Paul G Russell

Paul G. Russell: Short Biography

Paul G. Russell is a writer, director and artist with a background in art history including an MA degree from the University of Toronto, historical research at the Courtauld Institute and portrait painting at Sir John Cass College; the last two institutions in London.

He has curated exhibitions, lectured and written extensively on the arts in a variety of publications including The Globe and Mail, The Toronto Star, Canadian Art, Toronto Life and Ornamentum.

On stage, he has produced such cabaret musicals as Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris, Dames at Sea and co-directed the original production of the musical Robin For Good.

For television, he wrote for the critically-praised series Images of Canada, produced the Emmy-nominated Untamed World and was Executive Producer of the multi-platformed series Reach for the Top.

He was Co-Producer of the 2007 award-winning feature film comedy Bolly Double.

His art work has been exhibited in Toronto and Hamilton. He is represented in Canadian collections including the Greenshields Foundation in Montreal and Victoria University in the University of Toronto.

His publishing credits include:

Deco Metropolis, Introductory essay to Tim Morawetz's, Art Deco Architecture in Toronto: A guide to the buildings from the Roaring Twenties and the Depression. Glue Pub. Toronto 2009

Essay on Architecture of Hart House, in the book Strange Elation, pub. Oct 1999, University of Toronto Press

The Rosses of Embro, a privately commissioned Family History, pub. Robin Brass Studio, Toronto, 1989

The Queen on Moose Handbook, with Robert Jeffrey & Charles Pachter. Methuen Pub. Toronto 1985

The Great Canadian Quiz Book, Gage Publishing, Toronto 1977

Mr. Russell lives in Toronto and has a studio and art practice in Hamilton, Ontario.