Thirty plus years as a practising artist and you learn a thing or two. You learn that not everything you do is good; it is therefore a wonderful moment when all the elements that have been separate suddenly unite to form a tangible cohesive whole.
Thirty plus years as a practising artist and you learn a thing or two. You learn that not everything you do is good; it is therefore a wonderful moment when all the elements that have been separate suddenly unite to form a tangible cohesive whole.
I have a passionate love for brightly coloured, vivid abstract painting and a desire to create work that connects with the space it is standing in. Naturally sculpture fulfils some of that desire and I have always been drawn to painters who use colour intensely; as a sculptor I have this desire to draw my experiences of these paintings into my work. Artists like Patrick Heron, Howard Hodgkin, Frank Stella and many others have influenced the shape and colour of my work; sculpture definitely, paintings in space perhaps.
The underlying narrative is the human experience, every piece an expression of emotion – intensely personal and yet universally appealing to the broadest audience.
I make sculptures from a wide range of materials with particular expertise in wood and metal. My work ranges from large-scale public commissions to galleried exhibitions. Recent works are made from assembled hard woods, cut and reassembled into their final form and selectively painted to create stunning imagery. I select the materials I use in response to my desire to inform and create each piece, choosing materials carefully to give the work its individual narrative.
I wish to deepen my expression and creativity, holding the legacy and creative influences that I draw on in my practice, finding stimulation in the new and novel whilst maintaining the passion, integrity and individuality I apply to all my work.
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PAUL JUILLERAT
www.pauljuillerat.com
Qualifications
2002-2003 MA Design, Chelsea College of Art
1986-1989 BA (Hons) Fine Art, Winchester School of Art
1985-1986 Foundation, Harrow College of Higher Education
1984-1985 Foundation, Blackheath School of Art
Memberships
2004 – Date MRSS (Elected member of the Royal Society of Sculptors
Prizes
2022 Art Vue Foundation Yearly Prize 2022 - Award & Publication
Selected Commissions
2020 Uphill Swimming: Private commission, Australia
2017 The Knight In Woollen Pyjamas: Private commission
2012 I Bring You Fire: Private commission, Shropshire
2008 Russian Roulette: Private commission, Bath
2007 Knights at Sea: Private Commission, Bournemouth
2005 Specialist Computer Holdings Ltd: Birmingham, Commission
2004 South Gloustershire County Council, Public Art Commission
2002 St Modwen Developments Ltd: Birmingham, Purchase
Homage to Cadair: Private Commission, Shropshire
2001 St Modwen Developments Ltd: Commission, Needle Point
Millennium Point, SCH Ltd: Birmingham Sails
Selected Exhibitions
2023 Bath Society of Artists, Victoria Art Gallery Bath
Creating Spaces 2023, The Garden at Miserden, Stroud
2022 Frome Art Fair, Silk Mill, Frome, Somerset
2021 Scars of Memory, Bath open studios, Bath
2018 That Ship Has Sailed, Solo Show, Walcot Chapel, Bath
Totem – Factotum, Solo Show, Walcot Chapel, Bath
Totem – Factotum, Solo Show, Museum of Bath at Work, Bath
Bath Society of Artists, Summer Show, Victoria Art Gallery
2011 Insideout, Rhondda Heritage Park, Trehafod, Rhondda
2010 Bath Society of Artists, Summer Show, Victoria Art Gallery
2009 Bath Society of Artists, Summer Show, Victoria Art Gallery
2008 - 2012 The White Room Gallery, Bath, (Represented by gallery)
2008 No Sacred Cows, Solo Show, Walcot Chapel, Bath
Bath Society of Artists, Summer Show, Victoria Art Gallery
2004 Black Swan Open, Black Swan Arts, Frome, Somerset
2003 Games Show. Stroud House Gallery, Stroud, Gloustershire
DNA to A, Solo Show, Bristol Royal Childrens Hospital, Bristol
Publications
2010 ‘Public Sculpture of Herefordshire, Shropshire &
Worcestershire’ 2010
2003 ‘Art & Architecture’ Journal, 58, May 2003
2002 ‘[a-n]magazine’, December 2002
Birmingham Post, 12th September 2002
‘Art & Architecture’ Journal, Issue 56, March 2002
Art Employment
2008 - Date Design Consultant on a number of local projects, Bath, Bristol
2001 - 2002 Design Consultant/Lead Artist, St Modwen Developments
1999 - 2000 Course Leader Foundation, The College of West Anglia
1995 - Date Self-employed Artist/Designer HOTAIRDESIGN
1993 - 2001 Visiting Lecturer BA (Hons) Textiles, Winchester School of Art
1991 - 1993 Lecturer Foundation Studies, Hereford College of Art & Design
1990 - 1995 Lecturer Foundation Studies, Shrewsbury College of Art
