PAUL  P.   ~   Images    Press  


Born in Canada, 1977. Lives and works in Paris.

Solo Exhibitions:

2009   Three Parts Glass, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg

2008   Venice, Venice, Marc Selwyn Fine Art, Los Angeles

Inclinations, Daniel Reich Gallery, New York

When Ghost Meets Ghost, Maureen Paley, London

2007   Par temps gris, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris

Dusks, Lamplights, The Power Plant, Toronto

Place Names, the Place, Daniel Reich Gallery, New York

2006   Blue and Opal, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg

The Yellow Room, Marc Selwyn Fine Art, Los Angeles

2005   A Grey Note, Gallery Side 2, Tokyo, Japan

Grey and Gold, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, ArtForum, Berlin, catalogue

Les pas effaces, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris

2004   In the Shadow of Young Girls in Bloom, Galerie Lisa Ruyter, Vienna

The Peacock Room, Angstrom Gallery, Dallas

Blue Hydrangea, Marc Selwyn Fine Art, Los Angeles

The Sweet Cheat Gone, Gallery Stratford, Stratford, Canada

2003   Last Flowers, Daniel Reich Gallery, New York

2002   Pink Gothic, Solo Exhibition, Toronto


Selected Group Exhibitions:

2009   Compass in Hand, Museum of Modern Art, New York

Fixstern: 100 Jahre Kunst auf Papier, Landesmuseen, Schloss Gottdorf, Schleswig

Naked!, Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York

2008   The Boys of Summer, The Fireplace Project, East Hampton

The Big Gift, Illingworth Kerr Gallery, Calgary

Male, White Columns, New York / Presentation House, Vancouver

2007   People Take Pictures of Each Other, LaMontagne Gallery, Boston

Sweet Bird of Youth, Arndt& Partner, Berlin

Some Kind of Portrait, Marc Selwyn Fine Art, Los Angeles

Crack the Sky, Biennale de Montreal, Montreal

Painting as Fact - Fact as Fiction, de Pury and Luxembourg, Zurich

2006   People, Museo d’ÄôArte Contemporanea Donnaregina, Naples

I Love My Scene, Mary Boone Gallery, New York, curated by Jose Friere

Image Is Gone, Galerie Lisa Ruyter, Vienna

2005   This Hard, Gem-Like Flame, Angstrom Gallery, Dallas, cur. Joseph Wolin

La beaute de l’enfer, Galerie Rodolphe Janssen, Brussels

2004   Origins of Harold, Deitch Projects, New York, curated by JT LeRoy

Heavenly Creatures, Galerie Thaddeus Ropac, Salzburg, cur. Lisa Ruyter

Happy Times Are Here Again, David Zwirner Gallery, New York, cur. Andre Schlechtriem

Rimbaud, I-20 Gallery, New York, cur. Max Henry

She’s Come Undone, Artemis Greenberg Van Doren Gallery, New York

Colored Pencil, KS Art, New York

Republic of Love, Power Plant, Toronto, cur. Xandra Eden

It’s About Memory, Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago, cur. Simon Watson

Now is a Good Time, Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York, cur. Dean Valentine

2003   My People Were Fair..., curated by Bob Nickas, Team Gallery, New York

Teenage Rebel, Galerie du jour agnes b, Paris

Today’s Man, Hiromi Yoshii Gallery, Tokyo

Today’s Man, John Connelly Presents, New York

Now Playing, D’Amelio Terras Gallery, New York

Karaoke Death Machine, Daniel Reich Gallery, New York

2002   Dark Side of Happy , Gallery Stratford, Stratford, ON

Richard Heller Gallery, Santa Monica, CA

2001   Wall Art, Other Gallery, Winnipeg, MA


Selected Bibliography:

2010   Brocveille, Vincent, “Kitch Arcadie”, Tetu

2009   Bollen, Christopher, “Kitch Arcadie”, Tetu
Pernet, Diane “Frozen on the Precipice of Change”, ’Äù, Zoo Magazine, Summer
Rattemeyer, Christian, “Compass in Hand; Selections from the Judith Rothschild Foundation, ”, MoMA
Flosdorff, Caroline, “Fixstern: 100 Jahre Kunst auf Papier”, Weinard
Hall, Emily, “Paul P. Inclinations”, Artforum, Mar.
Wolin, Joseph, “Paul P. Inclinations”, Time Out New York, Jan 22
Johnson, Ken, “Paul P. Inclinations”, New York Times, Jan 8
The New Yorker, Ed., Goings On, “Paul P” Jan. 5
Miles, Christopher, “Paul P. at Marc Selwyn Fine Art”, LA Weekly, Jan. 1

