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Paula Maenza Roland M.F.A. University of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA, Painting, 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, 2002 College of Santa Fe, encaustic studies with Richard Frumess and Pamela Blum, 2000 Santa Fe Art Institute, Residency with Elizabeth Murray, 1995 Santa Fe Art Institute, Residency with Lynda Benglis1999 New York Studio School, The Drawing Marathon, 1995 Tulane University, Newcomb College, Art-Teaching Certificate; Painting courses. 1979 SELECTED GRANTS/ AWARDS/ COMMISSIONS Fellowship, Virginia Center for Creative Arts, 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 Faculty Development Grant, Institute of American Indian Arts, to attend The Drawing Marathon , New York Studio School, 1995 Grant, IAIA and Santa Fe Art Institute, Grant for Residency with Elizabeth Murray, 1995 Grant, IAIA and Santa Fe Art Institute, Grant for Residency with Lynda Benglis, 1993 Award, The Louisiana Competition,1987, Juror: Lowery Stokes Sims, Curator, Metropolitan Museum of Art Installation Grant, Post Natural Selections 1, Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, 1988 National Endowment for the Arts, Art in Public Places Endowed Commission, 1986 Award/ One-person Show, Festival of New Works, Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, 1985. Curator: Roberta Smith Installation Grant, The Last Ride, Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, LA, 1985 Award, National Works on Paper, Spokane, WA. 1984 SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2005 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, Chiaroscuro, Santa Fe, NM 2001 Strangely Attracted, Chiaroscuro, Santa Fe, NM 1999 The Strange Attractors, Art Center at Fuller Lodge, Los Alamos, NM, Juror: Louis Grachos 1998 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, Invitational Installation, Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, LA 1986 Introductions, Harris Gallery, Houston, TX 1985 Mario Villa Gallery, New Orleans, LA Learning to See, MFA Thesis Exhibition, University of New Orleans, LA Festival of New Works, Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, LA . Juror: Roberta Smith ENCAUSTIC TEACHING 2006 International Encaustic Artists Association, Master Classes in Encaustic Printmaking, Novato, CA Visiting Artist, Encaustic Printmaking, New Orleans Center for Creative Arts, Metairie, LA Dorothy Gardner Studio, Encaustic Monotype Workshops. Co-taught with Dorothy Furlong-Gardner in Folsom, LA. 2005-Present Ghost Ranch and Santa Fe, Self-organized workshops in Encaustic MonotypePrintmaking and Encaustic Painting/Collage for professional artists. 2002 University of New Mexico, Visiting Artist Workshop in encaustic techniques for summer college program (for credit) at D.H. Lawrence Ranch, Taos, NM. 2000 Chautauqua Institution, School of Art, Visiting Artist in Encaustic Monotype Printmaking. Graduate and college-level students in summer (for credit) program, Chautauqua, NY. 1999 Georgia O’Keeffe Museum Education Program, Santa Fe. Encaustic monotype workshop for the O’Keeffe Museum’s Girl’s Development Art Program, ages 12-16. 1998 Santa Fe Art Institute, Santa Fe. Taught two week-long workshops in Encaustic Monotype Printmaking. Lecturer, Santa Fe Community College, Santa Fe, NM. Encaustic Printmaking I. Developed course content and the first semester-long college level curriculum for Encaustic Monotype Printmaking. 