Paulus de Groot

Born into a family of Dutch artists, Paulus De Groot began his practice formally at the age of 16 upon the death of his father. Working with Atelier Herenplaats - a Rotterdam studio dedicated to supporting artists with disabilities - De Groot developed a highly distinctive style of thickly-applied paint, often on an unusually large scale. De Groot’s recurring fascinations with his own fears and desires have led him to depict horror films and, as in this exhibition, homo-erotic hardcore:-whereby limbs and body parts are reduced and intertwined to the point of near-abstraction. De Groot still lives and works in Holland.