Paul Gough

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Paul Gough
NationalityBritish
EducationProfessor
Alma materRoyal College of Art, London
OccupationWriter, Academic
OrganizationArts University Bournemouth

Paul Gough is a British academic, writer, painter, broadcaster and the current Principal and Vice Chancellor of Arts University Bournemouth.[1]

Biography[]

Gough was educated at Aberdeen Grammar School. He graduated from the Polytechnic Wolverhampton in 1979 and the Royal College of Art, London in 1985 with a Master’s degree in Painting.[2] In 1991 he was awarded his PhD on First World War art.[3]

Painting[]

As a painter, Gough has exhibited globally is represented in several permanent art collections – including the National arts Collection Fund, the Imperial War Museum, London; Canadian War Museum, and the National War Memorial, New Zealand.[4]

His most recent exhibitions have been in Melbourne, Australia, London, and Wellington, New Zealand. Gough was elected an Academician of the Royal West of England Academy in 2000.[5]

Writing[]

As an author, Gough has published over 80 academic papers, and nine books [6] which cover the representation of war and peace, including several books on the British artist Stanley Spencer[7] and a study of the work of John and Paul Nash[8] which was published as part of a comprehensive suite of exhibitions, commissions and other events he curated during the centenary period of the First World War (2014–18).[9]

In the past five years, Gough has given conference addresses and keynote speeches in Australia, New Zealand, Turkey, Macedonia, Belgium, France and UK.[10]

Television, film and radio[]

As a broadcaster, Gough worked for a decade as a television presenter, researcher and associate producer on a range of creative arts programmes and documentaries, including the award-winning documentary Redundant Warrior, about the photographer Don McCullin. Gough also has a credit for design research in the Aardman Animations feature film, Chicken Run.

Academia[]

In addition to appointments on education and research panels in UK, Europe, Hong Kong and New Zealand, Gough was Deputy Vice-Chancellor at the University of the West of England, Bristol; and for six years, 2014-2019 Vice-President at RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia.[11] In 2020, Gough became Principal and Vice-Chancellor of Arts University Bournemouth.[12]

References[]

  1. ^ "Academics of Street Art with Professor Paul Gough | Street Art Bio". www.streetartbio.com. Retrieved 2021-02-13.
  2. ^ "UWE Bristol award Honorary Degree to Professor Paul Gough - UWE Bristol: News Releases". info.uwe.ac.uk. Retrieved 2021-05-24.
  3. ^ "Professor Paul Gough : LAND2". land2.leeds.ac.uk. Retrieved 2021-05-24.
  4. ^ ""Searching for a Cushy or a Blighty"". Imperial War Museums. Retrieved 2021-05-24.
  5. ^ "Paul Gough". RWA Bristol. Retrieved 2021-05-24.
  6. ^ "Items where Author is "Gough, Paul" - AUBREI - Arts University Bournemouth Research Excellence and Impact". research.aub.ac.uk. Retrieved 2021-05-24.
  7. ^ "Dead Ground: War and Peace – Remembrance and Recovery". Sansom & Company. Retrieved 2021-05-24.
  8. ^ "Back From The Front Presents: Brothers In Art: John And Paul Nash". Art Fund. Retrieved 2021-05-24.
  9. ^ "Bristol 2014 The City And Conflict From The First World War To The Present Day | Further Reading and Additional Material from Paul Gough". www.bristol2014.com. Retrieved 2021-05-24.
  10. ^ "Welcome to VORTEX, War Art & Artists, Commemoration and Remembrance, Online Papers and Galleries, The Homepage of Paul Gough". www.paulgough.org. Retrieved 2021-05-24.
  11. ^ "Paul Gough". RMIT SCHOOL OF ART. Retrieved 2021-05-24.
  12. ^ "Banksy expert and TV personality takes the reins at Arts University Bournemouth". Bournemouth Echo. Retrieved 2021-05-24.
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