Paul Huxley
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Paul Huxley RA
Royal Academy
The Royal Academy of Arts is an art institution based in Burlington House on Piccadilly, London. The Royal Academy of Arts has a unique position in being an independent, privately funded institution led by eminent artists and architects whose purpose is to promote the creation, enjoyment and...

 (born 12 May 1938, London
London
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), is a British painter.

He attended Harrow School of Art from 1951 to 1956, and the Royal Academy
Royal Academy
The Royal Academy of Arts is an art institution based in Burlington House on Piccadilly, London. The Royal Academy of Arts has a unique position in being an independent, privately funded institution led by eminent artists and architects whose purpose is to promote the creation, enjoyment and...

 Schools from 1956 to 1960.

His first solo exhibition was in 1963 at the Rowan Gallery, London, where he continued to exhibit regularly for two decades. Huxley has taken part in group exhibitions since 1959, when he exhibited in ‘Young Contemporaries’, London. In 1964 he participated in ‘The New Generation’ exhibition at the Whitechapel Art Gallery with Patrick Caulfield
Patrick Caulfield
Patrick Joseph Caulfield, CBE, RA was an English painter and printmaker known for his bold canvases, which often incorporated elements of Photorealism within a pared down scene.-Life and work:...

, David Hockney
David Hockney
David Hockney, CH, RA, is an English painter, draughtsman, printmaker, stage designer and photographer, who is based in Bridlington, Yorkshire and Kensington, London....

, John Hoyland
John Hoyland
John Hoyland RA was a London-based British artist. He was one of the country's leading abstract painters.-Life:...

 and Bridget Riley
Bridget Riley
Bridget Louise Riley CH CBE is an English painter who is one of the foremost proponents of Op art.-Early life:...

. More recently he has been part of group exhibitions at the Barbican (1993), the Gulbenkian Centre for Modern Art
Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation
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, Lisbon (1997), and Kettle’s Yard, Cambridge
Cambridge
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 and Leicester
Leicester
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 City Art Gallery (both 1999).

In 1964 Huxley travelled to the United States
United States
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 as first prize in the Stuyvesant Travel Awards. In 1965 he won a prize at the Paris Biennale
Biennale de Paris
-History:The 'Biennale de Paris' was launched by Raymond Cogniat in 1959 and set up by André Malraux as he was Minister of Culture to present an overview of young creativity worldwide and to create a place of experiences and meetings.-Presentation:...

 and then a Harkness Fellowship
Harkness Fellowship
The Harkness Fellowships are a programme run by the Commonwealth Fund of New York City. They were established to reciprocate the Rhodes Scholarships and enable Fellows from several countries to spend time studying in the United States...

 which let him return to the U.S., where he lived in New York
New York
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 for two years. He won the Linbury Trust Award in 1977, first prize in the Eastern Arts Exhibition in 1983 and a National Art Collections award for Outstanding Service to the Arts in 1995.

He taught at the Royal College of Art
Royal College of Art
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 from 1976, and was Professor of Painting there from 1986 until 1998, when he became Professor Emeritus.

He was commissioned to make 22 ceramic mural designs for King's Cross railway station in 1984, and has also produced work for the Rambert Dance Company
Rambert Dance Company
Rambert Dance Company, is a leading British dance company. Formed at the start of the 20th century as a classical ballet company, it would exert a great deal of influence on the development of dance in the United Kingdom, and today, as a contemporary dance company, it continues to be one of the...

 (1991) and Pallant House Gallery
Pallant House Gallery
Pallant House Gallery is an art gallery in Chichester, West Sussex, England. It houses one of the best collections of 20th century British art in the world....

, Chichester
Chichester
Chichester is a cathedral city in West Sussex, within the historic County of Sussex, South-East England. It has a long history as a settlement; its Roman past and its subsequent importance in Anglo-Saxon times are only its beginnings...

 (2001).

Huxley was a member of the advisory panels for the Arts Council of Great Britain
Arts Council of Great Britain
The Arts Council of Great Britain was a non-departmental public body dedicated to the promotion of the fine arts in Great Britain. The Arts Council of Great Britain was divided in 1994 to form the Arts Council of England , the Scottish Arts Council, and the Arts Council of Wales...

 and the Serpentine Gallery
Serpentine Gallery
The Serpentine Gallery is an art gallery in Kensington Gardens, Hyde Park, central London. It focuses on modern and contemporary art. The exhibitions, architecture, education and public programmes attract approximately 750,000 visitors a year...

. From 1975 to 1982 he was a Trustee of the Tate Gallery
Tate Gallery
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, and also served as chairman of its Exhibitions Committee. He was elected to the Royal Academy
Royal Academy
The Royal Academy of Arts is an art institution based in Burlington House on Piccadilly, London. The Royal Academy of Arts has a unique position in being an independent, privately funded institution led by eminent artists and architects whose purpose is to promote the creation, enjoyment and...

 in 1987 and has been its Treasurer since 2000.

Solo exhibitions

  • 2011 Gallery Reis, Singapore.
  • 2011 Art in Focus, Charing Cross Hospital, London.
  • 2009 Chang Art, Beijing.
  • 2009 Watergate Gallery, Seoul, South Korea.
  • 2008 Lyon & Turnbull, London.
  • 2003 Rhodes + Mann, London
  • 2002 Rhodes + Mann, London
  • 2001 Pallant House Gallery, Chichester
  • 2001 Rhodes+Mann, London.
  • 1999 New Art Centre, Roche Court, Salisbury
    Salisbury
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  • 1998 Jason & Rhodes Gallery, London
  • 1994 Gardner Art Centre, Sussex University
  • 1992 Gillian Jason Gallery, London
  • 1991 Galerie zur alten deutschen Schule, Thun
    Thun
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    , Switzerland

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