Paul Richards

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

Richards was tutored by Ray Exworth at Falmouth, and studied 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.

Exhibitions

Solo 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

Group 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