Paula MacArthur

Paula MacArthur
Born
Enfield, England
OccupationArtist
Websitehttp://www.paula-macarthur.com/

Paula MacArthur (born 1967 in Enfield, London[1]) is an English artist. MacArthur was joint first prize winner in 1989 of the ‘John Player Portrait Award’ at the National Portrait Gallery, London with Tai-Shan Schierenberg. In 1993 she graduated from the Royal Academy of Arts where she was awarded the ‘Royal Academy Schools Prize for Painting’, that same year she was a prize winner of ‘Liverpool John Moores 18’.[2] Her work is held in numerous collections including The National Portrait Gallery, London[3][4] the collection of Baron and Baroness von Oppenheim and The Priseman Seabrook Collection.[5][6][7]

MacArthur has lectured on her work at the Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, Norwich University of the Arts,[8] Jerwood Gallery, Hastings and Glasgow Artist Guild. She ran the De La Warr Pavilion ‘Artist Critique Group’ until 2019.[9]

MacArthur's recent work has focused on painting gem stones and crystals.[10]

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  2. ^ "John Moores 18". Walker Art Gallery. 1993. Retrieved 2 June 2016.
  3. ^ "'Frederick-Sanger' by Paula MacArthur (1991)". National Portrait Gallery. Archived from the original on 22 September 2022. Retrieved 2 June 2016.
  4. ^ Dominiczak, Marek H. (1 July 2011). "International Year of Chemistry 2011: The Importance of Sequences". Clinical Chemistry. 57 (7): 1088–1089. doi:10.1373/clinchem.2011.167338. ISSN 0009-9147.
  5. ^ "Paula MacArthur". Contemporary British Painting. Archived from the original on 6 March 2023. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
  6. ^ "Priseman Seabrook Collection: British Prints, Drawings and Photographs | More About - About the Venue". Art UK. Archived from the original on 6 March 2023. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
  7. ^ "About". Priseman Seabrook. Archived from the original on 6 March 2023. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
  8. ^ "news". NUCA. Retrieved 2 June 2016.
  9. ^ "artist-group". dlwp. Retrieved 2 June 2016.
  10. ^ "Paula MacArthur: Artist of the Month". Contemporary British Painting. 1 August 2022. Archived from the original on 1 December 2022. Retrieved 5 March 2023.