Paul Hirsts' atmospheric urban landscapes are full of tone and colour. They allude to a time and place where memory and emotion reside. The oil paintings and prints are food for the soul and speak of places you have been but don't quite remember. The beautiful abstracted forms become clearer when we look again. They are in themselves whole and complete having lost the shackles of the real and become their own narrative.

His prints and paintings of Birmingham invite you on a journey into a city where countless exposure, decay and regeneration evidence the passing of time and the moment.

Hirst often travels and camps within the landscape. He is inspired by the peace and tranquillity found on your own and away from it all. His work plays with ideas of traditional representational landscape painting and translates it into an abstract 'Turneresque' contemporary form of landscape including urban landscapes.

J D Francis

Artist Profile and Exhibitions

Paul is originally from Derbyshire and graduated with a first class degree in Fine Art from the University of Derby. He lives and works in Birmingham as The Artist in Residence at the Bond Company where he continues his artistic practice as well as curating the Bond’s exhibition spaces.

Exhibitions

Solo Museum Exhibitions

2010 Between Nature and Imagination – Buxton Museum and Art Gallery

Curated Museum Exhibitions

2009 Imagining Landscape – Derby Museum and Art Gallery

Solo Exhibitions

2012 Mapping the Landscape – The Bond Co, Birmingham

2011 Traces – Harrington Mill Gallery, Long Eaton

2010 In the shadows – Synapse Festival, Tarpey Gallery, Derby

2009 Cold and Warm at the Same Time – Derby Univesity and the Dome, Buxton

2009 Air Derby Royal Hospital Programme – Derby Royal Hospital

2009 Remembered Landscapes – Wirksworth Heritage Centre

2008 Remembered Landscapes – Pride Art Gallery, Derby

2008 Remembered Landscapes – Moffat Art Gallery, Scotland

2008 Remembered Landscapes Degree Show – Derby University

2007 Landscapev – Wirksworth Festival, Derbyshire

Group Exhibitions

2012 Nottingham Castle Open –Nottingham Castle Art Gallery

2011 Beyond the Horizon – Embrace Arts, RA Centre, Leicester

2010 DesPardes The Challenge of the Glocal – Derby and Sarjan Art Gallery Vadadora

Sarjan Art Gallery Vadadora

2010 Harrington Mill Stand Art Supermarket – Kulturhuset, Stockholm

2010 Selected Work – Cornerhouse Gallery, Hayfield

2010 Remembered Landscapes – Melbourne Festival

2010 Harrington Mill Open Studios – Harrington Mill Studios, Long Eaton

2009 Selected Work – Affordable Art Fair, Battersea Park, London

2009 Selected Work – One Picture Show, Osnabruck, Germany

2009 Visual 2009 (Stephen Snoddy) – Baskerville House, Birmingham

2009 Morph Group Show – Deda, Derby

2008 Harrington Mill Open Studios – Harrington Mill, Long Eaton

2008 Remembered Landscapes – Wirksworth Festival, Derbyshire

2008 Remembered Landscapes – Pride Art Gallery, Derby

2008 Remembered Landscapes – Ashby De La Zouch Arts Festival

2008 Illam Hall Residential Art Project – Illam Hall, Derbyshire

2007 Postcard Show – Derby Museum and Art Gallery

2006 Print and the Landscape – Derby Museum and Art Gallery

Commissions

Cold and Warm at the Same Time – NADFAS Cavendish (Decorative and Fine Art Society)

Collections

Derby University

NADFAS Cavendish (Decorative and Fine Art Society)

Residencies

2011 –Current – The Bond Company Artist in Residence, Birmingham

2008 – 2009 – Erewash Council / Derby University / Harrington Mill Studios Residency

Academic Qualifications:

University of Derby – BA (Hons) Fine Art – First Class Degree