Resume

Deborah Paulsen
https://linktr.ee/deborahrpaulsen
www.deborahpaulsen.art
https://deborah-paulsen.square.site/
Instagram @deborahrpaulsen
Blue Sky @deborahpaulsen.bsky.social

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.

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

Group Art Exhibitions
2025 Claremont Artisans Collective, United Church of Christ, Claremont, CA Reflection/Resiliance, Arroyo Arts Collective, Los Angeles, CA
Members Gallery Exhibition, Encaustic Art Institute,
Museum of Encaustic Art, Santa Fe, 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
2024 Near and Far, International Encaustic Exhibition,
Canadian Encaustic Conference, Online (catalogue)
           Waxing Poetic, International Encaustic Exhibition,
Canadian Encaustic Conference, Online (catalogue)
           Post Marked 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   Christmas 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
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,
Department Chair - nine years
Academic Senate President - two years
   Los Angeles Mission College, Sylmar, CA
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

Service and Memberships
2025 - Present Encaustic Art Institute, 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
2001 - Present Institute of Cultural Inquiry, (Associate), Los Angeles, CA
2021 - 2023 Santa Clarita Artist’s Association, Santa Clarita, CA
2017 - 2018 Pacoima Business and Arts Council,
Artist-in-residence selection committee for Pacoima Beautiful,
Pacoima, CA

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