Paul Birchall
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EDUCATION

Born 1959 England

Lives Cape Town

Studied painting at Wimbledon school of art (London) and Delhi school of art in India

Education

BA Honours Fine Art Painting, Wimbledon School of Art and Delhi School of Art, India.

City and Guilds in Photography from the Blackpool & Fylde College, England.

EXHIBITIONS
Exhibitions, gallery representations and project work

2009-

Group show Off the wall gallery Paarl

Spencer Street Studio Cart Horse Show.

Solo show Karoo landscapes These four walls Gallery Cape Town

Group show Association of Visual arts Gallery Gallery Cape Town

Cultivaria Print show Paarl

Exqusite Corpse Portfolio Pretoria arts centre

Solo show Rust en Vrede gallery Durbanville South Africa
(Feature Article Sunday independent 13/09/ 2009)

Solstice group exhibition Cape Gallery

Exqusite Corpse Portfolio ABSA KKNK NATIONAL ARTS FESTIVAL OUDTSHORN SOUTH AFRICA

Word festival US art Gallery Stellenbosch Group show

Invite lecturer University of Cape Town Summer school



2008 SOLO SHOW RE TURNING HEROES AVA CAPE TOWN NOVEMBER

Group Show WOOD Dorp Street gallery Stellenbosch Sa

DLUXVILLE GROUP SHOW CAPE TOWN

BELL ROBERST GROUP SHOW PRINT 08

CULTIVARIA ARTS FESTIVAL PAARL

DESIRE Group show Cape Gallery Cape Town

BARING curated by Eunice Guestyn AVA Cape Town

X MARKS THE SPOT. Members exhibition AVA Cape Town

ABSTRACTION EXHIBITION Off the wall gallery Paarl

Working on a project with Truworths Social development trust teaching Township children.

ABSA KKNK NATIONAL ARTS FESTIVAL selected artist solo show
OUTSHORN SOUTH AFRICA

Invited lecturer UCT Summer School.

2007 Spencer Street Studio open exhibition resident artist.

These Four walls Gallery Cape Town solo show + group show

OFF THE WALL GALLERY PAARL GROUP SHOW

Working on a Teaching project with Truworths Social development trust

Cape Gallery, Beyond encryption exhibition.
These four walls Gallery Cape Town Groups how of prints and drawings.

Rust-en Vrede Gallery Durban ville. Cape Town festival exhibition curated by Theo Kleynhans

Association of visual arts Pretoria. St Sebatian exhibition group show

Solo exhibition CBD Protea Hotel the foreshore Cape Town. Sponsored by the Framing Factory.

Invited lecturer UCT summer school.

Group exhibition. Cape Gallery
2006 Invited to Judge the South African Society of Artist Centenary Exhibition

Exhibition group show Cape Gallery.

Exhibition Selected Portraits Association of Visual Arts Cape Town.

Selected finalist for the Brett kebble awards National exhibition

The Lay of the Land and the Sea exhibition: The Cape Gallery

The Spearhead Project: An exhibition of abstract work jointly with Margot
Hiddingh, curated by Gail Dörje and the Cape Gallery

Truworths Social Development Trust Art facilitator/educator
2005
Cape Gallery representation

Surf Art Exhibition: VEO Gallery, Cape Town

Absolute Secret: Association of Visual Arts (AVA), Cape Town.

Members’ Exhibition: AVA, Cape Town

Solo Exhibition: The Devil’s Boyfriend’s Hairdresser, Association of Visual Arts, Cape Town

Truworths Social Development Trust Art facilitator/educator
2003-2004 Everard Read Gallery, Cape Town

2003-2004 West End Gallery, London

1997-2003 Employed as a commissioned artist for London Contemporary Art
(fine-art publisher and corporate commissions)

1998 Solo Exhibition: The Edge, Soho, London

1997 “Introducing the New” curated by Ivan Tenant, E1 Gallery, London

1997 Group Exhibition: Diorama Gallery, London,

1996 Group Exhibition: Cut Gallery, London

1991-1996 Studied fine art painting





Sponsors
Robert Horn Papers, ADP Plastics, Northampton, England
Repsol Plastics, Denmark
Truworths, Cape Town, South Africa
Maizeys, Cape Town, South Africa
Le Papier du Port, art supplies, Cape Town, South Africa.
Framing Factory Cape Town

Work in collections of

South Africa
SANLAM collection

World wide

West End fine art Publishers Davie Florida

Adobe Software, London

Robert Horn ADP, Northampton

Royal Caribbean Cruises

P&O Cruises

ASK Restaurants London

Private collections: USA, UK, SA, Europe, Australia

COLLECTIONS
Teaching

2005/2006/2007 /2008/2009/ 2010


Spencer Street Studio Ruth Prowse school of art
Orange Street Studio alongside Jill Trapler

2006/7/8/9/10 University of Cape Town, Summer Schools

2006Oscar Mpethe School, Nyanga, Cape Town: Winter school workshop sponsored by Truworths Social Development Trust

2006/7/8/9 /10 Observatory Junior School, Cape Town, South Africa, program sponsored by Truworths Social involvement trust

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