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Read the review of Paul's "Unspoken Realities" exhibit at the Birmingham Civil Rights Intstitute.
Written by James R. Nelson, visual arts critic for The Birmingham News |
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Columbia Basin Herald
"Making People Talk - Artist's Work Seeks to Stimulate Discussion" |
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South Seattle Star, "Starlite"
Read about the September Nishikigoi exhibit |
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South Seattle Star,
"Artists Give Us a New Way to Look at Race" |
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2008 Explorations - Fountainhead Gallery, Seattle, WA. July - August. Invitational
2007 Unspoken Realities - Art & Observations by Paul McCall , Birmingham Civil Rights Institute, Birmingham, AL. Invitational
2005 Nishikigoi, New Works of Serenity, Eure Gallery of Art, Hattiesburg, MS. Invitational
2003 Nishikigoi / Unspoken Realities, The Upstairs Gallery at U-Frame It, Seattle, WA. Invitational
2002 Golden Door Awards, Northwest Immigrants Rights Project, Seattle, WA. Commissioned.
2001 Golden Door Awards, Northwest Immigrants Rights Project, Seattle, WA. Commissioned.
2000 Golden Door Awards, Northwest Immigrants Rights Project, Seattle, WA. Commissioned.
1994 Ancient Icons, Black Byrd Books, Seattle, WA. Invitational.
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SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2009 Oddfellows Group Exhibition, Oddfellows Gallery, Hattiesburg, MS. Invitational.
2007 Flora & Fauna, The Fountainhead Gallery. Seattle, WA. Invitational.
34th Annual Bi-State Art Competition, Meridian Museum of Art, Meridian, MS. Juried.
Voice and Vision: Unmasking New Orleans, Portland City Hall & AudioCinema, Portland, OR. Invitational.
2006 Tranquil Journey, Fountainhead Gallery, Seattle, WA. Invitational
Magic City Arts Connection International Art Exhibition, Birmingham, AL. Juried
2005
Harmonious Navigation, The Fountainhead Gallery, Seattle, WA. Invitational
The Wing Luke Asian Museum touring exhibit Beyond Talk: Redrawing Race, Phinney Art Center Gallery, Seattle, WA. Juried.
Black History Month Exhibit, Seattle City Hall. Seattle, WA. Juried.
2004
Black in the Northwest, Alberta Arts Pavilion, Portland, OR. Invitational
Art of Resistance, Arts Brewery, Seattle, WA.
May Day Celebration , New Freeway Hall, Seattle, WA. Invitational
Beyond Talk: Redrawing Race , Wing Luke Asian Museum, Seattle, WA. Juried. Exhibition runs through Dec. 2004
LEGACY: Seattle's African American Community, M. Rosetta Hunter Gallery at Seattle Central Community College , Seattle, WA. Curated by Ken Matsudaira. Invitational.
Seattle Erotic Art Festival, Consolidated Works, Seattle, WA. Presented by the Wetspot. Juried.
2003
East Shore Gallery, Bellevue, WA. Curated by Susan Wolmeldorf. Invitational.
Edwin T. Pratt Exhibit 2003, Carolyn Downs Medical Center, Seattle, WA. Curated by Susan Olds. Invitational.
Dorkbot - People Doing Strange Things With Electricity, Center on Contemporary Art, Seattle, WA. Curated by Kate Seekings
Equine Art 2003, Emerald Downs, 2300 Emerald Downs Dr., Auburn, WA. Juried
Baked, Mashed or Fried, Moses Lake Museum & Art Center, 228 W. Third Ave. Moses Lake, WA. Juried
2002
Little Things Count, Center on Contemporary Art, 1420 11th Ave. Seattle, WA. Juried
Watercolor, Pondok Padi Designs, 317 1st Ave S. Seattle, WA. Curated by Brian Peters. Invitational.
Art Off the Wall, Pondok Padi Designs, 317 1st. Ave S. Seattle, WA. Curated by Brian Peters. Invitational.
Eleventh Annual Edwin T. Pratt Memorial Exhibition, Carolyn Downs Medical Center, Seattle, WA. Curated by Karen Franklin. Invitational.
African American Art Exhibit, Attorney Generals Office, Seattle, WA. Curated by Karen Franklin. Invitational.
2001
Pigs on Parade, The Pike Place Market Foundation, Seattle, WA. Commissioned
Urban League of Metropolitan Seattle 24th Annual Art Exhibit, Washington State Convention Center, Seattle, WA. Juried
Atlas Foods Visual Arts Program, Atlas Foods, Seattle, WA. Curated by Molly Norris Curtis. Juried
2000
Artist Gallery of Seattle, Seattle, WA. Juried
Atlas Foods Visual Arts Program, Atlas Foods, Seattle, WA. Curated by Molly Norris Curtis. Juried
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1999
Diversity, The True Colors of Art, Eighth Annual Edwin T. Pratt Memorial Exhibit, Pratt Gallery at CoCA, Seattle ,WA. Curated by Karen Franklin. Invitational.
1998
Seventh Annual Edwin T. Pratt Memorial Exhibit, Pratt gallery at CoCA, Seattle WA. Curated by Karen Franklin. Invitational.
1997
Central Area Community Festival Art Exhibit, Garfield Community Center, Seattle, WA. Curated by Gregory Robinson.
Sixth Annual Edwin T. Pratt Memorial Exhibit, Pratt Gallery at CoCA, Seattle, WA. Curated by Karen Franklin. Invitational.