2008   Pagel, David, “Paul P. at Marc Selwyn Fine Art”, Los Angeles Times, Dec. 18
van Bennekom, Jop, “Paul P.”, Butt, Winter
Aletti, Vince, MALE: from the collection of Vince Aletti, PPP Editions/Andrew Roth
Zhong, Fan, “Paul P. Show”, Interview, Nov.
Brouns, Jesse, “Lieve Jongens”, Blend, September
Velasco, David, “Paul P.”, Museo, No. 9
Verdon, Xavier, “...si le loup y etait, il nous mangerait!” Traffic, spring/summer

2007   “Reckitt, Helena, “Voices- Paul P.”, NYArts, November/December
Clarke, Bill, “Paul P.”, Canadian Art, Winter
Hanley, William, “Review: Place Names, the Place”, ARTnews, October
Krishtalka, Sholem, “Decadent, Decaying Romance”, Xtra!, September 13
McGinley, Ryan, “High Art”, The Advocate, August 14
Gaboue, Stephane, “Young Men in Repose”, Anthem, May
Yve, Mike. “Paul P.”, PREF, May
Baerwaldt, Wayne, “Crack the Sky”, 5 Biennale de Montreal / Public35
Hicklin, Aaron “Not-So-Tough Guys”, Out, May
Fraser-Cavassoni, Natasha, “Paul P.: Studio View” Interview, May
Yannick Barbe, “Nonchaloir”, TETU, Apr.

2006   “Les visages de Paul P.”, Blast, Winter 2006
Ceh, Yan, “Paul P. et le tresor cache”, Jalouse, Sep. 2006
Voight, Rebecca, “Drawing from Phototgraphs”, Zoo, Spring 2006
Dos Santos, Marcelo, “The Line of Beauty”, Attitude, Mar. 2006
Melendez, Franklin, “The Avant Marriage of Fashion and Art”, SOMA, Mar. 2006
Cobb, Michael, “In the Shadow of Young Girls in Bloom”, They Shoot Homos Don’t They, 002, 2006

2005   Bollen, Christopher, “Headshots”, VMAN, spring/summer 2005
Ryan, Julie, “Paul P. in Vienna”, C Magazine, spring 2005
Maculan, Lena, “Junge Kunst aus Kanada: die Portrats von Paul P.” Parnass, Mar.
Cucco, Susanna, “Coups de coeur”, L’ Officiel Hommes, spring/summer 2005

2004   Uovo Drawings 2004, Uovo, #9, Dec.
Aigner, Claudia, “Suchtig nach dem Ruckwartsgang”, Weiner Zeitung, Dec. 17
Garulli, Lavinia, et al., “Mixed Paint”, Flash Art, Nov.
Watson, Simon, “Blue Hydrangea”, Issue, #8, Fall
Ribas, Joao, “She’s Come Undone“, Time Out New York, Jul.1
Martin, Merritt, “Jack Pierson and Paul P.”, Dallas Observer, Jun. 17
Sworn, Corin, “Republic of Love”, Canadian Art, Summer
Hellman, Michel, “Eros et Thanatos”, Le Devoir, Montreal, Mar. 28
Eden, Xandra, “Republic of Love”, Power Plant, Toronto, Spring

2003   New Yorker, Ed., Goings On, “My People were fair...”, Nov. 17
Watson, Simon, “Post Bubble“, Issue, #7, Fall
“K48”, #4,
New Yorker, Ed., Goings On, “Now Playing”, Aug. 4
Cotter, Holland, “Paul P.”, New York Times, Jul. 18
Rimanelli, David, “Entries”, Artforum, Summer
BorderCrossings Magazine,, Art Pages, #85, Spring

2002   Hackett, Sophie. “Beautiful Politics”, Xtra!, Apr. 4


Publications:

Venice, Venice, Marc Selwyn Fine Art, 2009
Paul P.- When Ghost Meets Ghost / Peter Hujar, Maureen Paley, 2008, text by Vince Aletti
Blue and Silver, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, 2007, text by Francois Jonquet
Nonchaloir, Powerhouse books, 2007, text by Collier Schorr
The Yellow Room, Marc Selwyn Fine Art, 2006, text by Vince Aletti
Grey and Gold, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, 2005, text by Michel Bulteau


Public Collections:

Museum of Modern Art, New York
Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto
Glenbow Museum, Calgary
Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn