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

NEW : Out of the Nest…
+ On the Wall
Paintings   Exhibitions   Awards/Collections    Curator’s Perspective   About the Artist   Press   Galleries    Contact   Home