Exhibition History
Solo, group and institutional exhibitions, commissions and public works, 1975–2024
Solo Exhibitions
- 2019–24Tabletop — venue and year not yet established
- 2013The Venus Guitar Club — [ s p a c e ] art gallery, Oneroa, Waiheke Island
- 2013Body and Soul — Waiheke Community Art Gallery
- 2012Italian Graffiti — Remuera Gallery, Auckland, preview 13 October
- 2011Solo show, title unknown — Apothiki, Paros, Greece
- 2009New Works 2009 — Remuera Gallery, Auckland
- 2008Solo show, title unknown — North Gallery, C.O.C.A., Christchurch, 30 April – 10 May
- 2008New Works 2008 — Remuera Gallery, Auckland
- 2006The Head — Remuera Gallery, Auckland, 16–29 June
- 2005Locus Solus — Remuera Gallery, Auckland, 17 June – 1 July
- 2004Locus Solus — Mair Gallery, C.O.C.A., Christchurch, 13–30 October
- 2003New Work — McPherson Gallery, Auckland, 24 June – 12 July
- 2002Figures, Pearl Divers — McPherson Gallery, Auckland; Beach, 3–20 July (year inferred; the invite gives none)
- 2001Figures Tropic of Capricorn — McPherson Gallery, Auckland; New Work, 31 January – 17 February (year inferred; the invite gives none)
- 1998Brushstrokes — McPherson Gallery, Auckland
- 1993One man show — Janne Land Gallery, Wellington
- 1990sDry Dreams — New Paintings — RKS Art, Auckland (7–19 March; year not recorded)
- 1992One man show — RKS Art, Auckland
- 1991One man show — Centre for Contemporary Art, Hamilton
- 1991One man show — RKS Art, Auckland, 13–30 August
- 1990One man show — Louise Beale Gallery, Wellington, 30 April – 18 May
- 1989One man show — Louise Beale Gallery, Wellington
- 1988One man show — RKS Art, Auckland
- 1987One man show — Louise Beale Gallery, Wellington
- 1986One man show — RKS Art, Auckland
- 1986One man show — Brooke/Gifford Gallery, Christchurch
- 1985Paintings — RKS Art, Auckland
- 1984One man show — RKS Art, Auckland
- 1984One man show — RKS Art, Auckland
- 1983One man show — Janne Land Gallery, Wellington
- 1982One man show — RKS Art, Auckland
- 1982One man show — Brooke/Gifford Gallery, Christchurch
- 1980One man show — Barry Lett Galleries, Auckland
- 1976One man show — Starr Gallery, Hamilton
- 1976One man show — Gallery Data, Auckland
Two- and Three-Person Exhibitions
- 2002Vintage Vantage — labels for Waiheke Island vineyards, with Richard Adams and Paul Woodruffe — Waiheke Community Art Gallery, 9–25 March
- undatedTen Guitars (sculpture), with Mark Rossell — venue not yet established
- undatedPaul Radford and Geoff Thornley — Hamilton (recorded by Hamilton City Libraries)
- 1995Desperate Icons, with Jimmy Cooper — C.O.C.A., Christchurch
- 1989The Face, with Mary McIntyre — RKS Art, Auckland, 4–21 July
Group Exhibitions
- 2022Fine Lines, with the Catherine Mitchell Life Drawing Group — [ s p a c e ] art gallery, Oneroa, Waiheke Island
- 2019Annual Group Show — [ s p a c e ] art gallery, Oneroa, Waiheke Island
- 2013–24Member exhibitions, as a founding artist of the collective — [ s p a c e ] art gallery, Oneroa, Waiheke Island
- 2015Sculpture Walk — Headland Sculpture on the Gulf, Waiheke Island
- undatedFlotsam — Headland Sculpture on the Gulf, Waiheke Island; now permanently installed on the island
- undatedRecent Works, with Stanley Palmer and Jane Zusters — Works on Paper Gallery, Auckland
- undatedR18: Erotica — Works on Paper Gallery, Auckland
- undatedPaintings and Drawings, with Martin Ball, Jon Tootill and Dave Woodings
- 200710 Renowned New Zealand Artists, in support of research into neurological diseases — Remuera Gallery, Auckland, 4–18 May
- 2003A Nose for Colour — 8 artists celebrate the winemakers' craft — Waiheke Community Art Gallery
- 1999Gruesome! — Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū
- 1990The Chair — C.S.A. Gallery, Christchurch
- 1987Goodman Suter Biennale — Bishop Suter Art Gallery, Nelson
- 1986Goodman Suter Biennale — Bishop Suter Art Gallery, Nelson
- 1985Folded Image — Fisher Gallery, Auckland
- 1985Still Life — New Vision Gallery, Auckland
- 1985New Work — Auckland Society of Arts
- 1984Installation — Last and First Café, Auckland
- 1983Commonwealth Art Exhibition — London
- 1982Summer '82 — RKS Art, Auckland
- 1981Domestic Scale — RKS Art, Auckland
- 1979Contemporary New Zealand Realist Painting — Auckland City Art Gallery
- 1979New Year/New Work — Barry Lett Galleries, Auckland
- 1979Figurative Group Show — Peter Webb Galleries, Auckland
- 1979Four man show — Peter Webb Galleries, Auckland
- 1978Group show — Barry Lett Galleries, Auckland
- 1975Tokoroa Art Award Exhibition
Commissions and Public Works
- 2017The Golden Shaka — Hotel Wailea, Maui, Hawaii
- 2010Prodigal Child — The Arts House Trust sculpture garden, Pah Homestead, Auckland
- undatedFlotsam — permanent installation, Waiheke Island
Awards and Grants
- 1987 Team McMillan Art Award Exhibition, Auckland (finalist)
- 1986 Queen Elizabeth II Arts Council Grant — travel to USA and Europe
- 1986 Team McMillan Art Award Exhibition, Auckland (finalist)
- 1985 Team McMillan Art Award Exhibition, Auckland (finalist)
- 1984 Team McMillan Art Award Exhibition, Auckland (finalist)
- 1983 Commonwealth Art Exhibition, London (second prize)
Education
- 1975–77Elam School of Fine Arts, University of Auckland
This exhibition history has been compiled from Paul Radford's 2007 monograph Paul Radford: Paintings 2002–2007, the RKS Art ephemera held by Auckland War Memorial Museum, Paul Radford's own collection of exhibition invitations, institutional records, gallery archives, and family papers. Entries marked "undated" are known from surviving invitations or catalogues whose year has not yet been established. Additions and corrections are welcomed — please contact the estate.