Paula Everitt: Bio


Paula Everitt (b. 1954) was born and raised in rural Sussex, NJ, a town founded by her seventh great-grandfather. At the age of 17, she flew to Sweden where she began to pursue a lifelong interest in the arts and humanities, studying philosophy, psychology and
religion at several universities both in the US and abroad.

Drawn to the figure and the perennial issues of the human condition, Paula has been heavily influenced in her work by personal and professional experience. Her voice finds its fullest expression in a combination of abstract and figurative drawings and works on paper which seek to convey the many layers, imperfections and interconnected nature of human life.

EDUCATION

Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA. (Four Year Certificate)
West Chester University, West Chester, PA. M. Ed./Counseling/cum laude
Andover Newton Theological School, Newton Centre, MA. M. Div./cum laude
Colgate University, Hamilton, NY. BA/Honors, Philosophy and Religion
Massachusetts College of Art, Boston. MA. (painting, part-time)

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2010

Wide Open Art Show, BWAC Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

 

Art For Arts Sake, Juried exhibition, Gallery 125, Trenton, N.J.

2009

Hopkins House Galleries, Haddonfield, NJ, "Lines and Puddles", curator, Bruce Garrity

The State Museum of Pennsylvania, Art of the State: Pennsylvania 2009,
Harrisburg, PA. Juror: Patricia Bellan-Gillen

 

Albright College, Four PA. Artists, Reading, PA., curator, Michael Howell

 

Lancaster Co. Art Association., Juried Exhibition (First Place), Strasburg, PA, juror: Bruce Samuelson

 

The Center for Modern Psychoanalytic Studies, Dreamwork, New York, N.Y.

 

The Sketch Club, Philadelphia, PA. Juror: Rick Harrington

2008

BMPC Gallery, Bryn Mawr, PA.

2007

Knapp Gallery, Winter Show, Philadelphia, PA.

 

BMPC Gallery, Bryn Mawr, PA.

2006

Wayne Art Center, juried show (Honorable Mention), Wayne, PA. Juror:
Michael Rossman.

 

Knapp Gallery, Philadelphia, PA.

2004

Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA.

2002

Wayne Art Center, juried show, Wayne, PA. Juror: Andrea Packard

COLLECTIONS

Albright College

Johnson and Johnson Pharmaceuticals

Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts

Massachusetts Eye and Ear Institute

McKinsey Associates

Numerous Private Collections

PUBLICATIONS

Art Review: The Freedman Offers four solo artists a blank canvas, The Reading Eagle, Ron Schira, June 14, 2009.

RESIDENCIES

Vermont Studio Center, January 2010