PAULA METALLO
Born Syracuse, New York
EXHIBITIONS
2024 (June) Dig History exhibition, Penn State University geobio@OGC IGC24, Geololgical Observatory of Coldigioco, Marche, Italy (photo)
2024 (May) Dig History exhibition, Amherst College geology@OGC group, Geololgical Observatory of Coldigioco, Marche, Italy (photo)
2024 (March) Dig History exhibition, Appalachian State University, Geololgical Observatory of Coldigioco, Marche, Italy (photo)
2023 (March) Dig History exhibition, Columbia@OGC_2023 Columbia field geology, Geololgical Observatory of Coldigioco, Marche, Italy (photo)
2022 (September) Dig History exhibition, Geological Society of America, Geololgical Observatory of Coldigioco, Marche, Italy (photo)
2020 (November) Take and Give, Native American Heritage Month at the American Embassy in Vienna (postponed) [See research in the Take and Give section. November is Native American Heritage Month. This month was established to honor and recognize Native Americans as the first people and to celebrate both their cultural heritage and integral importance to our past, our present, and our future.]
2020 (October 26) Stryker’s Moon (the Dust Bowls), Lavì! City gallery, Bologna (postponed) [See research in the Holes section.]
2019 Our Moon. Longing, Art And Science, Natural History Museum, Vienna (web site | gallery)
2018 Give and Take, IBHA conference Villanova University, Penn. (conference presentation | brochure)
2017 Penrose Conference, 250 Million Years of Earth History in Central Italy (web site)
2016 Overlay, Ass. of Midwestern colleges, Galleria Il Gioco, Macerata
2016 Il Volo, IBHA conference, Amsterdam (video)
2015 Mogli e Buoi, tradizioni e integrazione, Museo della Civiltà Contadina, Bologna
2015 Mogli e Buoi, Galleria Spazio Lavì!, Sarnano
2014 Tenera è La Notte, Galleria Francesca Monti, San Severino
2014 O combatti o scappi (oppure ridi), 27th International Biennial of Humor in Art, Tolentino
2014 Aspettando Il Prossimo, Museo Geologico Giovanni Capellini, Bologna
2013 Take and Give, Association of Midwestern Colleges, U.S.A. Environmental Studies, Galleria Il Gioco, Macerata
2012 During, Association of Midwestern Colleges, Galleria Il Gioco, Macerata
2011 L’Arte del Novecento, 26th International Biennial of Humor in Art, Tolentino
2011 Aspettando Il Prossimo, Fondazione Orestiadi, Gibellina, curated by Achille Bonito Oliva (catalogue | gallery)
2010 Devoted Attention, International Big History Association (IBHA) at the Geological Observatory of Coldigioco
2010 Impact Art, Reiskrater-Museum Nördlingen, Germany (gallery)
2009 (UN)Measuring The World, Humboldt Museum of Natural History, Berlin (catalogue)
2008 No Place Like Home, Teatro G. Mestica, Apiro
2007 Rimanere Colpiti (Awestruck), Penrose Conference on climate and impacts, Ancona (gallery)
2007 Rorschach Italians, Italian American Museum, San Francisco
2006 Drunkards Path, 19 & Union Gallery, Oakland, California
2005 Cover, Fuorizona Artecontemporanea, Macerata
2004 ABC Treehouse Gallery, Amsterdam
2003 American Holidays, Sesto Senso Gallery, Bologna
2001 Stanze Aperte, Altidona Macerata
2000 Luc Tuais, Mari e Monti Gallery, Treia
2000 Il Diluvio Universale, Museo Tridentino di Scienze Naturali, Trento
1996 Premio Trevi Flash Art, Gallery Bianca Pilat, Milano
1995 On The Hole, Hotel Excelsior-La Fonte, Portonovo di Ancona
1993 New Langton Arts, The Swig Watkins Award, San Francisco
1992 New Work, Parker Mark Gallery, Los Angeles
1991 Childhood Revisited, Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco
1991 New Works, The Lab, San Francisco
1991 Common Knowledge, San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery
1991 Exhibition Mixed Media Award, Berkeley Art Center
1991 Honored Artist Show, Pro Arts, Oakland
1990 Pro Arts Annual, Honored Artist Award, Pro Arts, Oakland
1989 Christie Gallery Emeryville, Ca.
1988 Lanzone Restaurant, San Francisco
1988 Caro Pinocchio, Nexus Gallery, Berkeley
1986 Annual Exhibition group show, Richmond Art Center, Richmond
1985 America Senza Piazza, Galleria Comunale, Falconara
1983 Beyond Words 3, San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art
RELATED EXPERIENCES AND EMPLOYMENT
2012-2018 Association Of Midwest Colleges, Science of Aesthetics
1998-2018 Una Porta Aperta, Cingoli, Italy, art for mentally challenged
1993-2007 Carleton College (MN), Art Course for Geology students
2000-2005 Italian correspondent for GLASS magazine, New York, N.Y.
1993 Co-founder of the Osservatorio Geologico di Coldigioco, Italy
1987 Art teacher, Marin Elementary School, Berkeley
1985 Art for Parents and Children, Alameda County Art Commission, Berkeley
EDUCATION
1972 A.A., Onondaga Community College, Syracuse, New York
1974 Accademia delle Belle Arti in Florence
1974 Istituto d’Arte di Urbino, Printmaking with Walter Piacesi
1975 B.F.A., Painting, SUNY New Paltz, New York
1978 Accademia delle Belle Arti, Urbino, Italy
1982 Kala Institute, Berkeley, California
REVIEWS
Lucy Lippard – 2018, Paula Metallo’s Pictorial Remedies
Courageous Creativity – 2015, magazine interview, Seattle, Washington (interview)
Andrea Beaucon – 2010, (interview 1 | interview 2)
Nanni Riccobono – 2008, LIBERAZIONE, 21/8, L’Americana in Italia “Rimanere Colpiti” – 2008, FLASH ART Magazine, February/March
Kelly Vance – 2006, “Politics bugs them”, EAST BAY EXPRESS, January 18
Simona Cresci – 2005, FLASH ART Magazine, June/July
Stefano Verri – 2005, EXIBART, n. 23, June/July
Cristina Petrelli – 2005, SEGNO Magazine, May/June
Paola Naldi – 2003, “Ironia di Paula Metallo”, LA REPUBLICA, May 22
Marina Roscani – 2002, “Nel mondo dei balocchi”, CORRIERE ADRIATICO
Antonella Micaletti – 2001, “Luc Tuais”, FLASH ART Magazine, January
Watten, Barrett – 1992, “A Condition of Loss”, ARTWEEK, 9 January
Van Proyen, Mark – 1991, “Paula Metallo”, ARTWEEK, 18 July
Hepland, Glen – 1991, “Critic’s Choice”, S.F. WEEKLY, 12 June
1992 Artweek, “Why Bother, Indeed”, ARTWEEK, 16 January
1991 Artweek Focus, ARTWEEK, 3 October
Cook, Katherine – 1991, “Subjective Cases”, ART WEEK, 14 February
Connor, Celeste – 1990, “Body as Leitmotif”, ART WEEK, 19 April
Anderson, Roger – 1990, “Big Pictures, Minor Miracles”, EXPRESS, 6 April
Possidoni, Giuseppe – 1985, “Le Nostalgie di Paula”, IL RESTO DEL CARLINO, 20 October