Paul Harper

My current work explores the relationships between our everyday environment (architecture, digital media, etc.) and the history of (abstract) painting. I am concerned with how these different areas intersect, and the ways in which we inhabit, navi...

My current work explores the relationships between our everyday environment (architecture, digital media, etc.) and the history of (abstract) painting. I am concerned with how these different areas intersect, and the ways in which we inhabit, navigate, and experience both real and virtual spaces. My paintings incorporate elements of common structures, objects, and images, found in industrial, public, corporate or online spaces, environments which we pass by or through on a daily basis, either virtually or in reality. I completed my MA at the Royal College of Art in London in 2000, and since then have worked in a variety of media, including photography, video, installation, text, and sound. In recent years I have primarily focused on painting and drawing, being concerned with the tension inherent between traditional analogue media and new digital technology. Following a year doing an artists’ residency in Zürich, Switzerland in 2005, I continued living and working there until in summer 2019 relocating to Lüneburg, Germany where I now live and work.