Paul Kneale

Not to be confused with Paul Neal, Paul Neile, Paul Neill, or Paul Niel.
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Paul Kneale in his studio

Paul Kneale (born 1986 in Toronto, Ontario) is a London based artist whose practice explores the impact of digital technology on the world's perception of reality and art.[1]

His works have been included in the Moscow International Biennale for Young Art 2016 and are part of private collections such as the Rubell Family Collection and the Collezione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo. He has been working with ARTUNER since 2015.[2]

He has taught at the Zurich University of Art and has contributed theoretical articles to Frieze[3] and Spike[4] magazines. Kneale is also the author of the short story Ex Oriente Lux[3] and of the eBook New Abject, a response to Julia Kristeva's 1980 text ‘Powers of Horror: An Essay on Abjection’.[5] He has collaborated with fashion brands including Nicholas Kirkwood and Versace.[6] In 2020, the CBC exposed an ongoing conceptual project where he circulated highly realistic digital renderings of his paintings in collector's homes to unsuspecting interior decor accounts on Instagram.[7]

  1. ^ "Paul Kneale Artist Gallery, Exhibitions, Art". Artuner. 2014-06-20. Retrieved 2017-03-29.
  2. ^ "Paul Kneale - ARTUNER | Curated Contemporary Art". ARTUNER | Curated Contemporary Art - The Hybrid Art Gallery. 2015-05-13. Retrieved 2023-09-19.
  3. ^ a b Words by: Paul Kneale (2014-06-20). "Ex Oriente Lux | A Short Story by Paul Kneale". Artuner.com. Retrieved 2017-03-29.
  4. ^ "Image Ageless | Spike Art Daily". Spikeartmagazine.com. Retrieved 2017-03-29.
  5. ^ http://users.clas.ufl.edu/burt/touchyfeelingsmaliciousobjects/Kristevapowersofhorrorabjection.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  6. ^ "用俐落優雅的線條重現品牌經典！Versace Home全新系列登場，鮮明色調、幾何線條、異質拼接讓家居增添生命力". Vogue Taiwan (in Chinese). 2021-09-09. Retrieved 2021-12-08.
  7. ^ Beaudette, Teghan. "What makes an art showing 'real'? Artist puts his work into hyperrealistic renderings of wealthy homes".