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Paul Harvey Profile & CVHarvey has always been involved with punk, and still plays with the band Penetration, as he says that it’s good for the soul to play authentic punk rock. He joined the Stuckists in 2001 after reading about them in the Sunday Times and recognising a philosophy of art that he identified with. He has been a major exhibitor with them since, and also curated Stuckist shows in Newcastle, although he now lives by the coast in Whitley Bay.
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Artist Profile |
Paul Harvey is based in Whitley Bay in the North East of England, having moved from London, where he lectures in Art and Design at Tyne Metropolitan College. He is the founder of the Newcastle Stuckists, and has been actively involved with them since 2001. He is an internationally renowned painter, and his CV includes a solo show of his paintings in Opava, Czech Republic in 2015 entitled We are living in Paradisethat was a huge success. Consequently, in the summer of 2016 he was offered a solo show at the prestigious Černá Labuť gallery in Prague entitled From London to the Czech avant-garde. The show then travelled to Turin, being exhibited at Studio Gebbia Bortolotto.
Other venues to have shown his work include Edinburgh College of Art, the Walker and Lady Lever Galleries in Liverpool, and a residency at Wallington House in Northumberland as well as various galleries in London, Paris and other cities. In 2012 he was part of an exam question in the Critical and Contextual Studies section of the January Art A Level paper in the UK. The exam question revolved around the controversial removal of Harvey’s painting of Charles Saatchi from the window of the Artspace Gallery in Mayfair, London. The reason given for the removal of the painting was that it was considered ‘too controversial for the area.’ Harvey also plays in the UK punk band Penetration, and cites punk as a key influence on his work. Harvey tends to document what is around him and the things that happen to him. There is a strong autobiographical element to the work, but with a universality that he says validates what he does. He sometimes calls his paintings picture poems due to his fascination with and what he feels is a psychological connection with the work of Karel Teige, the Czech avant-gardist. Of Teige’s collages, Harvey talks of them as having exquisite combinations of the female figure, landscape and architecture. Teige himself stated that, “all art is nothing but transposed eroticism“ and “there is no theme but the omnipotence of love” and Harvey understands this. According to Harvey, Teige’s collages have a strong and authentic surreal element but in a way that feels like reality, like nature, in fact. He sees all these things as important aspects of his own work, particularly in the way that supposedly unrelated elements come together but in order to make sense and have meaning. It might be seen as magical realism. Mountain landscapes have appeared in his work for many years, mainly due to a trip he made to Switzerland as a schoolboy in 1973. Consequently in the summer of 2017, when working as an artist in residency at the cultural centre areacreativa42 in Rivarolo Canavese, Italy, with the Alps for the horizon, he stated that it was like working inside one of his paintings. It is the kind of environment that he is happy to explore and romanticise, but not at the expense of truth. |
History |
1960 Born Burton-upon-Trent, Staffordshire, UK
1971-78 Burton Grammar School 1978-82 North Staffordshire Polytechnic: Foundation Art, BA (Hons) Design 1982-85 Moved to London. In post-punk bands. Worked at Our Price Records and Forbidden Planet 1986-2000 Moved to Newcastle to join Pauline Murray’s band. Co-published Mauretania Comics. Taught graffiti art 2001- Founded The Newcastle Stuckists. Full-time lecturer Art and Design, Tyne Metropolitan College 2002 Joined punk band Penetration 2003-05 MA with Distinction in Fine Art Practice, University of Northumbria 2006-12 Ph.D, Stuckism and Punk Philosophy: controversialism in the fine art environment at the University of Northumbria 2008 Commissioned by Job cigarette papers to design a new range of promotional posters to succeed Alphonse Mucha ACADEMIC WRITING
2005 Saatchi, Serota And Stuckism - The Battle For The Soul Of Punk MA Fine Art Practice, University Of Northumbria (2005) 11 Page Word Doc Here 2012 Stuckism, Punk Attitude And Fine Art Practice: Parallels And Similarities Doctoral thesis (PhD), Northumbria University.(2012) Information and thesis download here(Northumbria University site) Harvey, P. (2013) Doing the right things for the right reasons: Looking for authenticity in Punk and Stuckist practice in Kiszely, P. & Ogg, A. Punk and Post Punk Volume 2 Number 1, Bristol: Intellect Books INTERVIEWS 2003North Guide interviewed by David Willoughby of The North Guide magazine. 