Interviews

2023 Interview with Paula Heisen by Larry Groff on Painting Perceptions

2021 Conversations with Paula Heisen & Sydney Licht by Rachel Youens

Awards

2024 Mercedes Matter Award, New York Studio School

2022 Mercedes Matter Award, New York Studio School

2011  Joan Mitchell Foundation Emergency Grant

2007  Residency on Governors Island, New York Studio School Alumni Group

1995  Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts Grant

1990  New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship Grant

1983  Ingram Merrill Foundation Grant

1980-82  Tuition Scholarships, Yale School of Art

1982  Elizabeth Canfield Hicks Award (Yale University)
1980  Ford Foundation Grant
1977-78  Tuition Scholarship to New York Studio School
1977  Tuition Scholarship to Skowhegan Summer Program
1972-76  California State Scholarships



Solo Exhibitions

2021  

• Light, and Time, The Painting Center Project Room, New York, NY 


2012

• Weather, The Forge: Studio and Gallery, Milford, PA


1996  

• Heaven/Hell, Art Awareness Gallery, Lexington, NY


1995

• StillLife, Rosary College, Chicago, IL

• Strange or Imaginary Beings – Still Life Paintings, 55 Mercer Gallery, New York, NY


1992

• The Safety of Objects, Synchronicity Space, New York, NY


1989

• Garden/Studio, Parkerson Gallery, Houston, TX



Group Exhibitions

2023
Women Celebrate Women, El Barrio’s Artspace PS109, New York, NY


2021
Affinities: Lynn Kotula & Friends, Buster Levi Gallery, Cold Spring, NY
Mohawk Hudson Regional, Albany International Airport Gallery, Albany, NY
The Scale Show, The Great Hall Gallery @ First Presbyterian Church, New York, NY


2019

• Landscape Condensed, Say What? Contemporary Art Gallery, Tannersville, NY

• Group Show, Pandion Gallery, Fishers Island, NY

2018

• The Painting Show, Say What? Contemporary Art Gallery, Tannersville, NY

• Chain Reaction, The Painting Center, New York, NY
• Beauty Heals, Watson MacRae Gallery, Sanibel, FL

2017

• A Decade in the Making, Watson MacRae Gallery, Sanibel, FL

• Garden of Earthly Delights, The Plaxall Gallery, Long Island City, NY
• Alumni Show, New York Studio School, New York, NY
• The Color Show, Say What? Contemporary Art Gallery, Tannersville, NY
• Fight or Flight, The Painting Center, New York, NY


• LIC-A Members’ Showcase, The Plaxall Gallery, Long Island City, NY

• The Drawing Show, Say What? Contemporary Art Gallery, Tannersville, NY

2016

• Alumni Show, New York Studio School, New York, NY


2015

• 3 Curators = 3 Shows, Alumni Show, New York Studio School, New York, NY

• The Piano Roll Project: Shared Sensibilities, The Museum L-A at the Bates Mill, Lewiston, ME

2014

• Group Show, The Painting Center, New York, NY


2013

• Group Show, Watson MacRae Gallery, Sanibel, FL

• 21: Group Show, The Forge: Studio and Gallery, Milford, PA
• Working It Out – Group Show, The Painting Center, New York, NY

2012

• Group Show, The Forge: Studio and Gallery, Milford, PA

• New York, New York – Group Show, Watson MacRae Gallery, Sanibel, FL

2010

• Small Works Group Exhibition, The Painting Center, New York, NY


2009

• Group Show, curated by Susanna Coffey, Prince Street Gallery, New York, NY

• Alumni Show, curated by Sean Scully, New York Studio School, New York, NY
• The Allure of the Object, Washington Art Association, Washington Depot, CT

2007

• From Governors Island: The 2007 Alumni Exhibition, New York Studio School, New York, NY

• Tabletop Play: Still Life Paintings, Paula Heisen & Lynn Kotula, Romano Gallery, 
 Blair Academy, Blairstown, NJ


