Paul Oberst-Resume

Residence: Freedom, ME

Education:
1977 Center College, Danville, KY , Graduated with honors, majored in Studio Art
1982-1983 Arts Fellow, Fine Arts Work Center, Provincetown, MA

Awards and Commissions: 
Stage backdrop installation for the Boston Jazz Festival organized by Steve Provisor, Emerson College Theatre, Boston, MA  
"Maze," Site specific sculpture commission for Summer Arts Festival, DeCordova Museum and Dana Park, Lincoln, MA  
Nominee, Awards in the Visual Arts, Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art  
Set and costumes for "Taking Measures," collaboration with choreographer Albert Reid, New Dance/New Visions Series, The Cleveland Modern Dance Association and The Cleveland Center for Contemporary Art, Cleveland, OH  
Set and costumes, Footpath Dance Company, Cleveland, OH  
Fellowship, The Fine Arts Work Center, Provincetown, MA  
Painting Award, Exhibition 280, Huntington Galleries, Huntington, WV

Solo Exhibitions: 
"Paul Oberst: Ceremonial Objects, Devices and Forms", Bridgette Mayer Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, November 2009 
"Paul Oberst/Arielle Greenberg Collaboration: Temple>Hollow", Belfast Poetry Festival, Roots and Tendrils Gallery and Belfast Street and City Installations of site-specific and performance art, Belfast, ME, October 2009. 
"Paul Oberst: Ceremonial Objects, Tents, Temples and Blankets", AEGON Gallery/Jones Visual Arts Center, Centre College, Danville, KY, October 2009. 
"Temples/ Locus of Intent," Waterfall Arts Center, Belfast, ME  
"Temples, Towers and Totems," Bridgette Mayer Gallery, Philadelphia, PA 
"Temples: Large Panels and Sculptures," Corey Daniel's, Wells, ME  
Vault Gallery, Bridgette Mayer Gallery, Philadelphia, PA 
Installation, Milton Academy, Milton, MA  
"Gathering at the Osage Tree," Stux Gallery, New York, NY  
"Paul Oberst/Cave of Dreams," DeCordova and Dana Museum, Lincoln, MA  
"Nocturnal Landscapes," Cleveland Center for Contemporary Art, Cleveland, OH  
"Paul Oberst," Stux Gallery, Boston, MA  
"Paul Oberst," The New Gallery, Cleveland, OH

Selected Group Exhibitions: 
"Group Show Benefit", Bridgette Mayer Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
"(In)finite Place," Philadelphia Musuem of Jewish Art, Rodeph Shalom, Philadelphia, PA 
Bridgette Mayer Gallery Group Show, Tierney Communications, Philadelphia, PA  
"Treading Lightly," Waterfall Art Center, Belfast, ME 
Small Works, Bridgette Mayer Gallery, New Hope, PA  
"Destination/?Place," The Schoolhouse Center,Silas Kenyon Gallery, SilasKenyonGallery,Provincetown, MA  
"Trees," Massachussetts College of Art, Boston, MA  
"Icons in Space," University of Maine, Portland, ME  
"Landscapes: Beautiful, Sublime and Picturesque," Newton Arts Center, Newton, MA  
"Private Visions," Art Complex Museum, Duxbury, MA  
"A View of Nature," Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, CT  
"Landscapes in the Age of Anxiety," Lehman College, Bronx, NY (The same show traveled to The Cleveland Center for Contemporary Art in 1987)  
"Salute to Boston Art," Faneuil Hall, Boston, MA  
"Gallery Artists," Stux Gallery, New York, NY  
"Gallery Artists: Part II/Sculpture," Stux Gallery, Boston, MA  
"Inaugural," Stux Gallery, New York, NY  
"Group Show," East Carolina University, Greenville, NC  
"WonderSmall," Stux Gallery, Boston, MA  
"Gallery Artists: Part I/Sculpture," Stux Gallery, Boston, MA  
"Summer Review," Stux Gallery, Boston, MA  
"Small, Smaller, Tiny/Gallery Artists," Stux Gallery, Boston, MA  
"Phantoms and Melodramas," Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover, MA  
"Works on Paper," Stux Gallery, Boston, MA  
"Provincetown Fine Arts Work Center Fellows," Marisa Del Re, New York, NY  
"Year in Review," The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH  
"May Show," (The work purchased by the museum), The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH  
"Choice Painting Show," Center for Contemporary Art, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY  
"Exhibition 280," Huntington Galleries, Huntington, WV

