Paul Muzni

Paul Muzni (born 1973) is a Scottish artist. Born in Edinburgh, he trained at Gray's School of Art, Aberdeen, where he graduated in 1995 with a BA (Hons) in Fine Art. He continued his studies at the Slade School of Art, University College London, under the tutelage of the British figurative artist, Euan Uglow, . Having taught life drawing classes at the Slade, he lectured for a year in life drawing at Gray's School of Art. Since then, he has been working and painting in Edinburgh, where he now resides.
Continuing the figurative painting tradition that still remained in Scotland in the mid 1990's, under the tutelage of Alexander Fraser and Joyce Cairns, Muzni furthered his interest in figurative painting during his time at The Slade. Muzni's interest in the Scottish colourists especially that of S J Peploe was allied by the intense practices of the life room at The Slade.
The majority of Muzni's work uses the nude female form, influenced by Lucian Freud's compositions. While attending The Slade his attention to colour was to emerge under the guidance of Euan Uglow. Enlightened by a retrospective of De Kooning's work, Muzni recognised the sensory power that paint could exhibit. Muzni's work then progressed working from life though now involving the medium as an element itself, his slightly abstracted style allowing the paint to be acknowledged for its plastic qualities.
In 1998, Muzni won the Keith Prize, the student award of the Royal Scottish Academy. Other awards include the Paisley Drawing Competition, the David Gordon Award and 1st prize for the Cornhill Student Competition. Paul Muzni's work is in public collections at the Royal Cornhill Hospital, Aberdeen, the Paisley Art Institute, Paisley, and Gissings, London, as well as several private collections.

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