1997-2004 The Open Studio, Santa Fe. Encaustic Monotype and Encaustic Painting workshops for artists. SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS * Catalog ** Installation 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 Collects, Center for Contemporary Arts, Santa Fe Black and White Show, Chiaroscuro, Santa Fe Beaux Arts, Center for Contemporary Arts, Santa Fe 2003 Van Tuinen Gallery, with the State Capital Museum, 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 2002 Lush Abstraction, Melanee Cooper Gallery, Chicago 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 * 24^th 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,  New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York * Drawn to the Future, Invitational, Conlon Siegal Galleries, Santa Fe  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 SFCC Art Faculty Fall Exhibition, Santa Fe Community College, Santa Fe Conlon Siegal Galleries, Santa Fe 1997 Beaux Arts, Invitational, Plan B/Center for Contemporary Arts, Santa Fe Contemporary ‘97, Albuquerque United Artists, Juror: Louis Grachos Heriard-Cimino Gallery, Invitational, New Orleans 1996 Playing in the Woods, Guadalupe ArtSpace, Santa Fe Holiday Small Works, The Open Studio, Santa Fe 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 1992 Invitational, Luna Gallery, Santa Fe 1990 Cycles/Recycle, Gallery at the Rep, 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 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 The Summer Show, Mario Villa Gallery, New Orleans 1985            Tri-State Fine Arts Biennial, Houma, LA* Art for Art's Sake, Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans 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** Top Women Artists from Area Universities, Dominican College, New Orleans 1984            Art for Art's Sake, Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans The Third Coast, Art League of Houston, Houston National Works on Paper, Spokane   National Women's Art Exhibition, Women's Pavilion, Louisiana World Exposition, New Orleans. Jurors: Ida  Kohlmeyer,       Artist, Josine Ianco-Starrels, Artist, and Lowery Stokes Sims, Curator of 20^th Century Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art * Third Annual Exhibition for Louisiana Women Artists, West Baton Rouge Museum, Baton Rouge 1983            Contemporary Miniatures II, Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans  Fourth Annual Louisiana Women’s Art Exhibition, New Orleans Women's Caucus For Art. Juror: Sylvia Lark, Artist *  Second Annual Exhibition for Louisiana Women Artists, Baton Rouge Women's Caucus for Art, Baton Rouge VISITING ARTIST LECTURES AND PRESENTATIONS Fine Arts Lecture Series, State Capital Museum, Olympia, WA, 2003 First Thursdays Artists’ Lectures, Santa Fe Art Institute, Santa Fe, 2003 Dialogue Among Peers, Santa Fe Council for the Arts, Santa Fe, 2001 Faculty Series, Chautauqua Institution, Chautauqua, 2000 The First Biennial Artists’ Materials Expo, Santa Fe, 2000 Art Faculty Lecture Series, Santa Fe Community College, Santa Fe, 1998 Friends of Fine Arts Visiting Artist Lecture Series, Univ. of New Mexico, Gallup, 1998 “The Founding Artists of Taos and Santa Fe”, Santa Fe Tours, Santa Fe, 1998 Open House in the Open Studio, Santa Fe, 1997 Museo ItaloAmericano, San Francisco,1995 Institute of American Indian Arts, Santa Fe, 1993 College of Santa Fe, 1989 University of New Orleans, 1988 New Orleans Women’s Caucus for Art, 1988 University of Denver, 1986, 1987 TEACHING POSITIONS 2000 Visiting Artist, Chautauqua Institution, School of Art, Chautauqua, NY. Taught Encaustic Monotype Printmaking to graduate and college-level students in summer (for credit) program. 1999-2001 Adjunct Assistant Professor for Drawing/Painting, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM. Drawing III, Painting I and II. 1998 Lecturer, Santa Fe Community College, Santa Fe, NM. Drawing I, Drawing II, and Encaustic Printmaking I. Developed course content and the first college level curriculum for Encaustic Monotype Printmaking. 1989-1996 Professor of Painting and Drawing, Institute of American Indian Arts, Santa Fe, NM. Painting I-IV, Drawing I-III and Independent Study in Painting and Drawing. 