Paul was born in Chicago in 1961.

With an education in Bauhaus architecture and fine art, Paul has carved an interesting niche in the international art world: bridging the principals and emotions of painting with the logic and detail of architecture. Paul approaches painting as a balance of physical structure (wood, canvas, paper); visual structure (brush strokes, scrapes, tears); and color. The structure of color takes on it’s own life while contained on the paintings surface. Whether thin and spacial, or thick and elemental, the colors are not random, but developed to compliment the physical and the visual. With respectful regard to the Abstract Expressionists of the forties and fifties, Paul allows the painting process to remain the final subject.
The most recent additions to Paul’s work are graphite on paper drawings. Based upon drafting exercises from his years studying architecture a the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago, his drawings depict abstraction in it’s purest form, geometry, yet still contain elements of expressionism in the line work and color. Though minimal in logic, the drawings contain a richness in line and positive/negative relationships.
Paul has lived and worked in Chicago and Berkeley, California, and has recently moved to the emerging art community of Paducah, Kentucky. Paul’s drawings are part of The Drawing Center archive in New York City, plus he is a gallery artist for HANG in San Francisco and Metamorphosis in Sarasota, Florida. Paul has also exhibited extensively in Chicago and Europe. In December 2001, he was one of the painters representing the United States at the Third International Biennial of Contemporary Art in Florence, Italy, where he won a fifth place medal for painting. In 2002, he again represented the United States while participating in the Paris Triennal. Paul is also a member of the Association D’Art International in France.
The highlight of 2006, will be his solo exhibition at HANG in San Francisco and his participation in the EMAAR International Art Symposium in Dubai, UAE.

1996-1998 Extension Program, University of California, Berkeley, California
1990 Studio Program, International School of Art, Montecastello di Vibio, Italy
1986-1988 Studio Program, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
1979-1984 Bachelor of Architecture degree, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois

2006 New Work on Canvas, Metamorphosis, Sarasota, Florida
Marks and Gestures, Hang, San Francisco, California
2004 New Work on Paper, Shidoni Gallery, Tesuque, New Mexico
2003 Running and Standing Still, Maturango Museum, Ridgecrest, California
On the Horizon, Hang, Palo Alto, California
2002 New Work, Hang, San Francisco, California

2005 Talent 2005, Allan Stone Gallery, New York City, New York
Water Tower Annual, Louisville Visual Art Association, Louisville, Kentucky
Kentucky National Biennial, Murray State University, Murray, Kentucky
2003 Water Tower Annual, Louisville Visual Art Association, Louisville, Kentucky
ArtExpo.Mexico.04, Galeana 70, Centro, Morelia, Mexico
2002 Triennale International d'Art Contemporain, La Grande Arche, Paris, France
2001 Biennale Internazionale dell'Arte Contemporanea, Fortezza da Basso, Florence, Italy
2000 Dyads and Triads, Hang, San Francisco, California
1996 Color (3), Circa Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
1995 Chicago-Leipzig Leben in der Grobstadt-Altag und Visionen, Leipzig, Germany
American Nomads, Circa Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
1994 Legume du Jour, Circa Galery, Chicago, Illinois
Offerings, Bertoncini Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
1992 Combinations, Gallery 1633, Chicago, Illinois
1990 Year Round Exhibition, Ariel Gallery, New York City, New York

2006 Kentucky National Biennial, Third Place Winner
2001 Biennale Internazionale dell'Arte Contemporanea, Fifth Place Medal, Painting

2004 Exposition International d'Art Contemporain, ADAI, Mirabel, France
2003 Art of Northern California, Alcove Books, Berkeley, California
2002 Triennale de Paris, Internationale d'Art Contemporain, ARTEC, Paris, France
2001 Biennale Internazionale Dell'Arte Contemporanea, Arte Studio, Florence, Italy

2001-2003 Academy of Art College, San Francisco, California
Master class instructor: Abstraction and Interpretation I, II, III
Master advisor for MFA candidates

2004-present Academy of Art University, San Francisco, California
Master class instructor: Abstraction and Interpretation I, II, III
Cyber Campus, On-Line Classes