Paul Birchall
Curriculum Vitae
Born 1959 England
Lives in 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.
Teaching
2005/2006/2007 /2008/2009/2010/2011/2012/ 13
University of Cape Town Michealis
Spencer Street Studio Ruth Prowse school of art
Orange Street Studio Art Source studio Cape Town
UCT Michealis 20 12/13/14
2006/7/8/9/10/11/12 /15 University of Cape Town, Summer Schools
2006/7/8/9 /10/11/12 /13 Observatory Junior School, Cape Town, South Africa, program sponsored by
Truworths Social involvement trust
Exhibitions, gallery representations and project work
2015
Solo show Art Karoo Gallery as part of the Klein Karoo National Kunstefees.
100 years of Die Burger curated by Sandra Hanekom
2014
Solo show Rust en Vrede gallery Durbanville, D street gallery Stellenbosch group
show, cape gallery winter solstice show. Art B Beliville Tiny Treasures. Art B
Belville NAAK curated by clare menk. Rust en Vrede gallery Durbanville The
grand show. Ruth Prowse Alumni show
2013
Design Endaba Cape craft and design Institute hand-made collection 2013.
Group show Pentimenti Word fees Stellenbosch.
Museum of Potchefstroom solo exhibition called Waiting for Vesuvius.
Rust en Vrede Gallery Durbanville Miniatures exhibition. Dorp Street Gallery
Stellenbosch small selected works.
2012
Group Show , Open studio Cape Town Art week
Invited lecturer. Michaelis school of art, Ruth Prowse school of art.
Lovell Gallery Cape Town
2011
2010-
Cape Gallery group show.
Invited lecturer. UCT summer school, Michaelis school of art, Ruth Prowse
school of art.
Residency at the Cite international Des Arts Paris France Sept/Oct/ Nov
Seven ages of man group show highlands house Cape Town
Exhibition of self portraits by south Africa artists. Rust n Vrede Gallery
Durbanville
Solo show MIEN Association for Visual Arts Cape Town
INNIBOS arts festival Nelspruit South Africa
Hass gallery group show
JUDGEMENT, UITSPRAAK 2011 group show Association for Visual Arts Cape
Town
Hass gallery group show
The Fairy show Woordfees festival exhibitions Stellenbosch
15x15 group show DorpStreet gallery Stellenbosch
Kline Karoo Klasik arts festival Oudsthoorn group show.
Wessel Snyman Creative Cape Town group show
Haas Collective studio Gallery solo show
Daivd Brown fine art Johannesburg group show
Knysna fine art gallery Pink Loerie festival group show
Haas Gallery Cape Town Group show
Woordfees Stellenbosch Dagboek and Klatboek exhibitions
Group show Off the wall gallery Paarl
2009Spencer 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
Print 08: Myth Memory & the Archive, Bell-Roberts Gallery,
Woodstock, Cape Town 13 Aug- 5 Sept.
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
Cape Gallery representation
2005
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