Deborah Paulsen
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Education
1995 Master of Fine Arts, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA
Fellowship Award
1993 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Eastern Washington University, Cheney, WA
Most Outstanding Graduate in Art Award
1990 Associate in Applied Science - Graphic Design,
Spokane Falls Community College, Spokane, WA.
Washington State Vocational Excellence Award,
Two-year Full Ride Scholarship to any Washington State college.
1995 Master of Fine Arts, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA
Fellowship Award
1993 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Eastern Washington University, Cheney, WA
Most Outstanding Graduate in Art Award
1990 Associate in Applied Science - Graphic Design,
Spokane Falls Community College, Spokane, WA.
Washington State Vocational Excellence Award,
Two-year Full Ride Scholarship to any Washington State college.
Solo Exhibitions/Installations
2024 Fantastical Blues, Studio 99 @ Bell Arts Factory, Ventura, CA
2005 Eye Candy, 1600 Tiny Paintings, Arts on 5th -
Arts Council for San Bernardino County, San Bernardino, CA
Intermediately Connected, Institute of Cultural Inquiry, Los Angeles, CA
2003 Inside-Out, Site-Specific Installation, Los Angeles Mission College,
Sylmar, CA
1996 Collaborative Intersections, Mail Art Phase II: Sculpture,
Scripps College, Claremont, CA
1995 Graduate Thesis Exhibition, East Gallery, Claremont Graduate University
1994 Mudra, Site-Specific Installation, East Gallery,
Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA
1993 Padma, Site-Specific Installation, Garrison Theater,
Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA
1993 A Decaying Refuge, Bachelor of Fine Arts Exhibition,
Student Union Building, Eastern Washington University, Cheney, WA
2024 Fantastical Blues, Studio 99 @ Bell Arts Factory, Ventura, CA
2005 Eye Candy, 1600 Tiny Paintings, Arts on 5th -
Arts Council for San Bernardino County, San Bernardino, CA
Intermediately Connected, Institute of Cultural Inquiry, Los Angeles, CA
2003 Inside-Out, Site-Specific Installation, Los Angeles Mission College,
Sylmar, CA
1996 Collaborative Intersections, Mail Art Phase II: Sculpture,
Scripps College, Claremont, CA
1995 Graduate Thesis Exhibition, East Gallery, Claremont Graduate University
1994 Mudra, Site-Specific Installation, East Gallery,
Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA
1993 Padma, Site-Specific Installation, Garrison Theater,
Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA
1993 A Decaying Refuge, Bachelor of Fine Arts Exhibition,
Student Union Building, Eastern Washington University, Cheney, WA
Group Art Exhibitions
2026 Spring, Claremont Artisans Collective, United Church of Christ, Claremont, CA
Future Trippin', Raven's Gallery, Echo Park - Los Angeles, CA
2025 Lasting Memories, International Encaustic Artists,
Cooperstown Art Association, Cooperstown, NY
People and Places, The Galleria - Hillcrest Center for the Arts, Thousand Oaks, CA
Abolish ICE - Art Market, Human Resources Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Research Renderings, Hope Lives: Art for ALS,
San Francisco Women Artists Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Driven to Abstraction, Buenaventura Art Center, Ventura, CA
Member Show, Harbor Village Gallery, Ventura, CA
Winter, Claremont Artisans Collective, United Church of Christ, Claremont, CA
Reflection/Resilience, The Los Angeles Makery,
Arroyo Arts Collective, Little Tokyo - Los Angeles, CA
Members Gallery Exhibition, Encaustic Art Institute,
Museum of Encaustic Art, Los Cerrillos, New Mexico
SCIART Annual Member Exhibition,
Studio Channel Islands Art Center, Camarillo, CA
RED on RED, Square i Gallery, Upland, CA
2024 Claremont Artisans Collective, United Church of Christ, Claremont, CA
Near and Far, International Encaustic Exhibition,
Canadian Encaustic Conference, Online (catalogue)
Waxing Poetic, International Encaustic Exhibition,
Canadian Encaustic Conference, Online (catalogue)
Postmarked P.S., Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA
2023 Ephemeral/Ephemera, Mulranny Arts Center, Mulranny, Ireland
The Artful Lens, Studio 99 @ Bell Arts Factory, Ventura, CA
Buenaventura Art Association Member Shows, Spice Topia, Ventura, CA
Buenaventura Art Association Member Shows,
Harbor Village Gallery, Ventura, CA
2021 Within These Walls, Santa Clarita Artists Association, Santa Clarita, CA
2020 Holiday Show, Square i Gallery, Claremont, CA
2018 Faculty Art Show, Arts, Media, & Performance Art Gallery,
Los Angeles Mission College, Sylmar, CA
2014 Full-Circle 25 Years of First Street Gallery and CGU,
First Street Gallery, Claremont, CA
2013 Geuen Hors, Institute of Cultural Inquiry, Los Angeles, CA
2013 Glorious California, The Lay of its Land,
La Galeria Gitana, San Fernando, CA
