Born 1977, Canada.
Lives and works in Toronto, Canada.

Selected Press

The New York Times, An Artist Who Chronicles the ‘Doom Generation’, Mark Harris, 31 October 2024
Another Magazine
, How Jimmy DeSana and Paul P’s Erotic Art Reframed the Queer Body, Sam Moore, 14 August 2024
Hyperallergic, The Destabilising Project of Jimmy DeSana and Paul P., Cat Dawson, 9 October 2024
Border Crossings, Codes of Vulnerability: an interview with Paul P., Robert Enright, Paul P., August 2023
Contemporary Art Society, Friday Dispatch - Paul P., Vespertilians at Maureen Paley: Studio M, Shoreditch, Caroline Douglas, 28 October 2022
FriezeThe Best Shows to See in London During Frieze, Alice Bucknell, 11 October 2022
Flash Art
, Review: “Paul P. Centaurs on the Beach”, Alex Bennett, 12 August 2020
AnOtherMag
, Paul P., the Artist Making Dreamy Paintings From Vintage Gay Erotica, Francesca Gavin, 18 March 2020
Artforum
, Review: Paul P. Queer Thoughts, Charity Coleman, February 2020
After Nyne
, The Ghosts and Relicts of The Rex Prisms, Benjamin Murphy, 11 April 2016

Solo Exhibitions

2023

Amor et Mors, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa

2022

Vespertilians, Maureen Paley: Studio M, London, UK
Early Skirmishes, Hordaland Kunstsenter, Bergen, Norway
Friendly in the Knife-edged Moment, Oakville Galleries, Ontario, Canada

2021

Bacchante with lowered eyes, Queer Thoughts, New York, NY, USA

2020

Centaurs on the Beach, Maureen Paley: Morena di Luna, Hove, UK
Gamboling Green, Cooper Cole, Toronto, Canada

2019

Arrière-pensée, Lulu, Mexico City
Slim Volume, Queer Thoughts, New York

2017

Civilization (inverted), Griffin Art Projects, Vancouver, Canada

2016

The Rex Prisms, Maureen Paley, London, UK

2015

Civilization Coordinates, Scrap Metal Gallery, Toronto, Canada

2014

The Homosexual Lovers Throughout the Ages Party, Broadway 1602, New York, USA

2013

Escritoire Nancy, Andrew Roth, New York, USA
Doe Ye Nexte Thynge, The Suburban, Oak Park, USA

2012

Something Cloudy, Something Clear, Illingworth Kerr Gallery, Calgary, Canada
The “X” Factor in Beholding, Tempo Rubato, Tel Aviv, Israel

2011

A World of Love, Marc Selwyn Fine Art, Los Angeles, USA
Dry Neptune, Galleria Massimo Minini, Brescia, Italy

2010

Sherbert in Damascus, Daniel Reich Gallery, New York, USA

2008

Venice, Venice, Marc Selwyn Fine Art, Los Angeles, USA
Inclinations, Daniel Reich Gallery, New York, USA
When Ghost Meets Ghost, Maureen Paley, London, UK (C)

2007

Par temps gris, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris, France
Dusks, Lamplights, The Power Plant, Toronto, Canada
Place Names, the Place, Daniel Reich Gallery, New York, USA

2005

A Grey Note, Gallery Side 2, Tokyo, Japen
Grey and Gold, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, ArtForum, Berlin, Germany
Les pas effaces, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris, France

2006

Blue and Opal, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg, Austria
The Yellow Room, Marc Selwyn Fine Art, Los Angeles, USA (C)

2004

In the Shadow of Young Girls in Bloom, Galerie Lisa Ruyter, Vienna, Austria
The Peacock Room, Angstrom Gallery, Dallas, USA
Blue Hydrangea, Marc Selwyn Fine Art, Los Angeles, USA
The Sweet Cheat Gone, Gallery Stratford, Stratford, Canada

2003

Last Flowers, Daniel Reich Gallery, New York, USA

2002

Pink Gothic, Solo Exhibition, Toronto, Canada

Two Person Exhibitions

2024

The Midnight Sea, A Little Dash of LSD, Martin Wong and Paul P., P·P·O·W Gallery, New York, USA (C)
Ruins of Rooms: Jimmy DeSana and Paul P., KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin, Germany

2020

As long as you want, Michael Lett, Auckland, New Zealand
Temple of Friendship, G.B. Jones and Paul P., Cooper Cole Gallery, Toronto, Canada (C)

