RALPH PAQUIN
CV | EXHIBITIONS | PUBLICATIONS | AWARDS
E D U C A T I O N
• 1980 - 1982 Cranbrook Academy of Art, M.F.A., Ceramics, Sculpture
• 1974 - 1979 University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth, B.F.A., Sculpture
S E L E C T E D L E C T U R E S / W O R K S H O P S
• 2008 - Visiting artist,Guizhou University, Guiyang, China
• 2000 - University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC
• 1999 - Spartanburg County Art Museum, SC
• 1999 - International Ceramic Workshop, Austria
• 1996 - U.S.C.S, Tri-State Sculpture Conference
• 1992 - Brown University, RI
• 1990 - Ohio State University, OH
• 1989 - M.I.T., List Visual Arts Center, Cambridge, MA
• 1984 - N.C.E.C.A Conference, Boston, MA
E X H I B I T I O N S
• Jones-Carter Gallery, ArtFields, Lake City, SC 2024
• Elizabeth Stone Harper Gallery, Clinton, SC 2024
• Solomon Gallery, Artists Collective, Spartanburg, SC 2024
• Coldwell Banker Caine Gallery, Spartanburg, SC 2023
• Solomon Gallery, Artists Collective, Spartanburg, SC 2023
• Hyman Fine Arts Center Gallery, Florence, SC 2018
• ArtFields, Lake City, SC 2017
• Elizabeth Stone Harper Gallery, Clinton, SC 2017
• Wiregrass Museum of Art, B16: Biennial Exhibition, Dothan , AL 2016
• Bill Lowe Gallery, Atlanta, GA, 2014/15
• Midtown Artery, Greenville, SC, 2014
• Spartanburg Art Museum Guild Gallery, Spartanburg, SC, 2013
• Carolina Art Gallery, Award recipient, regional, 2010
• Presbytertian College, Art exhibition, 2010
• Guizhou University Art Gallery, Guiyang, China, 2008
• Greenville Museum of Art, Greenville, SC, 2005
• Ceramics Invitational, Brunswilker Pavilion, Keil, Germany, 2002
• Sculpture Invitational, Converse College, Milliken Gallery, Spartanburg, SC, 2002
• National Sculpture Invitational, Arts and Artists Organization from Washington, DC, at Washington University, St. Louis, MO, 2003
• Fallen Trees, Sculpture Invitational, Collaborative, Wofford College, Spartanburg, SC, 2003
• Meredith College, Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition, Tri-State Sculpture Org., Sept. 2003
• Joie Lassiter Gallery, Charlotte,N.C.
• SC Clay 2001, Invitational, U.S.C., Columbia, SC
• Herman Miller Design Yard, Invitational, Detroit, MI
• Spartanburg Museum of Art, one person, Spartanburg, SC
• The Langenfeld Gallery, Ceramics Invitational, Langenfeld, Austria
• Greensboro Art Museum, Sculpture Invitational, Greensboro, NC
• Fayetteville Museum of Art, Sculpture Invitational, Fayetteville, NC
• Greenville Museum of Art, Invitational, Greenville, SC
• Cranbrook Museum of Art, Alumni Invitational, MI
• Elizabeth Harper Stone Gallery, Collaborative Installation, SC
• Gallery 522, SC
• Ohio State University, Visiting Artists Exhibition, Columbus, OH
• Artist’s Space, Collaborative Installation, New York City, NY
• Boston Center for the Arts, Collaborative Installation, MA
• List Visual Art Center, M.I.T., Collaborative Installation, Boston, MA
• Brockton Museum of Art, Invitational, Collaborative, Brockton, MA
• Herman Miller Gallery, Invitational, New York City, NY
• Newport Art Museum, Installation, one person, Newport, RI
• Robert Kidd Gallery, Invitational, Bloomfield Hills, MI
• Park West Gallery, Invitational, Detroit, MI
• Contemporary Art Institute of Detroit, Sites 1-2-3, Invitational, Detroit, MI
* additional information is available
P R I N T E D W O R K S / P U B L I C A T I O N S / O N L I N E F E A T U R E S
• "Ralph Paquin." Emboss Magazine: Avant Garde Issue 16 July 2016: 21-26. Print.
• “Featured Artist: Ralph Pàquin." mandalsanat. 25 Mar. 2016. Web.
• “Featured Artist: Ralph Páquin." Artsy Shark. Carolyn Edlund, 25 Jan. 2016. Web.
• Featured/Partnered Artist: Ralph Pàquin. Avant Arte. 24 Jan. 2016. Web.
