David Paulson

Biography:

David Paulson was born in Providence, Rhode Island in 1955. He is an alumnus of the Swain School of Design and the Parson’s School of Design Graduate Program for Painting. While at Parson’s, Paulson studied with Leland Bell and Paul Resika, both of whom were strongly influenced by Hans Hoffman’s work. Paulson’s work was also strongly influenced by David L. Smith, who was a student of Hoffman’s in the 50’s.

During his fifteen years in NYC, Paulson made hundreds of visits to view the great paintings housed in the City’s museums. He engaged exclusively in figurative painting. He taught at the Swain School of Design, New York Studio School, Parson's School of Design, Sarah Lawrence College, New York Studio School, and IS183.

Eventually, the desire for a physical change from the campus of NYC led Paulson to the Hudson Valley region in 1994. Paulson was awarded the Purchase Prize for Painting at the American Academy of Arts and Letters in 2014.

Résumé:

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2008-present Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, NY

2017 Figure 2: The Sense of Being, Thompson Giroux Gallery, Chatham, NY

2015 Still Life with Sculpture, Thompson Giroux Gallery, Chatham, NY

2014 American Academy of Arts and Letters: 2014 Invitational Exhibition of Visual Arts, New York, NY- purchase award

2014 Thompson Giroux Gallery, Chatham, NY – Still Life with Sculpture

2012 Jonathan Burden Antiques, New York, NY - Images from Within

2012 Thompson Giroux Gallery, Chatham, NY - Friend of a Friend

2011 Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, NY 20th Anniversary Exhibit

2011 Thompson Giroux Gallery, Chatham, NY - Line and Color

2010-2011 Brik Gallery, Catskill, NY - Painting, Drawing, Sculpture

2010 Crowell’s Fine At Gallery, Bedford, MA - Recent Work

2008-2012 Sideshow, Brooklyn, NY

2007 Verdigris Art, Hudson, NY - Figurative

2006 Sideshow, Brooklyn, NY - War is Over

2004 The Painting Center, New York, NY - Recent Works on Paper

2003 Morris Arlos Fine Arts Gallery, New York, NY

2002 Morris Arlos Fine Arts Gallery, New York, NY

2001 Morris Arlos Fine Arts Gallery, New York, NY

2001 AFA Gallery, Scranton PA - Five Figure Painters

2001 Hudson Opera House, Hudson, NY - Recent Works

1999 New York studio School, New York, NY - 100 Drawings

1998 The Painting Center, New York, NY - Paulson/Eisenbeis Recent Paintings

1997 The Painting Center, New York, NY - Figure Painting and the Reasonable Lie

1997 Rising Tide Gallery, Provincetown, MA - Invitational

1996 Warren Street Gallery, Hudson, NY - Solo Show

1995 County College of Susssx, Newton, NJ - Solo Show

1994 Ute Stebich Gallery, Lenox, MA

1993 The Bill Bace Gallery, New York, NY - Three Emerging Artists

1991 Manhattan Community College, New York, NY - Against the Odds: Making Art

1990 Parsons School of Design, New York, NY - Ten Years Later

1989 Bard College, New York, NY - Five Artists

1988 New Visions Gallery, Ithaca, NY

1988 Prince Street Gallery, NY - Solo

1986 New York Studio School, New York, NY - Portraits Invitational Show

1985 National Academy of Design, New York, NY - 160th Annual Exhibition

1984 New York Studio School, New York, NY - Five Young Artists

EDUCATION

1979-1981 Parsons School of Design, New York, NY, MFA in Painting

1981-1983 New York Studio School, New York, NY, Independent Study/Sculpture

1976-1979 Swain School of Design, New Bedford, MA, BFA in Painting

1977 Yale University, Norfolk, CT Summer Program