2018

The thin gate clanged, Paul P. and B. Wurtz, Cooper Cole, Toronto, Canada

2017

G.B. Jones and Paul P.: Born Yesterday, Participant Inc, New York, USA

Group Exhibitions

2024

Copy Machine Manifestos: Artists Who Make Zines, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, Canada

2023

50 Paintings, The Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
Copy Machine Manifestos: Artists who Make Zines, Brooklyn Museum, New York, USA (C)
outer view, inner world, Maureen Paley: Morena di Luna, Hove, UK
Tiny Giants, The Bunker Artspace, Palm Beach, USA

Between Us, Alexander Gray Associates, Germantown, New York,  USA

2022

A Minor Constellation, Chris Sharp Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
Reciprocity, Marinaro, New York, USA
Abundance, Queer Thoughts, New York, USA
The Male Gaze: From Larry Stanton to Now, The Artist Room, London, UK
Crosscurrents: Contemporary Art from the Collection, Speed Museum, Louisville, Kentucky, 2022

2021

Sculptures by Painters, Daniel Faria Gallery, Toronto, Canada
Frida Love and Pain, High Line Nine, New York, NY, USA
The Sublime in Nature, 24 Cork Street, London, UK (C)
Splitting circle, Unit 17, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Particularities, X Museum Beijing, China
Houseguest: Shadows Fall Down, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Pride 2021, Caviar20, Toronto, Canada

2020

And there I lay down on the ground, Croy Nielsen, Vienna, Austria
Remai Modern, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
Top 20 of 2020, Caviar20, Toronto, Canada

2019

Expanded Painting, Massimo Minini, Brescia, Italy
Nurikabe, Tetsuo’s Garage, Nikko, Japan
They Gaze, James Fuentes, New York
Portraits, Foxy Production, New York
The Suitcase show, smac, Cape Town, South Africa

2018

Front International: Cleveland Triennial for Contemporary Art, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Belonging to a Place, Canadian Embassy, Washington, DC, USA

2017

Nature’s Way, Cooper Cole, Toronto, Canada
Belonging to a Place, Scrap Metal, Toronto, Canada
Form and Volume, CF Hill Art Space, Stockholm, Sweden
Heartbreak Hotel, Invisible Exports, New York, USA
We are safe and all is well in the world, Scrap Metal, Toronto, Canada (C)

2016

In Wonderland, Tempo Rubato, New York, USA

2014

Whitney Biennial 2014, New York, USA (C)
Tony Greene: Iceberg Projects, Chicago, USA (C)

2013

Lesson in Anatomy, Tempo Rubato, Tel Aviv, Israel
Massimo Minini, Brescia, Italy
Paolo Viancini Studio, Venice, Italy
The Painting Project, Galerie de l’UQAM, Montreal, Canada (C)

2012

Props for Memory, Invisible Exports, New York, USA
Synesthesia, M+B Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
aye – dunkelblau, Parrotta Contemporary Art, Stuttgart, Germany
Fine Art Photography, 3A Gallery, New York, USA

2011

Invitation to the Voyage, Algus Greenspon, New York, USA
Les paris sont ouverts, Freud Museum, London, UK
Compass: drawings from the MoMA, Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin, Germany

2010

Compass in Hand, Institut Valencia d’Art Modern, Valencia, Spain
Art on Paper 2010, Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro, NC, USA
Male, Maureen Paley, London, UK
Holes, Daniel Reich Gallery, New York, USA
Boy, oh Boy!, Fredric Snitzer Gallery, Miami, USA

2009

Compass in Hand, MoMA, New York, USA
Fixstern: 100 Jahre Kunst auf Papier, Landesmuseen, Schloss Gottdorf, Schleswig, Germany
Naked!, Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York, USA

2008

The Boys of Summer, The Fireplace Project, East Hampton, USA
The Big Gift, Illingworth Kerr Gallery, Calgary, Canada
Male, White Columns, New York, USA / Presentation House Gallery, Vancouver, Canada

2007

People Take Pictures of Each Other, LaMontagne Gallery, Boston, USA
Sweet Bird of Youth, Arndt & Partner, Berlin, Germany
Some Kind of Portrait, Marc Selwyn Fine Art, Los Angeles, USA
Crack the Sky, Biennale de Montréal, Montreal, Canada (C)
Painting as Fact - Fact as Fiction, de Pury and Luxembourg, Zurich, Switzerland

2006

People, Museo d’Arte Contemporanea Donnaregina, Naples, Italy
I Love My Scene, Mary Boone Gallery, New York, USA
Image Is Gone, Galerie Lisa Ruyter, Vienna, Austria

