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PAULA BILLUPS
ARTIST

Curriculum Vitae




Residencies
      2014    Hohestraße 8, Quedlinburg, Germany
      2011    Siena Art Institute, Siena, Italy

Solo Exhibitions
      2015   
Hohestraße 8, Quedlinburg, Germany
                  DAS KAPiTAL, Berlin, Germany. Curated by Ismael Duá
      2014   Hohestraße 8, Quedlinburg, Germany
      2013    João Cocteau Kunstraum, Berlin, Germany
                  Weißensee Kreativstadt, Berlin, Germany
      2012    June Norcross Webster Conference Center, Ashford, CT
      2006   Green Street Arts Center, Middletown, CT

Recent Group Exhibitions
      2020     2msquared, United Kingdom. Curated by Amy Edwards and Rory Duckhouse
                    Curatorial Bureau, Berlin, Germany. Curated by Dermis 
León 
                    Standard Space Gallery, Sharon, CT. Curated by Theo Colombe
​      2019     Jazz Dance Open, Pardubice, Czech Republic. Curated by Martin Dosek

      2018     DAS KAPiTAL, Berlin, Germany. Curated by Ismael Duá
      2016     VICEVERSA. Museo Provincial de Holguín, “la Periquera.” Holguín, Cuba. Curated by Dermis León and Marisa Caicholo
                    VICEVERSA. Ll
oyds Register, Sierra del Rosario, El Vedado, Havana, Cuba. Curated by Dermis León
and Marisa Caicholo
      2015     Florence Griswold Museum, Old Lyme, CT. Curated by David Rau
                    Art von Frei Gallery, Berlin, Germany. Curated by Eva Moll

      2014     Cooley Gallery, Old Lyme, CT. Curated by Jeff Cooley and Lorre Broom
                    Court of Justice of the European Union, Luxembourg. Curated by Agnes Marton
      2012     Atelierhof Kreuzberg, Berlin, Germany. Curated by Miles Chalcraft
      2011     Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven, CT
      2010     Gallery 195, New Haven, CT (with Meredith Miller). Curated by Debbie Hesse
                    Tunisian Collaborative Painting Events, Lyme Academy (February) and Mystic Art Center (September)
                    University of New Haven, New Haven, CT
                    Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven, CT
      2009     Cooley Gallery, Old Lyme, CT
      2008     Connecticut Commission on Culture and Tourism, Hartford, CT
                    Ruggiero Gallery, Madison, CT
      2007     The Hygienic, New London, CT.
      2006     Farmington Valley Arts Center, Avon, CT
      2005     Erickson Davis Gallery, Essex, CT
      2004     The New London Open, Hygienic Gallery, New London, CT


Collaborations and Projects
       2020     Ask Dr. Poetry Podcast - Collaborative audio work concerning COVID-19. Director Luisa Beck
       2018    "Mi Padre y Mi Madre Series" -  a series of 30 small works created to benefit the Texas Civil Rights Project
       2017    "Art for Charlottesville Series" - a series of 30 small works created to benefit the Southern Poverty Law Center
                    "The Patrons" - Participating artist in a collaborative project directed by Berlin-based Palestinian Artist Steve Sabella
                    Contributing artist for Telavi State University Artist Book Exchange, curated by Fulbright Fellow Miriam Schaer, Telavi, Republic of Georgia
                    Panel Discussion
on MFA Programs at Lyme Academy College of Fine Art, Old Lyme, CT
       2016    Interview subject for "First Memory" project with artist RED PiG Flower, Berlin, Germany
                  
Cottage University IV: Cross Pollination and Emergency: Department of Biological Flow. Verona, Ontario
                    
Transart Triennale: PowerHouse Arena Bookstore: ELSE Magazine launch event. Guest artist for reading and signing published work. Brooklyn, NY
       2015    Dinner Without An Agenda: Artist's Roundtable with Queens Museum. Moderated by Wave Hill curator Gabriel de Guzman. Flushing, NY
                    4th Biennial BABEL Working Group Conference. Installation, Collaboration, Performance, Presentation. University of Toronto, ON, Canada
                    Moderated collaboration on Palimpsests with Portable Scriptorium: Le Salon Boston Artist's group. Boston, MA

                    Contributor to installation by Laurel Terlesky. Exhibited at Quest University in Squamish, BC, Canada     
       2014    Interview subject for "A Priori" film and installation by Angelika Rinnhofer. Exhibited in Venice, Dresden, and Miami
       2013    Perception:Projection collaborator, Gallery @ Chelsea Lofts, wth Chandra Hellweg-Gillespie. Chelsea, MA

       2012   "Smoke in the Mask" - documentary interviews and autoethnographic research with 7 fire artists in the US and Canada 
                   "Janus" - Short Film for Transart Institute with artist Mikkel Niemann, Berlin, Germany
       2011   "Slack Poi" - Short Film for Transart Institute with filmmaker Hani Moustafa, Berlin, Germany 
                   "Alexander Platz" - Short Film for Transart Institute with filmmaker Michael Poetschko, Berlin, Germany
                    Billboard Art Project, Baton Rouge, LA
       2010    Tunisian Collaborative Painting Actions, Mystic Arts Center and Lyme Academy, CT, including Skype-facilitated collaborations 
                    between Tunis and Mystic, CT

Curatorial Projects
      2020     The Babel Masks - Virtual exhibition, with Dermis León and Quintín Rivera-Toro

