Past Solo Exhibition in the Small Space:
Paula Bullwinkel
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Paula Bullwinkel, Abuse of Power, acrylic on canvas, 22 x 28 in
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Paula Bullwinkel: Everything That Rises Must Converge
Transmission Gallery is pleased to present Everything That Rises Must Converge, recent paintings by Paula Bullwinkel, on view in the Small Space at Transmission from February 27 - April 12. All are welcome to stop in to greet Bullwinkel during the Artist's Reception, any time Saturday, March 8th from 1-4 pm. Enjoy the light refreshments and check out the concurrent exhibition with more art to see in the gallery showroom.
The title of the show may sound familiar. Our universal resource, Wikipedia, states that Everything That Rises Must Converge refers to (without endorsing) a work by the French philosopher Pierre Teilhard de Chardin titled the Omega Point. Chardin's story, addresses racism in the framework of Chardin's belief that human beings are in the process of evolving toward higher levels of consciousness, with cosmic implications.
The title of the show may sound familiar. Our universal resource, Wikipedia, states that Everything That Rises Must Converge refers to (without endorsing) a work by the French philosopher Pierre Teilhard de Chardin titled the Omega Point. Chardin's story, addresses racism in the framework of Chardin's belief that human beings are in the process of evolving toward higher levels of consciousness, with cosmic implications.
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"Remain true to yourself, but move ever upward toward greater consciousness and greater love! At the summit you will find yourselves united with all those who, from every direction, have made the same ascent. For everything that rises must converge." ~ Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
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A figurative painter, Bullwinkel present us with mysterious and allegorical protagonists operating in a baffling space with improbable scenarios. They in fact might well represent our personal experiences dealing with the events of the day. Are we thrown off kilter? How do we make sense of distortions and nonsensical narratives?
Often in Bullwinkel's paintings, pattern and color obfuscate orientation to a specific location allowing the cast of characters to take center stage, as if in a play, one in which the outcome is unknown. Though we can make certain predictions about what might happen in the dream-sphere here, there is ample room to make unexpected interpretations.
The milieu within which Bullwinkel paints is well put by Shana Nys Dambrot in I'll Be Your Mirror, a 2023 review of Bullwinkel's work:
Often in Bullwinkel's paintings, pattern and color obfuscate orientation to a specific location allowing the cast of characters to take center stage, as if in a play, one in which the outcome is unknown. Though we can make certain predictions about what might happen in the dream-sphere here, there is ample room to make unexpected interpretations.
The milieu within which Bullwinkel paints is well put by Shana Nys Dambrot in I'll Be Your Mirror, a 2023 review of Bullwinkel's work:
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"Equally influenced by literature and film flirting with the multiverse, and channeling art historical tactics of the late Impressionists and Fauvists, the Leipzig School, Rauch, and Eisenman, Bullwinkel finds herself in a place both archetypal and futuristic. The strangeness of her assembled elements is contextualized within a world of imagery that is recognizable enough to be familiar, but strange and saturated with enough detail to invite interpretation."
~ Shana Nys Dambrot |
As a professional fashion and portrait photographer for twenty years in London and New York, Bullwinkel was often privy to the absurdities of life as well as the glamour and not so glamorous side of the scene. Notable subjects include a young Kate Moss, Kevin Bacon, and Morgan Freeman. Her work was included in Andy Warhol's Interview magazine, among other publications, and on album covers for popular artists. Eventually Bullwinkel moved away from photography, turning her creative impulses to painting and print making. Still photography remains an enduring element as she often pulls imagery from her photographs into the cryptic symbolic narratives that are the hallmark of her work.
More about Paula Bullwinkel
Résumé
ONE AND TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2025 Everything That Rises Must Converge,Transmission Gallery, solo show, Oakland, CA
2024 Soul of a City, Fondation Grand Cachot, Visarte Neuchâtel, Switzerland and Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA
2024 Summer Mares, solo show with installation, Barber Library Rotunda, Bend, OR
2023 Hounds of Love, Coos Art Museum, Coos Bay, OR
2021 Brouhaha, Transmission Gallery, Oakland, CA
2019 25% Americans Approved, Franklin Crossing Atrium, Bend, OR (censored)
