Paul Stafford BA(Hons), MA(Slade), ARBS, Hon Fellow KU
PREVIOUS AND CURRENT HISTORY
- Previously Director of Foundation Studies in Art & Design
- Previously Director of Faculty Japanese Affairs
- Previously Academic Director of International Development (non-core)
- Founder/Director Toilet Gallery – London
- Elected a Member of the Royal Society of British Sculptors October 2010 in recognition of my contribution to British Sculpture
- Awarded Honorary Fellow of Kingston University 2012 in recognition of my contribution to Art and Design education
- Consultant to the University of Creative Arts UK – conference and International exhibition director – 2012 to present
EDUCATIONAL & PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
| 1975-76 | Rochdale College of Art |
| 1976-79 | Coventry College of Art – BA Hons |
| 1979-81 | The Slade School of Art (sculpture) – MA Sculpture |
| 1981-82 | Picker Fellow – Kingston University |
AWARDS & SCHOLARSHIPS
| 1981-82 | Boise Travelling Fellowship (Holland, Germany, Italy, France. Denmark) |
| 1981-82 | Elizabeth Greenshield Major Award (Canada) |
| 1982 | Picker Fellowship (Sculpture) |
| 1990 | British Airways Travel Award |
| 1995 | Department of Trade and Industry Travel Bursary |
| 1996,97,98 | Kingston University Research Award |
| 2002 | Kingston University Staff Achievement Award |
ONE PERSON EXHIBITION
| 1982 | One Man Show, Spacex, Exeter – 25 Sculptures and drawings |
| 1983 | One Man Show, Angela Flowers Gallery, Tottenham Mews, London Sculptures and 15 drawings |
| 1984 | One Man Show, ICAF, Barbican, London – 8 sculptures and 8 paintings |
| 1986 | One Man Show, Holland Gallery, Holland Park, London |
| 1996 | One Man Show, ARTEXPO ’96, New York – 10 drawings |
| 2003
2012 |
One man show – Kingston Theatre Gallery – Kingston, London – 15 Drawings
One person show – Menier Gallery, London |
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
| 1980 | New Contemporaries, ICA, The Mall, London | |
| 1983 | “Obsessions”, Angela Flowers Gallery, Tottenham Mews, London | |
| “Small is Beautiful”, Angela Flowers Gallery, Tottenham Mews, London | ||
| Basle Art Fair, Basle, Switzerland | ||
| 1989 | Group Exhibition, Gary Weizel Fine Arts, Newbury Street, Boston, Mass, USA | |
| 1990 | “Best of Britain”, Sheraton Galleries, Boston, USA | |
| 1993 | Witnesses of Existence, Obala Gallery, Sarajevo | |
| 1994 | Witness Bosnia, Tabernacle Gallery, London | |
| Witness Bosnia, The Riechstag, Germany | ||
| 1996 | Royal Academy Summer Exhibition | |
| September/October, Sea Pines Gallery, Hilton Head, South Carolina | ||
| 1998 | International Juried Exhibition – Walter Greer Gallery, South Carolina | |
| 1999 | Juried Group Exhibition, Self Family Arts Centre, South Carolina | |
| Millennium, Flowers East Gallery, London | ||
| 2000 | Self Family Arts Centre, Hilton Head Island, South Carolina | |
| Four Person Exhibition, Grays Inn Road, London | ||
| 2001 | ‘Self Portraits’, Flowers East Gallery, London | |
| 2003 | Appointed Artist in Residence –Kingston Theatre | |
| 2004 | Launch ‘Toilet Gallery’ with Gilbert & George – Kingston – London | |
| 2004 | Two person show ‘The 2 Paul’s’- Riverside Galleries – London | |
| Launch of documentary film ‘The Toilet Gallery’ at Odeon Cinema -Kingston | ||
| Airing of ‘The Toilet Gallery’ Community Channel and ‘Art’s TV Channel | ||
| Toilet Gallery wins ‘Best Start up Business’ award | ||
| 2005 | Invited Artist, Kingston Rose Theatre, Kingston | |
| ‘Drawing The Line’ Orleans House Gallery, London | ||
| ‘Lock In’ project Toilet Gallery – London – mixture of sculptures, videos and drawings | ||
| 2007 | Stanley Picker Gallery London Group exhibition | |
| 2011 | Two person show – Menier Gallery London | |
| Group show ‘Altogether Different’- Gallery Different – London | ||
| 2012
2014 |
Group show – ‘Winter Collective’ Gallery Different – London
Group Show Gallery Different – London Forthcoming exhibition –, one person show, Gallery Different, London. |
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CURATED PROJECTS
| 1998, 2000,2002,
2004,2006, 2013 |
Curated Foundation and Beyond joint exhibitions alongside educational symposium |
| 2002 | Curated inaugural exhibition Kingston Rose Theatre – Kingston |
| 2003-05 | Curated 15 joint and solo exhibitions in the Toilet Gallery – Kingston. |
| 2005 | Curated drawing exhibition by Professor Mototaka Nakamura –Tokyo- at the Stanley Picker Gallery, London |
| 2010 | Curated International exhibition between Hiroshima City University, SOAS, Kingston University – ‘Portraits of the Hibakusha’ |
2014 Japanese season, Toilet Gallery, London. 3 Artists from Hiroshima
PUBLICATIONS
| 2003 | TV Guest Appearances: Guest on BBC TV, CBS News across America ASU TV USA WCCO.COM
Radio Guest: Radio 4, Virgin Radio, Wisconsin Radio, Thames Radio, Websites: Web coverage and personal reporting on 60 International websites in addition to coverage on BBC web pages from October to December. (All documented) |
| 2004 | National Press coverage: London Evening Standard, The Independent, Times Higher Education, The Guardian, The Times
Local Press coverage: Surrey Comet, Richmond & Twickenham Times, Kingston Independent, The Canadian Press, Augusta Chronicle Radio Guest: BBC London – The Danny Baker Show, feature article Websites: Creative review TV Guest Appearance: Sky TV. |
| 2005 | ITV London Tonight daily coverage of the Toilet Gallery ‘Lock In’ project |
| 2005 | London Evening Standard – Article on the ’Lock in’ Exhibition |
| 2010 | Guardian National newspaper ‘Hibakusha’ project |
| 2010 | London ‘Time Out’ – Review of ‘Hibakusha’ project |
| 2011 | London Evening Standard – Article on Menier Gallery Exhibition |
| 2011 | Guest on Radio Jackie talking about the Menier Gallery Exhibition |
Subject expert – Channel 5 News expert opinion on the appointment of Tracy Emin as Professor of Drawing at the Royal Academy.
Subject Expert – UCAS – Subject expert opinion on Admissions Process’s in Art and Design for major UCAS publication. Published March 2012.
International Exhibition – Gallery Different – The Kiss- March 2012
Lead Academic and proposer, for MOU at Hiroshima City University – concluding 6 years of collaboration with HCU concluding in a MOU for student and staff exchanges and intellectual sharing of good practice. I will lead the programme by attending as the first outward Academic staff exchange from Kingston in April 2013.
Goverment advisor/subject expert on new National Art and Design curriculum
Subject Expert – Channel 5 news on the death of L.S. Lowry “I went to Lowry’s funeral”
Paul Stafford ARBS, Hon Fellow KU – July 2014
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