Paul Rumsey

PAUL RUMSEY

Born 1956 Essex

1972-74 Foundation Course, Colchester School of Art and Design

1974 Awarded Munnings Travel Scholarship

1974-77 B.A., Chelsea School of Art, London

AWARDS & AQUISITIONS

1988 ‘South Bank Picture Show’ (Drawing Prize), Royal Festival Hall, London

1991 ‘South Bank Picture Show’ (People's Prize), Royal Festival Hall, London

1992 ‘Spectator Art Award’ Show (Second Prize) – Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh
‘Barbican Gallery, London
‘South Bank Picture Show’ (Third Prize), Royal Festival Hall, London

1994 ‘Drawings For All’ (Highly Commended Prize), Sudbury

1996 ‘Eastern Open’ (Lady Evershed Drawing Prize), Kings Lynn Arts Centre
‘Drawings For All’ (Third Prize), Gainsborough House, Sudbury

2010 Acquisition of drawing 'Museum Head' by Chelmsford Borough Museum
Acquisition of three pictures by Abbaye d'Auberive Art Contemparain Collection, France

SOLO SHOWS

1996-98 East West Gallery, London

1996 Chapter Art Centre, Cardiff (to accompany “Coffee” by Edward Bond with the Rational Theatre Company)

1997 Royal Court Theatre, London (to accompany “Coffee”)
Gainsborough House, Sudbury, Suffolk
University of Glamorgan
Chappel Galleries, Essex

1999 Chappel Galleries ‘New Charcoal Drawings’

2000 Chappel Galleries, with Laurence Edwards Sculpture

2002 Chappel Galleries, Essex with Jonathan Clarke Sculpture

2005 Chappel Galleries, Essex “Drawings from the Imagination”

2007 Dreams & Mythologies, Piers Feetham Gallery, London

2010 "Fusains" Galerie Beatrice Soulie, Paris

2023 Chappel Galleries, Essex “Drawings”

GROUP SHOWS

1988-92 ‘Spectator Art Award’ Show

1988-92 ‘South Bank Picture Show’, Royal Festival Hall

1988, 94, 96, 98, 00 ‘Drawings For All’, Sudbury

1991 ‘View of the New’, Royal Overseas League, London

1991-2005 East West Gallery, London

1992 ‘Figures’ Exhibition, Graves Art Gallery, Sheffield Merz Gallery, London

1994 Art Bus, Fife, Scottish Arts Council Tour Show to Schools etc.
The Minories, Colchester, Essex Open

1995 Chappel Galleries, Essex

1996-99 ‘Cheltenham Open Drawing’, Cheltenham, Gloucester College of Higher Education, plus tour to Berlin 1999

1996, 2000- 02 ‘Eastern Open’, Kings Lynn

1999 Royal Academy Summer Exhibition

2003 “Unquiet Voices” an exhibition of English and American Visionary Art
1903–2003, with Joe Coleman, Von Stropp, Austin Spare, Norbert Kox, Charles Benefiel, Nick Blinko, Malcolm McKesson, Laurie Lipton, Donald Pass with the Henry Boxer Gallery at the Horse Hospital, London

2004 Hunting Art Award Show, Royal College of Art, London
British Art Fair, Henry Boxer Gallery
The Affordable Art Fair, Piers Feetham Gallery

2004-09 “Drawn to the Line” Piers Feetham Gallery, London

2005 “Drawing the Line” at Orleans House with the Henry Boxer Gallery
East West Gallery Artists at the Royal Overseas League, Edinburgh

2006 Inner Landscapes: Outsider & Visionary Art, Plymouth Arts Centre. With the Henry Boxer Gallery

2008 CARNIVORA, 'The Dark Art of the Automobile', C Pop Gallery, Detroit, USA
CARNIVORA, 'The Dark art of the Automobile', L'imagerie Gallery, North Hollywood, USA
New Blood Rising, Fuse Gallery, New York, USA
The 13th Hour, Last Rites Gallery, New York, USA

