Paul Coldwell’s diverse artistic practice includes printmaking, sculpture, book-making, and installation. His work explores themes of absence and presence, often taking a museum and its collection as a starting point for research and enquiry. Coldwell combines digital technologies with traditional processes to produce his layered, visually complex images which reference the traditional half tone of photomechanical processes.
In addition to Coldwell’s studio practice, he is an academic and a curator, having held the title of Professor of Fine Art at the University of the Arts, London, since 2001. He is on the editorial board for the journal Print Quarterly and was a regular contributor to Art in Print, writing for both on contemporary printmaking. He has exhibited widely in the UK and beyond, and his work is held in numerous public collections including Tate, Victoria and Albert Museum, the British Museum and MOMA New York, USA. He lives and works in London.
