Paul Hillon is an artist whose practice centres on the design and production of sculptural forms, exploring the interplay between viewer, spatial dimensions, and fortified structures. His work investigates how physical and digital realms can be unified to create immersive, interactive experiences that challenge traditional boundaries of materiality and perception.
Through his ongoing research project Encoded Presence, Hillon examines the body as both site and archive—capturing internal rhythms such as breath, movement, and pulse using biometric sensors and translating these into sculptural and digital artefacts. His methodology fuses physical making with sensor technologies, AI, and generative systems, foregrounding the body as a generative force within systems of interaction and translation. Rooted in practice-led inquiry, his work engages with critical questions around embodiment, memory, and the ethics of data in contemporary art.
ABOUT
b. 1968, Lives & Works Plymouth UK
Current studio holder at KARST
Employment: Technical Tutor Arts University Plymouth.
Previous employment: Technical demonstrator, Arts University Plymouth.
Freelance Technician & Technical Coordinator at KARST
Contact: mail (a) paulhillon.com.
EDUCATION:
2018 – MA Fine Art Practice – Arts University Plymouth.
2011 – 2014 BA (Hons) Fine Art Practice (1st Degree Hons) Arts University Plymouth.
EXHIBITIONS
2025 Vitrine, Library Cabinet Gallery, Arts University Plymouth.
2024 TechExploration, Fenster Space, KARST, Plymouth.
2024 Pilot, group show,Project Space 1, Arts University Plymouth.
2023 WIP, group show, Cornwall Street Project Space, Plymouth.
2022 Presence in Absence, public sculpture, arts University Plymouth.
2022 Under Cut, group show, Under, KARST, Plymouth.
2022 Quintessence, Ashburner prize, Sculpture Park, Stone lane Gardens, Okehampton.
2018 MA group show, Make Space 5, Arts University Plymouth.
2017 Peepshow, KARST studio holder exhibtion. KARST Plymouth.
2017 Manifestations, solo show,Cafe Gallery, Exeter Phoenix, Exeter.
2016 Staging Post, group show, Inland Art Festival, Redruth.
2016 Entroducing, KARST studio exhibition.
2016 There Is But One Step From The Grotesque To The Horrible, Plymouth.
2015 Occupy, KARST studio holder exhibition, KARST, Plymouth.
2015 Editions, group open studio show, KARST, Plymouth.
2015 One Year On, group show,Regent building, Plymouth College of Art.
2014 Post graduate group show, Council House Gallery, Plymouth
2014 Graduate summer show, Plymouth College of Art.
2013 Trail, T.A.A.G Teignmouth, group exhibition.
2013 The Marmite Prize for Painting, group intervention. Plymouth College of Art,
2012 Illustrations purchased and published by Raging Swan Press, online.
2012 Namaak, Studio 11, Plymouth College of Art, collaborative exhibition.
WORKSHOPS & TALKS
Sculptural Workshop, PCA Young Arts Plymouth, 2018.
Making as Learning, Tate Exchange, London 2017.
Concept Design Using Maquettes, Plymouth College of Art, 2016.
AWARDS
Academic Dean Award, Best in Show, Plymouth College Of Art, 2018,
Student corporation prize 2014, Plymouth College of Art, 2014.