2012 Eleven by Eleven Show, Square i Gallery, Claremont, CA
Summer Show, Square i Gallery, Claremont, CA
2010 For Roland, Bunny Gunner, Pomona, CA
2004 Brewery Art Association Art Walk, I-V Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Holiday Group Show, Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
L.A. Open, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2003 Brewery Art Association Art Walk, I-V Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Holiday Group Show, Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
The AIDS Chronicles, Sam Francis Gallery,
Crossroads High School for the Arts, Santa Monica, CA
Acquired by the Getty Research Institute
2002 Big Wave IV, Andrew-Shire Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Mentor/Mentee Exhibition, Cal State Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
This ain’t no party! This ain’t no sculpture, Coagula Projects,
Los Angeles, CA
2000 Inland Specific, Wignall Museum/Gallery, Chaffey College,
Rancho Cucamonga, CA (catalogue)
1994 Diderot and the Last Luminaire, Waiting for the Enlightenment
(A Revised Encyclopedia) OR The Private Life of Objects,
SITE, Los Angeles, CA
2026 Spring, Claremont Artisans Collective, United Church of Christ, Claremont, CA
Future Trippin', Raven's Gallery, Echo Park - Los Angeles, CA
2025 Lasting Memories, International Encaustic Artists,
Cooperstown Art Association, Cooperstown, NY
People and Places, The Galleria - Hillcrest Center for the Arts, Thousand Oaks, CA
Abolish ICE - Art Market, Human Resources Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Research Renderings, Hope Lives: Art for ALS,
San Francisco Women Artists Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Driven to Abstraction, Buenaventura Art Center, Ventura, CA
Member Show, Harbor Village Gallery, Ventura, CA
Winter, Claremont Artisans Collective, United Church of Christ, Claremont, CA
Reflection/Resilience, The Los Angeles Makery,
Arroyo Arts Collective, Little Tokyo - Los Angeles, CA
Members Gallery Exhibition, Encaustic Art Institute,
Museum of Encaustic Art, Los Cerrillos, New Mexico
SCIART Annual Member Exhibition,
Studio Channel Islands Art Center, Camarillo, CA
RED on RED, Square i Gallery, Upland, CA
2024 Claremont Artisans Collective, United Church of Christ, Claremont, CA
Near and Far, International Encaustic Exhibition,
Canadian Encaustic Conference, Online (catalogue)
Waxing Poetic, International Encaustic Exhibition,
Canadian Encaustic Conference, Online (catalogue)
Postmarked P.S., Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA
2023 Ephemeral/Ephemera, Mulranny Arts Center, Mulranny, Ireland
The Artful Lens, Studio 99 @ Bell Arts Factory, Ventura, CA
Buenaventura Art Association Member Shows, Spice Topia, Ventura, CA
Buenaventura Art Association Member Shows,
Harbor Village Gallery, Ventura, CA
2021 Within These Walls, Santa Clarita Artists Association, Santa Clarita, CA
2020 Holiday Show, Square i Gallery, Claremont, CA
2018 Faculty Art Show, Arts, Media, & Performance Art Gallery,
Los Angeles Mission College, Sylmar, CA
2014 Full-Circle 25 Years of First Street Gallery and CGU,
First Street Gallery, Claremont, CA
2013 Geuen Hors, Institute of Cultural Inquiry, Los Angeles, CA
2013 Glorious California, The Lay of its Land,
La Galeria Gitana, San Fernando, CA
2012 Eleven by Eleven Show, Square i Gallery, Claremont, CA
Summer Show, Square i Gallery, Claremont, CA
2010 For Roland, Bunny Gunner, Pomona, CA
2004 Brewery Art Association Art Walk, I-V Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Holiday Group Show, Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
L.A. Open, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2003 Brewery Art Association Art Walk, I-V Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Holiday Group Show, Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
The AIDS Chronicles, Sam Francis Gallery,
Crossroads High School for the Arts, Santa Monica, CA
Acquired by the Getty Research Institute
2002 Big Wave IV, Andrew-Shire Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Mentor/Mentee Exhibition, Cal State Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
This ain’t no party! This ain’t no sculpture, Coagula Projects,
Los Angeles, CA
2000 Inland Specific, Wignall Museum/Gallery, Chaffey College,
Rancho Cucamonga, CA (catalogue)
1994 Diderot and the Last Luminaire, Waiting for the Enlightenment
(A Revised Encyclopedia) OR The Private Life of Objects,
SITE, Los Angeles, CA
Publications
2025 Conejo Valley Life Style Magazine, People and Places
2024 Ventura Vibe! With Nadine, Podcast, Episode 67 ArtWalk Ventura
2009 Artist Edition, Searching for Sebald, Institute of Cultural Inquiry,
Los Angeles, CA. Acquired by the Getty Research Institute
2003 Book Cover and Binding Design, The AIDS Chronicles 2000,
Institute of Cultural Inquiry, Santa Monica (Honorarium).
