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The Lost Children of Paradise Bletchingley 1 st of March

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Paul Chisholm's "The Lost Children of Paradise" Exhibition at Bletchingley Community Centre

Bletchingley, Surrey—On March 1, 2025, from 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM, the Bletchingley Community Centre will host a one-day solo exhibition by contemporary British artist Paul Chisholm. Titled "The Lost Children of Paradise," the exhibition features Chisholm's latest series of paintings depicting clowns, reflecting both the artist's emotional states and serving as a mirror to society and its ills.

Chisholm's artistic practice revolves around conceptual explorations of identity, gender, and politics, incorporating various media including painting, photography, installation, and objects. His works possess a strong communicative quality, bearing messages garnished with both humour and pain. The confluence of bright colours and bold puns unveils the double entendre behind every visual.

Born in Canterbury in 1983 and raised in Royal Leamington Spa, Chisholm studied Fine Art at Nottingham Trent University (2004) and completed his MA at Chelsea College of Arts in London (2020). His work often deals with his diagnosis as an openly HIV-positive person and reflects upon his own identity as a contemporary British queer artist.

"The Lost Children of Paradise" series delves into the paradoxical nature of the clown figure, which masks true sadness with makeup and flamboyance. Chisholm uses this imagery to comment on societal contradictions, exploring themes of isolation, resilience, and the human condition.

This exhibition offers a unique opportunity to engage with Chisholm's thought-provoking work, which subtly criticizes social and political circumstances through layers of personal history and emotional depth.

Exhibition Details:

  • Title: The Lost Children of Paradise

  • Artist: Paul Chisholm

  • Date: March 1, 2025

  • Time: 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM

  • Venue: Bletchingley Community Centre, Bletchingley, Surrey

Admission is free, and all are welcome to attend.

For more information about Paul Chisholm and his work, please visit www.mrpauldavidchisholm.com.

About Paul Chisholm:

Paul Chisholm is a contemporary British artist whose work explores themes of identity, gender, and politics. Utilizing various media, his art communicates messages imbued with both humour and pain, often reflecting on his personal experiences and societal observations.

Mr paul david chisholm

About Bletchingley Community Centre:

The Bletchingley Community Centre is dedicated to hosting events that enrich the cultural fabric of the community, providing a space for artists and audiences to engage in meaningful dialogue through art.

Note to Editors: High-resolution images and interviews with the artist are available upon request.

The Phoenix Arts space brighton solo show

THE LOST CHILDREN OF PARADISE BRIGHTON

MR PAUL DAVID CHISHOLM

THE PHOENIX ARTS CENTRE, BRIGHTON

APRIL 2nd -7TH 2024

OPEN DAILY 11 AM -5 PM

MEET THE ARTIST & DRINKS SATURDAY 6TH 11AM-5PM

MORE INFO: WWW.MRPAULDAVIDCHISHOLM.COM   &  WWW.PHOENIXBRIGHTON.ORG

10-14 WATERLOO PLACE, BRIGHTON, BN2 9NB

MORE PRESS INFO: MRPAULDAVIDCHISHOLM@GMAIL.COM

 

Comprising of paintings and drawings from the artists series the lost children of paradise “This exhibition explores a world uncomfortable with itself and the future, while leaving space to question one's beliefs and desires culminating in a sense of grounding

under the umbrella of chaos. What is a Lost child of Paradise? But a child of where they used to belong…….”

 

Paul Chisholm (1983) born in Canterbury, England and brought up in Royal Leamington Spa, Warwickshire. He studied at Nottingham Trent University (2004) before doing his MA in Fine Art at Chelsea College of Art in London (2020). Chisholm’s practice has been featured on The BBC, The Daily Star, Metro Newspaper, Attitude magazine and more. He came to notoriety in 2017 when he sold “The World’s most painful dildo” as dubbed by the press at Christies, London in Aid of the Terrence Higgins Trust. Recent Exhibitions include, The Everyday exhibition, Curated by Visual Aids, La mama Galleria, New York, The Tronie’s of Croydon-Oh at Turf Projects, Croydon, London (2022), Mc Hope at The Brewery Tap Project Space, University of Creative Arts, Folkestone, Kent (2023) and The Queer Britain Art award, Queer Britain Museum, Kings Cross, London (2023)

He lives between Bletchingley in Surrey & Amsterdam, Holland.

Lost Boys @ The Art Fund Prize Gallery, The Lightbox Museum, Woking, Surrey

Opening on the 6th of November to the 19th!

" Fusing irony with allegory, Paul Chisholm creates works layered with allusions to his personal history and emotional state, subtly criticising social and political circumstances. Utilising his own experience as a springboard, he has built a distinctive visual language, imbued with poetic nuances of the often contradictory and disconcerting feelings related to the human condition.”Ana Bambic Kostov Art Historian 2018

Chisholm’s artistic practice revolves around conceptual explorations of identity, gender and politics, and it incorporates works completed in different media including painting, photography, installation and objects. Regardless of the material, his works possess a strong communicative quality, bearing messages garnished with both humour and pain. The confluence of bright colours and bold puns unveils the double entendre behind every visual.

The lost, the lonely, the disposed and the depressed, life is a parade, a journey and the lights must go on, it is a world of contradictory emotions and parodies, a place of hell and a place of heaven, of need and neglect, distraction, abundance and failure.

Paul Chisholm will present a body of paintings and sculptures from his Lost Boys series which is inspired by the boys lost to the HIV epidemic throughout the decades and related suicide. It also points to the stigma faced by those boys affected by HIV within modern day society.

 

 

 

 

Paul Chisholm (1983) born in Canterbury, England and brought up in Royal Leamington Spa, Warwickshire. He studied at Nottingham Trent University (2004) before doing his MA in Fine Art at Chelsea College of Art in London (2020. Recent exhibitions include The Tronie’s of Croydon-Oh at Turf Projects, Croydon, London (2022), Mc Hope at The Brewery Tap Project Space, University of Creative Arts, Folkestone, Kent (2023) and The Queer Britain Art award, Queer Britain Museum, Kings Cross, London (2023