EDUCATION
M.F.A. University of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA, Painting and Sculpture
B.A. St. Mary’s Dominican College, New Orleans, LA, Painting
PROFESSIONAL PROGRAMS | R&F Handmade Paints, Kingston, NY, encaustic studies with
Cynthia Winika; College of Santa Fe, encaustic studies with Richard Frumess and Pamela Blum;
Santa Fe Art Institute, Residency with Elizabeth Murray; Residency with Lynda Benglis; New York
Studio School, The Drawing Marathon
AWARDS
Residency and Fellowship, Moulin a Nef, Auvillar, France
Fellowship, Virginia Center for Creative Arts, Residency, Sweet Briar, VA, 2001
Commission, Orrick, Herrington, and Sutcliffe, Menlo Park, CA, 2001
Commission, United States Department of State, American Embassy, Kampala, Uganda, 2000
Commission, Agilent Technologies, Palo Alto, CA, 2000
Award/ One-person show, Best of Show, Contemporary Art 1999, Juror: Louis Grachos, Director, Site Santa
Fe
Tamarind Printmaking Award, Contemporary ‘97, Juror: Louis Grachos, Director, Site Santa Fe, 1997
Faculty Development Grant, Institute of American Indian Arts, to attend The Drawing Marathon , New York
Studio
School, 1995
Grant, Santa Fe Art Institute and IAIA, Residency with Elizabeth Murray, 1995
Grant, Santa Fe Art Institute and IAIA , Residency with Lynda Benglis, 1993
Award, The Louisiana Competition, Juror: Lowery Stokes Sims, Curator, Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1987
Art in Public Places Endowed Commission, National Endowment for the Arts, 1986
Award/ One person Show, Festival of New Works, Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, 1985. Curator:
Roberta Smith,
New York Times
Installation Grant, The Last Ride, Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, LA, 1985
BIBLIOGRAPHY
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Chicago Art Dealers Association, Chicago, IL (Directory) 2003
Art Santa Fe Biennial Fair, Santa Fe, NM (Catalogue). 2003.
Carver, Jon. “Critical Reflections: Paula Roland, Synesthesia...”, THE Magazine of the Arts, Santa Fe.
August, 2003.
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1999
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Vol.1, No.1, 1995
“Acting on Tradition: The IAIA Faculty Triennial.” IAIA, Santa Fe. (catalogue) 1994.
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Fabricant, Don. “Art Views.” The Sun. Santa Fe. December, 1991.
Landay, Penny. “Recent Faculty Works at IAIA Show.” The New Mexican. Santa Fe. March 22, 1991.
“New Art in an Old City.” Featured artist, WLAE TV Special. New Orleans, 1989.
“Biennial Five.” The Birmingham Museum of Art. (catalogue). 1989.
Green, Roger. “World of Art.” Lagniappe--The New Orleans Times-Picayune. January 15, 1988.
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AWARDS
Residency and Fellowship, Moulin a Nef, Auvillar, France
Fellowship, Virginia Center for Creative Arts, Residency, Sweet Briar, VA, 2001
Commission, Orrick, Herrington, and Sutcliffe, Menlo Park, CA, 2001
Commission, United States Department of State, American Embassy, Kampala, Uganda, 2000
Commission, Agilent Technologies, Palo Alto, CA, 2000
Award/ One-person show, Best of Show, Contemporary Art 1999, Juror: Louis Grachos, Director, Site Santa
Fe
Tamarind Printmaking Award, Contemporary ‘97, Juror: Louis Grachos, Director, Site Santa Fe, 1997
Faculty Development Grant, Institute of American Indian Arts, to attend The Drawing Marathon ,
New York Studio School, 1995
Grant, Santa Fe Art Institute and IAIA, Residency with Elizabeth Murray, 1995
Grant, Santa Fe Art Institute and IAIA , Residency with Lynda Benglis, 1993
Award, The Louisiana Competition, Juror: Lowery Stokes Sims, Curator, Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1987
Art in Public Places Endowed Commission, National Endowment for the Arts, 1986
Award/ One person Show, Festival of New Works, Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, 1985.
