Paul Richards (artist)

Paul Richards (born 1949) is a British figurative painter and part-time lecturer at the Slade School of Fine Art.

Richards was educated at Saint Martin's School of Art and Maidstone School of Art. He came to prominence in the 1970s for performance-based art he produced with Bruce McLean in Nice Style, the world's first pose band.

Richards paints portraits and still life. 17 of his oil paintings are in UK public art collections, such as Arts Council England and the Tavistock and Portman NHS Trust Foundation.

One-Man

 * 1967: Robert Self Gallery, London
 * 1977: Battersea Arts Centre, London
 * 1981, 82, 83: Lewis Johnstone Gallery, London
 * 1985: ‘Red Rite’, Riverside Studios, London;‘Love Dance’, Connaught Brown, London
 * 1988,90: Connaught Brown, London
 * 1991: Denis Hotz Fine Art, Johannesburg
 * 1992,94: Connaught Brown, London
 * 1995: Carling Dalenson, Stockholm
 * 1996,98: Connaught Brown, London
 * 1996: Dalenson Gallery, Naples, Florida
 * 2003,06: Connaught Brown, London
 * 2009Crisis of Identity: 22 January – 28 February 2009 – Connaught Brown Gallery, London

Mixed

 * 1972: ‘The British Thing’, Oslo
 * 1973: ‘Critics Choice’, Tooth Gallery, London;‘Deep Freeze’ (performance), Hanover Grand, London
 * 1974: ‘A Problem of Positioning’ (performance), Architectural Association, London
 * 1975: ‘End of an Era’, Robert Self Gallery, London
 * 1979: ‘The Masterwork’ (performance), Riverside Studios, London
 * 1982: ‘Collazione Inglese’, Venice,‘The New Classicism’, Bremio Lubiam, Italy
 * 1983: New Purchase Exhibition, Arts Council Collection, National Theatre, London;‘The Formal and Informal’, Gallery of Modern Art, Bologna
 * 1984: APERTO 84, Venice Biennale
 * 1985: ‘Room at the Top’, Nicola Jacobs Gallery, London;Festival d’Eté de Seine Maritime, Rouen
 * 1987-88: ‘The Arts for Television’, touring Exhibition – venues included: Stedelijk Museum, 			Amsterdam; The Museum of Modern Art, New York; Musée National d’Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris; Tate Gallery, London
 * 1991: Recent Purchases, Contemporary Art Society, Camden Arts Centre, London
 * 1994: Summer Exhibition, O’Hara Gallery, New York
 * 1997: ‘Wait and See (What’s for Dinner)’, Towner Art Gallery, Eastbourne
 * 2004–05: ‘Tom Bendhem: Collector’, Contemporary Art Society Touring Exhibition

Publications

 * Fenner, Felicity, and Paul Richards (1996), A Certain Fiction, Florida