2007 Myartspace, interviewed by Brian Sherwin. EXAM PAPER 2012 Featured as an artist in the AQA Art and Design A Level SPEAKER 2006 The Triumph of Stuckismsymposium, John Moores University, Liverpool 2010 Shared Resonance, AHRC Block Grant Partnership Conference, Northumbrian University and University of Sunderland, National Glass Centre, Sunderland 2013 Punk in Other Places: Transmission and Transmutation, University of Reading, Friday 19 April 2013 MANIFESTOS 2010Stuckism and PunkHelping to get art back on its feetPaul Harvey and Charles Thomson with the Stuckist Bureau of Information 1 June 2010 BOOKS Boskovicth, D & Vandermeer, J (2014) The Steampunk Users ManualAbrams: New York Bestley, R. & Ogg, A. (2013) The Art of Punk, p. 217 (04), London: Omnibus Press Janas, R. (2009) Stuckism International: The Stuckist Debate 1999-2009, p. 30, 34-36, London: Victoria Press CATALOGUES Go West London: Spectrum Gallery Stuck between Prague and London London: Victoria Press(2013) The Enemies of Art:The Stuckists London: Victoria Press (2011) An Antidote to the Ghastly Turner Prize London: Victoria Press (2010) The Stuckists Punk Victorian Liverpool: National Museums Liverpool (2004) MAGAZINES & NEWSPAPERS Hill R, Summer 2010 La Historia Del Papel De Fumar The Expose, p 67, issue 2 Rae H, Wednesday 17 March 2010 Rachel turns to art to combat cancer The Journal, p15 Leyland A, 2009 The Original Double Job Advertisement, The Grocer, p13, Gramia 2009 awards Anon, October 2008 The Original Double Job Advertisement, Viz, p18, issue 179 Anon, August 2008 The Original Double Job Advertisement, Viz, p 7, issue 177 Anon, 16-22 June 2008 The Original Double Job Advertisement, The Big Issue, back page, issue 800 Rudd A, Tuesday 9 January 2007 Art ReviewMetro, p23 Whetstone D, Monday 11 December 2006 Punk with a hint of mysterious The Journal, p20, 21 Morris, J. (2006) Getting stuck in The Guardian, 24 August. Williams D, Thursday 16 March 2006 Proud to be stuck on the Sex Pistols The Journal, p22 O’Keefe, A. (2005) How aging art punks got stuck into Tate’s Serota The Observer, 11 December. Anon, June 2005 Tilleys Bar gets a facelift !The Informer, p4, issue 36 Mellows P, 30 May 2005 ChaserThe Publican, issue 953 Janas R, 2005 Stuckismus Art & Antiques, p 106-107 Alberge, D. (2005) Tate rejects £500,000 gift from ‘unoriginal’ Stuckists The Times, 28 July Pierce, A Will Tate boss look gift art in the mouth? The Times 15.2.05 p.12 Adams, G. (2004) A childish spat: Stuckists tear into Britart’s finest The Independent 4 November. Heighton L, 2004 Dead Painters’ Society The Future, p23 – 25 Thomson C, 2004 Not so stuck Wideshut, p46-47 Meddes R, March 2003 Canvas Idol The Crack, p.12, issue 178 Leese S, Friday 28 March 2003 A Return to the BeautifulWork Evening Chronicle, p. 20 Whetstone D, Thursday 27 March 2003 Stars of screen and canvas appear at the Cluny The Journal, p. 41 Tennant E, 9 May 2003 Stuck in the problem of art Palatinate, p.7 Ogden, R, Thursday 27 March 2003 Colourful personalities on show Metro, p.18 Meddes R, August 2002 Stuck On You The Crack, p.7, issue 171 Heel S, June 2002, Cannes I kick it The Crack, p.4, issue 147, illustration Flounders R, Friday 5 May 2000 Hello there… Morning News, p.2 Meddes R, May 2000 Pop Nouveau The Crack, p.8, issue 146 Long S, October 1997 Pulse The Crack, p19 OTHER INFORMATION
Hobbies: Attempting to create a cabinet of curiosities Music: I like good music, The Adverts for example Books: Art books, history books, how to take a good photograph books from the 50s and 60s Poems: I don't think I know any poems well enough Newspapers: Independent TV programmes: Match of the day, old episodes of Top of the Pops, BBC 4 documentaries Films: Radio On, Valerie's Week of Wonders, The Double Man Shops: Book shops, charity shops Clothes: Bohemian Punk Food: Indian, seafood, pasta dishes Drink: Absinthe, dry martini with a good gin and lemon twist Clubs: 76 Club Charity: Amnesty International Football team: Manchester City First car: Vauxhall Chevanne First job: Pop round delivering Corona to bored housewives in the 1970s Worst job: Working at my Dads factory cutting board for beer mats Best job: Delivering things in my old Astramax Teenage crush: Suzi Quatro Sporting achievement: Second in the National Schools Rowing Championships Romantic act: First class overnight from Paris to Venice by train Charitable act: Donated £500 and a painting to the Bobby Robson cancer ward Embarrassing moment: Forgetting to put Charles Shaar Murray on a guest list Extravagance: Oysters and champagne, sable brushes, guitars Achievement: Following in the footsteps of Alphonse Mucha Failure: never appearing on Top of the Pops Things that need to be thrown out: Most of what I own Things put off that shouldn't be: archiving my work Response to telesales calls: I'm just cooking the tea Ambitions: to paint a masterpiece Hates: artists using the term Punk to give the work validity Passions: paint, vinyl Guilty pleasures: Cigarettes, cookery programmes, Pot Noodles Relaxation: watching football on TV Perfect Sunday: watching football on TV Memorable holiday: Switzerland in 1973 and 2007, North Devon in 2013 with my parents when we went to visit Henry Williamson’s writing hut Best places: Interlaken, Venice, North Devon, Whitley Bay, Blue Anchor Bay, Blackpool Childhood memories: My cousin falling off a wall, seeing the sea for the first time Travel back in time to: When Giotto was painting |