2005

This Hard, Gem-Like Flame, Angstrom Gallery, Dallas, USA
La beaute de l’enfer, Galerie Rodolphe Janssen, Brussels, Belgium

2004

Origins of Harold, Deitch Projects, New York, USA
Heavenly Creatures, Galerie Thaddeus Ropac, Salzburg, Austria
Happy Times Are Here Again, David Zwirner Gallery, New York, USA
Rimbaud, I-20 Gallery, New York, USA
She’s Come Undone, Artemis Greenberg Van Doren Gallery, New York, USA
Colored Pencil, KS Art, New York, USA
Republic of Love, The Power Plant, Toronto, Canada
It’s About Memory, Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago, USA
Now is a Good Time, Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York, USA

2003

My People were Fair…, Team Gallery, New York, USA
Teenage Rebel, Galerie du jour agnes b, Paris, France
Today’s Man, John Connelly Presents, New York, USA / Hiromi Yoshii Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Now Playing, D’Amelio Terras Gallery, New York, USA
Karaoke Death Machine, Daniel Reich Gallery, New York, USA

2002

Richard Heller Gallery, Santa Monica, USA

2001

Wall Art, Other Gallery, Winnipeg, Canada

Bibliography

2024

Dawson, Cat, The Destabilizing Project of Jimmy DeSana and Paul P., hyperallergic.com, 9 October 2024
Moore, Sam, How Jimmy DeSana and Paul P’s Erotic Art Reframed the Queer Body, Sam Moore, Another Magazine, 14 August 2024
Woodward, Daisy, Brilliant Things to Do This July, anothermag.com, 2 July 2024

2023

Enright, Robert, Codes of Vulnerability an interview with Paul P, Bordercrossings, issue no.162, volume 42, number 1, pp. 31-46
Coleman, Charity, Paul P., Queer Thoughts, artforum.com, September 2023
–––, Respiration at COOPER COLE, artviewer.com, 23 August 2023
Enright, Robert, P., Paul, Codes of Vulnerability: an interview with Paul P., Border Crossings, August 2023
Taylor, Kate, Paul P. exhibit at National Gallery of Canada fuses contemporary work with historical precedents, theglobeandmail.com, 8 April 2023
Perry, Barlo, Paul P. Amor Et Mors, paris-la.com, 15 March 2023
Gessell, Paul, Paul P. Dreamy time travel through gay history, gallerieswest.ca, 21 February 2023
P., Paul, Paul P.: Queer Quasi-Idylls, gallery.ca, 9 February 2023
Pernet, Diane, Paul P.: Amor et Mors at the National Gallery of Canada, ashadedviewonfashion.com, 6 February 2023

2022

Douglas, Caroline, Friday Dispatch - Paul P., Vespertilians at Maureen Paley: Studio M, Shoreditch, contemporaryartsociety.cmail20.com, 28 October 2022
Todd Broussard, Jacob, If You Blink, You Might Miss It: The Cipher Paintings of Paul P., corneliamagazine.com, 21 October 2022. In print: Issue 10, Cornelia Magazine, Buffalo Institute for Contemporary Art, Buffalo, New York, USA, 2022
Bucknell, Alice, The Best Shows to See in London During Frieze, frieze.com, 11 October 2022
–––, Events in Oakville this weekend: August 12-14, oakvillenews.org, 11 August 2022
P., Paul, Scott Burton, in ed., Goodden, Sky, Garden Court Publication, Toronot’s year of Public Art, 2021-22, Toronto, Canada

2021

Dooley, Tatum, Paul P., Border Crossings, Issue 156, p. 146-147
Westall, Mark, David Zwirner Launches: Platform, fadmagazine.com, 20 May 2021
Hampton, Chris, Paul P.: Lyrical and Transient, NGC Magazine, 13 May 2021
–––, Paul P., drawingroomplay.com, 2 March 2021

2020

Bennett, Alex, Paul P. “Centaurs on the Beach” Maureen Paley/ Morena di Luna, Hove, flash---art.com, 12 August 2020
Coleman, Charity, Paul P.: Queer Thoughts, Artforum, Feb 2020
Cepeda, Gaby, Paul P., Art in America, Feb 2020
Cepeda, Gaby, Paul P.’s ghostly portraits link vintage porn to art historical tradition, artnews.com, 14 January 2020
Gavin, Francesca, Paul P., the Artist Making Dreamy Paintings From Vintage Gay Erotica, anothermag.com, 18 March 2020
Durbin, Andrew, Missing Galleries Amid Covid-19? Check Out these Exhibitions Behind Closed Doors, Frieze.com, 20 March 2020
Perry, Barlow, Paul P. – Centaurs on the Beach, paris-la.com, 31 March 2020
Slenske Michael, Bodies & Soul, Thomas Lavin, Galerie Magazine, Winter 2020/2021, Issue No. 20, Galerie Media Group LLC, New York, USA, p.140 - 141, 11 December 2020
–––, Paul P. at Morena di Luna, contemporaryartdaily.com, 30 April 2020

