education
| 1949 | Born at La Glace, Alberta, Canada. |
| Education | |
| 1969 - 1972 | Sheridan College School of Design - Honours Diploma, Furniture/Wood. |
| 1972 | James Krenov, Master Cabinetmaker, Stockholm, Sweden - Private Student. |
| Professional Experience | |
| Furniture Design, Product Design, Exhibit Design, Interior Design, Marine Design, Graphic Design, Sculpture, plus production and one-of-a-kind manufacturing: | |
| 2010 - 2015 | Qijuk Design Innovations Inc. - Design Director |
| 2001 - | PAULEPP.COM INC. |
| 1999 - 2000 | Fabre Exhibitry - Principal. |
| 1997 - 1999 | Alphaform Exhibits + Design - Design Director. |
| 1995 - 1997 | Epp Atelier, Independent Furniture Designers - Principal. |
| 1989 - 1995 | Aggregation Contract Furniture - Founding Partner, Creative Director. |
| 1988 - 1989 | Epp and Stewart, Interior Designers - Partner. |
| 1987 - 1988 | Muskoka Fine Watercraft - Partner, Vice President. |
| 1981 - 1987 | Ambiant Woodworks Limited - Design Director. |
| 1973 - 1981 | Epp Studio, Designers and Makers - Principal. |
| 1973 | Muller & Stewart Limited, Industrial Designers - Designer. |
| Voluntary Professional Activities | |
| 1999 - 2009 | Design for monuments in Ukraine |
| 1999 | Kortitsa '99 (Mennonites in Russia), Exhibit design, Zaporozhe, Ukraine |
| 1998 | The Association of Chartered Industrial Designers of Ontario, Vice President. |
| 1990 - 1992 | The Group for Design in Business, Founding Board member. |
| 1990 | The Royal Canadian Academy of Arts, Council member. |
| 1984 - 1988 | The Mennonite Centre, Member of the Library committee. |
| 1979 - 1980 | The Ontario Woodworker's Association, Founding President. |
| 1979 - 1984 | Visual Arts Ontario, the Art in Architecture committee. |
| 1979 - 1981 | CarFac, Regional representative. |
| 1978 | Canadian Crafts Council, Delegate to the World Crafts Council, Japan. |
| 1978 - 1980 | Member of the International Committee. |
| 1974 - 1997 | The Ontario Crafts Council, Various Committee Memberships. |
| 1975 | The Craft Collaborative, Founding member. |
| 1974 - 1983 | Artist's Cooperative Toronto, Founding member. |
| Professional Achievements/Exhibitions (selected) | |
| 2005 | Convergence, An Australian and American Studio Furniture ExhibitionSan Diego, San Francisco, Chicago. |
| 1990 | Prototypical, The Ontario Crafts Council Gallery, Toronto. |
| 1987 | Art in Everyday Life, Power Plant, Toronto. |
| 1987 | Chairs, Designed and Made in Ontario, touring exhibition. |
| 1987 | Exhibition, The Royal Canadian Academy of Arts Gallery. |
| 1987 | Mennonite Bicentennial Visual Arts Exhibit, The Meeting House, St. Jacobs, Harbourfront, Toronto. |
| 1986 | The Creative Spark '86, The MacDonald Gallery, Toronto. |
| 1978 | Artisan '78, Canadian Crafts Council Nat. Touring Exhibition. |
| 1976 | Faces of Canada, The Canadian Guild of Crafts (Quebec). |
| 1975 | Language of Wood, Burchfield Center. Buffalo, New York. |
| 1974 | Two man show with Stephen Harris, The Craft Gallery. |
| Collections | |
| Museum of Civilization, Ottawa - The Ontario Crafts Council Permanent Collection and the Massey Foundation Collection. | |
| Competitions | |
| 1981 | Jeux Canada Games, Outdoor Sculpture for the Thunder Bay Sportsplex. |
| Professional Recognition and Awards | |
| 1998 | Best of Canada Design Award |
| 1992 | IIDEX 92, Innovative Product Award. |
| 1986 | The Roscoe Award. |
| 1984 | Design Canada, Award of Merit. |
| 1984 | IBD, Product Design Award. |
| 1971 | ODDT, Ontario Furniture Design Award. |
| Grants | |
| 1976, 1978 | Ontario Arts Council. |
| 1972 | Design Canada Study Grant. |
| 1972 | The Canadian Guild of Crafts (Ontario). |
| Selector/Juror | |
| 2011 | The Design Exchange annual awards |
| 2011 | International Design Award, Herford, Germany |
| 1998 | Kootenay Value Added Wood Symposium. |
| 1995 | The Tasmanian Wood Design Collection. |
| 1992 | The Colombian National Contest for Urban Furniture. |
| 1989 | The Toronto Arts Awards. |
| 1985 | The Canada Council. |
| 1984 | The Bronfman Award. |
| 1979 | The Ontario Arts Council. |
| 1979 | The Prince Edward Island Craft Association. |
| 1978 | Northwestern Ontario Craft Association. |
| 2013 | AWFS Freshwood Competition, Las Vegas |
| Publications (selected) | |
| 1988 | AWorld Wide Interiors, Rikuyo-Sha, Japan. |
| 1982 | Art in Architecture, Visual Arts Ontario. |
| 1981 | The Craftsman's Way, U of T Press. |
| 1980 | Twentieth Century Furniture, Van Nostrand Reinhold. |
| 1975 | Decorative Art and Modern Interiors, Studio Vista. |
| Teaching Experience - Full Time Permanent Appointment | |
| 2011 - 2015 | Ontario College of Art & Design University, Chair, Industrial Design |
| 2010 | Ontario College of Art & Design University, Co-Chair, Industrial Design |
| 2006 - 2016 | Ontario College of Art & Design, Toronto (Professor) |
| Part Time Sessional Appointments | |
| 1993 - 2006 | Ontario College of Art & Design, Toronto |
| 1974 - 1976, 1989 - 1997 | Ryerson Polytechnic University, Toronto. |
| 1976 - 1977, 1988 - 1991 | Sheridan College School of Crafts and Design. |
| 1988 | The International Academy of Design, Toronto; Nice, France. |
| 1979 | Humber College, Toronto. |
| 1978 | Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York. |
| Continuing Education | |
| 1975 - 1977 | The Three Schools of Art, Toronto. |
| 1974 - 1976 | Haliburton School of Fine Arts, Haliburton. |
| 1973 - 1978 | Mohawk College, Seneca College, Sheridan College. |
| Guest Lectures | |
| 2001 | Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogota, Colombia |
| 1996 | The International Contemporary Furniture Fair, New York. |
| 1995 | The University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia. |
| 1992, 1993 | The Association of Colombian Industrial Designers, Bogota, Colombia. |
| 1991 | IIDEX, Toronto. |
| 1979, 1986 | The Saskatchewan Crafts Council, Saskatoon. |
| 1979 | The Newfoundland and Labrador Craft Development Assoc., St. John's. |
| 1978 | Holland College, P.E.I. |
| Memberships | |
| The Royal Canadian Academy of Arts. | |