born in Stalybridge, UK

lives and works in London, UK

Education

1995 Royal College of Art, Painting M.A., Londo
1986 Sheffield City Polytechnic, Fine Art B.A. (hons)
1982 Tameside College of Art and Technology, Fine Art Foundation

Exhibitions

2024
twentyfour, UNION Gallery

2023
A PLAYGROUND IN THE FACTORY, Blackbird Rook
Elbow Eye & Clock, Verena Kerfin Gallery
Amtsalon Berlin, Verena Kerfin Gallery
Putting Your Foot In It!, Blackbird Rook
UNI[2]ON, UNION Gallery
Weirder Science, Blackbird Rook

2022
Call me a horse, Verena Kerfin Gallery
A Play of Features, UNION Gallery

2022
The Poets Elbow, Belmacz, London

2020
The Poets Elbow, Belmacz, London

2019
The Player Becomes the Game

2016
Mini Bar, Farbvision, Berlin

2015
Journeys to the Interior, Belmacz, London
Studio for a Mind, Monte Clark Gallery, Vancouver BC

2014
Concrete Oblique, David Risley Gallery, Denmark

2013
A Gentleman Abroad, Monte Clark Gallery, Vancouver BC
They Bloom at Night, Belmacz, London, UK
Studio Stories, Galleria Bianca, Palermo

2012
England Sleeps, Poppy Sebire Gallery, London
Paul Housley, ZieherSmith, New York NY

2011
A Yellow Bird at Night, Peter Bergman, Stockholm

2009
Orders from Chaos, Peter Bergman ALP Gallery, Stockholm

2008
Some Have Eyes, Wilkinson Gallery, London
Night Painting, Horton Gallery, Lower East Side, New York NY

2006
Solo Presentation, Vienna Art Fair
Heavy Easel, Norwich Gallery, Norwich

2005
New Works, Durham Light Infantry Museum, Durham
The Boy is made of Plastic, Reg Vardy Gallery, Sunderland
New Ways to be Alone, Wilkinson Gallery, London

2003
New Works, Waygood Gallery, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne

2002
Liste 2002, Young Art Fair, Basel, Switzerland
New Works, Nylon Gallery, London

2001
I, Mancunian, The Lowry Gallery, Salford touring under different titles to Nottingham, Angel Row, Leeds City Art Gallery and James Hockey Gallery, Surrey Institute, Arts Council sponsored tour
New Works, Studio Raffaelli, Trento, Italy

2000
Some Things Smell in Denmark, Nylon, London
New Works, University of Northumbria at Newcastle Gallery

1998
England til it Hurts, Berwick Gymnasium Gallery, Berwick Upon Tweed

1997
Poets and Dentists, The 312 Gallery, London

1996
IF, Alternative Art Galleries, London

1994
Bummed, The Hockney Gallery, R.C.A. London

1990
One Man Show, The Graves Gallery, Sheffield

Publications

Music from the Studio, Belmacz, London, 2013
EAST 17, 17 Years of EAST, Norwich Gallery, 2007
Berwick Gymnasium Fellowships, Cornerhouse, 2007
Heavy Easel, Dispatch, Norwich Gallery, 2006
The Boy is Made of Plastic, 66 page Catalogue, Art Editions North,2005
New Works, Exhibition Catalogue, Waygood Gallery, 2004
Masters of the Universe, Exhibition Catalogue, Chapter Gallery, 2003
Yes! I am a long way from home, Exhibition Catalogue, The Redgate Press, 2003
Still Life, Exhibition Catalogue, Gallery Del Tasso Bergamo, 2002
Air Guitar, Catalogue, Milton Keynes Gallery, 2002
Paul Housley, 58 page Catalogue, Lowry Press, 2002
Paul Housley/ Jordan Tinker, 50 page catalogue, Studio Raffaelli, 2002
The American Easy and Other Stories, University Press, 2000