Acquired by the Getty Research Institute
2001 Researcher, Benjamin’s Blind Spot Walter Benjamin and the Premature Death of Aura & the Manual of Lost Ideas, Institute of Cultural Inquiry,
Santa Monica. CA. Acquired by the Getty Research Institute
Teaching
2001 - Present Professor and Vice Chair of Art,
Los Angeles Mission College, Sylmar, CA
Department Chair - nine years
Academic Senate President - two years
Art and Art History District Discipline Committee Chair,
Los Angeles Community College District - two years
2000-2001 Gallery Manager, First Street Gallery Art Center, Claremont, CA
Adjunct Art Instructor, San Bernardino Valley College,
San Bernardino, CA
1999 Adjunct Art Instructor, Mt. San Antonio College, Walnut, CA
1996-2000 Art Instructor, First Street Gallery Art Center, Claremont, CA
2025 Conejo Valley Life Style Magazine, People and Places
2024 Ventura Vibe! With Nadine, Podcast, Episode 67 ArtWalk Ventura
2009 Artist Edition, Searching for Sebald, Institute of Cultural Inquiry,
Los Angeles, CA. Acquired by the Getty Research Institute
2003 Book Cover and Binding Design, The AIDS Chronicles 2000,
Institute of Cultural Inquiry, Santa Monica (Honorarium).
Acquired by the Getty Research Institute
2001 Researcher, Benjamin’s Blind Spot Walter Benjamin and the Premature Death of Aura & the Manual of Lost Ideas, Institute of Cultural Inquiry,
Santa Monica. CA. Acquired by the Getty Research Institute
Teaching
2001 - Present Professor and Vice Chair of Art,
Los Angeles Mission College, Sylmar, CA
Department Chair - nine years
Academic Senate President - two years
Art and Art History District Discipline Committee Chair,
Los Angeles Community College District - two years
2000-2001 Gallery Manager, First Street Gallery Art Center, Claremont, CA
Adjunct Art Instructor, San Bernardino Valley College,
San Bernardino, CA
1999 Adjunct Art Instructor, Mt. San Antonio College, Walnut, CA
1996-2000 Art Instructor, First Street Gallery Art Center, Claremont, CA
Community Service
2026 Big Orange Harvest, Food Forward, Fillmore, CA
2025 Awesome Lemon Harvest & Golden Nugget Tangarine Harvest,
Food Forward, Fillmore, CA
2017 - 2018 Artist-in-Residence Selection Committee, Pacoima Beautiful,
Pacoima Business and Arts Council, Pacoima, CA
2026 Big Orange Harvest, Food Forward, Fillmore, CA
2025 Awesome Lemon Harvest & Golden Nugget Tangarine Harvest,
Food Forward, Fillmore, CA
2017 - 2018 Artist-in-Residence Selection Committee, Pacoima Beautiful,
Pacoima Business and Arts Council, Pacoima, CA
Professional Memberships
2025 - Present Encaustic Art Institute, Los Cerrillos, NM
Arroyo Arts Collective, Los Angeles, CA
2024 - Present Studio Channel Islands Art Center, Camarillo, CA
2023 - Present International Encaustic Artists (worldwide)
Buenaventura Artist Association, Ventura, CA
2021 - Present American Association of University Professors, Washington, DC
2001 - Present Institute of Cultural Inquiry (Associate), Los Angeles, CA
2001 - Present American Federation of Teachers, Washington, DC
2021 - 2023 Santa Clarita Artists’ Association, Santa Clarita, CA
2025 - Present Encaustic Art Institute, Los Cerrillos, NM
Arroyo Arts Collective, Los Angeles, CA
2024 - Present Studio Channel Islands Art Center, Camarillo, CA
2023 - Present International Encaustic Artists (worldwide)
Buenaventura Artist Association, Ventura, CA
2021 - Present American Association of University Professors, Washington, DC
2001 - Present Institute of Cultural Inquiry (Associate), Los Angeles, CA
2001 - Present American Federation of Teachers, Washington, DC
2021 - 2023 Santa Clarita Artists’ Association, Santa Clarita, CA
