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PAUL BENJAMIN

1950 - Born London

1969-1973 - Camberwell School of Art

1973-1975 - Royal College of Art

Solo exhibitions

1984 - ‘Summer Fragments’, Thumb Gallery, London

1986 - ‘Entry into the Temples of Delight’, Thumb Gallery, London

1987 - ‘Excavations’, Thumb Gallery, London

1989 - Galerie Pascal Gabert, Paris

1990 - Galerie Cafe Mundy, Bregenz, Austria
Landers Bank in association with Rhomberg Textile Co, Bregenz

1991 - ‘New Work’, Thumb Gallery, London
‘Recent Paintings’, Galerie Pascal Gabert, Paris

1993 - Champagne Vranken, Epernay

1994 - ‘Untitled 1 to 17’, Galerie Pascal Gabert, Paris
‘Small Paintings and Works on Paper’, Jill George Gallery, London

1995 - ‘Recent Work’, Galerie Wam, Caen, France

1996 - ‘Paintings and Works on Paper’, Jill George Gallery, London

1998 - ‘Light Years’, Brighton Festival, University of Brighton Gallery

1999 - Galerie Pascal Gabert, Paris

2000 - ‘Looking for New Horizons’, Jill George Gallery, London

2004 - Galerie Pascal Gabert, Paris, (2 person)
‘Living in London’, Jill George Gallery, London

Group exhibitions include

1980 - St Paul’s Gallery, Leeds
Brighton Polytechnic Gallery, Brighton

1982 - Hayward Annual, Hayward Gallery, London
John Moore’s Exhibition, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool

1983 - Art Haus, Dornbirn, Austria
‘Six Draughtsmen’, Brighton Polytechnic Gallery, Brighton
‘Summer Show’ and ‘The Music Show’, Thumb Gallery, London
‘10 Years On’, Thumb Gallery, London

1984 -1986 - International Contemporary Art Fair, London (Thumb Gallery)

1985 - Art Haus, Dornbirn, Austria

1986 -1988 - International Contemporary Art Fair, Los Angeles (Thumb Gallery)

1987 - Galerie Pascal Gabert, Paris
‘38 Lexington Street’, Thumb Gallery, London

1988 - ‘Group Show’ and ‘The Drawing Show’, Thumb Gallery, London
Galerie Pascal Gabert, Paris

1989 - Art ‘89, Islington, London (Thumb Gallery)
Galerie Musee d’Art Contemporain de Chamalieres, France
‘17 Articles des Droits de l’Homme’, Georges Pompidou Centre, Paris
‘17 Articles des Droits de l’Homme’, mural, Herouville-St-Clair, France

1990 - ‘Summer Show’, Galerie Pascal Gabert, Paris
‘London to Atlanta’, Atlanta, USA (Thumb Gallery)
‘Drawing Show II’, Thumb Gallery, London

1991 - ‘5 + 1’, Galerie Pascal Gabert, Paris
Decouvertes, Paris (Galerie Pascal Gabert)
‘Friends and Contemporaries’, John Jones Gallery, London

1992 - Salon de Montrouge
‘A Toulouse-Lautrec’, Musee Toulouse-Lautrec, Albi, France
‘40 Artists’, John Jones Gallery, London

1993 - ‘A Toulouse-Lautrec’, Musee des Beaux-Arts, Pau, France
‘30 Ans de la Ville’, Herouville-St-Clair, Normandy, France
‘Works of Peace, 111 Artists’, Bhak Gallery, Seoul, Korea
‘La Nuque’, Au Cabinet d’Amateur, Paris
Galerie Pascal Gabert, Paris

1994 - ‘Quand les Poetes Inspirent les Peintres’, Au Cabinet d’Amateur, Paris
‘Autour de Guernica’, Conseil Regional de Basse-Normandy, France
‘L’Art et le Gout’, Les Pecheurs d’Etaples, Lille, France
‘Collection de l’Artiste’, Galerie Pascal Gabert, Paris
Print Fair, Concourse Gallery, Barbican Centre, London

1995 - ‘Drawing Show III’, Jill George Gallery, London
‘Collection de l’Artiste’ and ‘Poissons’, Galerie Pascal Gabert, Paris
‘1st Avril’ and ‘Maman les P’tits Bateaux’, Galerie Wam, Caen, France

1996 - Art 96 and The Contemporary Print Show, London
‘Au Marriage de la Vierge’, Galerie Wam, Caen, France

1997 - ‘Small Works’, Galerie Pascal Gabert, Paris
Art 97, Glasgow Art Fair and The Contemporary Print Show, London

1998 - 20th Century Art Fair, London (Jill George Gallery)
‘Collection de l’Artiste I’, Galerie Pascal Gabert, Paris
Herouville-St-Clair, Normandy, France

1999 - Santa Fe Art Fair, Santa Fe, USA (Jill George Gallery)
Galerie Wam, Caen, France

2000 - ‘2K, 2K’, Jill George Gallery, London
20/21 British Art Fair, Royal College of Art, London (Jill George Gallery)
‘Collection de l’Artiste III’, Galerie Pascal Gabert, Paris
Print Studio, Dublin
Toronto International Art Fair, Canada (Jill George Gallery)

2001 - Art 2001, London (Jill George Gallery)
Palm Springs International Art Fair, USA (Jill George Gallery)
20/21 British Art Fair, Royal College of Art, London (Jill George Gallery)
Toronto International Art Fair, Canada (Jill George Gallery)
Art Palm Beach, Florida, USA (Jill George Gallery)

2002 - Art 2002, London (Jill George Gallery)
Group Show, Galerie Pascal Gabert, Paris
Chicago International Art Fair, USA (Jill George Gallery)
Art London, Duke of York’s Headquarters, Chelsea (Jill George Gallery)
‘Paintings’, Jill George Gallery, London
Toronto International Art Fair, Canada (Jill George Gallery)

2003 - Art Palm Beach, Florida, USA (Jill George Gallery)
Art 2003, London (Jill George Gallery)
Art Chicago, Chicago, USA (Jill George Gallery)
Toronto International Art Fair, Canada (Jill George Gallery)

2004 - Palm Beach Contemporary Art Fair, Florida, USA (Jill George Gallery)

2005 - Art London, Burton’s Court, Chelsea, (Jill George Gallery)
‘Duets’, Europa Gallery, Sutton Central Library

2006 - Art Madrid, Madrid (Jill George Gallery)

Commissions

1984 - 106 drawings, 4 paintings and a limited edition lithograph for the P & O
luxury liner, ‘Royal Princess’

1987 - Juniper Woolf, London and Thumb Gallery, London

1988 -1990 Rhomberg, Textil Ges Mbh, Dornbirn, Austria

1990 - Edit Works, London

Paul Benjamins work is in many private and public collections in France, Austria, Great Britain, Italy, Norway, Switzerland and USA.

Tel +44 (0) 20 7237 1230

Email cgp.mail@virgin.net