ONE PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2015
Breathe, 24 hour pop-up in conjunction with bkprojects, Carroll and Sons, Boston, MA
2014
Hours, Mayyim Hayyim, Newton, Ma
2012
Move Me, Cambridge Arts Council, in collaboration with bkprojects, Cambridge, MA
2010
Roberta Paul, In Search of Lost Time, Klemm Gallery, Siena Heights University, Adrian, MI
2010/2009
Shame, Women’s Studies Research Center at Brandeis University, Waltham, MA
2007
Creation : Science, Allston Skirt Gallery, Boston, MA
2005
Ghostrider, Allston Skirt Gallery, Boston, MA
2002
time & tiers, Allston Skirt Gallery, Boston, MA
2000
Roberta Paul & Amy Podmore, Allston Skirt Gallery, Allston, MA (two person)
1998
Liquid Memories, Clark Gallery, Lincoln, MA
1997
Roberta Paul, Amy Jo Spitalier, Paris
1993
Roberta Paul, Akin Gallery, Boston, MA
Roberta Paul, Amy-Jo Rosen, Paris
1991
Recent Things, Hunt-Cavanagh Gallery, Providence College, Providence, RI
1990
Rose, Hart Walton Gallery, Provincetown, MA
1988
The Chapel Gallery, West Newton, MA
1986
Jungle Walls, The Chapel Gallery, West Newton, MA
Fish & Figures, The Hess Gallery, Pine Manor College, Chestnut Hill, MA
The Center Gallery, Stamford, CT
1985/86
Roberta Paul, Traveling Exhibition, North Dakota Art Gallery Association, ND
1984
New Work, Robert Hans Nordstrom, New York, NY
Fish, Heads, and Ice, The Field Gallery, Martha’s Vineyard, MA
1983
Boston Festival of the Arts, Jordan Marsh, Boston, MA
1982
Water Media, Lenore Gray Gallery, Providence, RI
1980
Nicolaysen Art Museum, Casper, WY
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023
Feels Like Home, Dryden Gallery, curated by Beth Kantrowitz & Amy McFadden, Providence,RI
2022-2023
Wall Flower,traveling to Jameson and Thompson, Jamaica Pain, MA
Wall Flower, Carole Calo Gallery at Stonehill College, Co-curated by Candice Smith Corby and Beth Kantrowitz, Easton, MA
2021 OMG Art Faire, Drive-by projects, Kingston, NY
2020
Never Done: 100 years of women in Politics and Beyond, Tang Teaching Museum, Saratoga, NY
belate spring, bk projects and jameson & thompson framers, Jamaica Plain, MA
The Yellow Wallpaper, One Mile Gallery, curated by beth kantrowitz and Janet Hicks, on-line
Suffrage and Struggle, Dorrance H. Hamilton Gallery,Salve Regina University, Newport RI
Peace Love and Understanding,The Beehive, curated by beth kantrowitz, Boston, MA
2019
About Face, cruated by bkprojects, Mazmanian Gallery, Framingham State University, Framingham, MA
Treasures, curated by Beth Kantrowitz and Kathleen O'Hara, Drive-By Projects, The Gateway Gallery, Brookline, MA
2018
the line begins to blur, bkprojects and sasaki architects, watertown, MA
Things:,Southern New Hampshire University, Mclninch Gallery, Manchester, NH
2017
Who Am I?: The Sequel, Drive-By Projects, Watertown, MA
Expanding Abstraction: New England Women Painters 1950 to Now, deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum, Lincoln, Ma
2014
Marking Time: Aging in America, Fidelity Gallery, Fidelity Corporation, Boston, MA
2013
Strange Landscapes, One Mile Gallery, Kingston, NY
One of a Kind: Unique Artist’s Books, travelling exhibition, AC Institute, NY, NY Unbound-An exhibition in 3 Chapters, Dalhousie Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia
2012
Intra Country : Patriotic Expressions, Gallery Kayafas, Boston, MA
Klinspor Museum, Offenbach/Frankfurt amd Main
2011
ONE OF A KIND, Pierre Menard Gallery, Cambridge, MA curated by Heide Hatry
2010
Looking Back: 40 Years at Pelham Art Center, Pelham, NY
2009
The Lobby, curated by BK Projects and OHT Projects, Watertown, MA
Icons & Altars, New Art Center, Newton Ma
“add and subtract”, Gallery Kayafas, Boston, MA.