2009 Chappel Galleries, Essex (with Terry Curling and Mary Griffiths)
Drawings by Paul Rumsey to accompany the book "The Fantastical Feats of Finn MacCoul" with published drawings by Paul Rumsey
20/21, British Art Fair, London, Piers Feetham Gallery
The Morbid Anatomy Cabinet, Barristers Gallery, New Orleans, USA
The 13th Hour, Last Rites Gallery, New York, USA
The Damned Show, Tangent Gallery, Detroit, USA
Christmas Mixed Exhibition, Chappel Galleries, Essex

2010 The Art of Still Life Chappel Galleries, Essex
20th Anniversary Exhibition East West Gallery London
'DRAW' at the Museo de la Cuidad de Mexico, Mexico City
BeinArt Collective Group Exhibition Copro Gallery Santa Monica California
"Alfred Kubin et vingt createurs contemporains du dessin", Abbaye d'Auberive, France
"MOSAIQUES 2010" L'exposition d'art contemporain a Pont - Sainte - Marie (Aube) Troyes, France
The 13th Hour , Last Rites Gallery, New York, USA

2011 Soren / Pouppeville / Rumsey, "Les Refuses", Galerie Beatrice Soulie, Paris
Salon de Mai 2011, Paris
"Dystopia" BeinArt Collective Group Exhibition, Copro Gallery, Santa Monica, California
"TERMINUS", Villa Mainau 34, Zurich, curated by Les Barany and Marco Witzig
The 13th Hour, Last Rites Gallery, New York, USA
20/21 British Art Fair with Henry Boxer, London

2012 20/21 International Art Fair with Piers Feetham Gallery, London
Le Salon du Dessin Contemporain, DRAWING NOW, Carrousel du Louvre, Paris, Galerie Beatrice Soulie presents drawings by Isabelle Jarousse and Paul Rumsey
London Print Fair, with Jonathan Pascoe Pratt
“The 13th Hour” Last Rites Gallery, New York, USA
British Art Fair with Henry Boxer, London
Cabinet DA-END 02, Galerie DA-End, Paris

2013 9th February to 21st April: Chelmsford Borough Museum – joint exhibition with Wladyslaw Mirecki
EN-TETES, Topographie de l’art, Paris
L’Exposition L’Appartement, Talents Boutique, Paris
beinArt Collective Group Exhibition, Copro Gallery, Santa Monica, California, USA
20/21 British Art Fair, with Henry Boxer, London
Piers Feetham Gallery, London, Joint show with Terry Curling
Galerie Beatrice Soulie, Paris, Joint show with Terry Curling
Galerie Beatrice Soulie, Marseille, Joint show with Terry Curling

2015 Chappel Galleries: Paul Rumsey Sale of Works Solo Exhibition: November 2015

2016 Halle Saint Pierre, Paris, "L'ESPRIT SINGULIER" Collection de L'Abbaye d' Auberive

2017 Galerie Beatrice Soulie Paris, "Dessins Recents, Fusain et Encre". Solo show.
LOMEX Gallery, New York, "Eat Code and Die"
L'Abbaye d'Auberive, France,"Opiums?"
Hayletts Gallery Maldon, Essex, "Essex Men Artists"
Academy of European Law, Trier, exhibition and auction, "Art Knows no Frontiers".

2018 Chappel Galleries Essex, "New Year Selection" Musee H.R. Giger, Switzerland, "Apocalyptic Visions", with Pedro de Kastro, October 2018 to April 2019.

2019 Galerie Beatrice Soulie Paris, "Dollies and Drawings", joint show with Terry Curling.

2020, 21, 23 Chappel Galleries, Essex Paul Rumsey has exhibited in a variety of Group Exhibitions.

2023 Chappel Galleries, Essex Solo Exhibition: Drawings 19th August to 10th September.