Paul Slater

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Biography

Born 1953 Burnley, Lancashire

1971 – 74 Maidstone College of Art - 1 st Class Honours

1975 – 78 Royal College of Art MA RCA

Awards

Berger Award – Travel Scholarship 1978

W H Smith Award Illustration 1993 Commendation

Association of Illustrators Illustrator or the Year 1996

Glenfiddich Awards Visual Category 1996, 1999 Shortlisted

Glenfiddich Awards Visual Category 2001 Award Winner

National Library Award for Illustration 2001 Commendation

Became a Patron of the Association of Illustrators 2000

Exhibitions

1988 Royal College of Art, Breakthrough Exhibition

1996 Chris Beetles Gallery, St James’s Group Christmas Show

Regular Contributor to the Show since 1996

1997 Coningsby Gallery, London One Man Show

1999 Coningsby Gallery, London Two Man Show

2000 Coningsby Gallery, London Two Man Show

2000 The Cutter Gallery, St Augustine, Florida, USA One Man Show

2001 The Mall Galleries, London Royal Society of Portrait Painters

2002 The Mall Galleries, London. Royal Society of Portrait Painters

2002 Royal Academy Summer Exhibition

2003 The Mall Galleries, London. Royal Society of Portrait Painters (Invited to enter by the Honorary Secretary of the society)

2003 The Ashmolean Museum, Oxford Group Exhibition - The Golden Years of Illustration

2005 Gallery 27, Cork Street, London One Man Show

2005 Medici Gallery, Cork Street - Summer Exhibition Group Show

2006 Medici Gallery Group Show

2007 Medici Gallery, Cork Street One Man Show, Dean Clough Galleries, Halifax Retrospective

2009 Medici Gallery, Cork Street One Man Show

There is also a travelling exhibition of work, curated by the art historian Dr. Leo de Freitas.

Paul Slater's paintings can be found in collections in Great Britain, the USA, Switzerland, Greece, Germany and Australia.

As well as paintings, Paul has illustrated for many magazines, newspapers and advertising campaigns, winning many awards for his work and has contributed to The Times Saturday Magazine for the last 20 years, with Jonathan Meades' restaurant reviews and latterly with Giles Coren.