jects, the work examined the fragile concealment
of aspects of Japanese culture. During the same
year, he was awarded the Charles Pratt Memorial
Fellowship, USA.
Graham continued to photograph and exhibit reg-
ularly throughout the mid and late 1990’s, and in
1996 his work up to that date was published by Phai-
don as part of the publisher’s Contemporary Artists
Series. In 1999, a new body of work was published,
End of An Age, and in 2000 a catalogue,Paintings,
was also produced. In 2001, Graham represented
Britain in the 49thVenice Biennale. Photographing
in the United States, he is still based in London.
JustinCarvilleSeealso:Baltz, Lewis
Biography
Born Stratford, England 1956. Graduated Bristol Univer-
sity, Bsc. in Microbiology, 1978; no formal education in
photography. First solo exhibition at Arnolfini, Bristol,
- Photographed throughout Britain 1979–1984. Lec-
turer in Photography, Exeter College of Art 1982–1984;
received Arts Council Publication Award, 1983. Lecturer
in Photography, West Surrey College of Art & Design,
1984–1987. Received Greater London Visual Arts Asso-
ciation Award, 1985. Photographed in Northern Ireland,
1984–1986. Received Arts Council Publication Award
and Greater London Council Publications Award, 1986.
Photographed in Britain and Northern Ireland, 1986– - Received Young Photographers Award from the
International Center of Photography, New York, 1987;
Hayward Gallery Commission, London, 1987; Channel
4/Arts Council Video Bursary, 1987. 1988, continued
to photograph in Northern Ireland. Awarded Eugene
Smith Memorial Fellowship, USA, 1988. Photographed
in Germany, Spain, and across Europe, 1988–1990. Made
Fellow in Photography, Museum of Photography, Film
& Television, Bradford, 1989. Continued to photograph
in Europe and Japan, 1990–1996. Received Arts Council
Publications Award, London, 1992; Arts Council Publi-
cations Award, London, 1995; awarded Charles Pratt
Memorial Fellowship, USA, 1995.
Individual Exhibitions
1979 Paul Graham; Arnolfini, Bristol, England
1980 Paul Graham; Ikon Gallery, Birmingham, England
1983 A1 – The Great North Road;The Photographers’
Gallery, London and traveling
1986 Beyond Caring; The Photographers’ Gallery, London
and traveling
1987 Paul Graham; Cornerhouse, Manchester, England and
traveling
Beyond Caring; Kodak Gallery, Tokyo
1988 Paul Graham; Museum Het Princessehof, Leeuwar-
den, Netherlands
1989 Paul Graham; Centre Regional de la Photographie,
Douchy, France
1990 Paul Graham; Anthony Reynolds Gallery, London
In Umbra Res; National Museum of Photography,
Film & Television, Bradford, England
1991 Germany/November 1990; Aschenbach, Amsterdam
1993 New Europe, Fotomuseum Winterthur, Winterthur,
Switzerland and traveling
Television Portraits; Esther Schipper, Ko ̈ln, Germany
and traveling
1994 Television Portraits; Claire Burrus, Paris and traveling
1995 Empty Heaven; Kunstmuseum, Wolfburg, Germany
1996 Hypermetropia; Tate Gallery, London
1996 Empty Heaven; Galleri Tommy Lund, Odense, Denmark
1998 Paul Graham; Galerie Bob van Orsouw, Zurich, Switzerland
2001 End of an Age; Galleria Marabini, Bologna, ItalyGroup Exhibitions
1982 Houses and Homes; Arnolini, Bristol
1984 Britain in 1984; The Photographers’ Gallery, London
Strategies-Recent Developments in British Photogra-
phy; John Hansard Gallery, Southhampton
1986 Force of Circumstance; PPOW Gallery, New York
The New British Document; Museum of Contemporary
Photography, Columbia College
British Photography; Houston Foto Fest, Houston
Modern Colour Photography; Photokina, Frankfurt
1987 Inscriptions and Inventions: British Photography in the
1980’s; British Council touring exhibition to Belgium,
Luxembourg, France, Italy and Germany
1987 Critical Realism; Castle Museum, Nottingham and
touring
New Photography 3; Museum of Modern Art, New York
New British Photography; Modern Arts Museum,
Tampere, Finland
Recent Histories; Hayward Gallery, London
Future of Photography; Corcoran Gallery of Art,
Washington D.C.
Mysterious Co-incidences; The Photographers’ Gallery,
London
Attitudes to Ireland; Orchard Gallery, Londonderry,
Ireland
1988 British Landscape; XYZ Gallery, Ghent, Belgium
1988 A British View; Museum fur Gestaltung, Zurich
Switzerland
Selected Images; Riverside Studios, London
Towards A Bigger Picture: British Photography in the
1980’s; Victoria and Albert Museum, London
1989 The Art of Photography 1839 – 1989; Museum of Fine
Arts, Houston and traveling
Through the Looking Glass-Independant Photography
in Britain 1946-1989; Barbican Art Gallery, London
and traveling
1990 Conflict Resolution Through the Arts: Focus on Ireland;
Ward Nasse Gallery, New York
1991 British Photography from the Thatcher Years; Museum
of Modern Art, New York
The Human Spirit: The Legacy of W. Eugene Smith;
The International Center of Photography, New York
and traveling
The Art of Advocacy: Aldrich Museum of Contempor-
ary Art, Ridgefield, Connecticut
1993 On the Edge of Chaos; Louisiana Museum, Humle-
baek, Denmark
The Legacy of W. Eugene Smith; San Jose Museum of
Art, San Jose, CaiforniaGRAHAM, PAUL