Paul Donald was born and raised in New Zealand before attending the University of Sydney, Australia, where he earned a Masters of Fine Arts degree in painting. After living for several years in Manchester, UK, and then Montreal, Canada, he has settled in Los Angeles. He has worked broadly across painting, sculpture, video, and performance, exhibiting and performing in New Zealand, Australia, UK, Canada, and the USA.

Donald’s recent works include the performance “Moby Dick” as part of “Soloflex” a performance series presented by Jennifer Locke and Red Zone in Los Angeles (2019), as well as “UNsettler” which was performed in Wellington New Zealand as part of the annual event of The Performance Arcade (2019). Upcoming works include “Centaur (Petting Zoo)” as part of the LA Freewaves event “X-aMEN-ing Masculinities” in Los Angeles. He teaches and lives in Los Angeles, California.