Paul Day Biography
Paul Day has spent over twenty years developing a highly personal approach to figurative sculpture with a particular interest in representing the figure in architectural space using high-relief, an art form that combines drawn composition and fully rounded sculpture.
Curriculum Vitae
| 1967 | Born Horsham, England |
Education & Awards
| 1989–91 | Cheltenham School of Art, Batchelor of Arts |
| 1991 | The Prince’s Trust Award |
| 1993 | Prix Fondation Taylor, Salon des Artistes Français, Paris |
| 1999 | Lauréat, Prix Susse Fonderie, Paris |
| 2002 | Laureate, The Battle of Britain London Monument Competition, London |
| 2006 | Honorary Doctorate, University of Gloucestershire, England |
| 2007 | Laureate, Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother Memorial Competition, London |
| 2016 | Laureate, The Iraq & Afghanistan Memorial Competition, London |
| 2017 | Laureate, The Battle of the Atlantic Memorial, Liverpool |
| 2020 | Laureate, The Submariners Memorial, Staffordshire, England |
Commissions
| 2020 | Tribute sculpture to Dame Vera Lynn, England : in progress |
| Submariners Memorial, NMA, England : in progress | |
| 2019 | Memorial to Fred Rogers, Rollins College, Winter Park, Florida |
| “Creation”, Sunset Boulevard, Beverly Hills, California | |
| 2016 | The Iraq & Afghanistan Memorial, Westminster, London |
| 2015 | Charolais Cattle, Craggy Range Vineyards, Napier, New Zealand |
| 2014 | Joseph Bazalgette & Dr John Snow, Dorsington, Warwickshire, England |
| 2010 | Diamond Jubilee Gold Sovereign, The Royal Mint, Wales. |
| 2009 | The Queen Mother Memorial, The Mall, Westminster, London |
| 2007 | The Meeting Place, St Pancras International Station, London |
| 2006 | Rupert Brooke for Jeffrey & Mary Archer, The Old Vicarage, Grantchester, England |
| 2005 | The Battle of Britain London Monument, Westminster, London |
| 2004 | The Few’ for Felix Dennis, Dorsington, Warwickshire, England |
| 2001 | A Mining Tragedy – memorial sculpture, Marcinelle Industrial Museum, Belgium |
| 2000 | “Bruxelles, une comédie urbaine”, Les Galeries Royales St. Hubert , Brussels, Belgium |
| Après Cela and “Autoroutes Urbaines” for Brussels City Parliament , Belgium | |
| 1999 | “Two Houses” for Jeffrey & Mary Archer, London |
| 1994 | Triptych for Hilton International, Watford, England |
| 1991 | “The Visitation” for Leo & Jilly Cooper, Gloucestershire, England |
| 1992 | “St Peter”, Prinknash Abbey, Gloucestershire, England |
| 1990 | Portrait of Harry Judge CBE, Moreton-in-Marsh, England |
Solo Exhibition
| 2018 | Espace Culturel “Les Dominicaines”, Pont-l’Évêque, France |
| 2016 | Anagama Gallerie, Versailles, France |
| Espace Contemporain, Beaune, France | |
| Abbaye de la Bussiere, Burgundy, France | |
| 2015 | Anagama Gallerie, Versailles, France |
| 2014 | Exhibition at the British Embassy, Paris. |
| Plus One Gallery, Chelsea, London | |
| 2013 | Artclub Gallery, rue de Rivoli, Paris |
| 2011 | La Lanterne Magique, Musee des Beaux Arts, Beaune, France |
| Musee de Roanne, France | |
| 2009 | Arthus Gallery, Brussels |
| Plus One Gallery, London | |
| Espace Contemporain, Beaune, France | |
| 2007 | Caisse d’Epargne HQ, Dijon, France |
| 2006 | The Gardiner Museum, Toronto, Canada |
| Galerie Alain Blondel, Paris | |
| Espace Contemporain, Beaune, France | |
| 2005 | The Cass Sculpture Foundation, London |
| Paul Day at Bloomsbury Auctions, London | |
| 2004 | Espace Contemporain, Beaune, France |
| 2003 | Garth Clark Gallery, New York |
| 2002 | Galerie Alain Blondel,Paris |
| Arthus Gallery, Brussels | |
| 2001 | The Cass Sculpture Foundation, Goodwood, UK. |
| Brussels, an Urban Comedy’, Galleries Royales St. Hubert, Brussels | |
| 2000 | Ulrich Gering Gallery, Frankfurt |
| Galerie Alain Blondel, Paris | |
| Exhibition of drawings, Museum of Corte, Corsica | |
| 1999 | Studio 8, London |
| Atelier Gustave, Paris | |
| 1998 | Art Frankfurt with Ulrich Gering Gallery, Frankfurt |
| 1997 | Duncan Campbell Contemporary Art, London |
| Art Service Gallery, Paris | |
| 1995 | Art Service Gallery, Paris |
| 1994 | Château d’Eguilly (21) France |
| 1992 | Cheltenham Museum & Art Gallery, Gloucestershire, England |
Various Collections
HM The Queen, Buckingham Palace, London
The Palace of Westminster, London
The Fine Art Museum of Houston, Texas, USA
The Arizona State University Museum, USA
The Gardiner Museum, Toronto, Canada
Brussels Regional Parliament, Belgium
Musée des Beaux Arts, Beaune, France
Mannheimer Versicherung, Germany
Group Exhibitions
| 2012 | Red Dot, Art Miami, USA |
| Lisa Sharpe Contemporary Art, London | |
| 2010 | Michele Becker Gallery, Vancouver |
| 2008 | Exarte Gallery, Geneva, Switzerland |
| 2007 | Human Form in Clay, Shigaraki Ceramic Museum, Japan |
| 2003 | SOFA, New York, Garth Clark Gallery |
| 2002 | Salon des Tuileries, Paris |
| Salon de la Sculpture, Lyon | |
| 2001 | Salon des Tuileries, Paris |
| 1999 | Studio 8, London |
| 1998 | Visions Urbaines’, Galerie Fabrice Galvani, Toulouse |
| Salon de Fontaine-lès-Dijon,( invited artist) | |
| Salon de Charenton-le-Pont, (invited artist) | |
| 1997 | Unicorn Pictures at the Palace of Westminster, London |
| Stadtlandfluss’ Ulrich Gering Galerie, Frankfurt | |
| 0uvoir de photographie potentielle’, Theatre 13, Paris | |
| Art Cologne (Ulrich Gering Galerie ) | |
| 1993 | Salon des Artistes Français, Grand Palais, Paris |
| 1991 | Fresh Art, Islington Design Center, London |