2009/2008
Animals: Them and Us, North Dakota Museum of Art, Grand Forks, ND
2008
Love Fest, Allstonskirt Gallery, Boston, MA
Our Time Here will not be Long, Pierre Menard Gallery, Cambridge, MA
Artists Speak Out, Mller Block Gallery, Boston, MA
2006-05
Great Buys: Museum Purchases, DeCordova Museum, Lincoln, MA
Pretty Sweet: The Sentimental Image in Contemporary Art, DeCordova Museum, Lincoln, MA
My Back Pages: A Library Show!, Allston Skirt Gallery, Boston, MA
2004
the 18th drawing show, Mills Gallery, Boston Center of the Arts, Boston, MA
2003
Call & Response, Holy Cross College, Worcester, MA
Gone Fishin, Allston Skirt Gallery, Provincetown & Boston, MA
2001
What I did this summer, Allston Skirt Gallery, Boston, MA Icons & Altars, New Art Center, Newton, MA
Domestic Culture:home in visual culture, ICA at Maine College of Art, Portland , ME
2000
The Power to Enchant:Amulets & Talismans, The Starr Gallery, Newton, MA
DeCordova Downtown:Art That Means Business: Federal Reserve Bank of Boston Gallery,MA
1999
Stories, Allston Skirt Gallery, Allston, MA
new work by five, Clark Gallery, Lincoln, MA
Immortalized, Art Complex Museum, Duxbury, MA
1998
Salon Show, Clark Gallery, Lincoln, MA
Cornucopia, Winston Wachter Gallery, New York, NY
Food Obsession, curator: D. Dominick Lombardi, Pelham Art Center, Pelham, NY
Annual Salon Show, Clark Gallery, Lincoln, MA
1997-96
The Eighth Triennial, Fuller Museum of Art, Brockton, MA
Beyond Recognition, Traveling Exhibition to; Akus Gallery, Eastern Connecticut State University, Willimantic, CT, Montserrat College of Art Gallery, Beverly, MA,
Gallery of Contemporary Art, Sacred Heart University, Fairfield, CT
1996
Pet Paintings, Bernard Toale Gallery, Boston, MA
Objets Fonctionnels, Amy-Jo Spitalier, Paris
1995
WAX, Nohra Haime Gallery, New York, NY
Imagining Angels, Howard Yezerski Gallery, Boston, MA
The Art of Women Helping Women, Miller/Block Gallery, Boston
Biennial Alumni Exhibition, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND
1994
ARTcetera '94, AIDS Action Committee, International Place, Boston
Fourteen by Six , Howard Yezerski Gallery, Boston, MA
1993
Anything But Paper, Howard Yezerski Gallery, Boston, MA
SELF-aMUSEd: The Contemporary Artist as Observer and Observed, Fitchburg Art Museum, Fitchburg, MA
1992
Symphony of Prosperity, Akin Gallery, Boston, MA
Anything But Paper, Howard Yezerski Gallery, Boston, MA
ARTcetera '92, AIDS Action Committee, International Place, Boston
Autopia, Akin Gallery, Boston, MA
Contemporary Uses of Wax and Encaustic, Palo Alto Cultural Center, Palo Alto, CA
Claflin Collection, Newton Free Library, Newton, MA
1991
The Object: Found, Observed, Imagined, Curator: Charles Guiliano, Fitchburg Art Museum, Fitchburg, MA
1990
