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