Museum and Public Collections and Museum Shows
      2020     The Beaney House of Art and Knowledge, Canterbury, UK. “Museum of You.” Curated by Jemma Channing
                    La Neomudejar Museo, Madrid and Building Bridges, Los Angeles. Curated by Marisa Caichiolo
                    Hart Cluett Museum, Troy, New York. Covid-19 Archive Project
                    North Dakota Museum of Art, "Art in Isolation," Grand Forks, North Dakota
      2017     Telavi State University, Telavi, Republic of Georgia. Collection in Artist's Books
      2015     Florence Griswold Museum, Old Lyme, CT. Collection in The Palettes painting collection

Publications
     2019      Florence Griswold Museum: The Palettes. Florence Griswold Museum, Old Lyme, CT. Curator David Rau
     2018      Mi Padre y Mi Madre. Collection of work. Paula Billups. Dragon Food Press. www.dragonfoodpress.com
     2017      Art for Charlottesville. Collection of work. Paula Billups. Dragon Food Press. www.dragonfoodpress.com
                    The Artist's Magazine. Featured in the article "Living With Art" by Jerry N. Weiss. July-August Issue 2017
                    "A Priori" - featured interview subject of a book on memory and Jewish heritage by artist Angelika Rinnhofer
     2016    
  PARSE Journal: University of Gothenburg, Sweden. Material from blog used with credit for photo and first publication. Editor Kanchan Burathoki
                   "The Free-Range Artist in Berlin." Article for 
New Escapologist Magazine, London, UK. January 2016 Issue. Editor Robert Wringham
                   "Kinesiology of Meaning." Article for Kadar Koli Magazine, New Braunfels, TX. Editor David Hadbawnik
     2015      PAPER: A Tale of Berlin. Illustrated Fiction. Paula Billups, Dragon Food Press. www.dragonfoodpress.com
     2014      Blue Minaret Magazine: A Literary Journal Chronicling the Muslim Experience. Featured Artist, March 2014. Editor Saadia Faruqi

                    http://www.blueminaret.com/and-we-were-all-there-pir-al-bakran-maze-12th-century-iran/
     2012      Transformers: Coiled Potentials. Transart Institute 2012

Press
     2016     "Launch: ELSE + Transartists" at http://www.transart.org/triennale-2016/launch-else-transartists/
                   "Transart MFA program presents the launch of: ELSE Journal Issue 2 On Contemplation with Transartists: Linda Montano, Chris Danowski,
                    Laura Gonzalez, John Newling, Angeliki Avgitidou, Lynn Book, Wolfgang Suetzl, Geoff Cox, Paula Billups, and Jaye Moscariello" by
                    PowerHouse Arena Bookstore Website.   https://www.powerhousearena.com/events/transart-mfa-program-presents

     2015     "Keeping Alive 'The Magic of Christmas' at Florence Griswold Museum" by Amy J. Barry. New London Day. December 14, 2015.
                    http://www.theday.com/events--exhibits/20151214/keeping-alive-x2018the-magic-of-christmasx2019-at-florence-griswold-museum  
                   "Salon Radio Special" - International Women Artist's Salon Radio Interview with Heidi Russell. July 16, 2015. Salon Radio, New York, NY
                    Transcript available at http://paulabillupsart.blogspot.com/2015/12/transcript-of-interview-with-heidi.html
                   "Saboteur Awards: Best Collaborative Work" by Sabotage Reviews Online Journal. May 9, 2015
                    http://sabotagereviews.com/2015/05/09/saboteur-awards-best-collaborative-work/                
                   "Guardian of the Edge: Art and Poetry Collaboration" by Mia Avramut. Ofi Press Magazine: International Poetry and Fiction from Mexico City.
                    Issue 40.  
http://www.ofipress.com/guardianoftheedge.htm 
      2014    “Die verschlungene Pfade des Lebens: Paula Billups zeigt Labyrinthe und Mythen der Hopi-Indianer.” 
                    Mittledeutsche Zeitung, Quedlinburg, Germany.  Page 10, Dienstag 3. Juni, 2014.
      2012    “Transformers: Trampoline and Transart Join Forces" by Berlin Art Link
                    http://www.berlinartlink.com/2012/07/22/transformers-coiled-potentials/
      2011    “stARTers Preszentazione con Paula Billups" by Siena Art Institute.
                    http://www.sienaart.org/3/post/2011/06/starters-presentazione-con-paula-billups-giovedi-9-giugno.html
      2011    “Painting as One” by Tina Manzer, Art Materials Retailer, Winter 2011 Issue
                    http://www.artmaterialsretailer.com/articles.php?view=article&id=329
      2010     Le Temps, Tunis. March 23 and March 28. Quoted and referenced by author Mourad Zerai
                    http://paulabillupsart.blogspot.com/2010/03/article-on-collaborative-painting-and.html
                    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tunisian_collaborative_painting


Media
     Websites:  paulabillups.com
                        dragonfoodpress.com
                        babelmasks.com
     Blog:          paulabillupsart.blogspot.com


Education
      2021     Coursework with Postgraduate Programme in Curating, Continuing Education, Zurich University of the Arts, Switzerland
      2012     MFA Creative Practice, Transart Institute, Berlin, Germany
      2009     Summer Intensive, Grand Central Academy, New York, NY
      2005     BFA Painting, Lyme Academy of Fine Arts, Old Lyme, CT
      1993     BA English Literature, University of Texas at Austin, TX



       
      
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