Paula MacArthur

Paula MacArthur
Paula MacArthur
Born	Enfield, England
Occupation	Artist
Website	www.paula-macarthur.com

Paula MacArthur (born 1967 in Enfield, London) is an English artist. MacArthur was joint first prize winner in 1989 of the ‘John Player Portrait Award’ at the National Portrait Gallery, London with Tai-Shan Schierenberg. In 1993 she graduated from the Royal Academy of Arts where she was awarded the ‘Royal Academy Schools Prize for Painting’, that same year she was a prize winner of ‘Liverpool John Moores 18’. Her work is held in numerous collections including The National Portrait Gallery, London the collection of Baron and Baroness von Oppenheim and The Priseman Seabrook Collection.

MacArthur has lectured on her work at the Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, Norwich University of the Arts, Jerwood Gallery, Hastings and Glasgow Artist Guild. She ran the De La Warr Pavilion ‘Artist Critique Group’ until 2019.

MacArthur's recent work has focused on painting gem stones and crystals.

Selected exhibitions

"Entwined: Plants in Contemporary Painting" Huddersfield Art Gallery, Huddersfield, England (2022)
“Slippery & Amorphous” The Crypt, St Marylebone Parish Church (2016)
“This Year's Model” Studio 1.1, London (2016)
“Undead Painters” ASC Gallery, London (2015)
“Creekside Open” Art in Perpetuity Trust (APT Gallery), London (2015)
“Disturbance” Atom Gallery, London (2015)
“OVERHE(a)R(e)” Carnegie Library, London (2015)
“Infinitely Precious Things” VJB Arts, London (2014)
“Q14” Art in Perpetuity Trust (APT Gallery), London (2014)
“OVERHE(a)R(e)” Aplomb Gallery, Chicago, USA (2014)
“Le Voci Ritrovate” Castello di Monti, Corigliano d’Otranto, Italy (2014)
“Zeitgeist Summer Exhibition” Zeitgeist Arts Projects, London (2014)
“The Femail Project” The Article Gallery, Birmingham City University (2013)
“Tasty Modern” Schwartz Gallery, London (2013)
“Minutiae” The Stone Space, London (2012)
“What the Folk Say” Compton Verney, Warwickshire (2011)
“Remasters” The Rag Factory, London (2010)
“Four Self Portrait Artists” Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool (1994)
“Royal Academy of Arts Post-Graduates” Grassimuseum, Leipzig, Germany (1993)
“Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition” Royal Academy of Arts, London (1991)
“Young Contemporaries” Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester (1989)

Selected collections

Awards

Prize winner, , Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool (1993)
Royal Academy Schools Prize for painting (1993)
First Prize Winner, John Player Portrait Award, National Portrait Gallery, London (1989)

References

↑ "Paula MacArthur". re-title.com. Archived from the original on 24 June 2016. Retrieved 2 June 2016.
↑ "John Moores 18". Walker Art Gallery. 1993. Retrieved 2 June 2016.
1 2 "'Frederick-Sanger' by Paula MacArthur (1991)". National Portrait Gallery. Archived from the original on 22 September 2022. Retrieved 2 June 2016.
↑ Dominiczak, Marek H. (1 July 2011). "International Year of Chemistry 2011: The Importance of Sequences". Clinical Chemistry. 57 (7): 1088–1089. doi:10.1373/clinchem.2011.167338. ISSN 0009-9147.
↑ "Paula MacArthur". Contemporary British Painting. Archived from the original on 6 March 2023. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
1 2 "Priseman Seabrook Collection: British Prints, Drawings and Photographs | More About - About the Venue". Art UK. Archived from the original on 6 March 2023. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
1 2 "About". Priseman Seabrook. Archived from the original on 6 March 2023. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
↑ "news". NUCA. Retrieved 2 June 2016.
↑ "artist-group". dlwp. Retrieved 2 June 2016.
↑ "Paula MacArthur: Artist of the Month". Contemporary British Painting. 1 August 2022. Archived from the original on 1 December 2022. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
↑ "New Botanical Exhibition comes to Huddersfield Art Gallery". Kirklees Together. 14 November 2022. Archived from the original on 13 January 2023. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
↑ "Do you see art or graffiti? A new botanical exhibition has opened at Huddersfield Art Gallery". Huddersfield Hub. 20 November 2022. Archived from the original on 20 November 2022. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
↑ "Slippery and Amorphous". Art Rabbit. 2016. Archived from the original on 28 November 2022. Retrieved 2 June 2016.
↑ "Slippery and Amorphous". Marylebone Journal. 2015. Archived from the original on 24 June 2016. Retrieved 2 June 2016.
↑ Philo, Ruth (7 January 2016). "This Year's Model". Axis. Archived from the original on 6 March 2023. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
↑ "Atom Gallery showcases all-female exhibition Disturbance 28 February – 8 March". John Jones. 9 February 2015. Archived from the original on 3 August 2016. Retrieved 2 June 2016.
↑ Carey-Kent, Paul (18 February 2014). "Paul's Art Stuff on a Train #42: 'Love in the City'". FAD Magazine. Archived from the original on 19 September 2020. Retrieved 2 June 2016.
↑ "Paula MacArthur". Art UK. Archived from the original on 1 July 2022. Retrieved 2 June 2016.
↑ "The Priseman Seabrook Collection of 21st Century British Painting". Contemporary British Painting. Archived from the original on 24 April 2016. Retrieved 2 June 2016.

