Oil Paintings by Paula Martiesian
 
"My thought process is visual. I don't think in words and ideas and then translate to images.
I think in imagery, space, color and line. As I progress in painting, that mode of visual thinking becomes stronger and my painting becomes stronger because of it."
- Paula Martiesian

Recent Exhibition:

Wild Solace : Garden Paintings
by Paula Martesian

(May 6 through August 31, 2021)
Narrows Center for the Arts
Fall River, MA 02721
www.narrowscenter.org

Museum Exhibitions:

Work In Process : Counterpoint
(October 6, 2018)
RISD Museum of Art
20 North Main Street
Providence, RI
A talk, performance and pop-up exhibit by Paula Martiesian and Ken Carpenter

Contemporary Women Artists
(July 22 - September 4, 2016)
Bristol Art Museum
10 Wardwell Street, Bristol, RI
www.bristolartmuseum.org

LEGACIES IN PAINT : The Mentor Project
(January 12 - May 5, 2013)
The Newport Art Museum
76 Bellevue Ave, Newport, RI
A collaborative mentoring project and exhibition pairing mid-late career painters with younger painters
www.newportartmuseum.org

Recollections/reconnections II
(May 19 - August 15, 2012)
The Newport Art Museum

76 Bellevue Ave, Newport, RI

Recollections/Reconnections I
(March 17 - May 6, 2012)
The Newport Art Museum
Newport, RI

It’s a Jungle Out There
(Oct 18 - Dec 31, 2003)
The Newport Art Museum
Newport, RI

Down to Earth: The Enduring Landscape
(July & August 1998)
The RISD Museum

Providence, RI

One Person Shows:

Wild Solace : Garden Paintings
by Paula Martesian

(May 6 through August 31, 2021)
Narrows Center for the Arts
Fall River, MA 02721
www.narrowscenter.org

Paintings by Paula Martiesian
(July 8 - August 1, 2008)
Bert Gallery

Providence, RI
www.bertgallery.com

Recent Paintings
(April 26 - May 23, 2008)
Gail Cahalan Gallery
Providence, RI

Trees I Have Known
(Jan 5 - Feb 4, 2006)
risd|works, Providence, RI

It’s a Jungle Out There
(Oct 18 - Dec 31, 2003)
The Newport Art Museum
Newport, RI

Fields of Color
(March 2002)
The Bert Gallery
Providence, RI
www.bertgallery.com

On The Road:
Landscapes by Paula Martiesian

(October 1999)
The Bert Gallery
Providence, RI
www.bertgallery.com

Geranium Lake:
A Decade of Painting
by Paula Martiesian

(July 1999)
The Happy White Gallery
Barrington, RI

The Studio Series
(October 1997)
Sponsored by
The Bert Gallery
in the studio of the artist

Providence, RI
www.bertgallery.com

Shades of Green
(October 1996)
The Providence Art Club
Providence, RI

Recent Paintings
(January 1995)
AS220
Providence, RI

Paintings
(September 1991)
Michael’s Gallery
Providence, RI

 

Select Group Exhibitions:

Ebb & Flow : Sculpture by Tuffany Adams
Photography by Brooke Hammerle
Painting by Paula Martesian

(March 7 through April 17, 2020)
Narrows Center for the Arts
Fall River, MA 02721
www.narrowscenter.org

Heart of a Tree : Karen Rand Anderson,
Mary Jane Andreozzi, and Paula Martiesian

(May 31 through July 8, 2017)
ArtProv Gallery, Providence, RI 02903

30 Years : Martiesian, Speiser, and Bert
(March 2015)
Bert Gallery, Providence, RI 02903
http://www.bertgallery.com

Man vs. Nature : Paintings by Mark Freedman and Paula Martiesian
( July 31 – August 18, 2010)
Charlestown Gallery
, Charlestown, RI 02813
www.charlestowngalleryri.com

Holiday Group Exhibition
(December 2009)
Charlestown Gallery, Charlestown, RI 02813
www.charlestowngalleryri.com

Among the Living: Eight of Our Favorite Contemporary Artists at Bert Gallery
(May 9 - June 18, 2010)
Bert Gallery, Providence, RI 02903
http://www.bertgallery.com

Armenian Artists (September 2007)
Gallery Z / Studio Z, Providence, RI 02903

Rediscovering Nature
(in an Unnatural World) :
Paintings by Paula Martiesian
and Michele Provost

(June 14 - July 21, 2007)
Space at Alice, Providence, RI 02906

American Identity (Summer 2006)
Bert Gallery, Providence, RI 02903

Five Rhode Island Artists (July 2005)
Helme House Gallery
of the South County Art Association
Kingston, RI 02881
www.southcountyart.org

Color Matters (May 2005)
The Bert Gallery, Providence, RI 02903

Sunday’s Best (March 2005)
The Bert Gallery, Providence, RI 02903

Celebrate Orange (April 2002)
The Sarah Doyle Gallery, Providence, RI 02906

Winter Solstice (November 2000)
Sarah Doyle Gallery of Brown University, Providence, RI 02912

Leisure Moments (Summer 2000)
The Bert Gallery, Providence, RI 02903

The Artist Muse: Images of Women
Across the Decades
(January 2000)
The Bert Gallery, Providence, RI 02903

Down to Earth: The Enduring Landscape
(July & Aug 1998)
RISD Museum of Art, Providence, RI 02903

Regional American Art (September 1998)
The Bert Gallery, Providence, RI 02903

Paintings by Leif, Martiesian & Peers
(October 1997)
The Bert Gallery, Providence, RI 02903

The Vanguard Experiment at the Armory
(June 1997)
The Armory, Providence, RI 02909

The Vanguard Experiment (1996-97)
The New London Art Society Gallery
New London, CT 06320

Kindred Spirits (1996)
The Bert Gallery, Providence, RI 02903

Four + Four (1996)
Sarah Doyle Gallery of Brown University Providence, RI 02912

The Overflow Show (1994)
AS220, Providence, RI 02903

Two Painters (October 1989)
Sol Koffler Graduate Student Gallery
of the Rhode Island School of Design Providence, RI 02903

Landscapes of Providence & Beyond
(September 1987)
Lenore Gray Gallery, Providence, RI 02903

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