Paul Wallington (b.1993) is a painter who lives in Cape Town, South Africa. He graduated from the Michaelis School of Fine Art, University of Cape Town, in 2019, where he was co-awarded the Simon Gerson Award for Outstanding Body of Work, and then studied in Hamburg, Germany.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2024  Siddiq Projects "Mean World Syndrome". Hamburg (DE)
2022  New Normal Projects "Feeback Loop". London. (ENG)
​2022 99Loop Gallery "Purebred" Cape Town. (SA)
2021  99 Loop Gallery "The Third Room" Cape Town. (SA)
2020  99 Loop Gallery "Information Gap" Cape Town. (SA)

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2026  Southern Guild "The Poets are Working". Cape Town (SA)
2025  Siddiq Projects "Minor Attractions Art Fair". London (UK)
2025  Massoumi Gallery "Summer Exhibition". Hamburg (DE)
2025  Kalashnikovv Gallery "Forget Me, Not". Cape Town (SA)
2025  TickTack Gallery "Pomegranate Flower Cake". Antwerp (BE)
2024  99Loop Gallery "New Portraits" Cape Town (SA)
2023  Raum Linksrechts "Coping Mechanism". Hamburg. (DE)
2022  Lundgren Gallery "Pour some sugar on me" Palma (ESP)
2022  Sandberg Gallery "Autum vibes" Odense (DEN)
2022  14 long street "Slipstream" Cape Town (SA)
2022  99Loop. Investec Cape Town Art Fair. Cape Town(SA)
2021  The Box (Attebury House). "Premise" Cape Town. (SA) 
2020  99Loop. “Untitled 8.99” Cape Town (SA)
2020  Reid Woods. "Untitled" Plettenberg Bay. South Africa.
2020  Zeitz MOCAA. "Home is where the art is" Cape Town. (SA)
2019  61 Loop Street. “Points of an ellipsis” Cape Town. (SA)

2019  99 Loop Gallery. “Untitled 7.99” Cape Town. (SA)

2019  102 Market House. “Micropore,” Cape Town (SA)

2019  Kelvin Corner. “Surfaces,” Cape Town, South Africa. 

2019  Monolith Studios. “Hue and Hue,” Cape Town (SA)
2018  Urban Hub. “untitled group show,” Cape Town (SA)
2018  The Strangers Club. “Scape” Cape Town (SA)

AWARDS
2023  Schües Art Foundation Nominee
2022  Art Times front cover (Feb) 
2022  Finalist for Emerging Painting Invitational Award
2019  Simon Gerson award (co awarded) Outstanding Body of Work
2019  Judy Steinberg award Excellent Body of Work in Painting
2018  Michaelis class award Best Body of Work in Painting
2017  Michaelis class award Best Body of Work in Painting

EDUCATION
2025  Master in Fine Art (MAFA), Hochschule für Bildende Künste, Hamburg, Germany. 
2019  Bachelor of Fine Arts (BAFA), Michaelis School of Fine Art (UCT), Cape Town, South Africa.
2015  Bachelor of Arts (BA), AFDA: School for the Creative Economy, Cape Town, South Africa.