About the Artist

A native of Williamsville, New York, Pat Pauly received her degree in art education from Buffalo State College. Pat’s professional work began back in the early 1980s when she turned to fiber as a medium of choice. Her early showing at Quilt National 1983 cemented her love of working in contemporary and untraditional surface design. Her pieces have been seen in Paducah, Quilts=Art=Quilts exhibitions, and numerous juried shows including the 1983, 2009 and 2011 Quilt National.

Along with curating and organizing exhibitions of contemporary fiber art, Pat teaches fiber design, and is a frequent lecturer on the evolution of traditional quilts and contemporary fiber art.  Pat shows her work both nationally and internationally.

Education

State University College at Buffalo, BS Art Education, 1975
Graduate work, Alfred University, RIT, Minneapolis College of Art and Design, SUNY Geneseo.

Selected Exhibitions

2014 Form Not Function, Carnegie Center, New Albany, Indiana
2014 Made in New York, Schweinfurth Art Center, Auburn, New York
2014 Radical Elements, SAQA, juried, traveling
2006 – 2014 Quilts=Art=Quilts, Auburn, New York, juried
2012 Textiles in a Tube, Greenville, South Carolina, juried
2012 Greentopia, “Genesee”, installation WXXI building, Rochester, New York
2012 Quilts: A World of Beauty, IQA Houston, juried
2012 Pat Pauly / Contemporary Art Quilts, Highfield Hall, Falmouth Massachusetts, solo exhibition
2012 Form, Not Function, Quilt Art at the Carnegie, Carnegie Center, New Albany, Indiana, juried
2011 Focus: Fiber 2011-2012, Canton Museum of Art, Canton, Ohio, juried
2011 Design in Fiber / Pat Pauly,  Vignelli Center for Design, Rochester Institute of Technology
2011 Quilt National 2011, Athens, Ohio, juried
2011 Open European Quilt Championships , The Netherlands, juried
2011 Sum of the Parts: Art Quilts of Pat Pauly, University Gallery, RIT, Rochester, New York, solo exhibition
2011 Parallax / Views of Contemporary Quilt Artists, Rochester, New York
2011 Textiles in a Tube, Greenville, South Carolina, juried
2010 Exquisite Corpse, Geneseo, New York
2010 SAQA Creative Force, Houston, Texas, juried
2010 Images 2010, Lowell, Massachusetts, juried
2009 Quilt National, Athens, Ohio, juried
2009 Point of View, Houston, Texas, juried
2009 AQS Quilt Show, Paducah, Kentucky, juried
2009 Musings, Gerald R. Ford Museum, Grand Rapids, Michigan, juried
2009 New Year New Directions, Arts & Cultural Council, Rochester, N.Y., juried
2008 A Personal Landscape: Contemporary Art Quilts, Oswego, New York
2008 Magnificent Inspiration, Rochester, New York
2007 Common Thread, Rochester, New York
2007 Art Quilts Lowell, Brush Art Gallery, Lowell, Massachusetts, juried
2007 The Festival of Quilts, Birmingham, UK, juried
2006 Art Quilts Lowell, Brush Art Gallery, Lowell , Massachusetts, juried
2006 New Art from an American Tradition, Williamsburg, Virginia , juried
1989 Pat Pauly – Quilts, Rochester, New York
1988 Quilts Not to Sleep With, Rochester, New York
1988 Quilts = Art = Quilts, Auburn, New York, juried
1986 Hands Across the Border, Buffalo, New York
1985 Fabrications, Missoula, Montana, juried
1983 Quilt National, Athens, Ohio, juried

Collections

Mobil Chemical, Rochester, New York
YMCA Metrocenter, Rochester, New York
Arthur Anderson, Chicago, Illinois
Central Trust, Rochester, New York
ESL Federal Credit Union, Rochester, New York
Private collections

Publications         

SAQA Journal, “Mounting Your Exhibition”, Pat Pauly, Winter 2014
SAQA Journal, “Quilts Inspired by Nature”, Petra Fallaux, Spring 2014
Radical Elements, Studio Art Quilts Associates, catalog, Spring 2014
Art Quilt Portfolio: People and Portraits, Martha Seilman, 2013
Fiber Arts Now, “Fresh Turn for Quilts=Art=Quilt”, Pat Pauly, Spring 2012
Creative Force, Studio Art Quilts Association, 2011
Quilt National 2011: The Best of Contemporary Quilts, 2011
Studio Art Quilts Association Journal, Spring 2010, Volume 20 number 2, cover
Quilt National 2009: The Best of Contemporary Quilts, 2009
THE QUILT: New Directions for and American Tradition, 1983

Curatorial Projects  

“Quilts 20/20: Traditional Roots, Contemporary Art. Susquehanna Art Museum, 2015
“Parallax / Views of Contemporary Quilt Artists,” Booksmart Studio, Rochester, New York, 2011
“Holy Mola,” Quilting By the Lake, Ondandagua Comminity College, 2010
“The Almighty Dollar: Art Quilts Inspired by the Dollar Bill,” Lower Link Gallery, Rochester, 2010
“The Exquisite Corpse: An Exhibition of Contemporary Quilts,” SUNY Geneseo Kinetic Gallery, 2010
“A Personal Landscape: Contemporary Art Quilts”, Tyler Art Gallery at SUNY Oswego, New York, 2008
“Quilts Uncovered: Treasures from the Genesee Country Village & Museum”, 2004, Mumford, NY

Awards

2013 Quilts=Art=Quilts, Auburn, New York. Juror’s Award
2012 Textiles in a Tube, Greenville, South Carolina, First Place Award
2012 Quilts=Art=Quilts, Auburn, New York, Juror’s Award
2011 Quilts=Art=Quilts, Auburn, New York. First Place Award
2011 Textiles in a Tube, Greenville, South Carolina. Second Place Award
2010 Quilts=Art=Quilts, Auburn, New York. First Place Award

Grants

2010 Fiber Arts Grant, Genesee Valley Quilt Club sponsor through Arts and Cultural Council for Greater Rochester for “The Almighty Dollar” exhibition