PAULA CROWN
1959 Born in Marblehead, Massachusetts
1980 Earned an A.B. in Management Science from Duke University, Magna Cum Laude
2009 Crown is appointed to President Obama’s Committee on the Arts and Humanities
2012 Earned an MFA in painting and drawing from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago
The artist lives and works in Aspen, Colorado and Chicago, Illinois.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2020
Inside My Head: A Contemporary Self Portrait, Virtual Exhibition at Hebrew University Art Gallery, Jerusalem, Israel
2018
I am FOR, Fort Gansevoort, New York, NY
The Architecture of Memory, Dallas Contemporary, Venice, Italy
2017
SOLO TOGETHER, 10 Hanover Gallery, Mayfair, London
2016
FREEZING RAIN, Marlborough Gallery, New York, NY
BEARINGS DOWN, The Goss-Michael Foundation, Dallas, TX
2015
The Paula Crown Affair, Holly Hunt with Marlborough Gallery, London
THE SUBLIME AND THE CENTER: DIMENSIONS OF LANDSCAPE, Marlborough Gallery, New York, NY
2014
Inside My Head: A Contemporary Self Portrait, Dallas Contemporary, Dallas, TX
2013
Phantasmagoria, Aspen Institute, Aspen, CO
Inside My Head: A Contemporary Self Portrait, Aspen Institute, Aspen, CO
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2021
The Nature of Women, Art She Says
2020
This is America | USA Today, Kunsthal KAde, Amersfoort, NL
Sculpturally Distanced, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Aspen, CO
2019
For Freedoms: Where Do We Go From Here? International Center for Photography, New York, NY
Masterpiece London Art Fair, London, United Kingdom
2018
IN THIS HOUSE, Elmhurst Art Museum, Elmhurst, IL
Masterpiece London Art Fair, London
2017
American Genre: Contemporary Painting, Maine College of Art, ME
The Limelight Hotel Collection, The Limelight Hotel, Ketchum, ID
Dallas Art Fair, Dallas, TX
MTV RE:DEFINE, Dallas, TX
2016
EXPO/Chicago, Marlborough Gallery Booth, Chicago, IL
off the wall, Monique Meloche Gallery, Chicago, IL
FOR FREEDOMS, Jack Shainman Gallery, New York, NY
Mount Analogue, Darrow Contemporary at Performance Ski, Aspen, CO
Aspen Art Crush, The Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, CO
2015
Art Basel Miami Beach, Marlborough Gallery, Booth F6, Miami, FL
Independent Curators International, 40th Anniversary and Benefit Auction, New York, NY
Civilization and Its Discontents, SAIC 150th Alumni Exhibition, Sullivan Galleries, Chicago, IL
2014
Brain-Art Initiative, Beverly Art Center, Chicago, IL
Inside Space, Riverside Art Center, Riverside, IL
2012
Go To Pieces: Recent Graduates from SAIC, Monya Rowe Gallery, New York, NY
PUBLIC ART INSTALLATIONS
2021
EMANARE, Rockefeller Center, New York, NY
Chalice, SPRING/BREAK Art Show, New York, NY
Branded, CowParade 2021, New York, NY
EMANARE, Intersect 21, Palm Springs, CA
2020
The Wide Awakes Studio Window Installation, Chicago, IL
What Are You For, For Freedoms Public Art Installation (Forthcoming)
JOKESTER, Sculpture Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI
#solotogether (Messages for the City), Times Square Arts, New York, NY; The Mint Museum, Durham, North Carolina
Thoughts & Prayers, Hurt People Hurt People, LIAR LIAR, Humble Hubris, For Freedoms Congress, Los Angeles, CA
2018
Thoughts & Prayers, Hurt People Hurt People, For Freedoms Public Art Installation, Chicago, IL; Cheyanne, Wyoming; and Los Angeles, CA
JOKESTER 2, Miami Design District, Miami, FL
JOKESTER, Upper Gondola Plaza, The Little Nell, Aspen, CO
FREEZING RAIN, Future Worlds, Aurora Biennale, Dallas, TX
2015
TRANSPOSITION: Over Many Miles, Miami Design District, Miami, FL
WALL-SPACE: The Non-Architecture of the Studio Wall, EXPO/Chicago, VIP Lounge, Chicago, IL
COLLABORATIONS
2021
Together, a short film, National Young Arts Foundation
2020
Paula Crown x Christy Rilling for The Wide Awakes
2019
Sam’s Restaurant, The Limelight Hotel, Snowmass, CO
2017
Holly Hunt x Paula Crown Atelier
Aspen Skiing Company Lift Tickets, Aspen, CO
The Limelight Hotel Collection, Snowmass, CO
The Limelight Hotel Collection, Ketchum, ID