Paul Smith

Paul Smith is a London based artist from Sunderland. His work is predominantly narrative abstract painting and collage exploring an interest in what is lost from memory. 

Paul Smith has exhibited widely in the UK, most recently solo exhibitions ‘Uncertain Promises: The Unofficial George Eliot Countryside’ at One Paved Court, Richmond and ‘Are You Leaving for the Country?’ at Muse Gallery, Portobello Road, London. In February this year he curated the group exhibition ‘Mind How You Go: Small Paintings from the Edgelands’ at Lion House Gallery in Twickenham and recently had exhibitions in both France and South Africa. Paul has recently been elected a member of Contemporary British Painting. 

“My work documents my interest in the lost and the found, what is passing out of memory and what is synthesised as trace in the landscape. Exploring lost places and capturing the essence of a moment of abandonment has been part of my practice since my earliest work, photographing the post-industrial landscape of the North East. More recently I have used these explorations of localities on the verge of returning to unofficial wilderness in dialogue with found material. Working between these two sources has informed a broader turn in my works to consider layerings and cuttings: the process of collage by which territory is shaped into landscape by human actions” – Paul Smith 2026 

Paul has work in China Academy of Art, Hangzhou and in private collections in the UK, USA, Canada, Europe and South Africa. 

Paul Smith has been represented by Thackeray Gallery since 2026.

You can see more of Paul’s work on his webpage: https://www.paulsmithart.co.uk/