Paul Bell

 

Born: Ballymena 1968

1992-93 Foundation Studies in Art and Design, Limavady
1993-96 Newport School of Art and Design, Wales
            First Class B.A. (Hons)

Solo Exhibitions

2008 'Beyond the Valley of the Cows', Laneside Gallery, Coleraine

2007 'Raiders of the Lost Cow', Laneside Gallery, Coleraine

'The Cow Strikes Back', The Eakin Gallery, Belfast

2006 'Dawn of the Cow', Down Arts Centre, Downpatrick

'Open Range', Laneside Gallery, Coleraine

2005 'Return of the Cow', The Eakin Gallery, Belfast

2004 'In The Field', Laneside Gallery, Coleraine

'Three Acres and a Cow', Elaine Somers Fine Art, Belfast

Two & Four Person Exhibitions

2005 Four Person Show, The Eakin Gallery, Belfast

1999 Two Person Show, Elaine Somers Fine Art, Holywood

1998 Two Person Show, Elaine Somers Fine Art, Holywood

Selected Group Exhibitions

2008 Xmas Show, Leisther Gallery, Dublin

Xmas Show, The Eakin Gallery, Belfast

Xmas Show, Laneside Gallery, Coleraine

Summer Show, Leisther Gallery, Dublin

The Modern Irish Art Exhibition, Eakin Gallery, Belfast

St. Patrick's Day Exhibition, Eakin Gallery, Belfast

2007 Xmas Show, Leisther Gallery, Dublin

Xmas Show, The Eakin Gallery, Belfast

Xmas Show, Laneside Gallery, Coleraine

St. Patrick's Day Exhibition, Eakin Gallery, Belfast

2006 Xmas Show, The Eakin Gallery, Belfast

Xmas Show, Laneside Gallery, Coleraine

Belfast Harlequins Exhibition, Belfast

St. Patrick's Day Exhibition, Eakin Gallery, Belfast

2005 Xmas Show, The Eakin Gallery, Belfast

Xmas Show, Laneside Gallery, Coleraine

The Modern Irish Art Exhibition, Eakin Gallery, Belfast

Summer Show, Laneside Gallery, Coleraine

2004 Xmas Show, The Eakin Gallery, Belfast

Xmas Show, Laneside Gallery, Coleraine

The Royal Ulster Academy, Ulster Museum, Belfast

'Currents' Touring Exhibition, DFPNI

Belfast Harlequins Exhibition, Belfast

The Tile Refinery Gallery, Belfast

Summer Show, Laneside Gallery, Coleraine

St. Patrick's Day Exhibition, Eakin Gallery, Belfast

2003 Xmas Show, The Eakin Gallery, Belfast

Xmas Show, Elaine Somers Fine Art, Belfast

The Royal Ulster Academy, Ulster Museum, Belfast

10th Anniversary Group Show, Clotworthy Arts Centre, Antrim

The Modern Irish Art Exhibition, Eakin Gallery, Belfast

Summer Show, Laneside Gallery, Coleraine

Spring Exhibition, Elaine Somers Fine Art, Belfast

St. Patrick's Day Exhibition, Eakin Gallery, Belfast

 

2002 Xmas Show, The Eakin Gallery, Belfast

Xmas Show, Laneside Gallery, Coleraine

Xmas Show, Elaine Somers Fine Art, Belfast

The Royal Ulster Academy, Ulster Museum, Belfast

The Irish Art Exhibition, Eakin Gallery, Belfast

Easter Exhibition, Elaine Somers Fine Art, Belfast

Summer Show, Laneside Gallery, Coleraine

St. Patrick's Day Exhibition, Eakin Gallery, Belfast

2001 Group show, Thompson Gallery, London

Xmas Show, Elaine Somers Fine Art, Holywood

Xmas Show, Laneside Gallery, Coleraine

The Royal Ulster Academy, Ulster Museum, Belfast

Landscape Show, Elaine Somers Fine Art, Holywood

2000 Xmas Show, Elaine Somers Fine Art, Holywood

The Royal Ulster Academy, Ulster Museum, Belfast

Summer Exhibition, Elaine Somers Fine Art, Holywood

The Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin

1999 Xmas Show, Elaine Somers Fine Art, Holywood

New Art of the Irish, Flowerfield Arts Centre, Portstewart

Summer Exhibition, Elaine Somers Fine Art, Holywood

Group Show, Florence, Italy

1998 A Winters Tale, Group Show, Elaine Somers Fine Art, Holywood

The Royal Ulster Academy, Ulster Museum, Belfast

Ireland Crossing Borders, Group Show, Gallery Revel, New York USA

The Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin

Human Form, Group Show, Elaine Somers Fine Art, Holywood

1997 The Royal Ulster Academy, Ulster Museum, Belfast

Young Contemporaries, One Oxford Street Gallery, Belfast

Ghosts of the Little Bighorn, Solo Show, Clotworthy Arts Centre, Antrim

Ghosts of the Little Bighorn, Solo Show, Town Hall, Ballymena

1996 Small Works Show, Elmwood Gallery, Belfast

Arts Festival, Ballymena

The Royal Ulster Academy, Belfast

 

Awards

Artist of the Month/March 2004 Arts Council of Northern Ireland

Commissions and Publications

Portrait for the movie "Divorcing Jack", Sep. 97

Artist of the Month, Ireland Homes and Interiors, Nov. 99

Three Acres and a Cow/ featured on UTV, Feb.04

Galgorm Manor Hotel, Ballymena

10 square Restaurant, Belfast

Thompsons Animal Feeds, Belfast

Collections

Morgan Stanley Group,London

Queens University Agricultural Department, Belfast

Department of Environment Northern Ireland

Antrim Borough Council

Thompson Animal Feeds, Belfast

Galgorm Manor Hotel, Ballymena

10 square Restaurant, Belfast

Private Collections U.S.A., U.K. Europe & Ireland

The Eakin Gallery, 237 Lisburn Road, Belfast, BT9 7EN.  Tel: 028 9066 8522