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1996
Street Smart Art Exhibit, Bumbershoot Festival, Seattle, WA. Commissioned.
Fifth Annual Edwin T. Pratt Memorial Exhibit, Pratt gallery, Seattle, WA. Curated by Gregory Robinson. Invitational.
1995
Bagley Wright Theater, Seattle, WA. Curated by Samag.
Fourth Annual Edwin T. Pratt Memorial Exhibit, Pratt Gallery, Seattle, WA. Curated by Gregory Robinson. Invitational.
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1994
18th Annual Minority Art Exhibit, Urban League of Metropolitan Seattle, Washington State Convention Center, Seattle, WA. Juried
Third Annual Edwin T. Pratt Memorial Exhibit, Pratt Gallery, Seattle, WA. Curated by Gregory Robinson. Invitational.
1993
17th Annual Minority Art Exhibit, Urban League of Metropolitan Seattle, Washington State Convention Center, Seattle, WA. Juried.
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COMMISSIONS
The Annual Historic Mobile Street Renaissance Festival Poster, The City of Hattiesburg, Mississippi. 2009
The Annual Historic Mobile Street Renaissance Festival Poster, The City of Hattiesburg, Mississippi. 2008
The Annual Historic Mobile Street Renaissance Festival Poster, The City of Hattiesburg, Mississippi. 2007
The Annual Historic Mobile Street Renaissance Festival Poster, The City of Hattiesburg, Mississippi. 2006
Golden Door mural, Northwest Immigrants Rights Project, Golden Door Award, Seattle, WA. 2000-2002
Pigs on Parade, The Pike Place Market Foundation. Sponsored by The Seattle Theater Group and Paramount Theater. Seattle, WA.-2001
Wall mural design, Washington Middle School, Seattle, WA. Sponsored by Central Area Development Association, Washington Mutual Bank, and United Way-1998
Street Smart Art, Seattle, WA-1996
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EDUCATION
Self Taught 1980- present
Pratt Fine Arts Center 1994 to 2001.
The Academy of Realist Art (Academy of Fine Art) 1996 to 1998.
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AWARDS
EDGE Professional Development Training Program Award, Artist Trust, Seattle, WA. 2003.
Awarded the Pathways Scholarship, Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle, WA. 1998 to 2001.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
“General Issue ”, Southern Quarterly, A Journal of Arts In the South. Summer 2009 Vol. 46, No. 4. Cover
“The South in a Global Context”, Southern Quarterly, A Journal of Arts In the South. Spring 2009 Vol. 46, No. 3. Cover
“Richard Wright, Citizen of the World”, Southern Quarterly, A Journal of Arts In the South. Winter 2009 Vol. 46, No. 2. Cover
Chambers, Douglas. “General Issue”, Southern Quarterly, A Journal of Arts In the South. Fall 2008 Vol. 46, No. 1.
Naomi Ishisaka "Art Spot" Colors Northwest Magazine February 2004. p. 46
Lotta, Tess. "The Parodox of Abundance: The Unspoken Reality of Artist Paul McCall", "Scene and Heard" Belltown Paper October 2003. Vol. 3 No. 10 p.6.
Interview with Paul McCall regarding his solo show Nishikigoi / Unspoken Realities and his purpose for creating the work. "One room was filled with large canvases bathed with the gentle bustle of koi enjoying clear, lush ponds, while the other [room] showcased portraits of struggle done in bolder colors...an approch inspired by the Mexican Modernists like Frida Kahlo."
Bolz, Wallis. "Starlite" South Seattle Star August 6, 2003. Vol. 2 No. 16 p.8. Interview with Paul McCall regarding his solo exhibit Nishikigoi and how he began painting koi. Read the article here.
Pratt Fine Arts Center. Reveiw about Paul McCall. Pratt Fine Arts Center Summer Catalgue June 13, 2002. p1. One of the “leading northwest African-American artists”.
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TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Chroma Acrylic Working Artist & Teaching Artist, Southeast Region, 2006 to Present
Workshop Instructor, Birmingham International Festival, Birmingham, AL. 2006
Painting Instructor, Pratt Fine Arts Center Seattle, WA. 2004
Visiting Artist, T.T. Minor Elementary School. Seattle, WA. 2002.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Guest speaker, Annual African-American Heritage Celebration. D.S.H.S. Belltown C.S.O. Seattle, WA. 2003.
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My art reflects my life. Many things impact me and compel me to paint. I maintain certain dogmatic principles in my work. These principles include a necessity to record and preserve the world around me. They also include a compulsion for the technical aspects of the medium, a requirement that color excite the eye, and an obligation to paint my reality.
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Nishikigoi
The Koi series explores the qualities of reflection, serenity and the effects of motion. The saturated color and movement endow each painting with intensity. I use motion to imply an energy and space beyond the boundaries of the canvas. The underlying strength in the series are in it's subtleties, characterized by the rippled rings of water, the harmonious navigation of each koi relative to it's neighbor, and in the carp themselves, which are of the same species and yet all uniquely distinct.
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Excessism
Excessism is my reaction to the customary ending place for waste. It is a style of artwork that is instinctively produced by he superabundance of paint from another artwork. My planned works give birth to excessism quadruplets and quintuplets, each unique and spontaneous. I transform something that was once considered valueless as excess into meaningful examples of the possibilities still available in a wasteful society.
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