Erika Paul is a multi-disciplinary visual artist. Her training has included fine art, graphic design, animation, and children's book illustration. Based in the UK, she is a published author and illustrator. Her books are published under the name Erika Pal.
She is always looking for new ways to express her unique ideas. Her current research interests are in fine art, especially portrait painting. She has belonged to a number of life drawing groups in London and is currently planning to establish her own studio space where she can finally unify her diverse interests under one roof.
Website content coming soon! (paintings, drawings, illustration, children’s books, animation)
Exhibitions
2023 — Diploma Graduates’ Exhibition — Heatherley School of Fine Art, London
2021 — End of Year Exhibition — Heatherley School of Fine Art, London
2019 — The Contemporary Nude — Mall Galleries, London
2018 — Far Away - folk tales around the world — Fairy Tale Museum, Kassel, Germany
2016 — Favourite Words — Leytonstone Art Trail, London
2015 — Misbehaviour — The Art Pavilion, Mile End, London
2015 — I Dreamed I Saw Saint Augustine — St Augustine's Tower, Hackney
2012 — MA 2012 - PostGraduate Exhibition and Animation Screening — Grand Parade Gallery, Brighton
2012 — East London Printmakers Annual Exhibition — [ SPACE ] Gallery, Hackney
2012 — Survival of The Fittest — Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, London
2011 — Alien Nation — Great Western Studios, London
2010 — AOI Images 34, The Best of British Contemporary Illustration — London College of Communication
2010 — Bodytalk — Hackney Museum, London
2010 — The Surrey Libraries Children’s Book Award — University of Surrey, Guildford
2010 — ELP In Space, East London Printmakers Annual Exhibition — [ SPACE ] Gallery, Hackney
2009 — Walk the Line, New Narrative illustration — Coningsby Gallery, London
2009 — Wonderland — V&A Museum of Childhood, London
2008 — Eleven: East London Printmakers — Bankside Gallery, London
2007 — D&AD New Blood – Best of Graduate Graphic Design and Illustration — Billingsgate, London
Illustrated Children’s Books
Off to Market by Elizabeth Dale, illus. Erika Pal – London: Frances Lincoln, 2013
Little Lion by Lesley Beake, illus. Erika Pal – London: Frances Lincoln, 2011
Armel’s Revenge by Nicki Cornwell, illus. Erika Pal – London: Frances Lincoln, 2011
I See The Moon by Jacqueline Mitton, illus. Erika Pal – London: Frances Lincoln, 2010
Azad’s Camel by Erika Pal – London: Frances Lincoln, 2009
Night Flight by Michaela Morgan, illus. Erika Pal – London: Frances Lincoln, 2008