FROELICK GALLERY Laura Ross-Paul Born 1950 Portland, Oregon Education 1978 B.S. Arts—Portland State University, Portland, Oregon 1976 M.F.A. Painting—Portland State University, Portland, Oregon 1974 B.F.A. Painting—Fort Wright College, Spokane, Washington 1972-74 Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 1968-70 Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR Solo Exhibitions 2015 Waterfalls, Froelick Gallery, Portland, OR 2014 Urban Forest, Froelick Gallery, Portland, OR 2012 Connect, Froelick Gallery, Portland, OR History Lessons, Helzer Gallery, Portland Community College, Portland, OR 2010 Seasons, Froelick Gallery, Portland, OR 2009 Still Lives, Joanne Artman, Laguna Beach, CA 2008 Northwestopia, Froelick Gallery, Portland, OR Patterns of Light, Pacini Lubel Gallery, Seattle, WA 2007 Laura Ross-Paul: The Allusive Self, curated by Jessica Hunter Larsen, Coburn Gallery, Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO (catalogue) 2006 Naked, Froelick Gallery, Portland, OR (catalogue) 2005 Pattern and Illusion, Froelick Gallery, Portland, OR 2004 Connect, Pacini Lubel Gallery, Seattle, WA 2003 Juggling, Jenkins-Johnson Gallery, San Francisco, CA 2002 Simple Geometry, Froelick Gallery, Portland, OR 2000 Markers, Froelick Gallery, Portland, OR (catalogue) 1999 Dances and Exorcisms, Froelick Gallery, Portland, OR Realism Into Abstraction, Jenkins Johnson Gallery, San Francisco, CA 1997 Defying Gravity, Froelick Adelhart Gallery, Portland, OR (brochure) 1996 The Emotion of Light, Grover/Thurston Gallery, Seattle, WA History Lessons, Froelick Adelhart Gallery, Portland, OR 1995 New Paintings, Grover/Thurston Gallery, Seattle, WA Recent Work, Oils and Monotypes, Oregon State University—Fairbanks Gallery, Corvallis, OR Studies for the Light Rail Mural, Oregon State University—Fairbanks Gallery, Corvallis, OR 1994 Collective Meditations, Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, OR The Five Senses: New Lithographs, Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, OR 1993 Laura Ross-Paul: Oil Paintings, Ceremonial Office of the Governor, Salem, OR Oil Paintings and Watercolors, Francine Seders Gallery, Seattle, WA 1991 Oil Paintings and Watercolors, Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, OR 1990 A Decade of Painting: 1981-1990, curated by Terri Hopkins and Paul Sutenin, The Art Gym—Marylhurst University, OR, (catalogue) Paintings and Drawings, Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, OR 1988 Northwest Viewpoints: Laura Ross-Paul—Watercolors, curated by John Weber, Portland Art Museum, OR (catalogue) 1987 Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, OR Solo Exhibitions continued 1985 The Fountain Gallery, Portland, OR 1984 Works Dealing with Nature and Dreams, Multnomah Art Center, Portland, OR The Fountain Gallery, Portland, OR 1983 New Paintings and Watercolors, The Fountain Gallery, Portland, OR 1982 The Fountain Gallery, Portland, OR 1981 The Fountain Gallery, Portland, OR 1980 The Fountain Gallery, Portland, OR 1979 The Fountain Gallery, Portland, OR 1978 The Fountain Gallery, Portland, OR 1977 Oregon State University—Honors Gallery, Corvallis, OR 1976 Thesis Exhibition, Portland State University—Gallery 299, Portland, OR 1974 Thesis Exhibition, Fort Wright College, Spokane, WA Group Exhibitions 2016 Drawing as Core, North View Gallery, Portland Community College, Portland, OR 2015 This Everlasting Valley: Willamette River Valley and Basin, Art About Agriculture 2015, Chehalem Cultural Center, Newberg OR & Memorial Union Concourse Gallery, Oregon State University, Corvallis OR The Pacific Northwest Art Annual, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR Healing through Art, Central City Concern, Old Town Recovery Center, Portland, OR West Coast Biennial, Turtle Bay Exploration Park, Redding, CA 2014 In Passionate Pursuit: The Arlene and Harold Schnitzer Collection and Legacy, Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR Large Inventory, Froelick Gallery, Portland, OR Ink This! Contemporary Print Arts in the Northwest, Tacoma Art Museum, WA 2013 Winter's Shadow Cast by Light: Work from the Pacific Northwest, curated by Daniel Pake, 1078 Gallery, Chico, CA Fire Department, Froelick Gallery, Portland, OR Creating Impressions:Printmaking in the Pacific Northwest, High Desert Museum, Bend, OR 2012 Large Inventory, Froelick Gallery, Portland, OR Artists of Oregon: 1940s To the Present,The Gallery at Pinckney Center, Prence Hall, Central Oregon Community College, Bend Oregon 2011 Bonnie Bronson Fellows 20 Years, Ronna and Eric Hoffman Gallery of Contemporary Art, Portland, OR 2010 7 Days, 7 Artists, 7 Rings, online responsive exhibit conceived by Rebecca Campbell & Nicole Walker. Huffington Post, December, 2010 Women on the Verge, Joanne Artman Gallery, Los Angeles, CA Album, 30th Anniversary portrait exhibit, Art Gym, Marylhurst, Marylhurst, OR Los Angeles Art