Paula Wilson

Paula Wilson
Born 1975 (age 42–43)
Education MFA from Columbia University
Awards

Fabric Workshop and Museum Residency Grant, Philadelphia, PA, 2009-2010

Joan Mitchell Foundation Painters & Sculptors Grant, 2009 Happy and Bob Doran Artist-in-Residence, Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT 2009

Short List, Joyce Alexander Wein Artist Prize, Studio Museum Harlem, New York, NY, 2007

Giverny Residency, Art Production Fund, Giverny, France, 2006

Edward Mazella Jr. Scholarship for Excellence in the Visual Arts, Columbia University, New York, 2004

Milovich Award in Painting, School of Art, Washington University, 1998

Paula Wilson (born 1975) is an African-American "mixed media" artist creating works examining women's identities through a lens of cultural history. She uses sculpture, collage, painting, installation, and printmaking methods such as silkscreen, lithography, and woodblock.[1]

Early life

Paula Wilson grew up in Hyde Park on the south side of Chicago where her father, William Julius Wilson, was a professor of sociology at the University of Chicago. Her mother, Beverly Ann Wilson, is an artist and bookbinder. Wilson currently lives and works in Carrizozo, New Mexico with her partner, woodworker Mike Lagg.[2]

Education

Paula Wilson attended Washington University (St. Louis, MO) from 1994-1998, earning her BFA and graduating summa cum laude. Wilson earned her MFA from Columbia University (New York, NY) in 2005.

Life and work

Wilson uses a wide range of techniques in her work. She uses collage, painting, installation, and printmaking methods (lithography, silkscreen, and woodblock printing) techniques. Her work deals with the ideas of form, light and the body in space. Wilson uses layers of saturated color and texture to create her pieces. The inspiration for her work comes from her issues on cultural histories and identities. She also deals with the exploration of the female persona.[3] Various textures and vibrant colors are layered in collaged pieces, such as Tomorrow's Tomorrow (2008), where a vase of flowers lit by a stained glass window is constructed on a piece of paper through oil, spray paint, and collaged, inlayed woodblock prints. Equally multifaceted as her densely layered collages is her subject matter and vast expanse of inspirations, drawn from cultural histories, identities, and an exploration of various female personas.

Solo

  • 2000-"What's So Personal", The Butcher Shop, Chicago, IL [4]
  • 2006-"Paintings and Drawings from the Hanno Valley" Galleria Suzy Shammah, Milan, Italy
  • 2008-"The Stained Glass Ceiling", Bellwether Gallery, New York, NY[5]
  • 2010-"First Story", The Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philadelphia, PA
  • 2014-"Undress", Center for Contemporary Arts, Spector Ripps Project Space, Santa Fe, NM[6][7]
  • 2015-"Back it Up", Museum Blue, St. Louis, MO[8][9]
  • 2015-"Salty & Fresh", Cherry & Lucic, Portland, OR[10]
  • 2017-"Paula Wilson:The Backward Glance", Bemis Center for Contemporary Art, Omaha, NE[11]

Group[12][13]