External links

Paula MacArthur
Artslant

[1] "Paula MacArthur". re-title.com. Archived from the original on 24 June 2016. Retrieved 2 June 2016.

[2] "John Moores 18". Walker Art Gallery. 1993. Retrieved 2 June 2016.

[:2-3] 1 2 "'Frederick-Sanger' by Paula MacArthur (1991)". National Portrait Gallery. Archived from the original on 22 September 2022. Retrieved 2 June 2016.

[4] Dominiczak, Marek H. (1 July 2011). "International Year of Chemistry 2011: The Importance of Sequences". Clinical Chemistry. 57 (7): 1088–1089. doi:10.1373/clinchem.2011.167338. ISSN 0009-9147.

[5] "Paula MacArthur". Contemporary British Painting. Archived from the original on 6 March 2023. Retrieved 5 March 2023.

[:0-6] 1 2 "Priseman Seabrook Collection: British Prints, Drawings and Photographs | More About - About the Venue". Art UK. Archived from the original on 6 March 2023. Retrieved 5 March 2023.

[:1-7] 1 2 "About". Priseman Seabrook. Archived from the original on 6 March 2023. Retrieved 5 March 2023.

[8] "news". NUCA. Retrieved 2 June 2016.

[9] "artist-group". dlwp. Retrieved 2 June 2016.

[10] "Paula MacArthur: Artist of the Month". Contemporary British Painting. 1 August 2022. Archived from the original on 1 December 2022. Retrieved 5 March 2023.

[11] "New Botanical Exhibition comes to Huddersfield Art Gallery". Kirklees Together. 14 November 2022. Archived from the original on 13 January 2023. Retrieved 5 March 2023.

[12] "Do you see art or graffiti? A new botanical exhibition has opened at Huddersfield Art Gallery". Huddersfield Hub. 20 November 2022. Archived from the original on 20 November 2022. Retrieved 5 March 2023.

[13] "Slippery and Amorphous". Art Rabbit. 2016. Archived from the original on 28 November 2022. Retrieved 2 June 2016.

[14] "Slippery and Amorphous". Marylebone Journal. 2015. Archived from the original on 24 June 2016. Retrieved 2 June 2016.

[15] Philo, Ruth (7 January 2016). "This Year's Model". Axis. Archived from the original on 6 March 2023. Retrieved 5 March 2023.

[16] "Atom Gallery showcases all-female exhibition Disturbance 28 February – 8 March". John Jones. 9 February 2015. Archived from the original on 3 August 2016. Retrieved 2 June 2016.

[17] Carey-Kent, Paul (18 February 2014). "Paul's Art Stuff on a Train #42: 'Love in the City'". FAD Magazine. Archived from the original on 19 September 2020. Retrieved 2 June 2016.

[18] "Paula MacArthur". Art UK. Archived from the original on 1 July 2022. Retrieved 2 June 2016.

[19] "The Priseman Seabrook Collection of 21st Century British Painting". Contemporary British Painting. Archived from the original on 24 April 2016. Retrieved 2 June 2016.