Exhibitions
Saltaire Arts Trail Open Exhibition, 2008
Exhibition Building, Exhibition Road, Saltaire
September 11 – 21, 2008.
Paul Airy’s first ever entry into an open exhibition yeilded him First Prize, with his piece, ‘Wave’.
Batley Open Exhibition, 2008
Batley Art Gallery, Batley, Yorkshire
October 11 – 15 November, 2008.
Following on from the success at the Saltaire Arts Trail Open Exhibition, Paul Airy exhibited ‘Wave’ once again, alongside a new piece, ‘Fish and Bread’. ‘Fish and Bread’ was created in response to the unexpected, but welcome result at Saltaire. He said winning First Prize in his first exhibition was a ‘humbling experience.’
Journey : An Exhibition of Graphic Art
The Art House, Wakefield
July 15 – September 4, 2009.
In his first solo exhibition, Paul Airy captures moments and emotions from his own personal journey, celebrating the value of ordinary everyday experiences.
He says, “We spend so much of our daily lives busily attending to our tasks, focused on our latest preoccupation, seldom pausing to appreciate the ordinary, yet precious moments we experience. I wanted to pause, consider such moments, and celebrate simply being.”
Emerging from his fifteen year career as a graphic designer, Journey is his first solo exhibition of artworks after launching his artistic career in June 2008. Since that time, he has won first prize at the 2008 Saltaire Arts Trail Open Exhibition for his piece Wave, and has exhibited individual pieces at Batley Art Gallery and at The Art House in Wakefield.
His work has clear references to his graphic design heritage, and reflects the clean, digital environment in which his work is created – clean, crisp and finished. Though usually simple in form, it is not simplistic, and often features motifs such as crosses, waves, spirals and geometric forms.
Following this exhibition, Paul will be exhibiting at the Saltaire Arts Trail once again, but this year his work willl appear in the Open Houses. More information about this can be found at www.saltaireartstrail.co.uk/artstrail2009/openhouses.htm
Saltaire Arts Trail Open Exhibition, 2009
Exhibition Building, Exhibition Road, Saltaire
September 12 – 20, 2009.
Paul Airy exhibited ‘River of Life’.
Saltaire Arts Trail Open Houses, 2009
19 Ada Street, Saltaire
September 12/13 & September 19/20, 2009.
Open 10am – 5pm
Paul Airy exhibited alongside Drew Caines, Ceramicist and Printmaker, and Daniel Metcalfe, Painter. Full details were available in the Saltaire Arts Trail brochure.
Left Bank Advent
Left Bank, Leeds
November 28/29 & December 5/6/12/13/20/21, 2009.
Open 11am – 4pm
In an exhibition featuring twenty-five artworks by twenty-five artists, each themed around a person, place or item from the advent narrative. Paul Airy will be showing his piece entitled ‘Gold’.