1 1989-1992 Artist-Teacher, Santa Fe Adventures for Kids, Santa Fe, NM. Crafts classes, ages 5-14. 1989-1990 Lecturer/Visiting Artist, The College of Santa Fe. Painting I, II, IV and Two-D Design. 1986-1989 Artist in Residence, New Orleans Public Schools, New Orleans, LA. (K-6) Planned with classroom teachers and led activities that integrated visual art, art concepts, art history, and classroom subjects. Full time. 1985-1986 Artist in Residence in Special Education, K-8, Jefferson Parish Public Schools, Jefferson, LA. Organized and taught art activities to special education students of various exceptionalities. Full time. 1985-1988 Art Instructor/Lead Teacher, New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, LA. Integrated art activities with the Museum’s collection in childrens art classes. 1985-1988 Lead Art teacher, New Orleans Museum of Art Summer Arts Camp for students pre-K to 8^th grade. 1983-1985 Teaching Assistant, University of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA. (Instructor of Record) Drawing I, Two-D Design, Graphic Design. 1978-1983 Art Teacher (Secondary Schools), New Orleans Public Schools, New Orleans, LA. Full time. SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY Firmin, Pam. Beeswax Goes Artsy at Ohr Museum: Roland Creates Encaustic Works, The Sun Herald. Biloxi, MS August 8, 2004 Coleman, Gene. “Truly Original”. The Bay Press, Biloxi, MS. July 30, 2004 Affordable Art Fair, New York, NY (Catalogue). 2003. Chicago Art Dealers Association, Chicago, IL (Directory) 2003 Art Santa Fe Biennial Fair (Catalogue). 2003. Carver, Jon. “Critical Reflections: Paula Roland, Synesthesia…”, THE Magazine of the Arts, Santa Fe. August, 2003. Sheck, Ree Strange. “Artists of a Different Hue”, New Mexico Magazine. Santa Fe. October, 2002. Parker, Oriana. “Chiaroscuro Gallery: No, it’s not a museum.” Arizona Republic. Phoenix. February, 2002. Mattera, Joanne. The Art of Encaustic Painting: Contemporary Expression in the Ancient Medium of Pigmented Wax. (Watson-Guptil, 2001). Parker, Oriana. “Paula Roland--The Artist as Alchemist”. ArtBook of the New West. Phoenix. (cover). November, 2001. Dottie Indyke. “Field Notes”. Pasatiempo--The New Mexican. Santa Fe. July 14, 2000. New American Painting. The Open Studio Press, Vol. 24, October-November, 1999. Kotler, Kiera. THE Magazine of the Arts. Santa Fe. October, 1999. Walker, Hollis. Pasatiempo, The New Mexican. Santa Fe. June 11, 1999. “Strange Attractors.” Los Alamos Monitor. Los Alamos. August 8, 1999. Telcocci, Gina. “Paula’s Progress “ THE Magazine of the Arts. Santa Fe. June, 1999. Berkovitch, Ellen. “The Monothon: The Tradition Endures.” The Albuquerque Journal/North. February 18, 1999. Walker, Hollis. ”Hot Wax Messy but Magical.” Pasatiempo--The New Mexican. Santa Fe. March 13,1998. “Contemporary ‘97.” An Exhibition of Contemporary Art. Albuquerque United Artists. (catalogue). 1997 Armitage, Diane. “Paula Roland and Adriana Siso ” THE Magazine of the Arts. Santa Fe. October, 1997. Bensley, Lis. “Roland’s Dance with the Medium of Graphite.” Pasatiempo--The New Mexican. Santa Fe. July 4, 1996. Balsamo, Dean. “Studio Visits.” The Magazine. Santa Fe. December, 1996. Berkovitch, Ellen. “Paintings, Sculptures Pull Viewers into the Landscape.” The Albuquerque Journal. Aug. 1, 1996. “In the Studio: A Visit with Paula Roland.” Pasatiempo--The New Mexican. Santa Fe. January, 1996. “Faculty Spotlight.” Artspirit. Center for Arts and Cultural Studies, Inst. of American Indian Arts. Santa Fe. Vol.1, No.1, 1995 “Acting on Tradition: The IAIA Faculty Triennial.” IAIA, Santa Fe. (catalogue) 1994. Versace, Candelora. “Exhibit Showcases Group’s Art.” The New Mexican. Santa Fe. Nov. 4, 1992. Fabricant, Don. “Art Views.” The Sun. Santa Fe. December, 1991.