Biography
Vicky Paul is a Scottish contemporary artist whose intuitive practice explores transformation, connection and the subtle energies that shape human experience. Working from her Edinburgh studio, she creates expressive paintings that sit between abstraction and representation, translating emotional and sensory experiences into vibrant, layered works. Through colour, texture and spontaneous mark-making, Vicky creates work that invites contemplation and a deeper connection with both the self and the natural world.
Working intuitively, building each painting through layers of acrylic, mixed media and expressive gesture, she allows the work to emerge organically rather than follow a predetermined outcome. The resulting compositions capture a sense of movement and luminosity, echoing the transient nature of life. Rich colour palettes and energetic surfaces evoke moments of wonder, nostalgia and optimism, encouraging viewers to pause and reconnect with their own experiences of change, transformation and renewal.
Working primarily in acrylic and mixed media, Vicky builds her paintings through successive layers of adding and removing paint, to create richly textured surfaces that capture movement and depth. This process is intuitive and responsive, allowing each work to evolve organically and find its own balance between spontaneity and harmony. The resulting work sits between fragility and strength, permanence and transience, where colour and texture are both a visual and tactile language, echoing the layered nature of memory, emotion and experience.
Vicky’s paintings are held in private collections across the UK, USA, Canada, Dubai and Japan. She has exhibited throughout the UK and was selected as Artist in Residence at Kimpton Charlotte Square Hotel, Edinburgh in May 2026. In October 2025, her work Elementum, created for The Borders Distillery, was exhibited and sold by Sotheby’s in the Distillers One of One auction, raising £20,000 for charity.
Prior to becoming a professional artist, Vicky ran a successful Arts PR business, and was an award-winning radio presenter, reporting backstage from the MTV VMA’s and interviewing musicians including Madonna, Kylie, and George Michael.
Vicky also creates Soul Energy Portraits, contemporary abstract paintings that capture personal energy rather than likeness. She runs intuitive painting workshops, has presented and produced her podcast How to be SuccesSoul, and is a published author. She is a member of Society of Scottish Artists.
Exhibitions and Residencies
2026
Artist in Residence, Kimpton Charlotte Square Hotel, Edinburgh
Cherry Blossoms Solo Exhibition, Cockburn Collective, Edinburgh
2025
Solo Exhibition Open Studio, Cockburn Collective, Edinburgh
Distillers One of One Exhibition, Sotheby’s, London
Visual Arts Scotland, 30x30 Exhibition, Dalkeith Palace
Visual Arts Scotland, Borders Art Fair, Kelso
2023
Solo Show, Pride of Place, Bedford
What Do We Know, Group Virtual Exhibition, Online
Inspiration from Dreams & Visions Virtual Exhibition, The College of Psychic Studies, London
2022
Artist Open House, Bedford
Stella Maris, Dubai
MS Therapy Centre Pop Up Exhibition, Bedford
Summer Exhibition, Gallery at Green & Stone, London
Jubilee Exhibition, 3 St Peter’s Street, Bedford
International Women’s Day Group Exhibition, Herd, Bedford
2021
Group Exhibition, Hatton House Art & Design, Dunkeld
New Artist Fair, The Truman Brewery, London
Group Exhibition, Boomer Gallery, London
2020
Seen & Unseen, Solo Virtual Exhibition, Online
2019
Open Exhibition, Bermondsey Artists’ Group, Southwark Park Galleries, London
RE: Bermondsey Artists’ Group Exhibition, Southwark Park Galleries, London
Solo Exhibition, NAFAS 60th Anniversary, Islington, London
BAG Outpost Group Exhibition, Shortwave Gallery, London
Group Abstracts Exhibition, Elizabeth James Gallery, London
2018
The Visible Light & Colour Group Exhibition, Menier Gallery, London
OPEN+ Group Exhibition, The Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh
Competitions and Achievements
2025 Longlisted, Voices from the Undefined, London Art Collective at Saatchi Gallery, London
2022 Shortlisted, The Inspiration from Dreams & Visions Art Competition, College of Psychic Studies, London