Curator: Roberta Smith, New York Times
Installation Grant, The Last Ride, Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, LA, 1985
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
United States Department of State, American Embassy, Johannesburg, South Africa
Agilent Technologies, Inc, Palo Alto, CA
Children’s Hospital, New Orleans, LA
City National Bank, Baton Rouge, LA
U. S. Department of State, American Embassy, Kampala, Uganda
Lowe Investments, Jackson, MS
Novelle, Inc. Provo, Utah
R&F Handmade Paints, Kingston, NY
Jackson-George Regional Library, (NEA Art in Public Places Commission), Pascagoula, MS
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2008 Connect the Dots, New Encaustic Works, William Siegal Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2005 Pulse, Chiaroscuro, Santa Fe, NM
Paula Roland-- Attraction, Chiaroscuro, Scottsdale, AZ
2004 One of a Kind: Encaustic Monotype by Paula Roland, Ohr-O’Keefe Museum of Art, Biloxi, MS
2003 Synesthesia: New Work by Paula Roland, in Three Parts, Chiaroscuro, Santa Fe, NM
2001 Paula Roland: Strangely Attracted, Chiaroscuro, Santa Fe, NM
1999 The Strange Attractors, Art Center at Fuller Lodge, Los Alamos, NM (Louis Grachos Award)
1998 Paula Roland, University of New Mexico, Gallup, NM
1997 Paula Maenza Roland: New Works, West Manhattan ArtSpace, SANTA FE, NM
1991 Between Heaven and Earth, Gallery at the Rep, SANTA FE, NM
1988 Post Natural Selections I, Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, LA
1986 Introductions, Harris Gallery, Houston, TX
1985 Paula Roland, Mario Villa Gallery, New Orleans, LA
MFA Thesis Exhibition, University of New Orleans, LA
Festival of New Works, Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, LA
1969 Wustum Art Museum, Racine, WI
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2008 On the Edge: A Juried Show of New Work in Encaustic, 2nd Natioal Encaustic Painting
Conference, Montserrat College of Art, Beverly MA. Juror: Laura Moriarty
The Diptych Project, Traveling Encaustic Exhibition, Brian Markey Gallery, Portland OR; Whitney
Art Works Portland, ME; Montserrat College of Art, Beverly MA; Conrad Wilde Gallery, Tucson, AZ,
2007 Fall Show, Galleri Urbane, Marfa, Texas (during the Chinati Open House)
Then and Now, William Siegal Gallery, Santa Fe
2006/07 New Artists, Victoria Price Contemporary Art and Design, Santa Fe
2006 Hot Wax, Cool Artists: Encaustic Art Today, Invitational at Haydon Art Center, Lincoln Nebraska
Wax Works, West Coast Encaustic Artists, O’Hanlon Center for the Arts, Mill Valley, CA
2005/06 Collects, Center for Contemporary Arts, Santa Fe
2005 Black and White, Chiaroscuro Santa Fe
Beaux Arts, Center for Contemporary Arts, Santa Fe
2003 Van Tuinen Gallery, Olympia WA
The Whole Ball of Wax, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago. Juror: Joanne Mattera
Waxing Poetic, Catskill Mountain Foundation. Curator: Fawn Potash
ART Santa Fe 2003, International Art Fair, Santa Fe
Santa Fe Six, Chiaroscuro, Scottsdale 2005
2002 Lush Abstraction, Melanee Cooper Gallery, Chicago
Chiaroscuro, Scottsdale
Chiaroscuro, Santa Fe
2001 Originals, New Mexico Committee, National Museum for Women in Arts, Harwood Museum, Taos
ART Santa Fe 2001, International Art Fair Santa Fe
Monothon 2001, (also 2000, 1999, 1998, 1994), College of Santa Fe/Site Santa Fe
2000 Beaux Arts, Plan B/ Center for Contemporary Arts, Santa Fe. Jurors: James Kelly, Linda Durham,
Louis Grachos, Sarah S. King, and Stuart Ashman * (Also 1997)
24th Annual National Invitational Drawing Exhibition, Emporia State University, Emporia, KS
1999 Exhibition in Print, New American Painting, The Open Studio Press, Vol. 24, Oct-Nov. Curator: Lisa
Phillips, Director, New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York *
Drawn to the Future, Invitational, Conlon Siegal Galleries, Santa Fe.
Eros/Thanatos, McCray Gallery, Western NM University, Silver City
Poetry in Motion, Invitational Online Exhibition, NextMonet.com
Contemporary Art 1999, Los Alamos, NM, Juror: Louis Grachos, Director, Site Santa Fe
Selections From New American Painting, Invitational Online Exhibition, NextMonet.com
Conlon Siegal Galleries, Santa Fe
1998 Explorations in Monotype, Invitational, Maslak-McLeod Gallery, Santa Fe
Collage = Reality, Invitational, Gallery Zipp, Valencia
SFCC Art Faculty Fall Exhibition, Santa Fe Community College, Santa Fe
Conlon Siegal Galleries, Santa Fe
1997 Contemporary ‘97, Albuquerque United Artists, Juror: Louis Grachos, Director Site Santa Fe
Heriard-Cimino Gallery, Invitational, New Orleans
1996 Playing in the Woods, Guadalupe ArtSpace, Santa Fe (Exhibition with Gina Telcocci)
1995 Mostra 95 Invitational, Invitational, Museo ItaloAmericano, San Francisco
IAIA Faculty Exhibition, Institute of American Indian Arts Museum, Santa Fe* (also 1991)
1993 Angels, Saints and Crosses, Turner Carroll Gallery, Santa Fe
New Work/New Mexico, Copeland Rutherford Fine Art Ltd., Santa Fe
1989 Biennial Five, Birmingham Museum of Art, 1989 Juror: Susan Krane, Director, High Museum,
Atlanta*
New Gallery Artists, Hall Barnett Gallery, New Orleans
1987 Art for Art’s Sake, Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans (also 1985 and 1986)
The Louisiana Competition, Louisiana Arts and Science Center, Baton Rouge *
Fifth Annual Exhibition of Louisiana Women Artists, West Baton Rouge Museum, Baton Rouge
Selections One, Invitational at the University of New Orleans, New Orleans
1986 Major Mini Works, Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans
Neometix Group Exhibition, Delgado College, New Orleans
1985 28th Annual Delta Art Exhibition, Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock. Juror: James Surls, Artist *
Frozen in Time: A Last Resort, The Last Ride, The Contemporary Arts Center, Pontchartrain
Beach, New Orleans**
Paintings for Public Spaces, Mario Villa Gallery, New Orleans
Matter and Energy/Low Tech Series, University of New Orleans**
Animal, Animalism, Animalize, Anamality, Animate, (collaboration with Elizabeth Shannon and
others) University of New Orleans**
1984 The Third Coast, Art League of Houston, Houston
National Works on Paper, Spokane, WA
National Women’s Art Exhibition, Women’s Pavilion, Louisiana World Exposition, New Orleans.
Jurors: Ida Kohlmeyer, Josine Ianco Starrels, and Lowery Stokes Sims, Curator of 20th Century
Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art