• Pàquin, Ralph. "The Disclosure of Knowledge" The Critical Pass Review - A Literary Review of Poetry, Fiction & Visual Art. Winter ed. 2016. Web.
• Pàquin, Ralph. "Meaningful Play: Genes & Chromosomes." Expose Art Magazine Aug. 2015: 15-18. Print.
• Featured/Partnered Artist: Ralph Pàquin. Velvenoir. 4 Aug. 2015. Web.
• Benshoof, Becky. "Sculture Collection | Saatchi Art." Saatchi Art. N.p., 2 Mar. 2015. Web.
• Ralph Pàquin – Spartanburg, South Carolina." 365 Artists 365 Days. Frank Juarez Gallery/Greymatter Gallery, 17 Jan. 2015. Web.
• Wong, Steve. “Art Insight: New Exhibit Explores Biology,” The Herald Journal, 2013. Print.
• Wong, Steve. “Ralph Paquin's "Genes & Chromosomes" Taking Root at CulturalCenter.”GoUpstate.com, 24 Mar.
2013. Web.
• Edward Emory/Stephen Stinson, “Artists Amoung Us”, Hub City Press, 2011. Print.
• Results of Juried Show - 2010." Juried Show Results. Carolina Gallery, 24 Oct. 2010. Web.
• Mathis, Amanda. "City of Spartanburg: 2009 ArtCycle Winners Announced." City of Spartanburg: 2009 ArtCycle Winners Announced. N.p., 31 Aug. 2009. Web.
• South Carolina Clay, University of South Carolina, 2000, Print.
• ralph Pàquin- the distraught figures, Donald Kuspit, 1998, Print.
• Handbuilt Ceramics , Lark Publications,1998, Print.
• Kuspit, Donald. “Directions and Issues in the Ceramic Sculpture of the Nineties”, The Studio Potter, June 1998, Volume 26, number 2. Print.
• 19 Artists- in-Residence at M.I.T. MIT Press, 1996. Print.
• Mann, James. “The Arts Around the World: Of the Sensual and Abstract”, Edge Magazine. 1996. Print.
• Schuweiler-Daab, Zan. “Ralph Pàquin: Common Grounds”, Artpapers. August, 1995. Print.
• HANDS- A Survey of American Collaborative Artists. 1990. Print.
• Smith, Roberta. “The Galleries of Tribeca,” The New York Times. April 27, 1990. Print.
• Simoneau, Laurie. “They’re Stimulating Imaginations,” Providence Journal. May 1, 1990. Print.
• Friis-Hansen, Dana. “The Gallery as Laboratory,” Art New England. June 1989. Print.
• Aziz, Anthony. “...remote...,” Art New England. June 1989. Print.
• Flanigan, Marion. “North Dartmouth Artists,” Sunday Herald News. July 13, 1988. Print.
• Stapen, Nancy. “Top Artists Share Show,” The Boston Herald. July 18, 1988. Print.
• Campbell-Reed, Judith. “Brockton Show Will Startle and Intrigue,”The Patriot Ledger. April 9, 1988. Print.
• Byers, George C. “Like Life Itself,” Newport: This Week. May 12, 1983. Print.
• Miro, Marsha. “Eccentric Clayworks,” Detroit Free Press. March 8, 1981. Print.
A W A R D S / G R A N T S
• 2024 Presbyterian College Faculty Development Grant
• 2023 Presbyterian College Faculty Development Grant
• 2013 Presbyterian College Faculty Development Grant
• 2012 Presbyterian College Faculty Development Grant
• 2010 Best of Show, Spartanburg Artists Guild, Carolina Gallery
• 2002 Spartanburg Outdoor Art Exhibit, Best of Show Award
• 2000 Spartanburg County Outdoor Art Exhibit, Best of Sculpture Award
• 1999 Presbyterian College Faculty Development Grant
• 1998 Irwin Belk Grant
• 1998 Arts Partnership of Spartanburg County, Artists Project Grant
• 1989 Fission/Fusion Grant: NEA/Rockefeller Initiative, Real Art Ways
• 1988 Project Support Grant, M.I.T., Massachusetts New Works Program
• 1986 Massachusetts Artist’s Fellowship Grant, Artist Foundation
• 1985 Collaborative Grant, Dartmouth Arts Council, Dartmouth, MA
• 1985 Artist Grant, Dartmouth Arts Council, Dartmouth, MA
• 1981 Gil Silverman Award, “Ivory Towers”, Collaborative, Farwell Building, MI
• 1980 Pewabic Pottery Award, Detroit, MI