Paula Cox
1960 Born 27 January Colombo Sri Lanka
1976 Micklefield School Seaford
1979 Art Foundation Brighton University
1980 Illustration Camberwell School of Arts London
1981 Visual Communications and Sociology Goldsmiths University London
1984 BA Hons Expressive Arts Brighton University
1995 ME Printmaking Escola Massana Barcelona
Commissions and Residencies
2009 Art For Madagascar (www.artformadagascar.blogspot.com) Feedback Madagascar
2004 ‘Artist in Residence in Palestine’ funded by Arts Council England
2001 ‘World Conference on Racism’ Banners Commissioned by Amnesty International
1992 – 2000 Hill & Co / Vigo Galleries London Designs Commissioned for Hand Woven Carpets and Tapestries
1999 Art Residency ‘Fundación Niños de los Andes’ Bogotá Colombia funded by British Council
1998 “Painted World” Audio Visual Performance of Paintings funded by Amnesty International
1994 – 96 Art for Jazz and Classical Music Commissioned by BMG Records
1993 Art on the Underground ‘Dancing in the Street’ Commissioned by London Underground Ltd
1991 Jazz Café London Murals commissioned by the Management
1989 Twelve World Paintings Commissioned by Amnesty International
1987/88 Tate Gallery London Hand Painted Shirts commissioned by Tate Publications
1986/87 Times Educational Supplement Photography Assignments
Solo exhibitions
2017 ‘Lirios para Palestina’ Verdi Verd Espai d’Art Barcelona
2012 ‘El Color del Amor’ El Nus Barcelona
2008 The Drum Arts Centre Birmingham
2007 ‘The White Line’ International Centre Bethlehem Palestine
2006 Amnesty International Human Rights Action Centre London
2006 French Cultural Centre Al Quds Jerusalem
2006 Khalil Sakakini Cultural Center Ramallah Palestine
2005 International Centre Bethlehem Palestine
2005 Kufa Gallery London
2003 Almirall Gallery Barcelona
2000 ‘Painted World’ Te Taumata Gallery Auckland Aotearoa NZ
1999 Galerie Ver Arte Villa de Levya Colombia
1999 ‘Colombia una Imagen más Positiva’ Canning House Centre London
1998 ‘Painted World’ Trinity Gallery Tunbridge Wells
1991 ‘Music in Line and Colour’ Jazz Café London
1990 ‘Artist for Human Rights’ Watershed Gallery Bristol, Mitchell Library Glasgow Scotland
1988 ‘Vivid Rhythm’ AV Performance Music Paintings Pavilion Theatre Brighton
Group exhibitions
2017 Circulo del Arte Barcelona
2015 Taller Galeria Fort Cadaquéz
2014 Salón de Barcelona Art Nou Milleni Concell de Cent
2013 Barcelona Show Case Casa Batlló
2000-17 Affordable Art Fair Battersea London
2009 Brighton University Gallery
2007 Zenbu Gallery Barcelona
2006 “Occupied Space” Cork Street London
2005 Circulo del Arte Barcelona
2004 Ca La Dona Barcelona
2001 Maragall Edicions Barcelona
1999 ‘Painted World’ Internacional Feria del Libro Bogotá Colombia
1999 Espacio del Arte Jerez Spain
1998 “The Art of Women” UHL Gallery Denver USA
1994 Argile Gallery London
1988-94 Vigo Contemporary Textile Gallery London
1993 Gagliardi Gallery London
1992 Medici Gallery London
1991 Brighton Museum Gallery Brighton
1988 ‘Men of War and Peace’ Pavilion Leeds
Design and Illustration Commissions
1988 – 2016 Amnesty International, Terence Higgins Trust, Sadlers Wells Theatre, Lillian Bayliss Theatre, WaterAid, Southbank Centre, Penguin Books, Heinemann International, Women’s Press, Al Saqi Books, Vogue Conde Nast, Coin Street Community Builders, Serpent’s Tale, Harcourt Publishers, Nordorf Robbins Music Therapy, London Records, CBS, Epic, BMG Records, Cambridge University Press, Feedback Madagascar, GAIA Classics, Octopus Cannesdown Press
Lecture and workshops
1999 – 2017 ‘Human Rights and the Child’ workshops with Amnesty International WOMAD
2009 Pechakucha Palau de Congressos de Catalunya
2006 University of Seville Lecture and workshop
2006 ‘Painting for Human Rights Workshops International Centre Bethlehem Palestine
2004 ‘Painting for Human Right’ Young Artists Forum Ramallah Palestine
1999 ‘Fundacion Niños de los Andes’ Bogotá Colombia
1991 ‘Paintings for Human Rights’ Glasgow School of Art
Glasgow school district tour with Amnesty International
Collections
Victoria and Albert Museum London
Amnesty International Secretariat London
London Transport Museum
Artichoke Print Workshop London
Maragall Edicions Barcelona
Media TV
2005 Reuters / Nael Shoukrie / Middle East Broadcasting Bethlehem Palestine
2003 Canal Internacional de Television Espanola “Escala Cataluyna” TV3