A condensed version of Paul's Resume can be downloaded HERE
I. BACKGROUND:
Paul began photographing after receiving his law degree in 1981. He has studied photography at Ryerson Polytechnic University with Henry Gordillo and Peter Lindsay and has photographed throughout Canada, U.S., the Caribbean and Europe. He is a member of the Scarborough Arts Council and the Rail's End Gallery in Haliburton, Ontario.
II. ARTISTIC STATEMENT:
His photographs attempt to reveal what most of us overlook in everyday life: the texture of forgotten doorways, abandoned objects, derelict buildings, weather worn signs; the interplay of light and shade on graffiti murals, street scenes and back alleys. They depict urban and other images in a quasi-documentary style.
A sort of timelessness is present in his photographs as well as a romanticism reminiscent of 1950's beat poetry, the kind of feeling captured in a photograph of an empty table at an outdoor cafe or a discarded cigarette in an ashtray.
While his photographs can be deceptively simple and are largely devoid of people, they are distinctly humanistic and are inspired by a quiet space that is not necessarily serene.
His art is conceived in silence, is intuitive and spontaneous. Photography is a means for him to explore the unseen but universal in the familiar, pursue personal growth and self knowledge and create exceptional images.
He believes that photography is “The poetry of the moment, illuminated by the beauty of light”.
III. EXHIBITIONS, LECTURES AND PUBLICATIONS:
2019
November 21 - Toronto, Canada Group Exhibition and Silent Auction, Creative Counsel - Osgoode Hall, Toronto | Invite
September - Toronto, CanadaBest In Show - Dylan Ellis Gallery (Group Show) | Poster
2015
Group Show - URBAN Featuring the works of photographers. Brittany Fleming, John Mijicovsky, and Paul Sanderson - Dylan Ellis Gallery - Toronto, Ontario
2013
Group Show as part of Contact 2013 - Patrick International Fine Art Gallery - Toronto
Perceptions 20/20 - 1920-2013 including works by Karsh, Gilbert, Reeves and more
2011
January 8 - February 20 - Rail's End Gallery Haliburton, "Cannes, France" Solo Exhibition
February 20 - Rail's End Gallery Haliburton, Lecture on Medium Format Photography
2010
November - Ryerson University Lecture
Cannes, France - Solo Exhibition of Medium Format Photography, Dylan Ellis Gallery, Toronto | Invite | Booklet
2008
National Poetry Month Poster
2007
Osgoode Hall Law Society of Upper Canada in support of Lawyers Feed the Hungry
2005
The Globe & Mail – Neon Photos featured in the Architourist by Dave Leblanc
2004
Group Exhibition as part of Contact 2004
Scarborough Arts Council Juried exhibition “Flux”
Osgoode Hall Law Society of Upper Canada in support of Lawyers Feed the Hungry
2002
Group Exhibition as part of Contact 2003
Scarborough Arts Council Juried exhibition “Flux”
2001
Solo Exhibition
Remarkable Bean, Toronto
Contact Juried Group Show
Scarborough Arts Council Gallery
“Images of Toronto Architecture”
Scarborough Consillium Show
Scarborough Arts Council Juried Multi-Media Arts Exhibition
Consillium Place, Scarborough, Ontario
2000 "My Idea of North"
Solo Exhibition
Rail's End Gallery, Haliburton, Ontario
Old Country House, Haliburton, Ontario
Cover Photo for Shanghai Noodle Killing | Cover Art
By Ted Plantos
Published by Seraphim Editions
HOUSTON FOTO FEST 2000
registrant and participant
1999 - "Open Doors" Collaborative Exhibition
presented by the Scarborough Arts Council
as part of Artsweek '99
Scarborough Arts Council Gallery, Scarborough, Ontario
"The Toronto 38th Annual Outdoor Art Exhibition"