Show art fair, Joanne Artman Gallery booth, Los Angeles, CA 2009 Town and Country: Oregon at 150, Froelick Gallery, Portland, OR Considering Spring, Pacini Lubel Gallery, Seattle, WA Super Heroes, Joanne Artman Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA 2008 Collaborations, Joanne Artman Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA 2007 UnExpected Watercolor, Trude Parkinson & Teri Hopkins, co-curators, The Lee Center for the Arts, Hedreen Gallery, Seattle, WA First Exhibit, Froelick Gallery, Portland, OR Lake Oswego Chronicle Invitational, Lakewood Center Modern Myths, MJ Higgins Gallery, Los Angeles, CA Modern Myths, Gray Area Gallery, San Francisco, CA Representation, Jenkins Johnson Gallery, New York, NY New Work, Pacini Lubel Gallery, Seattle, WA Women on the Verge, 7° (seven-degrees), Laguna Beach, CA Group Exhibitions continued 2007 Landscape Now, Glenn and Viola Walters Cultural Arts Center, Hillsboro, OR 2006 Fourteen Artists/Fourteen Years: Mahaffey Fine Art, Dr Annette Dixon, curator, Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR Overlapping Lines, Mugoe Gallery, College of Design, University of Ulsan, Ulsan, Korea 2005 drawing(s) 40+ artists/200 works: A 25th anniversary exhibition, Terri Hopkins, curator, Art Gym, Marylhurst University, Marylhurst, OR First Person: a juried group exhibition, Froelick Gallery, Portland, OR Winter Group Show, Froelick Gallery, Portland, OR 2005 Unexpected Watercolors, Art Gym, Marylhurst College, Marylhurst, OR 2004 Opening Exhibition, Pacini Lubel Gallery, Seattle, WA The Clown Show, Froelick Gallery, Portland, OR Fifth Annual Realism Exhibit, Jenkins Johnson Gallery, San Francisco, CA Winter Group Show, Froelick Gallery, Portland, OR 2003 Building Traditions: Gifts in Honor of the Northwest Collection, Tacoma Art Museum, Rock Hushka, Curator, (Catalog), Tacoma, WA Women by Women, Jenkins-Johnson Gallery, San Francisco, CA Fifth Annual Realism Invitational, Jenkins Johnson Gallery, San Francisco, CA (catalogue) Print Arts Northwest, Southern Oregon University, Ashland, OR Expectations, Pringle Gallery, Philadelphia, PA 2002 Summer 2002, Arnot Art Museum, Elmira, NY 20th Annual Art About Agriculture, Oregon State University—Memorial Union Concourse Gallery, Corvallis, traveling to: High Desert Museum, Bend, OR; Klamath County Government Center, Klamath Falls, OR; Jurors: Humberto Gonzales, Ronna Neuenschwander, Martha Werhle (award) Jenkins/Johnson Gallery, San Francisco, CA, conjoined with San Francisco International Art Fair Fourth Annual Realism Invitational, Jenkins Johnson Gallery, San Francisco, CA (catalogue) 2001 Northwest Narrative: Portland, Portland Institute for Contemporary Art, OR, Curator: Stuart Horodner Visual Chronicle of Portland: 1985, University of Portland—Buckley Center Gallery, Portland, OR Pressure Points: Recent Prints from the Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer & The Jordan & Mina Schnitzer Foundation, The Art Gym—Marylhurst University, Marylhurst, OR (catalogue) traveling to: Hallie Ford Museum of Art—Willamette University, Salem, OR Washington State University—Museum of Art, Pullman, WA (November 2002) NW Women 2001, Berbati's Pan, Portland, OR East Meets West, Froelick Gallery, Portland, OR Printworks 2001, Seattle Arts Commission Gallery—Key Tower Building, Seattle, WA Re Presenting Realism V, Arnot Art Museum, Elmira, NY, Curator: John O'Hern (catalogue) Third Annual Realism Invitational, Jenkins Johnson Gallery, San Francisco, CA (catalogue) Fifth Anniversary Group Exhibition, Jenkins Johnson Gallery, San Francisco, CA ordinary extraordinary, Portland State University—Autzen Gallery, Portland, OR Portland Artists: Past and Present, Berbati's Pan, Portland, OR (in celebration of Jack McLarty) Winter Group Exhibit, Froelick Gallery, Portland, OR Art About Art, Clark College—Archer Gallery, Vancouver, WA, Curator: Marjorie Hirsch Introductions, Seattle Art Museum—Rental Sales Gallery, Seattle, WA 2000 Inaugural Exhibition, Portland Art Museum—Center for Northwest Art, Portland, OR Arts in Oregon Council Millennium Invitational, State of Oregon—Capitol Gallery, Salem, OR Wonder Women: 34 Amazing Oregon Women Artists, The Art Gym—Marylhurst University, OR Second Annual Realism Invitational, Jenkins Johnson Gallery, San Francisco, CA (catalogue) Printwork, Froelick Adelhart Gallery, Portland, OR Winter Group Show, Froelick Adelhart Gallery, Portland, OR What Came First: New Beginnings, L&B Viewing Room, Portland, OR PSU Alumni Exhibition, Portland State University—Autzen Gallery, Portland, OR Group Exhibitions continued 1999 Talent, Alan Stone Gallery, New York, NY Annual Holiday Show, Jenkins Johnson Gallery, San Francisco, CA Faculty Exhibit, Portland State University—Fine and Performing Arts Gallery, Portland, OR Pacific Rim Exhibitions: Oregon, Terrain, San Francisco, CA Plant Forms, Froelick Adelhart Gallery, Portland, OR The