Celia Paul

Celia Paul is an Indian-born British artist.

Celia Paul was born on 11 November 1959 in Thiruvananthapuram (formerly called Trivandrum), South India.

From 1976 to 1981 she studied at the Slade School of Fine Art in London, where she met Lucian Freud who was a visiting tutor. She had a relationship with Freud between 1978 and 1988 and has a son by him, Frank Paul (born 10 December 1984), who is also an artist. Spouse, Steven Kupfer (married 2011 - 2021).

Paul was represented by Bernard Jacobson Gallery, London from 1984 to 1986 and then by Marlborough Fine Art, London from 1989 to 2014. She has been represented by Victoria Miro, London since May 2014.

Paul wrote her autobiography Self-Portrait which was released in 2019 and well-received by national newspapers including The Guardian, The New York Times and The New York Review of Books.

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