Selected Bibliography:  
Zarro, Jennifer. "(In)finite Place," Art Matters Magazine, July 12, 2008.  
Singer, Matt. (In)fininte Place (catalogue), Philadelphia Museum of Jewish Art, Philadelphia, PA, 2008.  
Newhall, Edith. "Pairing of Sculptors Brings Out Their Best," PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER, April 11, 2008. 
Hill, Lori. "Lori Hill's First Friday Hit List/Bridgette Mayer," PHILADELPHIA CITY PAPER, Philadelphia, PA, April 2, 2008. 
Mayer, Bridgette. Paul Oberst: Temples, Towers, and Totems (catalogue), Bridgette Mayer Gallery, Philadelphia, PA 2008. 
Cory, Jim. Destination/?Place (catalogue), The Schoolhouse Center, Silas-Kenyon Gallery, Provincetown, MA, 1999. 
Keyes, Norman. The Tree Show (catalogue), Massachussetts College of Art, 1987.  
Stapens, Nancy. "Landscapes: Beautiful, Sublime and Picturesque," THE BOSTON HERALD, June 6, 1987.  
Cullinan, Helen. "Haunting Echoes of Nature," THE PLAIN DEALER, Cleveland, OH, April 24, 1986. Goldfarb, Hilliard. Nocturnal Landscape (catalogue), Cleveland Center for Contemporary Art, 1986.  
Sundell, Nina. Landscape In The Age Of Anxiety (catalogue), Lehman College, 1986.  
Temin, Christine. "Oberst Installation Deserves Its Own Space," BOSTON GLOBE, October 9, 1986.  
Euett, David. "Measured Collaboration," DIALOGUE, Columbus, OH, March-April, 1985, pp. 41-42.  
Shinn, Dorothy. "Light Sculpture Has Quiet Presence," AKRON BEACON JOURNAL, July 25, 1985.
ART NEW ENGLAND. "Review of Phantoms and Melodramas," December, 1984.  
Baker, Kenneth. "Local Aesthetic, Artists Get Double Exposure," BOSTON PHOENIX, July 3, 1984. Ross, David and Stebbins, Theodore. Boston Now: Sculpture/Emerging Artists(catalogue), Institute of Contemporary Art and The Museum of Fine Arts, 1984.  
Taylor, Robert. "A New Chapter Is Beginning In Boston Sculpture," BOSTON GLOBE, May 3, 1984.  
"Spatial Drama That Thrills And Seduces," BOSTON GLOBE, May 3, 1984.  
Yau, John. "Ten Fellowship Artists From The Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown," ARTS, April 1983. 
"Urban Landscape Inspires Exhibitor," THE PLAIN DEALER, Cleveland, OH, September 12, 1982.  
Kiefer, Geraldine Wojno. "Paul Oberst," ARTS, November, 1982, p. 12.

Art Related Work Experience:
2008-2009  Waterfall Arts, Belfast, ME 
Instructor:  Teach a class in utilizing easily accessible materials to produce high quality art that incorporates words and printmaking techniques.

1985-87  Museum School and Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA
Invited Artist:  Participated in critical reviews of student work at the end of each semester.

1977-1982 Cleveland Center for Contemporary Art, Cleveland, OH  
Preparator: Coordinated installation, shipping and documentation of two art shows per month, as well as, special events and lecture series. Also worked with visiting artist in the planning and execution of their works including such artists as Red Grooms and Laurie Anderson and many others.  
Teacher: Taught Cleveland area high school students art processes related to monthly shows within the center. Developed curriculum.  
Curator: Organized and presented two shows of contemporary Ohio artists. Traveled the state viewing artists' work. Made selections, arranged shows and coordinated public relations and media review.