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Paula Billups
Curriculum Vitae


Solo Exhibitions
2006          Green Street Arts Center, Middletown, CT

Selected Juried Exhibitons

2008          Salmagundi Club Annual Open Exhibition, Salmagundi Club, New York, NY

2007          All Paintings Great & Small, Cooley Gallery, Old Lyme, CT
                   Pen & Brush Club Annual Brush Exhibition, New York, NY

                   Third Annual Autumn Art Trail, Mill House Gallery, Chester, CT

                   Faces of Spring, Connecticut Society of Portrait Artists, Old Lyme, CT
                   
2006         
All Paintings Great & Small, Cooley Gallery, Old Lyme, CT
                   30 Year Jubilee Exhibition, Lyme Academy, Old Lyme, CT
                   Faces of Winter, Connecticut Society of Portrait Artists, Greenwich, CT
                   63rd Annual Exhibition, Slater Museum, Norwich, CT

2005        
 All Paintings Great & Small, Cooley Gallery, Old Lyme, CT
                   Pen & Brush Annual Nonmembers Juried Exhibit, New York, NY
                   Annual Student Juried Show, Old Lyme, CT
                   12th Annual Regional Fine Art Show, Artists' Cooperative of Westerly, Westerly, RI
                   Pump It Up, Golden Street Gallery, New London, CT

2004          Annual Student Exhibition,
Copley Society of Art, Boston, MA
                   Stony Creek Shows, Willoughby Wallace Library, Stony Creek, CT
                   Deck the Walls, Lyme Art Association, Old Lyme, CT

Selected Group Exhibitons

2008          Paintings from Life: Figure and Portrait Work, , Ruggiero Gallery, Madison, CT

2007          
Traditions and Treasures, Ruggiero Gallery
                   Teachers and Friends
, Ruggiero Gallery

2006           People’s Bank Exhibit, Madison, CT                    
                    Side by Side, Farmington Valley Arts Center, Avon, CT

2005           Partners for Hope, Erickson Davis Gallery, Essex, CT
                    BFA Exhibition, Lyme Academy, Old Lyme, CT
                    People's Bank Exhibit

2004          Celebrating Creative Community, Artworks Gallery, Hartford, CT
                    The New London Open, New London, CT
                    8 Emerging Artists, Essex Art Association, Essex, CT

Awards

2007             Honorable Mention, Autumn Art Trail Exhibition, Mill House Gallery, Chester, CT

2005             Salmagundi Club Award, Pen & Brush Annual Nonmembers Juried Exhibit, New York, NY
                      Best In Show, 12th Annual Regional Show, Artists Cooperative Gallery of Westerly, Westerly, RI

2003             Honorable Mention, Tracy Art Center, Old Saybrook, CT

2001             Honorable Mention and Travel Award, National Watercolor Society, San Antonio, TX


Gallery Representation

Ruggiero Gallery, Madison, Connecticut
www.ruggierogallery.com


Professional Affiliations

Since 2007  Pen & Brush Club, Artist  Member, New York, NY
                      Copyist License, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Since 2006  Lyme Academy Alumni Association, Old Lyme, CT
                      Middletown Art Guild, Middletown, CT
                      Guilford Art League, Guilford, CT
                      Urban Plein Air League of Connecticut

Since 2005  Lyme Art Association, Old Lyme, CT
2005             Copley Society of Art,  Student Member, Boston, MA

2004             Copyist License, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Selected Teaching

2008             Creative Arts Workshop, Beginning Painting, New Haven, CT
                     
Classical  Magnet School, Hartford, CT
                      Drawing with the Masters
, Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, CT
                      Farmington Valley Art Center Young Artists Program, Avon, CT

2007
            Classical Magnet School, Hartford, CT
                      Women's Voices, The Hygienic, New London, CT
       
                      Farmington Valley Art Center Young Artists Program, Avon, CT
       
                     

2006             ConnectiKids Urban Initiative, Painting, Hartford, CT       
                      Middletown Adult Education, Figure Drawing, Middletown, CT
                      Middletown Art Guild, Painting, Middletown, CT 
                      Women’s Voices, The Hygienic, New  London, CT
                      Middletown Adult Education, Pastel, Middletown, CT
                      Farmington Valley Art Center Young Artists Program, Avon, CT 
                      Lyman Allyn Museum children’s program, New London, CT 

2005             Lyman Allyn Museum, children’s program, New London, CT
                      Guest Instructor, Deep River Middle School

Education

2008             Private Study, studio of Jon deMartin, Port Chester, NY
2007             Grand Central Academy, Part-Time Studies, New York, NY
2005             BFA Painting, Lyme Academy of Fine Arts, Old Lyme, CT
1998-99       Houston School of Art and Art League of Houston
1993             BA English, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX