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Exhibitions   
2014    mark/repeat, c2c/wc project space, San Francisco, CA
Celebrate the Future, Berkeley Art Museum Gala & Auction, Berkeley, CA
2013    New Acquisitions, Frankel Foundation for Art, Bloomfield, MI
2012    AquaArt/Miami, with Eleanor Harwood Gallery, Miami, FL
Shimmer, Eleanor Harwood Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2011    Transducere, Root Division Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Fractured Planes of Coherence, Townsend Center for the Humanities, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
2010    Out of Order: Geometric Systems in Contemporary Bay Area Art, San Francisco State
     University Art Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Residency Projects: 2010 Kala Fellows, Kala Art Institute Gallery, Berkeley, CA
SF Fine Art Fair, with Eleanor Harwood Gallery, Fort Mason, San Francisco, CA
2009    Allegories of Control: Laura Paulini & Jill Sylvia, Eleanor Harwood Gallery, San Francisco, CA
microwave: seven, Judi Rotenberg Gallery, Boston, MA
The Artists of Zyzyvva, Mina Dresden Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Chromatic Coda: Music Boxes by Joe Szuecs Scored to and Shown with
     Paintings by Laura Paulini
, Enso Gallery, Half Moon Bay, CA
Reconnection, Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design, Milwaukee, WI
AquaArt/Miami, with Eleanor Harwood Gallery, Miami, FL
2008    The One and The Many, Repetti Gallery, Long Island City, NY
Close Calls, Headlands Center for the Arts, Marin, CA
Phenomena of Essence, Cerrito Contemporary Gallery, Oakland, CA
AquaArt/Miami, with Eleanor Harwood Gallery, Miami, FL
Bridge/Miami, with Cerrito Contemporary Gallery, Miami, FL
2007    Pattern, Pattern, Pattern, Women & Their Work Gallery, Austin, TX
2x2, Oakland Art Gallery, Oakland, CA
microwave: five, Josee Bienvenu Gallery, New York, NY
Painting's Edge, Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CA
Ripples, Oakland Art Gallery, Oakland, CA
Monotype Marathon, San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA
Learned Behavior, Richmond Art Center's Annual Faculty Show, Richmond, CA
2006    Texture & Form, Gensler Architecture & Design, San Ramon, CA
Drawn, Oakland Art Gallery, Oakland, CA
Painting's Edge, Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CA
Beyond Explanation, National Institute of Art & Disabilities, Richmond, CA
Modern Art Council Auction, SFMOMA, San Francisco, CA
Day Trips, Takada Gallery, San Francisco, CA
The White Album, KALA Institute, Berkeley, CA
Learned Behavior, Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA
2005    Bay Area Annual, Gen Art, Pacifica Center for the Arts, Pacifica, CA
Emerge, Gen Art, San Francisco, CA
Who New? Recent Art from the Bay Area, Rosamund Felsen Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Paper Cuts (again), Fetterly Gallery, Vallejo, CA
Cream: From the Top, Arts Benicia Gallery, Benicia, CA
Bay Area Currents, Oakland Art Gallery, Oakland, CA
MFA Exhibition, Mills College Art Museum, Oakland, CA
2004    The True Artist..., di Rosa Preserve Annual Auction, Napa, CA
We All Must Play Our Parts, Keys That Fit Gallery, Oakland, CA
La Suprette, New York, NY
Postcards from the Edge, Brent Sikkema Gallery, New York, NY
2003    Au Naturel, di Rosa Preserve Annual Auction, Napa, CA
Personal Space, CELLSpace, San Francisco, CA
Arts Benicia Annual Print Show, Arts Benicia Gallery, Benicia, CA
Maps to Abstraction, Fairfield Center for Creative Arts, Fairfield, CA
Art of a Community, Arts Benicia Gallery, Benicia, CA
Crossing Over Water, Enso Gallery, Half Moon Bay, CA
Arts Benicia Presents, Olson Realty, Benicia, CA
2002    Painters + Poetsl, Off the Preserve!, Napa, CA
Bay Area V, Napa Valley College, Napa, CA
15th Annual Northern National Art Competition, Nicolet College, Rhinelander, WI
Suggestions from My Muse, Enso Gallery, Half Moon Bay, CA
2001    Annual Members' Exhibition, Arts Benicia Gallery, Benicia, CA
 
Education      
2005    MFA, Mills College, Oakland, CA
2001 & '02    Drawing Marathons, The New York Studio School, New York, NY
1985    BFA, Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design, Milwaukee, WI
 
Awards/Honors      
2017    SECA Award Nominee, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
2012    SECA Award Nominee, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
2010    New American Paintings, Volume 85, juried by Dominic Molon
2009    Fellowship, Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA
2008    SECA Award Nominee, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
2006    SECA Award Nominee, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
2005    Juror's Award, Karen Tsujimoto, Bay Area Annual, Pacific Center for the Arts
2005    Jay DeFeo Prize, Mills College, Oakland, CA
2004-2005    Sarah Lewis Memorial Fellowship, Mills College, Oakland, CA
Graduate Teaching Assistantship, Mills College, Oakland, CA
(Beginning and Advanced Painting for Professor Hung Liu)
2004    Graduate Research Grant, Mills Collge, Oakland, CA
1982, '83, '84    Merit scholarships, Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design, Milwaukee, WI
1982-1983    Teaching Assistantship, Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design, Milwaukee, WI
(Artistic Anatomy for Harold Huber)
 
Residencies      
2008         Morris Graves Foundation, Loleta, CA
2006 & 2007         Painting's Edge, Idylwild Arts, Idylwild, CA
                     
Public Lectures and Panel Discussions
2012

Visiting Artist's Talk
Sonoma State University

2010

Artists' Talk for Out of Order
San Francisco State Art Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Artists' Talk for 2010 Fellowship Award
Kala Art Institute Gallery, Berkeley, CA

2009

Artists' Talk for Allegories of Control: Laura Paulini & Jill Sylvia
Eleanor Harwood Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Artists' Talk for Reconnection
Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design, Milwaukee, WI

2005

Artists' Forum for Cream: From the Top exhibition
Arts Benicia Gallery, Benicia, CA

 
Public Art
Five Petal #1 & Five Petal #2, Alameda County Arts Commission, Oakland, CA
Blue Studio #3 & Blue Studio #4, Spinetta Family Law Center, Martinez, CA
 
Bibliography
Dime & Honey, "Practice: Laura Paulini's Dazzling Repetitions," Sarah Granett, July 18, 2015.
San Francisco Chronicle, "Bay Area art picks, Sept. 27," Kenneth Baker, September 26, 2012.
San Francisco Arts Quarterly, "Color, loud & quiet," Chris Rusak, September 18, 2012.
Visual Art Source, "Weekly Recommendations," DeWitt Cheng, September 14, 2012.
7X7, "Four Gallery Openings to Catch this Fall," Alex Bigman, September 5, 2012.
East Bay Express, "End Products," DeWitt Cheng, August 11-17, 2010.
Milwaukee Journal, "'Reconnection' at MIAD," Sara Mulloy, November 18, 2009.
Article: Art and the Imaginative Promise, "Poem & Picture: Beverly Dahlen and Laura Paulini,"
      November 5, 2009.
Artweek (unpublished), "Allegories of Control: Jill Sylvia and Laura Paulini at Eleanor Harwood,"
      Jeanne Storck, July/August, 2009.
Artforum.com Critics' Pick, "Laura Paulini and Jill Sylvia," Patricia Maloney, May, 2009.
ArtBusiness.com, "Eleanor Harwood Gallery: Laura Paulini & Jill Sylvia - Allegories of Control,"
      Alan Bamberger, April 25, 2009.
Boston Globe, "Creating worlds all their own," Cate McQuaid, April, 2009.
Art Cal: The Zine, "On the Work of Laura Paulini," Daniel Larkin, June, 2008.
The New Yorker, "microwaves: five," September, 2007.
Chelsea Now, "microwaves: five," September, 2007.
The New York Times, "microwaves: five," Martha Schwendener, August, 2007.
Artweek, "Laura Paulini at Takada Gallery," Jordan Essoe, May, 2006.
Artweek, "'The White Album' at Kala Art Institute," David Buuck, May, 2006.
San Francisco Chronicle, "Nice surprises at this year's 'Emerge' show for new talent," Kenneth Baker,
      Tuesday, November 15, 2005.
Artweek, "'Paper Cuts (again)' at Fetterly Gallery," Jordan Essoe, November, 2005.
artUS, "Cream," Melissa E. Feldman, October/November, 2005.
Artweek, "'Cream: From the Top' at Arts Benicia," Colin Berry, October, 2005.
Artweek, "'Bay Area Currents' at the Oakland Art Gallery," Lindsey Westbrook, July/August, 2005.
The Walrus, Mills College Literary Journal, 2005.
The San Francisco Chronicle, "Art for people's sake," Tony Cooper, Friday, October 17, 2003.
Benicia Herald, "10 artists to be featured in Fairfield show," Dustin Driver, July, 2003.
Benicia Herald, "Olsen Realty office to host a rather abstract exhibit," Dustin Driver, June 4, 2003.
The Contra Costa Times, "Civic boosters seek thriving art scene," Robert Taylor, June, 2003.
The North Bay Bohemian, "Critic's Choice: Word Images: Off the Preserve! explore the link
     between visual arts and word arts," Sara Bir January 2-8, 2003.
ZYZZYVA, Fall 2002, Vol. XVIII, No. 2