PAUL MACLEOD-ANDREWS

Born 1953 in England


A British abstract painter and printmaker, I hold a Master of Arts in Fine Art from Chelsea School of Art in London. I currently live and work in Heidelberg, Germany.


My symbolic and urban landscape paintings are influenced by artists such as Antoni Tàpies, Manolo Millares, and Alberto Burri. By the 1990s, I had established a distinctive style marked by layered surfaces that are scratched, pitted, and carved with expressive marks. These "matter paintings" often suggest hidden meanings, using materials such as plaster, marble dust, sand, and ground chalk to create complex textures that enhance the work's visual depth. The fragmented and reassembled surfaces give the paintings a tactile, weathered quality, reflecting my interest in the relationship between materiality and the physical world.


The "matter art" series emphasizes texture and the expressive potential of materials. My later work continues to explore these themes, aiming to foster introspection in both artist and viewer. While many pieces are monochromatic, I use color selectively to introduce drama and tension within the composition.


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, UK

1979-80 PGCE - University of London, UK

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


Teaching Posts

1982-84 Somerset College of Art & Technology, UK

1981-82 Wimbledon School of Art, UK


Professional Experience

1984-2019 worked in Design and creation of large installations for leading International technology and consultancy brands.

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

The silent world of form

dominates.

I find beauty in-plainness, in a conception which is precise... a simple idea which the observer in its intensity must inevitably shock and leave a concrete imagine in the mind.