2006

• 13th Anniversary Show, Painting Center, New York, NY

• Secretive, Wheeler Gallery, Providence, RI

2004

• Loose Cannon, RKL Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

• The Means: Drawings, RKL Gallery, Brooklyn, NY


2003-04

• Travelling show – The Face of Courage: Portraits of New York Firefighters,

Ottuma, IA; Gardner, MA; Delray Beach, FL; New York, NY; Statesboro, GA; West Memphis, AR; John Joseph Moakley Courthouse, Boston, MA

2001

• Alumni Show: Works on Paper, Yale Art Gallery, New Haven, CT

• Power of the Seen, The Painting Center, New York, NY

2000

• 25th Anniversary Show, Art Awareness Gallery, Lexington, NY


1999-2000

• Travelling Show – Zeuxis group: Still Life: The Human Presence,

University of Wisconsin-La Cross; Peninsula Fine Arts Center, Newport News, VA;
The Washington Studio School, Washington D.C.; Erector Square Gallery, New Haven, CT; 
 The Painting Center, New York, NY

1999

• Water Works: Five Painters Work on Paper, Prince Street Gallery, New York, NY

• Zeuxis at Marywood, Marywood University, Scranton, PA
• Zeuxis Group, Marymount University, Tarrytown, NY
• Group Show, 55 Mercer Gallery, New York, NY
• Painters Painting, Greene County Council on the Arts, Mountaintop Gallery, Windham, NY

1994

• Invitational, Prince Street Gallery, New York, NY

• Group Show, curated by Natalie Charkow, Bowery Gallery, New York, NY
• Painters/Painting, The Painting Center, New York, NY

1993

• Monochromatic Drawings, Mountaintop Gallery, Windham, NY

• Group Show, curated by Louis Finkelstein, Bowery Gallery, New York, NY

1991

• Group Show, curated by Nell Blaine, Bowery Gallery, New York, NY


1990

• Paint, Image One Gallery, New York, NY

• Group Show, Bowery Gallery, New York, NY

1988

• Annual Exhibition, National Academy of Design, New York, NY

• Group Show, Bowery Gallery, New York, NY

1985

• Group Show, Katherina Rich Perlow Gallery, New York, NY

• Faculty Show, Yale Art Gallery, New Haven, CT
• Group Show, Bowery Gallery, New York, NY

1984

• Group Show, Bowery Gallery, New York, NY


1982

• Thesis Show, Yale Art Gallery New Haven, CT


1980

• Invitational, Barnsdall Park Gallery, Los Angeles, CA



Education

1980-82  YALE UNIVERSITY, School of Art, MFA
1977-78  NEW YORK STUDIO SCHOOL
1977  SKOWHEGAN SUMMER PAINTING AND DRAWING PROGRAM
1972-76  UC SANTA BARBARA, College of Creative Studies, BA


Teaching Experience

2016  Instructor, Color Theory; FIT (SUNY)
2010-11  Instructor, Painting; Lehman College (CUNY)
2002  Instructor, Painting; Ox-bow Summer Program (Art Institute of Chicago program)
1997  Instructor, Computer Graphics; Lehman College Art Department, CUNY
1995  Visiting Artist; Rosary College, River Forest, Illinois
1995  Visiting Artist; Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, Michigan
1992  Visiting Artist; Art Institute of Chicago
1991  Visiting Artist; Cooper Union Saturday Program, New York City
1991  Visiting Artist; College of Creative Studies, UC Santa Barbara
1991  Visiting Artist; Hampton University, Virginia
1988  Visiting Artist; Silvermine Guild, Connecticut
1985  Instructor; Summer Program, Yale School of Art
1984  Instructor; Summer Program, Yale School of Art
1981-82  Teaching Assistant for Andrew Forge; Yale School of Art
1979  Instructor; UC Santa Barbara, College of Creative Studies


Publications

1996  Woodstock Times, review of Heaven/Hell; August 15; by Kathi Norklun
1992  ArtNews, review of The Safety of Objects; November; by Ruth Bass
1989  Houston Chronicle, review of Garden/Studio; July 13; by Patricia C. Johnson

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