Paul Shore lives and works in New York City.
EDUCATION
1985 / MFA / Cranbrook Academy of Art / Bloomfield Hills, MI
1983 / BFA / Eastern Michigan University / Ypsilanti, MI
1977 / BGS / University of Michigan / Ann Arbor, MI
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SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2024
2024-2025 Installation / The Bunker Artspace: Collection of Beth Rudin DeWoody / West Palm Beach, FL
Solo Exhibition - Whirligig / Presented by Jonathan Miller Spies Fine Art at C. G. Boerner / New York, NY
2022
Group Exhibition - The Machine Gunneress in a State of Grace / A New Discretions Project / Foreland; Catskill, NY
2021
Solo Exhibition - Manhattoland & Left-Handed Year / Presented by C. G. Boerner & Jonathan Miller Spies Fine Art / Blackburn 20|20 Gallery; Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts / New York, NY
2018
Solo Exhibition - Water Towers / C. G. Boerner Gallery / New York, NY
2017
Solo Exhibition - Drawn Home / C. G. Boerner Gallery / New York, NY
Solo Exhibition - Drawn Home / Brattleboro Museum / Brattleboro, VT
2015
American Painted Portrait Photographs / L. Parker Stephenson / New York, NY
2014
Treasure Island / Lower East Side Printshop / New York, NY
2013
Small Works / Catalyst Gallery / Beacon, NY
2012
Solo Exhibition: Licked Sucked Stacked Stuck: A Confectionery History of Contemporary Sculpture / L. Parker Stephenson / New York, NY
2011
American Chambers: Post 90s American Art / Gyeongnam Art Museum / Gyeongnam, South Korea
Solo Exhibition: Licked Sucked Stacked Stuck: A Confectionery History of Contemporary Sculpture / Jim Kempner Fine Art / New York, NY
Family Value: Summer Portrait Salon / Michael Mazzeo Gallery / New York, NY
2010
Solo Exhibition: Licked Sucked Stacked Stuck: A Confectionery History of Contemporary Sculpture / Brattleboro Museum / Brattleboro, VT
The Art of the Woodcut: from Baldung to Baselitz / C. G. Boerner / New York, NY
Eccentric Sculpture / Amelie A. Wallace Gallery / SUNY College at Old Westbury / Old Westbury, NY
2009
Drawing Itself: A Survey of Contemporary Practice / Brattleboro Museum / Brattleboro, VT
Onomatomania / Safe-T-Gallery / Brooklyn, NY
Penland Faculty Exhibition / Penland Gallery / Penland, NC
2008
As Others See Us: The Contemporary Portrait / Brattleboro Museum / Brattleboro, VT
Text Messaging / Islip Art Museum / East Islip, NY
2007
Options within Realism / Jason McCoy Gallery / New York, NY
How Women Look / Safe-T-Gallery / Brooklyn, NY
Cathexis: Art of Obsession / Pierro Gallery / South Orange, NJ
2006
Solo Exhibition: Funnels: Sculpture & Drawings / Italian Academy at Columbia University / New York, NY
2005
Works on Paper / Bjorn Ressle Fine Art / New York, NY
2004
Mixed Company / A.I.R. Gallery / New York, NY
Objects of Our Affection / Saint Joseph College / West Hartford, CT
2003
Diverse Expressions / Montclair State University / Upper Montclair, NJ
Paper 2003 / Metaphor Contemporary Art / Brooklyn, NY
2002
Collector’s Show / Arkansas Arts Center / Little Rock, AR
Boats & Vessels / Brattleboro Museum / Brattleboro, VT
2001
The Armory Show / Mitchell-Innes & Nash / New York, NY
Collector’s Show / Arkansas Arts Center / Little Rock, AR
Poetic Information / Metaphor Contemporary Art / Brooklyn, NY
2000
ADressing the Body / Fassbender Gallery / Chicago, IL
Sun Signs / Rosenberg + Kaufman Fine Art / New York, NY
Solo Exhibition: Funnel Drawings / Anchor Graphics / Chicago, IL
1999
Solo Exhibition: Funnels / Howard Scott M-13 Gallery / New York, NY
Thoughts in Sculpture / Montclair State University / Upper Montclair, NJ
Solo Exhibition: Recent Work / Fassbender Gallery / Chicago, IL
1998
Summer / Rosenberg + Kaufman Fine Art / New York, NY
Sculpture Today / Fassbender Gallery Space / Chicago, IL
1997
General Consensus / Barbara Krakow Gallery / Boston, MA
One of a Kind / Rosenberg + Kaufman Fine Art / New York, NY
Solo Exhibition: Drawings / No. B.I.A.S. / North Bennington, VT
1995
