EDUCATION
1981 MFA, Graduate School of Visual Arts, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND
1978 BS, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY
1975 Art Students League, New York, NY
SELECTED ONE PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2025
Return. Roberta Paul, North Dakota Museum of Art, Grand Forks, ND
2022
Roberta Paul, Blooms, Cadeau/bkprojects, Brookline, MA
2015
Breathe, Carroll and Sons with bkprojects, 24-hour pop-up, Boston, 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
2009
Shame, Women’s Studies Research Center, 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
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
Roberta Paul, 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
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
1982
Water Media, Lenore Gray Gallery, Providence, RI
1980
Nicolaysen Art Museum, Casper, WY
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025
Garden Club, Drive-by Projects, Watertown, MA
2024
EMBEDDED, Ishibashi Gallery/Middlesex School, Concord, MA (two-person)
2023
Feels Like Home, Dryden Gallery, Providence, RI
2022
Wall Flower, Carole Calo Gallery, Stonehill College, Easton, MA
2020
Never Done: 100 Years of Women in Politics and Beyond, Tang Teaching Museum, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY
Suffrage and Struggle, Dorrance H. Hamilton Gallery, Salve Regina University, Newport RI
2019
About Face, Mazmanian Gallery, Framingham State University, Framingham, MA
2018
Things, Mclninch Art Gallery, Southern New Hampshire University, 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
One of a Kind: Unique Artist’s Books, Traveling Exhibition: AC Institute, New York, NY
Unbound-An Exhibition in 3 Chapters, Dalhousie Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia
2012
Intra Country: Patriotic Expressions, Gallery Kayafas, Boston, MA
Klingspor Museum, Offenbach am Main, Germany
2011
One of a Kind, Pierre Menard Gallery, Cambridge, MA
2010
Looking Back: 40 Years at Pelham Art Center, Pelham, NY
2009
Add and Subtract, Gallery Kayafas, Boston, MA
2009/2008
Animals: Them and Us, North Dakota Museum of Art, Grand Forks, ND
2008
Love Fest, Allston Skirt Gallery, Boston, MA
Our Time Here Will Not Be Long, Pierre Menard Gallery, Cambridge, MA
Artists Speak Out, Miller/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, Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Art Gallery, College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA
Gone Fishin, Allston Skirt Gallery, Provincetown & Boston, MA
2001
What I did this Summer, Allston Skirt Gallery, Boston, MA
Domestic Culture: Home in Visual Culture, Institute of Contemporary Art at Maine College of Art, Portland, ME
2000
deCordova Downtown: Art That Means Business, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston Gallery, MA
Roberta Paul & Amy Podmore, Allston Skirt Gallery, Boston, MA
1999
Stories, Allston Skirt Gallery, Boston, MA
New Work by Five, Clark Gallery, Lincoln, MA
Immortalized, Art Complex Museum, Duxbury, MA
1998
Salon Show, Clark Gallery, Lincoln, MA
Cornucopia, Winston Wächter Gallery, New York, NY
Food Obsession, Pelham Art Center, Pelham, NY
1997-96
The Eighth Triennial, Fuller Museum of Art, Brockton, MA
Beyond Recognition, Traveling Exhibition: 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, MA
Biennial Alumni Exhibition, University of North Dakota Art Galleries, Grand Forks, ND
1994
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
Autopia, Akin Gallery, Boston, MA
Contemporary Uses of Wax and Encaustic, Palo Alto Cultural Center, Palo Alto, CA
1991
The Object: Found, Observed, Imagined, Fitchburg Art Museum, Fitchburg, MA
1990
Boston 1990: The Sixth Triennial Exhibition, Fuller Museum of Art, Brockton, MA
1989
Seventh Annual Salon Show, Clark Gallery, Lincoln, MA
Likeness: A Selection of Portraits, Art Institute of Boston, Boston, MA
Artists in Residence, Bank of Boston Gallery, Boston, MA
1987
Talent 87, Allan Stone Gallery, New York, NY
Lands of Enchantment, The Trustman Art Gallery, Simmons College, Boston, MA
Inaugural, Akin Gallery, Boston, MA
The Subject is Water, Newport Art Museum, Newport, RI
Boston Baroque: Elements of Drama in Contemporary Art, deCordova at the Vault Gallery, Boston, MA
1986
New Talent, Allan Stone Gallery, New York, NY
Third Annual Local Color, A Second Look, Clark Gallery, Lincoln, MA
1985
Jungle Fever, The Harcus Gallery, Boston, MA
Local Color, Clark Gallery, Lincoln, MA
Art for Your Collection XXII, Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
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
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, Palenville, NY
1980
Potsdam Prints 1980, Potsdam, NY
Water Works, Traveling Invitational, Curator: Laurel Reuter: University of North Dakota Art Galleries, Grand Forks, ND; Black Hills State College, Spearfish, SD
1982
Alumni Show, Hughes Fine Arts Center, Grand Forks, ND
1980
Faculty Biennial, University of North Dakota Art Galleries, Grand Forks, ND
5th Annual All North Dakota Art Exhibition, Minot, ND
1979
20th Red River Annual, Plains Art Museum, Fargo, ND
North Dakota Artists, Curator: Mildred Constantine, University of North Dakota Art Galleries, Grand Forks, ND
Third College of Saint Mary: Print, Drawing, Painting, College of Saint Mary, Omaha, NE
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Atlantic Mutual Companies
deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum
Fidelity Investments Corporate Art Collection
Harcourt General
Neiman Marcus Corporate Art Collection
North Dakota Museum of Art
Northeastern University
Tang Teaching Museum
Wellington Management Company