2019 25% Americans Approved, At Liberty Gallery (now Scalehouse), Bend, OR
2019 Figuratively Speaking, At Liberty Gallery (now Scalehouse), Bend OR
2018 The Poet is a Thief of Fire, Franklin Crossing Atrium, Bend, OR
2015 Play It As It Lays, Bend Art Center / Atelier 6000, Bend, OR
2014 Hastings Cone Gallery, Vashon Island, WA
2011 Virginia Inn, Seattle, WA
2009 All the Fun, The Pines Gallery, Hood River, OR
2006 Gallery 3.5, Montclair State Univ., NJ
SELECTED GROUP SHOWS
2025 Shockboxx Gallery, Intergalactic group show, Hermosa Beach, CA
2024 Crabwalk, Bry Hall Gallery, University of Louisiana, Monroe, Louisiana.
2023 Open Show, Los Angeles Art Association, Gallery 825, Los Angeles
2023 Full Bodied, Los Angeles Art Association, Gallery 825, Los Angeles2023
2023 In Limbo, curated by Emily Zaiden, Axis Gallery, Sacramento, CA
2023 Full Bodied, Los Angeles Art Association, Gallery 825, Los Angeles
2023 New Painting, Site:Brooklyn Gallery, curated by Rachel Gugelberger, NYC
2023 Pint Size, assemblage, Transmission Gallery, San Francisco
2022 The Figure, Site:Brooklyn Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2022 Expressions West 2022, Coos Art Museum, Coos Bay, OR
2022 Rooted, High Desert Museum, Bend, OR
2022 What is Love, Arc Gallery, Chicago, IL
2021 San Diego Museum of Art Artists Guild Summer Exhibition, CA
2021 Solitude, Arc Gallery, Chicago, IL
2020 Gesture and Motion, Site:Brooklyn Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2020 A Generous Kingdom 4, Verum Ultimum Gallery, Portland, OR
2019 Drawing, Site:Brooklyn, curated by Olga Valle Tetkowski, Brooklyn, NY
2019 Emerging, Arc Gallery, Chicago, IL
2019 Artists’ Annual Show, Kala Gallery, Berkeley, CA
2018 Rise: Empower, Whitney Modern, Los Gatos, CA
2018 10th Annual Nat’l Juried Show, Prince Street Gallery, NYC
2018 Imprint, Salem Art Association, Salem, OR
2017 Spring Show, Portland Art Museum Rental Sales Gallery, Portland OR
2017 HeArt of The Matter, Franklin Crossing, Bend
2016 Ube Art, Berkeley, CA
2015 Monument for Bicyclists; A Day In Paradise, collaborative project with Portland Art Museum,OR
2015 Faculty Show, Pence Gallery, COCC, Bend OR
2014 Franklin Crossing, Figurative Painting, Bend, OR
2012 Beyond the Demos, Jordan Schnitzer Museum, Eugene, OR
2010 Beyond The Demos, PNCA, Portland, OR
2009 Double Exposure, Atelier 6000, Bend, OR
2008 Tumalo Art Gallery, Bend, OR
2005 Gallery 3.5, Montclair State University, NJ
2005 Women’s Resilience/Que Pasa Aqui, Montclair State, NJ
1995 Mars Bar Gallery, NYC
GRANTS/FELLOWSHIPS/RESIDENCIES
Art Squat Magazine “Paula Bullwinkel” December 2022
Cascades Arts and Entertainment Magazine “Artists and Their Influences: Paula Bullwinkel” December 2021
OPB article “Artist Paula Bullwinkel Takes On Donald Trump” October 2020
Bend Bulletin “Q&A With Artist Paula Bullwinkel” April 201
EDUCATION
Master’s in Art, art education, minor in painting with artist/Professor Julie Heffernan, Montclair State University, New Jersey.
Bachelor of Arts, English Literature, minor in painting with artist/Professor Joan Brown, University of California, Berkeley
ONE AND TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2025 Everything That Rises Must Converge,Transmission Gallery, solo show, Oakland, CA
2024 Soul of a City, Fondation Grand Cachot, Visarte Neuchâtel, Switzerland and Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA
2024 Summer Mares, solo show with installation, Barber Library Rotunda, Bend, OR
2023 Hounds of Love, Coos Art Museum, Coos Bay, OR
2021 Brouhaha, Transmission Gallery, Oakland, CA
2019 25% Americans Approved, Franklin Crossing Atrium, Bend, OR (censored)
