PAUL MACLEOD-ANDREWS

Born 1953 in England

British abstract painter and printmaker, graduated from the Chelsea School of Art with a Master of Arts degree in Fine Art. Currently residing and working in Heidelberg, Germany.

Inspired by artists like Antoni Tapies, Manolo Millares, and Alberto Burri, my symbolic and urban landscape paintings feature scratched, pitted, gouged, and carved surfaces with unconventional materials like plaster, marble dust, sand, and ground chalk. These “matter paintings” convey hidden messages through torn-apart and reassembled surfaces, exploring the relationship between art and the physical world.

Committed to textures and material evocation, my “matter art” series invites internal exploration for both artist and viewer. While monochromatic, colour adds drama and tension to compositions.

Work owned by the Tate Gallery, London and in private collections in England, Germany, Finland, Sweden and Switzerland.

Education

1977-78 M.A. in Fine Art - Chelsea School of Art

1979-80 PGCE - University of London

1974-77 B.A. (Hons) in Fine Art - North Staffordshire Polytechnic

Exhibitions

2024 Heidelberg Forum für Kunst, Germany

2024  Kunstbezirk, Stuttgart, Germany

2023  “Materials” exhibition, Heidelberger Forum für Kunst, Germany

2022  Rathaus Stuttgart, Germany

Past Exhibitions

1984 City Art Gallery, London, UK (one man show)

1982 Contemporary British Artists, London, UK

1978 Young Printmakers, Chenil Gallery, London, UK

1978 Chelsea School of Art, London, UK |

1978 Slade School of Fine Art, London, UK

1977 Royal College of Art, London, UK

1977 North Staffordshire Polytechnic, UK|

1976 Stoke-on-Trent City Art Gallery, UK

Memberships

Internationale Gesellschaft der Bildenden Künste (IGBK)

Verband Bildender Künstler und Künstlerinnen Baden-Württemberg

Heidelberg Forum für Kunst e.V. (BBK)

Heidelberg Kunstverein

Künstlerhaus Stuttgart