  • 2013-"I Am The Magic Hand," Sikkema Jenkins & Co, Organized by Josephine Halvorson, New York, NY
  • 2013- "Sanctify," Vincent Price Museum, Los Angeles, CA
  • 2012-"The Bearden Project," Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, NY
  • 2012-"Configured," Benrimon Contemporary, Curated By Teka Selman, New York, NY
  • 2011-"Art by Choice," Mississippi Museum of Fine Art, Jackson, MS
  • 2011-"The February Show," Ogilvy & Mather, New York, NY
  • 2010-"Art on Paper: The 41st Exhibition," Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro, NC
  • 2010-"Defrosted: A Life of Walt Disney," Postmasters Gallery, New York, NY
  • 2010-"41st Collectors Show," Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AK
  • 2009-"Carrizozo Artist’s Show," Gallery 408, Carrizozo, NM
  • 2009-"While We Were Away," Sragow Gallery, New York, NY
  • 2009-"A Decade of Contemporary American Printmaking: 1999-2009," Tsingha University, Beijing, China
  • 2009-"Collected. Propositions on the Permanent Collection," Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, NY
  • 2009-"Cinema Remixed and Reloaded: Black Women Artists and the Moving Image Since 1970," Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, Houston, TX
  • 2007-"Cinema Remixed and Reloaded: Black Women Artists and the Moving Image Since 1970," Spelman College Museum of Fine Art, Atlanta, GA
  • 2007-"Horizon," EFA Gallery, Curated by David Humphrey, New York, NY
  • 2007-"Black Alphabet, contexts of Contemporary African American Art," Zacheta National Gallery of Art, Warsaw, Poland
  • 2006-"Turn the Beat Around," Sikkema Jenkins & Co., New York, NY
  • 2006-"The Manhattan Project," Fred Snitzer Gallery, Miami, FL
  • 2006-"Frequency," Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, NY
  • 2005-"MFA Thesis Exhibition," Studebaker Building, Curated by Jeffrey Uslip, New York, NY
  • 2005-"Recess: Images & Objects in Formation," Rush Gallery, Curated by Derek Adams, New York, NY
  • 2004-"Past Perfect," Kantor/Feuer Gallery, New York, NY
  • 2004-"After Goya," Leroy Neiman Gallery, Columbia University, Curated by Tomas Vu Daniel, New York, NY
  • 2004-"Hungry Eyes, First Year MFA Exhibition," Columbia University, Ira D. Wallach Gallery, New York, NY
  • 2002-"Signs," Public Art Installation, Chicago, IL
  • 2001-"Brat(Wurst): A Show of Chicago Artists," Vox Populi, Philadelphia, PA
  • 2000-"Young Love," Mapreed Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

Recognition

Wilson has been awarded residencies at the Vermont Studio Center and the Giverny Residency from the Art Production Fund in Giverny, France.[14] She has also received a place on the Short List, Joyce Alexander Wein Artist Prize, Studio Museum Harlem, New York, NY, 2007 and the Milovich Award in Painting, School of Art, Washington University, 1998

References

  1. ↑ "Paula Wilson - 17 Artworks, Bio & Shows on Artsy". www.artsy.net. Retrieved 2017-03-11.
  2. ↑ "Paula Wilson, Artist". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2017-03-11.
  3. ↑ "Paula Wilson - 17 Artworks, Bio & Shows on Artsy". www.artsy.net. Retrieved 2017-03-11
  4. ↑ http://paulajwilson.com/cv-2/
  5. ↑ "NYAB Event - Paula Wilson "The Stained Glass Ceiling"". www.nyartbeat.com. Retrieved 2017-03-11.
  6. ↑ "Center for Contemporary Arts | UNDRESS WITH PAULA WILSON - Santa Fe Gallery Association". Santa Fe Gallery Association. Retrieved 2017-03-11.
  7. ↑ "The bureau of reclamations". The Santa Fe New Mexican. Retrieved 2017-03-11.
  8. ↑ "Behind and Beyond: Paula Wilson's "Back it Up" at Museum Blue". St. Louis Magazine. 2015-04-17. Retrieved 2017-03-11.
  9. ↑ "Paula Wilson "Back it Up"". Museum Blue. Retrieved 2017-03-11.
  10. ↑ "Cherry | Lucic". cherryandlucic.com. Retrieved 2017-03-11.
  11. ↑ "Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts : Exhibitions : Exhibitions : Paula Wilson: The Backward Glance". www.bemiscenter.org. Retrieved 2017-03-11.
  12. ↑ Gallery, Saatchi. "Paula Wilson - Artist's Profile - The Saatchi Gallery". www.saatchigallery.com. Retrieved 2017-03-11.
  13. ↑ "cv – Paula J Wilson". paulajwilson.com. Retrieved 2017-03-11.
  14. ↑ "LeRoy Neiman Center for Print Studies". www.columbia.edu. Retrieved 2017-03-11.
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