art, Queer Thoughts, Broadway 1602, Participant, New York; Lulu, Mexico City, Mexico; Cooper Cole, Scrap Metal, Toronto; Participant Inc., New York; Griffin Art Projects, Vancouver; Freud Museum, Maureen Paley, London; The Suburban, Oak Park; Institut Valencia d’Art Modern, Valencia; Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg, Austria; Cooper Cole, Power Plant, Toronto; 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.
Untitled
Untitled, 2011
Watercolour on paper
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Paul P.
Untitled
Untitled, 2008
Watercolour on paper
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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
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Paul P.
Untitled
Untitled, Oil on linen
2020
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Paul P.
Untitled
Untitled, 2016
Oil on linen
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Paul P.
Untitled
Untitled, 2020
Oil on canvas
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Paul P.
Untitled
Untitled, 2019
Oil on canvas
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Paul P.
Untitled
Untitled, 2020
Oil on linen
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Paul P.
Untitled
Untitled, 2012
Oil on canvas
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Paul P.
Untitled
Untitled, 2012
Oil on canvas
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Paul P.
Untitled (G.B. Jones)
Untitled (G.B. Jones), 2017
Patinated brass and patinated copper
Paul P.
Untitled (Dancing Faun)
Untitled (Dancing Faun), 2018
Ink and collage on paper
Paul P.
Untitled (Mercury Inventing the Caduceus)
Untitled (Mercury Inventing the Caduceus), 2018
Ink and collage on paper
Paul P.
Untitled (Spirit Guarding the Tomb)
Untitled (Spirit Guarding the Tomb), 2019
Ink on paper
Paul P.
Untitled (Removing a Thorn)
Untitled (Removing a Thorn), 2019
Ink and collage on paper
Paul P.
Untitled (A Secret From on High)
Untitled ( A Secret From on High), 2019
Ink on paper
Paul P.
Untitled
Untitled, 2020
Oil on canvas
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Paul P.
Untitled
Untitled, 2020
Oil on linen
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Paul P.
Untitled
Untitled, 2020
Oil on linen
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Paul P.
Untitled
Untitled, 2013
Oil on canvas
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Paul P.
Untitled
Untitled, 2011
Oil on canvas
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Paul P.
Untitled
Untitled, 2011
Oil on canvas
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Paul P.
Untitled
Untitled, 2011
Oil on linen
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Paul P.
Untitled
Untitled, 2012
Oil on canvas
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Paul P.
Untitled
Untitled, 2012
Oil on canvas
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Paul P.
Untitled
Untitled, 2013
Oil on linen
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Paul P.
Untitled
Untitled, 2017
Oil on canvas
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Paul P.
Untitled
Untitled, 2010
Oil on canvas
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Paul P.
Untitled
Untitled, 2012
Oil on canvas
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Paul P.
Untitled
Untitled, 2019
Oil on canvas
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Paul P.
Untitled
Untitled, 2016
Oil on linen
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Paul P.
Untitled
Untitled, 2019
Oil on linen
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Paul P.
Slim Volume, Queer Thoughts
Slim Volume, Queer Thoughts, 2019
New York, NY
Paul P.
Untitled
Untitled, 2011
Oil on linen
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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, 2016
Ink on paper
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Paul P.
Untitled
Untitled, 2016
Watercolour on paper
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Paul P.
Untitled
Untitled , 2016
Watercolour on paper
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Paul P.
Untitled
Untitled, 2016
Oil on canvas
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Paul P.
Untitled
Untitled, 2015
Watercolour on paper
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Paul P.
Untitled
Untitled, 2017
Oil on linen
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Paul P.
Untitled
Untitled, 2010
Oil on linen
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Paul P.
Untitled
Untitled, 2016
Oil on linen
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Paul P.
Untitled
Untitled, 2011
Oil on linen
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Paul P.
Untitled
Untitled, 2013
Oil on linen
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Paul P.
Untitled
Untitled, 2017
Oil on linen
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Paul P.
Untitled
Untitled, 2018
Oil on linen
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Paul P.
Untitled
Untitled, 2016
Oil on linen
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Paul P.
Untitled (Young Aristotle, hand with sphere)
Untitled (Young Aristotle, hand with sphere), 2016
Ink on paper
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 (Hermes)
Untitled (Hermes), 2017
Ink and collage on paper
Paul P.
Untitled
Untitled, 2016
Chine collé collage
Edition 2 of 9
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Paul P.
Gueridon (fauns)
Gueridon (fauns), 2018
Patinated brass and oil paint on copper
22.7 x 17.8 x 17.8 in (57.7 x 45.2 x 45.2 cm) and 24 x 14.9 x 14.9 in (61 x 37.8 x 37.8 cm)