2019

Turgeon, Alex, Review: Paul P., Queer Thoughts, Canadian Art, Dec 2019

2018

Gould, Emily, “Peep Show”, BOOKFORUM, April/May 2018, p 32.
–––, “The Thin Gate Clanged” at Cooper Cole Gallery, Toronto, blouinartinfo.com, 31 May 2018.

2017

Rowe, Astarte and Christopher, Polysemic Floralities in Contemporary Gay Art and Eros, essay written on the occasion of the exhibition ‘We are safe and all is well in our world’ at Scrap Metal, Toronto, 2017.

2016

Paul P at Maureen Paley, contemporaryartdaily.com, 25 April 2016.
Clarke, Bill, Paul P., Modern Painters, April 2016, pp. 104-105.
Murphy, Benjamin, The Ghosts and Relicts of The Rex Prisms, afternyne.com, 14 April 2016.

2015

Dick, Terence, Paul P. at Scrap Metal Gallery, Toronto, akimbo.ca, 27 October 2015.
Northcross, Wayne, How Customized Furniture and Commissioned Art Can Transform a Home, observer.com, 22 October 2015.

2014

Russeth, Andrew, Paul P.: The Homosexual Lovers Throughout the Ages Party, galleristny.com, 09 April 2014.
Wolin, Joseph R., Paul P., The Homosexual Lovers Throughout the Ages Party (2014), timeout.com/newyork, 31 March 2014

2013

Bozzini, Didi, Roger Ballen, Ryan Medoza, Paul P., Galleria Massimo Minini Belisele, Dery et al. The Painting Project/Le Projet Peinture, Galerie de l’UQAM Venice Surfers, Paris, LA, #9

2012

The best designed, most inviting blank space w/ Dennis Cooper, Richardson, A6
Mizrahi, Liav, The ‘X’ Factor in Beholding, Haaretz, April 11

2011

Rosenberg, Karen, Invitation to the Voyage, The New York Times, 22 September 2011.

2010

Davies, Dean Mayo, Paul P – Sherbert in Damascus, i-donline.com, 9 November 2010.
Ghon, George, Be a Man, Wonderland, September-October 2010, p.50.
Kunitz, Daniel, Paul P.: Sherbert in Damascus, artinfo.com, 4 November 2010.
Muñoz-Alonso, Lorena. “Male.” Kaleidoscope (September), p.122.
Sherwin, Skye, Exhibitions: Male, Guardian Guide, 4 September 2010, p.39.
Stephenson, Sarah, Paul P’s New Body, artinamericamagazine.com, 29 October 2010.

2009

Hall, Emily, Paul P. Inclinations, Artforum, March 2009.
Wolin, Joseph, Paul P. Inclinations, Time Out New York, 22 January 2009.
Johnson, Ken, Paul P. Inclinations, New York Times, 8 January 2009.
The New Yorker, Ed., Goings On, Paul P., 5 January 2009.
Miles, Christopher, Paul P. at Marc Selwyn Fine Art, LA Weekly, 1 January 2009.
Rettemeyer, Christian, The Judith Rothschild Foundation Contemporary Drawings Collection; Catalogue Raisonné, Museum of Modern Art, New York.

2008

Pagel, David, Paul P. at Marc Selwyn Fine Art, Los Angeles Times, 18 December 2008.
van Bennekom, Jop, Paul P., Butt, Winter 2008.
Aletti, Vince, MALE: from the collection of Vince Aletti
PPP Editions/Andrew Roth, 2008.
Zhong, Fan, Paul P. Show, Interview, November 2008.
Brouns, Jesse, Lieve Jongens, Blend, September 2008.
Velasco, David, Paul P., Museo, No. 9, 2008.
Verdon, Xavier, …si le loup y etait, il nous mangerait!, Traffic, spring/summer 2008.