2019 25% Americans Approved, At Liberty Gallery (now Scalehouse), Bend, OR
2019 Figuratively Speaking, At Liberty Gallery (now Scalehouse), Bend OR
2018 The Poet is a Thief of Fire, Franklin Crossing Atrium, Bend, OR
2015 Play It As It Lays, Bend Art Center / Atelier 6000, Bend, OR
2014 Hastings Cone Gallery, Vashon Island, WA
2011 Virginia Inn, Seattle, WA
2009 All the Fun, The Pines Gallery, Hood River, OR
2006 Gallery 3.5, Montclair State Univ., NJ
SELECTED GROUP SHOWS
2025 Shockboxx Gallery, Intergalactic group show, Hermosa Beach, CA
2024 Crabwalk, Bry Hall Gallery, University of Louisiana, Monroe, Louisiana.
2023 Open Show, Los Angeles Art Association, Gallery 825, Los Angeles
2023 Full Bodied, Los Angeles Art Association, Gallery 825, Los Angeles2023
2023 In Limbo, curated by Emily Zaiden, Axis Gallery, Sacramento, CA
2023 Full Bodied, Los Angeles Art Association, Gallery 825, Los Angeles
2023 New Painting, Site:Brooklyn Gallery, curated by Rachel Gugelberger, NYC
2023 Pint Size, assemblage, Transmission Gallery, San Francisco
2022 The Figure, Site:Brooklyn Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2022 Expressions West 2022, Coos Art Museum, Coos Bay, OR
2022 Rooted, High Desert Museum, Bend, OR
2022 What is Love, Arc Gallery, Chicago, IL
2021 San Diego Museum of Art Artists Guild Summer Exhibition, CA
2021 Solitude, Arc Gallery, Chicago, IL
2020 Gesture and Motion, Site:Brooklyn Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2020 A Generous Kingdom 4, Verum Ultimum Gallery, Portland, OR
2019 Drawing, Site:Brooklyn, curated by Olga Valle Tetkowski, Brooklyn, NY
2019 Emerging, Arc Gallery, Chicago, IL
2019 Artists’ Annual Show, Kala Gallery, Berkeley, CA
2018 Rise: Empower, Whitney Modern, Los Gatos, CA
2018 10th Annual Nat’l Juried Show, Prince Street Gallery, NYC
2018 Imprint, Salem Art Association, Salem, OR
2017 Spring Show, Portland Art Museum Rental Sales Gallery, Portland OR
2017 HeArt of The Matter, Franklin Crossing, Bend
2016 Ube Art, Berkeley, CA
2015 Monument for Bicyclists; A Day In Paradise, collaborative project with Portland Art Museum,OR
2015 Faculty Show, Pence Gallery, COCC, Bend OR
2014 Franklin Crossing, Figurative Painting, Bend, OR
2012 Beyond the Demos, Jordan Schnitzer Museum, Eugene, OR
2010 Beyond The Demos, PNCA, Portland, OR
2009 Double Exposure, Atelier 6000, Bend, OR
2008 Tumalo Art Gallery, Bend, OR
2005 Gallery 3.5, Montclair State University, NJ
2005 Women’s Resilience/Que Pasa Aqui, Montclair State, NJ
1995 Mars Bar Gallery, NYC
GRANTS/FELLOWSHIPS/RESIDENCIES
- Vermont Studio Center, artist residency, May-June 2023
- Hangar International Artist Residency, Lisbon, Portugal, September 2021
- Chalk Hill Residency Sponsorship, Sonoma, CA July 2021
- Oregon Arts Commission grant, May 2021
- Profiled by the PBS television series Oregon Art Beat, produced by OPB, 9 minute segment, aired October 2020
- Brush Creek Artist Residency, WY, 2018
- Kala Art Institute Residency, Berkeley, CA 2018
- Playa Summer Lake Residency, OR 2018
- Djerassi Artist in Resident Program, Woodside, CA 2017
- Ford Family Foundation Fellowship 2017
Art Squat Magazine “Paula Bullwinkel” December 2022
Cascades Arts and Entertainment Magazine “Artists and Their Influences: Paula Bullwinkel” December 2021
OPB article “Artist Paula Bullwinkel Takes On Donald Trump” October 2020
Bend Bulletin “Q&A With Artist Paula Bullwinkel” April 201
EDUCATION
Master’s in Art, art education, minor in painting with artist/Professor Julie Heffernan, Montclair State University, New Jersey.
Bachelor of Arts, English Literature, minor in painting with artist/Professor Joan Brown, University of California, Berkeley
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TRANSMISSION GALLERY
OAKLAND 770 West Grand Ave., Suite A, Oakland, CA 94612 Open Thurs-Sat, 12 to 5 pm till 8 pm on the first Friday of the month and by appointment Accessibility: This a 2nd floor art gallery, accessible by stairs. |
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