Current exhibition
Unmasked: Exploring Scottish Portraiture examines this genre in depth, with a selection of highlights from the City Art Centre’s permanent collection. Featuring examples of painting, drawing, sculpture, printmaking and photography, the exhibition spans almost 400 years of artistic production. City Art Centre, Edinburgh, 13/09/25 - 31/05/26
New project work
This Land We Share, final project portfolio of 24 hand-printed, silver gelatin photographs, delivered to University of Edinburgh, Heritage Collections, September 2025. This is the first institution to house all three projects in the trilogy.
Project Acquisition
June 2023 - The University of Edinburgh, Heritage Collections acquired complete portfolios of At Sea and No Ruined Stone.
Recent exhibitions
Unmasked: Exploring Scottish Portraiture, Group show - City Art Centre, Edinburgh, 13/09/25 - 31/05/26
PASSING PLACE - Group Show - Dalziel + Scullion, Paul Duke, Elsie Mitchell, Derek Scanlan
Essen Und Trinken Im Museum ZfZ, Berlin, Germany, 18 - 27 October 2024
No Ruined Stone, Solo show, City Art Centre, Museums & Galleries, Edinburgh, 26/11/22 - 19/02/23
No Ruined Stone - Solo show, Hartmann Projects, Galerienhaus, Stuttgart, Germany, 16/11/19 - 18/01/20
At Sea - A Conversation in Time’ Aberdeen Art Gallery and Museums, Maritime Museum, Aberdeen, 10/11/18 - 28/04/19
No Ruined Stone, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, guest exhibitor, RSA Academicians annual group exhibition, 05/05/18 - 06/06/18
No Ruined Stone, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, guest exhibitor, RSA Academicians annual group exhibition, 01/04/17 - 07/05/17
At Sea - Selection of six works on show in permanent collection exhibition, Queen’s House, Royal Museums Greenwich, London, 2016
At Sea – Permanent Collection Show, St Andrews University, St Andrews, ‘Scotland Through the Lens: 175 Years of Scottish Photography’
01/09/2016 - 20/12/16
At Sea – Historic Scotland, Duff House, Banff, 01/11/13 - 17/01/14
At Sea – Scottish Parliament, Edinburgh, 05/2013
Talks & events
City Art Centre, Edinburgh - Paul Duke: In Conversation with Dr Helen Scott, Curator. 31/01/23
Paris Photo, Paris - Hartmann Books - Book signing - 07/11/19
Robert Gordon University, Gray’s School of Art, Aberdeen, 22/02/19
North East Scotland College, Aberdeen, 20/02/19
Aberdeen Art Gallery and Museums, Maritime Museum, Aberdeen, 20/02/19
University of St Andrews, St Andrews, 24/10/18
Photographers Gallery, London, 17/11/17
Victoria and Albert Museum, London. Paul Strand Symposium, guest speaker, 03/06/16
Photographers Gallery, London, Middlesex University Symposium, 26/11/14
Recent press
Photomonitor
The Times
Document Scotland
Black + White Photography magazine
The Scotsman
Little Brown Mushroom
Conscientious Photography
BBC Radio Scotland - The Afternoon Show
Fleming Collection
The Sunday Post
