EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS

RWA Academician 2005 MA Painting, 1974 - 1977 Royal College of Art BA(Hons) Painting, 1970 - 1973 Winchester School of Art Foundation Art & Design, 1969 - 1970 Harrow School of Art

EXHIBITIONS

Singer Friedlander, Mall Galleries, London & UK tour 2005 RWA Open Painting, RWA, Bristol 2005 The Drawing Gallery, London, The Iliad and Odyssey (Solo*) 2005 The Discerning Eye, Mall Galleries London, 6 Drawings 2004 Drawn Together, Peter de Francia, Paul Thomas, RWA, Bristol 2004 Autumn Exhibition, Royal West of England Academy 2003 The Odyssey & The Iliad, 150 Drawings, Pittville Gallery, 2002 Cheltenham * Jerwood Drawing Prize 2002, East Wing studios, Cheltenham; The Jerwood Space, London; MAC, Bimingham; Glasgow School of Art; EICH,Hull; The Lowry, Salford Quays. 2002 The Trojan War, drawings, Pierrepont Fine Art, Oxford* 2002 The Open Drawing Exhibition, East Wing Studios, 2000 Cheltenham; EICH, Hull; Sierre, Switzerland The Trojan War Drawings (solo)* 1999 The Great Hall, The Hellenic Centre, London Books as Art, (68 drawings, artist’s book launch: The Trojan War) Pittville Gallery, Cheltenham Museum & Art Gallery, Cheltenham International Festival of Literature 1998 Open Drawing Exhibition, Cheltenham;* 1998 EICH, Hull; Bahnhof Westend, Berlin 30 years of Fine Art Fellows,* 1997 Pittville Gallery, Cheltenham Museum & Art Gallery, Axiom Centre for the Arts Histories, Four British Painters - Michael Holland, John 1997 Lancaster, Anita Taylor, Paul Thomas; Atria Art Centre, Annecy, France* Hunting Art Prizes, Royal College of Art, London; 1997 Hunterian Museum, Glasgow Open Drawing Exhibition, Cheltenham* 1996 Millennium Bestiary, (Artists Book published by UWE), 1995/6 Royal Festival Hall, London and international tour Affinities, Four British Painters, Michael Holland, John 1995/6 Lancaster, Anita Taylor, Paul Thomas; Pittville Gallery, Cheltenham; Kunstlerhaus, Gottingen, Germany; Islington Arts Factory, London; Congress Centre, Annecy, France * Greek Echoes, Contact Gallery, Norwich 1995 Drawing Exchange Show, 1994 Cheltenham, Wimbledon, Melbourne Cheltenham International Festival of Literature, collaboration 1994 Martin Green, poet Collyer Bristow Gallery, London 1994 Open Drawing Exhibition, Cheltenham 1994 Anderson Gallery, Broadway 1994 ArtLondon 94, BDC,London 1994 Paul Thomas - Drawings (paired Anita Taylor) 1993 Pittville Gallery, Cheltenham Malvern Open Drawing, Malvern 1993 Robson Miller Gallery, Malvern 1993 Paul Thomas (solo exhibition) 1992 Pittville Gallery, Cheltenham Dowty Open, Pittville Gallery, Cheltenham 1992 Royal Academy Summer Show, London 1991 Current Work, * 1988 Graves Art Gallery, Sheffield Camden Arts Centre, London 1988 Solo exhibition, 1988 Richmond College, London Cleveland International Drawing Biennale, * 1987 Middlesborough Art Gallery & tour Axiom Centre for the Arts, Cheltenham 1986 Solo exhibition, New Work, 1986 Pittville Gallery,Cheltenham Roger Francis Gallery, London* 1985 Spilt Milk, solo exhibition, 1985 Pittville Gallery, Cheltenham Paul Thomas, solo exhibition, 1984 Pittville Gallery, Cheltenham Dejeuner sur l’herbe, solo exhibition, 1983 Wolfson gallery, Oxford University Chastenet European Art Centre, London 1981 Paul Thomas, paired Ian Stephenson, 1981 New Art Centre, London Royal Academy Summer Show, London* 1981 National Portrait Gallery, London 1981 Paul Thomas, solo show, 1980 Midland Group, Notingham National Portrait Gallery, London 1980 Paul Thomas, solo show, 1979 Gallery, Falmouth School of Art Paul Thomas, solo show, 1978 Riverside Studios, London Frost and Reed Gallery, Bristol 1977 Paul Thomas, solo show, 1977 McMurray Gallery, London New 57 Gallery, Edinburgh 1976 New 57 Gallery, Edinburgh 1975 * denotes illustrated publication accompanying exhibition

PUBLICATIONS

The Drawing Book, Sarah Simblet, Doring Kindersley p 241, 2005 illustration, Achilles chases Hector, ISBN1405306300 The Iliad & The Odyssey, two-volume artist’s book, 150 2004 images, text by author, Elizabeth Cook Drawing, co-author Anita Taylor, Foundation Course series, Cassell Illustrated, ISBN 1844030849, 160pp/200 illustrations; & Cassell Academic, USA 2003 Apprendre le Dessin, co-author Paul Thomas, Hachette Livre/Octopus, 2003 France, ISBN 201260217-7, 144pp + 200 colour illustrations Le Monde d’Homere, Pierre Vidal-Naquet, Libraire 2000 Academique, Perrin, France ISBN 2-262-01181-8; p 94 Ajax at the Ships The Trojan War, Paul Thomas; limited edition of 50, 1998 68 prints, accompanying texts from classical sources; introduction by Dr Oswyn Murray, Balliol College, Oxford University; Making Space Publishers, Bristol The Millenium Bestiary, limited edition artist’s book, 1995 published UWE, Bristol

CONSULTANCY, PROJECTS AND SEMINARS

Artist-in-Residence, National Art School & NSW National Parks 2004 Sydney Australia Cultural History and the Classical Tradition, Paper, 1999 Seminar series, The Warburg Institute, organised by Dr Oswyn Murray, Balliol College, Oxford, supported by The Richard Bradford Trust; Paper - Art and Tradition; series included Tony Harrison - Film and Tradition; Christopher Logue - Poetry and Tradition; Chris Marker - Television and Tradition. Discussions led by Oswyn Murray, George Steiner, Michael Crawford, Miles Bernier, Lorna Hardwick, Alan Ford, Jasper Griffin Cheltenham Open Drawing/Jerwood Drawing Prize, 1994-present Co-founder and academic liaison and development, Work held in many collections public and private both in the UK and abroad. Currently based in Gloucestershire, UK.