About - Paul Hosking

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Paul Hosking is a British artist whose work explores light, reflection and perception through a practice that moves between sculpture and painting. Using coloured mirrors, painted surfaces, laser-cut forms and digitally fabricated elements, he creates works that blur the boundaries between object, space and viewer. Reflective surfaces draw the spectator into the work, making perception an active part of the experience.

His early work transformed found objects, from books and vases to mechanical components, into intricate sculptural assemblages. From these constructions, he developed an ongoing investigation into visual systems, repetition and pattern. Recurring motifs include fences, animal skins and Rorschach inkblots.

In the mirrored Rorschach portraits, layered reflective surfaces fragment and distort the viewer’s reflection, raising questions about identity and perception. The mirrored chain-link fence works function as both paintings and sculptural objects, incorporating the surrounding space into the composition. As viewers move around them, the works continuously shift between transparency, reflection and obstruction.

Hosking combines digital technologies with meticulous hand assembly. He begins with photography and digital drawings, translating them into precision-cut elements that are painted, disassembled and reassembled by hand. This process produces complex works that balance industrial precision with individual craftsmanship.

His work has been exhibited internationally at Nathalie Karg Gallery, New York; Michael Fuchs Gallery, Berlin; Galerie Andres Thalmann, Zurich; and The Economist Sculpture Plaza, London. He has also participated in group exhibitions including Beck’s Futures at the ICA, London; Heart and Soul in London and Los Angeles; and The Drawing Project, Athens.

His work is held in public and private collections internationally.

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His work is held in public and private collections internationally.