Universe of Meaning: Directions in Contemporary Sculpture / Brattleboro Museum / Brattleboro, VT
The Boston Printmakers’ 45th North American Print Exhibition / Duxbury Art Complex Museum / Duxbury, MA
1994
Small Works / Sculpture Center / NYC
1993
Figuratively Speaking / Hyde Park Art Center / Chicago, IL
The Boston Printmakers' 44th North American Print Exhibition / Boston University Art Gallery / Boston, MA
1992
Group Exhibition of Gallery Artists / Esther Saks Fine Art / Chicago, IL
1991
Solo Exhibition: Whisperings / Condeso Lawler Gallery / NYC
The Boston Printmakers' 43rd North American Print Exhibition / DeCordova Museum / Lincoln, MA
1990
Hidden Realities in Figuration / Condeso Lawler Gallery / NYC
Multiples / Nexus Contemporary Art Center / Atlanta, GA
1989
Solo Exhibition: Dreams & Realities / Skidmore College / Saratoga Springs, NY
Solo Exhibition: Fertile Grounds / Zone Art Center / Springfield, MA
Solo Exhibition: The Official Word(s) - Artist Book Project / Clark Art Institute; Williamstown, MA
1988
Solo Exhibition: In Sites / Real Art Ways / Hartford, CT
Record: Williams College Faculty Exhibition / Williams College Museum of Art / Williamstown, MA
1987
Solo Exhibition: Soluble Boundaries / Jessica Berwind Gallery / Philadelphia, PA
COLLECTIONS
Archives of Concrete & Visual Poetry / Miami, FL
Arkansas Art Center / Little Rock, AR
Brooklyn Museum (Artists' Books Collection) / Brooklyn, NY
Detroit Institute of Arts / Detroit, MI
The Bunker Artspace: Collection of Beth Rudin DeWoody / West Palm Beach, FL
Carter Foster / New York, NY
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Goldberg / New York, NY
Werner Kramarsky / New York, NY
Museum of Modern Art (Artists' Books Collection) / New York, NY
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art / Kansas City, MO
New York Public Library (Print Collection) / New York, NY
Wadsworth Atheneum (Artists' Books Collection) / Hartford, CT
Weatherspoon Art Museum / Greensboro, NC
RESIDENCIES
MacDowell Colony / Peterborough, NH
Blue Mountain Center / Blue Mountain Lake, NY
Virginia Center for the Creative Arts / Sweet Briar, VA
Byrdcliffe Arts Colony / Woodstock, NY
Ragdale Foundation / Lake Forest, IL
TEACHING
2005-Present / 92nd St. Y Art Center / Drawing Instructor
2010-11 / The Canvas Art Center / Juneau, AK / Drawing & Sculpture Instructor
2009 / Penland School of Crafts / Penland, NC / Drawing & Sculpture Instructor
2001 / Contemporary Artists Center / North Adams, MA / Printmaking Instructor
1999,1989-91 / Ox-Bow Summer Arts Program / Saugatuck, MI / Drawing Instructor
1995 / Marlboro College / Marlboro, VT / Printmaking Instructor
1990-91 / Art New England at Bennington College / Bennington, VT / Drawing & Painting Instructor
1988-89 / Williams College / Williamstown, MA / Visiting Assistant Professor
1985-88 / Hartford Art School / West Hartford, CT / Printmaking Instructor
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VISITING ARTIST
2011 / Brattleboro Museum / Brattleboro, VT / Artist Talk
2005 / Ox-Bow Summer Arts Program / Saugatuck, MI / Visiting Artist
2000 / Montclair State University / Upper Montclair, NJ / Visiting Artist
1999 / Montclair State University / Upper Montclair, NJ / Art Forum Lecture
1995 / Dartmouth College / Hanover, NH / Visiting Artist
1995 / Brattleboro Museum / Brattleboro, VT / Visiting Artist
1995 / Memento Vida: Reminders of Life / Guest Curator
1994 / Smith College / Northampton, MA / Visiting Artist
1993 / Marymount Manhattan College / NYC / Visiting Artist
1992 / The School of the Art Institute of Chicago / Chicago, IL / Visiting Artist
1991 / Skidmore College / Saratoga Springs, NY / Visiting Artist
1989 / Center on Violence and Human Survival / John Jay College / New York, NY / “Conversations” Seminar Series / Visiting Scholar
1987 / The School of the Art Institute of Chicago / Chicago, IL / Visiting Artist
1986 / State University of New York at Cortland / Cortland, NY / Visiting Artist
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