Boston 1990: The Sixth Triennial Exhibition, Fuller Museum of Art, Brockton, MA
ARTcetera '90, AIDS Action Committee, International Place, Boston
1989
Nature Reassembled, Curator: G.A. Scattergood-Moore, Newton Arts Center, Newton, MA
Seventh Annual Salon Show, Clark Gallery, Lincoln, MA
Likeness: A Selection of Portraits, Curator: Francine Koslow, Art Institute of Boston, Boston,
Artists in Residence, Bank of Boston Gallery, Boston, MA
1987
Talent 87, Allan Stone Gallery, New York, NY
Lands of Enchantment, Curator: Bonnie Grad, The Trustman Art Gallery, Simmons College, Boston, MAI
Inaugural, Akin Gallery, Boston, MA
The Subject is Water, Curators: Rachel Rosenfeld Lafo & Lisa Weber Greenberg, Newport Art Museum, Newport, RI
Boston Baroque: Elements of Drama in Contemporary Art, Curator: Joan Bragen, Decordova Museum at the Vault Gallery, Boston, MA
1986
New Talent, Allan Stone Gallery, New York, NYWorks on Paper, Curator: Linda Shearer, Berkshire Art Association, Berkshire Museum, Pittsfield, MA
Third Annual Local Color, A Second Look, Clark Gallery, Lincoln, MA
Claflin School Artists, Newton Arts Center, Newton, MA
1985
Jungle Fever, Curator: Amy Jo Rosen, The Harcus Gallery, Boston, MA
14th Boston Arts Festival Open Competition, Boston, MA
Local Color, Clark Gallery, Lincoln, MA
Art For Your Collection XXII, Museum of Art, RISD, Providence, RI
A Show of Fans, Curator: Pam Perry, Society of Arts and Crafts, Boston, MA
Symbolism: Animal as Metaphor, Clark Gallery, Lincoln, MA
1984
Contemporary New England Still Life, DeCordova Museum, Lincoln, MA and Newport Art Museum, Newport, RI
1983
People, Curator: David Brown, Newton Arts Center, Newton, MA
Open Show, Boston Visual Artists Union, Boston, MA
First Annual Prize Competition 1983, Curator: Alice Neel, Provincetown Art Association and Museum, Provincetown, MA
1981
Terrance Gallery National Art Show, Palanville, NY
1980
Potsdam Prints 1980, Potsdam, NY
Water Works, University of North Dakota, Curator: Laurel Reuter, Traveling Invitational, ND
Black Hills State College, Spearfish, SD
1982
Alumni Show, Hughes Fine Arts Center, Grand Forks, ND
1980
Faculty Biennial, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND
5th Annual All North Dakota Art Exhibition, Minot, ND
1979
11th Biennial National Art Exhibition, 2nd Crossing Gallery, Valley City, ND
20th Red River Annual, Plains Art Museum, Fargo,
North Dakota Artists, Curator: Mildred Constantine, UND, Grand Forks, ND
Third College of St. Mary: Print, Drawing, Painting Third College of St. Mary, Omaha, NE
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Tang Teaching Museum
Atlantic Mutual Companies
DeCordova Museum
DeCordova Museum Corporate Program
Neiman Marcus
Northeastern University
Fidelity Corporation
Wellington Management
Harcourt General Inc.