Group Show of 500 Artists, Nathan Phillips Square, Toronto
"My Idea of North"
Solo Exhibition
Elevator Photo Gallery & Framing, Toronto, Ontario
Scarborough Consillium Show
Scarborough Arts Council Juried Multi-Media Arts Exhibition
Consillium Place, Scarborough, Ontario
1998 - "Industrial Mindscapes"
Solo Exhibition
Yorkville Public Library, Toronto, Ontario
"Open Doors" Collaborative Exhibition
presented by the Scarborough Arts Council
as part of Artsweek '98, Arts Toronto and A&E sponsors
The Juten Gallery Annex, Scarborough, Ontario
"The City Seen"
Scarborough Arts Council Juried Exhibition of Photography
Scarborough Civic Centre, Scarborough, Ontario
"Looking Into the Past: A Portfolio of Photographs from South Wilberforce and Haliburton County"
Solo Exhibition
Red Cross Museum, Wilberforce, Ontario
Contact '98
"Looking Into the Past: A Portfolio of Photographs from South Wilberforce and Haliburton County"
Solo Exhibition
Blue Begonia Restaurant, Toronto
Scarborough Consillium Show
Scarborough Arts Council Juried Multi-Media Arts Exhibition
Consillium Place, Scarborough, Ontario
1997 -"Looking Into the Past: A Portfolio of Photographs from South Wilberforce and Haliburton County"
Solo Exhibition
Rail's End Gallery, Haliburton, Ontario
Jet Fuel Coffee Shop
Paul Sanderson, Renn Scott Group Show
Toronto, Ontario
Scarborough Consillium Show
Scarborough Arts Council Juried Multi-Media Arts Exhibition
Consillium Place, Scarborough, Ontario
"Industrial Mindscapes", "The Quiet Portfolio"
Solo Exhibition
Silver Shack, Toronto
1996 - "Human Nature"
Group Show of Forty-Five Photographers sponsored by AGFA and Bayer
Jet Fuel Coffee Shop, Toronto
"The Toronto 35th Annual Outdoor Art Exhibition"
Group Show of 500 Artists, Nathan Phillips Square, Toronto
"Industrial Mindscapes"
Solo Exhibition
8 Elm Photo, Toronto
"Urban Images"
Solo Exhibition
Blue Begonia Restauraunt, Toronto
"The France Portfolio: A Selection of Photographs"
Group Exhibition
Whitby, Ontario
1995 - "Natural Inspirations"
Juried Collaborative Exhibition
Leslie M. Frost Natural Resources Centre
5oth Anniversry Celebration
Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources\
The Haliburton Guild of Fine Art
"Scarborough Depicted"
Juried Collaborative Exhibition
The Gallery, Scarborough Campus, University of Toronto\
Scarborough Arts Council
"Photocoffee"
Collaboration exhibition of Twenty Photographers
Jet Fuel Coffee Shop, Toronto
"Exposed: A Portfolio of Urban Images"
Solo Exhibition
Scarborough Arts Council Gallery
"Toronto By Lens" Globe & Mail
Cement Silos, Port of Toronto
1994 - White Wall Review Literary and Arts Journal
Ryerson Polytechnical University, Toronto
"Facades"
Scarborough Arts Council Juried Photography Exhibition
Scarborough Town Centre
"Four Photos of Greece"
Solo Exhibition
Iliada Cafe, Toronto
"The France Portfolio: A Selection of Photographs"
Solo Exhibition
Express Cafe, Toronto
IV. AWARDS:
2001- Honourable Mention
1997 - Award of Excellence
Scarborough Consillium Show
Scarborough Arts Council Juried Multi-Media Arts Exhibition
Consillium Place, Scarborough, Ontario
1984 - Honourable Mention
The Toronto Star Photo Contest
V. GALLERY REPRESENTATION:
Partial Gallery - Toronto - www.partial.gallery
2001 - Lensfire
1999 - The Liss Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
Op Photo Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
Internet Gallery
1997 The Ethel Curry Art Gallery
1st commercial gallery showing, images from "The France Portfolio...
and "Exposed: ... Haliburton, Ontario
VI. CORPORATE COLLECTIONS:
BMG Music Canada
The Bay
Numerous Private Patrons