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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 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
Santa Fe Art Institute, Residency with Lynda Benglis
New York Studio School, The Drawing Marathon
Tulane University, Newcomb College, Art-Teaching Certificate; Painting courses

SOLO EXHIBITIONS                                                                                                                                                   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,  Awarded by 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

 

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS  (to 2000)             * Catalog                 ** Installation 

2007            Gallerie Urbane, Marfa, Texas (during the Chinati Open House)

                     Then and Now, William Siegal Gallery, Santa Fe, NM

                     Victoria Price Contemporary Art and Design, Santa Fe (and 2006)

2006            Hot Wax, Cool Artists: Encaustic Art Today, Invitational at Haydon Art Center, Lincoln Nebraska

                      Wax Works, International 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  (also 2001)  
                      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   
                      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   *            

                       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, 

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             

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS                                                                                                                                                                               Agilent Technologies, Inc, Palo Alto, CA                                                                                                    Children’s Hospital, New Orleans, LA                                                                                                                                                                                            City National Bank, Baton Rouge, LA                                                                                                                                                                                                               Jackson-George Regional Library, (NEA Art in Public Places Commission), Pascagoula, MS                                                                                              Lowe Investments, Jackson, MS                                                                                                                                                                                                  Novelle, Inc. Provo, Utah                                                                                                                                                                                                                          R&F Handmade Paints, Kingston, NY                                                                                                                                                                                                U. S. Department of State, American Embassy, Kampala, Uganda                                                                                                                                       U. S. Department of State, American Embassy, Capetown, South Africa

A CV with full information, including bibliography and teaching, is available upon request