Mutual Funds Service Company
SELECTED GRANTS & AWARDS
2012
Massachusetts Cultural Council as administered by the Cambridge Arts Council
2007
George A and Eliza Gardner Howard Foundation, finalist
2005-04
AICA Award, Boston Chapter, Best Gallery Show of a Mid-Career Artist
2004-03
AICA Award, Boston Chapter, Best Group SHow in an Institutional/University Gallery
2003
Newton Cultural Council, funded by Massachusetts Cultural Council
2001
A.R.T. (Artists' Resource Trust) Fund, Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation
2000
Newton Cultural Council, funded by Massachusetts Cultural Council
1993
Massachusetts Cultural Council as administered by the Newton Arts Lottery
ART FAIRS
2007
Aqua Wynwood, Miami FL (represented by Allston Skirt Gallery)
Pool Art Fair, Miami FL (organized by Heide Hartry)
2006
Aqua Art Miami, Miami FL (represented by Allston Skirt Gallery)
2005
Agua Art Miami, Miami FL (represented by Allston Skirt Gallery)
AFFAIR@ the Jupiter Hotel Portland, OR (represented by Allston Skirt Gallery)
2004
NADA Miami, FL (represented by Allston Skirt Gallery)
2003
NADA Miami, FL (represented by Allston Skirt Gallery)
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
Braverman, Sandra
“Artists Reassemble Nature,” THE BOSTON SUNDAY GLOBE, p. West 13, October 1, 1989
Day, Meredith Fife
“Seven Artists in Lincoln,” CENTURY NEWSPAPERS, July 17, 1986
Gershenson, Adam
"Brush with success," BOSTON MAGAZINE, p. 195, ill., Feb. 2003
Howard, Miles
Move it Along, Stuff Magazine, May 22-June 4, 2012, ill. p. 24
Johnson, Deborah
"Roberta Paul," Amy-Jo Spitalier, Paris, France, 1997 Essay
Essay, “Roberta Paul,” Hunt-Cavanagh Gallery, Providence College, RI,1991 Kennedy, Louise
"How sweet it is...or is it? ," THE BOSTON GLOBE, p. N, N8., February 13, 2005
Grad, Bonnie, Books, Sylvia Moore 1987
“Women and Landscape: Interpreting Nature, pp. 97-98, ill., p. 106, 1987
Hand, Gail Stewart Roberta Paul...North Dakota Museum of Art,” GRAND FORKS HERALD, Section D cover, ill., December 1, 1985
Hill, Shawn "Roberta Paul:Time and Tiers," Art New England, p. 27, ill., Feb./March 2003
Lynch, Lisa Shame, Q & A Women’s Studies Research Center at Brandeis University, Waltham, MA
McQuaid, Cate Urban Safari, Roberta Paul: Move Me, THE BOSTON GLOBE, g section May 10, 2012 ill. p. 4
"Roberta Paul gets personal," THE BOSTON GLOBE, p.6- 7,ill.,February 19,1998 “Balancing artifice and innocence, Family Matters,” Arts & Reviews, Boston Globe, June 7, 2007
Metzger, Andy "Art” and about in the urban wilds, WickedLocal, Wednesday, May 23, 2012 ill. p. 11
Millis, Christopher Pretty Sweet The DeCordova Takes a Serious Look t the Sentimental in Art, The Boston Phoenix, February 18, 2005 p. 22
"Painter's abstract focus.." THE BOSTON GLOBE, p.E3, May 13, 1999
Monsebrotten, Nancy “Painters on Pots...,” CERAMIC MONTHLY, p. 84, ill., March 1984
Mulski, Susan "Stories at Allston Skirt Gallery," ART NEW ENGLAND, p. 43, August/September1999
Norden, Linda Catalogue, "roberta paul / time & tiers," 2002
Perry, Pam “New Artist, New Work,” ART NEW ENGLAND, p. 18, ill., May 1984
Raynor, Vivien "Show With Images of Food, but Not for the Hungry," THE NEW YORK TIMES,SUNDAY (Westchester), p. 20, April 26, 1998
