About Artist Selected Artworks News Exhibitions

About Artist

During his time in Tokyo, Furneaux developed his interest in the Mokuhanga printmaking technique which has underwritten his practice ever since. Furneaux has been the recipient of numerous prestigious awards including the RSA Salvesen Scholarship, the RSA Gillies Bequest Award and the Hope Scott Trust Award.

In 2006 he was elected a Member of the Royal Scottish Academy. A Master Printmaker and highly regarded authority on printmaking in Scotland, Furneaux regularly leads workshops and demonstrations in the Mokuhanga technique. He lives and works in Edinburgh.

Selected Artworks

News

A series of prints by Paul Furneaux is launching with Rabley Gallery in 2023. These will showcase the simplified and abstracted language of the mokuhanga technique, wherein hand printing and resin coating creates details of mottling, speckling and elements of chance.

Paul Furneaux was born in Ellon, Aberdeenshire, in 1962 and studied Drawing and Painting at Edinburgh College of Art (1982-1987). Winning the Monbusho Scholarship in 1996, Furneaux was able to begin comprehensive research into the art of woodblock printing and undertook a Masters degree in the subject at Tama Art University, Tokyo (1998-2000). 

Exhibitions

EXHIBITIONS
Selected Solo Exhibitions

2022
Rain Salutation, Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh
HARU: Spring The Tatha Gallery, Newport on Tay, Fife

2021
MADO: window, The Academician Gallery The Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh

2018
Between Moments, Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh
Cabinet Exhibition, John Martin Gallery, London

2017
Yellow and Blue, Pittenweem Art Festival (invited artist)

2016 Borrowed Light, Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh

2015
Outside: Inside, William Road Gallery, John McAslan + Partners, London
Mokuhanga, Meffan Galleries and Museum, Forfar, Angus

2014
Japanese Woodcut Prints, Printmaking Studio, Academy of Fine Arts, DKO, Gent
Inside: Outside, Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh

2013
Pause, House for an Art Lover, Glasgow
2012
New Works (with Niamh Flanagan), Dublin Graphic Studio Gallery

2011
Paul Furneaux: Mokuhanga, Edinburgh Printmakers Gallery

2009
Notes on a Landscape, i2, Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh

2005
Blue Flowers: Red Shadows, Patriothall Gallery, Edinburgh

2003
New Works: Center for Contemporary Printmaking, Connecticut, USA

2002
Graphics, The Honran Gallery, Falun, Sweden

2001
Stone Cut: Woodcut, Royal Scottish Museum, Edinburgh

1999
Strange Rain: Woodcut Prints, Gallery Saoh & Tomos, Tokyo

1995
Colours of a Strange Autumn, Anglo-Mexican Institute, Mexico City

1991
Works on Paper, Todd Gallery, London

Selected Group Exhibition

2023
Royal Acadmey Summer Exhibition 2023, London, UK
Summer Exhibition, Rabley Gallery, Wiltshire
London Art Fair, Rabley Gallery, Islington
London Original Print Fair, Rabley Gallery, Somerset House

2022
The Darkling Night, Rabley Gallery, Wiltshire
IFPDA Fine Art Print Fair, Rabley Gallery, New York

2021
Adaptation: Artists respond to change Browngrotta Arts ,Connecticut USA

2019
Breaking Boundaries: 9 International Mokuhanga artists, Walla Walla Foundry Gallery, USA
Art + Identity: An International View, Browngrotta Arts, Connecticut, USA
Mokuhanga: Cross Culture Europe + Japan, CfSHE Gallery, Tokyo
Imprint: new prints and multiples by Royal Scottish Academicians, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh
369 Remembered – The Men, Summerhall Gallery, Edinburgh

2018
Conversations with Paolozzi, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh
Depth of Field (four person exhibition), Tatha Gallery, Newport-on-Tay
Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy, London
Annual Exhibition, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh
From Paper to Gold: 50 years of printmaking excellence, Edinburgh Printmakers

2017
Cut: a celebration of the woodcut technique, Glasgow Print Studio Gallery
Ages of Wonder: Scotland’s Art from 1540 to now, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh
Contemporary Perspectives on Printmaking, Mall Galleries, London
Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy, London
Annual Exhibition, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh
Summa: an exhibition of recent RSA Residency for Scotland Artists, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh

2016
Assortment VIII, Jagged Art Gallery, London
Pulling the Print, Tatha Gallery, Newport-on-Tay
Converge: Visual Art Scotland, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh

2015
Cornucopia, Jagged Art Gallery, London
Annual Exhibition Society of Scottish Artists, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh
International Printmaking Exhibition, Xiaoxiang International Printmaking Center, China (invited artist)
National Open Art Exhibition, The Gulbenkian Gallery, Royal College of Art, London
Seeing Through The Abstract, Tatha Gallery, Newport-on-Tay
Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy, London
Masters: Relief Prints, Bankside Gallery, London
Form/Fragment, West Yorkshire Print Workshop

2014
Crossflows: five international artists interpret Japanese woodcut printing, Gallery Saoh & Tomos, Tokyo

2013
New Bridges: work from 11 Slovakian artists and 11 Scottish artists, Nitra State Gallery, Slovakia

2012
Prints 21: Tokyo Metropolitan Museum, Tokyo (invited artist)

2011
In Japan: Mokuhanga by 39 invited international artists, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh

2010
Japanese Wave: New Shores, Northern Print, Newcastle upon Tyne

2007
40 Years of Original Prints: Edinburgh Printmakers Gallery

2006
Crossflows: six international artists interpret Japanese Woodcut Printing, Numthong Gallery, Bangkok

AWARDS, RESIDENCIES AND EDUCATION

2015
National Open Art Exhibition, London, Orrin Trust Award
Society of Scottish Artists Annual Exhibition: Deloitte Prize

2014
Royal Scottish Academy Open Exhibition: Roy Wood Print Prize
National Open Art Exhibition, London: The Turtleton Trust Award

2013
Visual Arts Scotland Annual Exhibit: Richard Coley Award for Sculpture
2012
Mokuhanga Innovative Laboratory: International Artist-in-Residence Programme, Lake Kawaguchi, Japan
The Royal Glasgow Institute Annual Exhibition: House for an Art Lover Award

2011
Hope Scott Trust Award: grant towards the exhibition and publication of ‘Paul Furneaux: Mokuhanga’
Great Britian Sasakawa Foundation: grant towards the exhibition and publication ‘Paul Furneaux: Mokuhanga’

2010
Royal Scottish Academy: Gilles Bequest Award to attend the First International Conference of Mokuhanga
Visual Art Scotland Annual Exhibition: PF Charitable Award

2009
Edinburgh Visual Arts Assistance Award: Dublin Graphic Studio Residency
Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop: Micro Residency

2007
SSA North Sea Project Award: Residency Studio Sandnes, Norway

2006
Elected Royal Scottish Academician

2004
Scottish Arts Council: Professional Development Award to travel to Japan

2003
First Artist-in-Residence, Helen Frankenthaler Printmaking Studio, Center for Contemporary Printmaking, Connecticut, USA

2001
Year of the Artist Residency, National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh

1994
British Council Assistance Award: travel and exhibit in Mexico

1987
Miller Homes Award: Young Scottish Artist of the Year (studio and support for one year), Cite International des Arts, Paris

1985
Elected professional member Society of Scottish Artists