A teaching artist and curator, Newman holds his MA with Distinction, Fine Art, Birmingham Institute of Art and Design, University of Central England, and his Honours BA, Fine Art, University of Reading. Paul teaches at Birmingham School of Art & Loughborough University School of Art
The artist is the recipient of various awards including multiple Arts Council of England Grants (2015, 2014, 2012 and 2006), The Nottingham Castle Open and The West Midlands Open Photography Prize, 2012, among others.
Solo Exhibitions.
2023 In Ruin, Stryx Gallery, Birmingham
2022 English Gothic revisited, Showcase Gallery, Jubilee Trade Centre,
Birmingham
2019 It’s Not the End of the World, Birmingham School of Art
2018 English Gothic, Artefact, Birmingham
2015 Stage.mac Birmingham
2014 After the Flood. Nuneaton Museum and Art Gallery
2012 A Short Night in Tableau Yellow. Terrace Gallery. Great Western Arcade, Birmingham
2008 A Face with No Name. Solihull Arts Complex
2006 Different Parts The Works Gallery, Birmingham
2002 The Curse of the Fly Open Hand Open Space, Reading
Collaborations & 2 person projects (selected)
2020 The Rehearsal of Frankenstein with Nita Newman for Stryx online residency
2018 Don’t be Afraid with Nita Newman for Collaborasaurus curated by Alex Billingham for Vivid
2015 Zero Hours Performance with David Miller for 7 Disorderly Dramas Selfridges, Birmingham
2013 Babelling with David Miller and Ian Andrews for Sluice art fair, London,
2012 Verses in Glutteridge. With Cathy Wade. Winterreise, Minerva Works, Birmingham
2012 Nap-kin. Performance with David Miller at the Vaults, Jewelry Quarter, Birmingham
2007 Solitary Natures, with Matthew Krishanu, Lewisham Arthouse, London
Group Exhibitions (selected)
2022 Vitalistic Fantasies, Elysium Gallery, Swansea
The Twenty Twenty Collection, New Art Gallery Walsall
2021 We Are such as dreams are made on Cello Factory London curated by Vivienne Roberts
2020 Reflections Aleph Contemporary (online). Curated by Vivienne Roberts & Rosa JH Berland.
A Peep at Stryx. Online residency from home for Stryx gallery in Birmingham
2019 Made in Britain: 82 Painters of the 21st Century The National Museum of Poland, Gdansk
2018 New Painting Contemporary British Painting, The Crypt, Marleybone Parish Church, London.
2017 The Future at The Coventry Biennial of Contemporary Art
Contemporary Masters from Britain. 5 museum touring show in China
Anything goes. Art Bermondsey Project Space
2016 Paper Cuts Transition Gallery, London
Contemporary British PaintingSummer Exhibition, Quay Arts Centre, Isle of White
2015 Salon 2015. New Art West Midlands. Waterhall Gallery, Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery
Contemporary Drawings from Britain, Xi’an Academy of Fine Art in China
New Art West Midlands Art Anuale Article Gallery School of Art Birmingham City University
2014 Beep 2014: Wales International Contemporary Painting Prize. Elysium Gallery, Swansea
2012-13 Marmite IV Painting Prize. Touring: London, Glasgow, Cambridge, Plymouth
2012 Diamond Armour. Article Gallery. School of Art Margaret Street. Curated by Mona Casey
West Midlands Open. Wolverhamton Museum and Art Gallery. Prize Winner
Nottingham Castle Open. Prize winner
Rotate, with Eastside Projects & Grand Union. Contemporary Art Society, London
2011 Painting Show. Eastside Projects. Curated by Sophie Von Helerman & Gavin Wade
2010 Sing Silent Songs. Trove, Old Science Museum, Birmingham
2008 The Mausoleum for the Memory of the Lost Object, Iniva, London
Insectoid (with aas) Shorditch Town Hall, London
The Celeste Art Prize, London, shortlisted.
2005 New Generation Arts:The New Gatehouse Show: The Bond, Birmingham
Opposed to the Devotion of Pleasure, Open hand Open Space, Reading
A Stranger comes to Town…City Gallery, Leicester
2004-05 The Jerwood Drawing Prize. National touring exhibition.
Curated Projects
2018 Real Fabrications; Alex Billingham, Arma Agharta & Ethothen Stearn at Stryx,Bham
2017 Little Monsters, Showcase Gallery, Birmingham
2014 Monster Club. A Grant for the Arts
2010 A site of no special interest. Solihull Arts Complex, with Arlene Burnett
2009 The Endless Descent, with Cathy Wade. Rea Studios
2008 The Secret Garden,(with Arlene Burnett and Leon Trimble.)
2006 The 18th Storey. (with Arlene Burnett) Haddon Tower, Lee bank, Birmingham.
2005 A Confidentiality Clause
Awards
2015 Arts Council of England. A Grant for the Arts: Stage, solo exhibition, mac Biirmingham
2014 Arts Council of England. A Grant for the Arts: Monster Club, curated exhibition, The Works.
2012 Winner Photography Prize. West Midlands Open
2011 Prize winner. Nottingham Castle Open
2006 Arts Council of England. A Grant for the Arts, Different Parts, A solo exhibition, The Works
2006 Arts Council of England. A Grant for the Arts, The 18th Storey: The Haddon Tower Project
2004 Emma Phipps. Bequest. Student Prize for MA study
2003 Arts and Humanities Research Bursary for MA study
Publications
2017 Contemporary Masters from Britain ISBN-10: 1543281621
2015 Stage mac birmingham solo exhibition catalogue ISBN 9781907796180
2012 The 4th Marmite Prize For Painting Exhibition catalogue ISBN 978- 905659-10-4
Frieze Magazine. Issue 146. Review of Painting Show at Eastside Projects.
2009 Cultivate: developing the visual arts market in the West Midlands
Work in Collections
New Art Gallery Walsall
The Priseman Seabrook collection
Jiangsu Museum of Art, China, permanent collection.
Employment
2007 - present Birmingham City University, School of Art. Visiting Lecturer MA / BA Fine Art
2012 - present Loughborough University School of the Arts. Visiting Lecturer BA Fine Art
Membership
2016 - present Contemporary British Painting.
Represented by Vivienne Roberts Projects