Reuter, Laurel “Watercolor Has Endured Test of Time,” GRAND FORKS HERALD, p. 3, March 29, 1980
Rubin, Marlene “The Field Gallery,” THE VINEYARD GRAPEVINE, p. 100, July 24, 1984
Schlegel, Patty “Paul’s Exhibition Brings Summer Memories,” SPECTRUM, p. 8, October 22, 1985
Shadi, Sheybani "Full Bellies vs. Fat Hips-"Obsession (food)" at Art Center, WOMEN'S NEWS, p.19, 1998
Spotlight THE GRAND FORKS HERALD, cover ill., May 16, 1981
Stapen, Nancy "Roberta Paul's works evoke patterns of women's lives," THE BOSTON GLOBE, pp. 73,79, ill., June 17, 1993
“Autopia,” Nancy Stapen, BOSTON GLOBE, February 27
“Art Gallery Turns to Animal World,” THE BOSTON HERALD, p. 19, February 24, 1985
"Local Color’ show gives fine glimpses,” THE BOSTON HERALD, July 18, 1985
“Jungle Fever Show Mirrors Modern Artists’ Concerns,” THE BOSTON HERALD, September 22, 1985
Strong, Madeline “Recent, Chaos of Color,” THE DAKOTA STUDENT, P.6, ill., May 28, 1981
Taylor, Robert “Critics’ Choice,” THE BOSTON GLOBE,p.61, September 5, 1986 “DeCordova Presents a Variety of Still Life,” THE BOSTON GLOBE, p. 77, October 7, 1984
Temin, Christine "How sweet it is...or is it?" THE BOSTON GLOBE, p. N, N8, February 13, 2005
Perspectives, THE BOSTON GLOBE, p. F3, ill., November 8, 2000
"Artists share feelings about their dearly departed," THE BOSTON GLOBE,p. D11, January 8, 1991
“Eye on the Beholder: What Artists Look At,” THE BOSTON SUNDAY GLOBE, pp. A1, A2, August 18, 1991
“In Brockton, a slice of Boston’s art scene,” THE BOSTON SUNDAY GLOBE, pp. 33, 40, October 19, 1990
“A Wide Spectrum of Campus Art Galleries,” THE BOSTON GLOBE,
“Critics Tip: Talent to Watch,” THE BOSTON GLOBE Calendar Section, p35, September 21, 1989
“Chaos Holds Show Together,” THE BOSTON GLOBE, pp. 86, 90, ill., September 28, 1986
Calendar,Super Fall Edition, September 11, 1986
Perspective, THE BOSTON GLOBE, ill, September 25, 1986
“The New Portraiture,” THE BOSTON GLOBE, Arts and Films, January 19, 1986
“Outlining the Truth,” THE BOSTON GLOBE, Calendar Section, p.12, October 31,1986
Jungle Fever Show Makes Fun Adventure," THE BOSTON GLOBE, September 26,1985
Wildman, David "Pleasing plaster and pensive collages," THE BOSON SUNDAY GLOBE, City Weekly, ill., p.12, 2000
PUBLICATIONS:
Roberta Paul Move Me, Published by bfpress in 2012 on occasion of the exhibition MOVE ME, Cambridge, MA
Capasso, Nick & Novina, Alexandra Catalogue, "pretty sweet: the sentimental image in contemporary art" DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, Lincoln, Ma
Dawson, Anne & Tonelli, Laura Catalogue, "Beyond Recognition," Akus Gallery, Montserrat College of Art Gallery & The Gallery of Contemporary Art, December 8, 1996- January 23, 1997
Koslow Miller, Francine Catalogue, “ROBERTA PAUL, Creation : Science,” 2007
Lafo, Rachel & Lisa Weber Greenberg Catalogue, “Contemporary New England Still Life,” DeCordova Museum, Lincoln, MA,1984
O'brien, Barbara catalogue "Call & Response," 2003
Schiff, Karen “Roberta Paul @ Allston Skirt,” Big Red and Shiny, (on-line Magazine), 2007
Smith, Tiffany Newton Living, The Holiday Issue, Artistic Migration, Pages 26-27, Dec. 2011/Jan 2012
Faxon, Alicia
Pilgrims & Pioneers: New England Women in the Arts, Mid March Arts