2007

Reckitt, Helena, Voices- Paul P., NYArts, November/December 2007.
Clarke, Bill, Paul P., Canadian Art, Winter 2007.
Hanley, William, Review: Place Names, the Place, ARTnews, October 2007.
Krishtalka, Sholem, Decadent, Decaying Romance, Xtra!, 13 September 2007.
McGinley, Ryan, High Art, The Advocate, 14 August 2007.
Gaboue, Stephane, Young Men in Repose, Anthem, May 2007.
Yve, Mike. Paul P., PREF, May 2007.
Baerwaldt, Wayne, Crack the Sky, 5th Biennale de Montreal / Public35
Hicklin, Aaron “Not-So-Tough Guys”, Out, May 2007.
Fraser-Cavassoni, Natasha, Paul P.: Studio View, Interview, May 2007.
Yannick Barbe, Nonchaloir, TETU, April 2007.

2006

Les visages de Paul P. , Blast, Winter 2006.
Ceh, Yan, Paul P. et le tresor cache, Jalouse, September 2006.
Voight, Rebecca, “Drawing from Phototgraphs”, Zoo, Spring 2006.
Dos Santos, Marcelo, The Line of Beauty, Attitude, March 2006.
Melendez, Franklin, The Avant Marriage of Fashion and Art, SOMA, March 2006.
Cobb, Michael, In the Shadow of Young Girls in Bloom, They Shoot Homos.., #2, 2006.

2005

Bollen, Christopher, Headshots, VMAN, spring/summer 2005.
Ryan, Julie, Paul P. in Vienna, C Magazine, spring 2005.
Maculan, Lena, Junge Kunst aus Kanada: die Portrats von Paul P., Parnass, March 2005.
Cucco, Susanna, Coups de Coeur, L’Officiel Hommes, spring/summer 2005.

2004

Uovo Drawings 2004, Uovo, #9, December 2004.
Aigner, Claudia, “Suchtig nach dem Ruckwartsgang”, Weiner Zeitung, 17 December 2004.
Garulli, Lavinia, et al., Mixed Paint, Flash Art, November 2004.
Watson, Simon, Blue Hydrangea, Issue, #8, Fall 2004.
Ribas, Joao, She’s Come Undone, Time Out New York, 1 July 2004.
Martin, Merritt, “Jack Pierson and Paul P.”, Dallas Observer, 17 June 2004.
Sworn, Corin, “Republic of Love”, Canadian Art, Summer 2004.
Hellman, Michel, “Eros et Thanatos”, Le Devoir, Montreal, March 28 2004.
Eden, Xandra, “Republic of Love”, Power Plant, Toronto, Spring 2004.

2003

New Yorker, Ed., Goings On, “My People were fair…”, 17 November 2003
Watson, Simon, “Post Bubble”, Issue, #7, Fall 2003
K48, #4, 2003
New Yorker, Ed., Goings On, “Now Playing”, 4 August 2003
Cotter, Holland, Paul P., New York Times, 18 July 2003
Rimanelli, David, Entries, Artforum, Summer 2003
BorderCrossings, Art Pages, #85, Spring 2003

2002

Hackett, Sophie. Beautiful Politics, Xtra!, 4 April 2002

Publications

2024

The Midnight Sea, A Little Dash of LSD, Martin Wong and Paul P., 2024

2023

Scott Burton: Garden Court, Paul P. and Rui Mateus Amaral, 2023

2013

Doe Ye Nexte Thynge, 2013

2012

Last Flowers, Invisible Exports/Downtown Arts, 2012, text by Daniel Reich, 2012

2011

The Radiant Guest (Paul P. and Scott Treleaven), Publication Studios, Toronto, 2011

2010

The Pink Book, Daniel Reich Gallery, text by Harold Montague, 2010

2009

Venice, Venice, Marc Selwyn Fine Art, 2009

2008

Paul P.- When Ghost Meets Ghost / Peter Hujar, Maureen Paley, text by Vince Aletti, 2008

2007

Blue and Silver, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, text by Francois Jonquet, 2007
Nonchaloir, Powerhouse books, text by Collier Schorr, 2007
Places Names, the Place, Daniel Reich Gallery, text by David Velasco, 2007

2006

The Yellow Room, Marc Selwyn Fine Art, text by Vince Aletti, 2006

2005

Grey and Gold, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, text by Michel Bulteau, 2005

Collections

Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Canada
Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, USA
Frances Young Tang Museum, Saratoga Springs, USA
Glenbow Museum, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, USA
Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, USA
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, USA
Museum of Art Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, USA
Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA
National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Canada
Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton, USA
Royal Bank of Canada, Toronto, Canada
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, USA
The Speed Art Museum, Louisville, Kentucky, USA
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, USA