SOLO AND TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS OF WORK
2019 – Quiet Time, SOIL Gallery, Seattle WA
2019 – In Our Absence with Amjad Faur SOIL Gallery, Seattle WA
2019 – Security Blanket Seattle Store Fronts Project, Seattle WA
2017 – Hang In There SOIL Gallery, Seattle WA
2016 – In Denial, collaboration with Grant Hottle SOIL Gallery, Seattle WA
2015 – Tilt Export: Aftermath, collaboration with Grant Hottle University of Colorado, Colorado Springs
2014 – If We Lived Here: Now and Then – Pushdot Studios, Portland, OR 2013
2014 – Forecast – collaboration with Grant Hottle, Portland Building Installation Space, Portland, OR
2012 – Backdrop – Half/Dozen, Portland Oregon (Catalog)
2012 – Threshold: Surveying the Domestic Wild (ongoing) Public Art Installation – Marylhurst University, Portland Oregon
2010 – If We Lived Here. – The Art Gym, Marylhurst University, OR
2012 – Split Level – Form/Space Atelier, Seattle WA
2009 – Outskirts: The development of a prairie dog town. – Form/Space Atelier, Seattle WA 2008
2009 – Picture Window – Portland Building Installation, Portland OR
2009 – Outskirts– Tilt Gallery and Project Space, Portland OR
2009 – Roadside Attraction– Autzen Gallery, Portland State University, Portland OR 2007
2009 –Designated Landmarks – The Form/Space Atelier, Seattle WA
2006 – When I can’t be here, I go there. – Tilt Gallery and Project Space, Portland OR
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS OF WORK/ Curatorial Project*
2022 -Extracurricular III, NSC Art Gallery, North Seattle College, Seattle, WA
2021 -* Whatever, Whenever: Artist Mothers Making it Happen. SOIL Gallery, Seattle WA – Co-Curated with Kelda Martensen
2018 –Every Moment Reveals Us – Ditch Projects, Springfield, OR
2018 – Becoming American: Louder in the Dark – SOIL Gallery, Seattle WA
2018 –Spring Break Art Show “Which SOIL Member are You?” – New York City, NY
2017 – F(L)AT – Tiger Strikes Asteroid – Philadelphia, PA
2015 –Shifting Practice – The Art Gym, Marylhurst University, OR
2015 –SOIL: New Members show – Seattle, WA
2014 – Ossuary – Herron Gallery of IUPUI in Indianapolis. (traveling exhibition)
2013 –Ossuary – University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (traveling exhibition)
2013 –Animal Attraction – Umpqua Valley Art Center. Roseburg, Oregon. 2012
2013 – U of O Photo Alumni Exhibition – University of Oregon – Eugene, OR 2011
2013 – Tilt Export: Imposter – RAID Projects, Los Angeles
2011 – Chain Letter – Samson Gallery, Boston MA
2011 – Art About Agriculture – If We Lived Here. Oregon State University – (traveling exhibition)
2011 – Ucross Fellows Retrospective Exhibition, Ucross WY
2010 – Ucross Foundation: Twenty-Seven Years of Visual Arts Residencies Nicolaysen Art Museum, Casper, WY (Catalog)
2009 – Making Camp – Portland Community College, Portland OR 2008
2009 – XOXO – Green: Inside/Out – Bush Gallery, Salem OR
2007 – Designated Landmarks – The Form/Space Atelier, Seattle WA
AWARDS/RESIDENCIES/MEMBERSHIPS
2014-20 Member of SOIL Gallery, Seattle, WA
2013 Djerassi Resident Artist Program, Woodside,CA
2013 Career Opportunity Grant, Oregon Arts Commission and The Ford Family Foundation, Salem, OR
2013 Portland Building Installation Space Funding, Regional Arts and Culture Council, Portland, OR
2012 Project Development Grant, Regional Arts and Cultural Council, Portland, OR
2011 Marylhurst University Faculty Innovation & Excellence Fund, OR
2010 Professional Development Grant, Oregon Arts Commission, Salem, OR
2013 Faculty Development Grant, Marylhurst University, OR
2008 Individual Artist Fellowship Award, Oregon Arts Commission, Salem, OR
2007 Artist in Residence, Ucross Foundation, Ucross, WY
2007 Honorable Mention – Hey, Hot Shot Photo Competition, Jen Bekman Gallery, NY
2006 Deans Graduate Fellowship in Art, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR
2006 Jan Zach Memorial Award in Sculpture, Eugene, OR
2004 Graduate Research Grant, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS, PRESS, & RADIO INTERVIEWS
2021 Interview Guest, Museum of Non-Visible Art, Artist Interview series by Brainard Carey (December)
2020 Crosscurrents, “Absence of Space” pg. 40, Literary Arts Magazine, WCCHA,
2019 The Stranger, Recommended – Amjad Faur and Paula Rebsom: In Our Absence,
2014 Undetected, Artist Book – Printed by Edition One Books.
2013 Ecotone Magazine. If We Live Here: Photo Essay – artist feature – Spring 2013
2013 Jeff Jahn, “Paula Rebsom’s Threshold at Marylhurst” April 1, 2013, www.portlandart.net
2013 Nomadao, www.nomadaq.blogspot.com, July 13, 2013
2012 Burning Down A House. American Public Media’s “The Story” with host Dick Gordon. Nov. 13th
2012 Backdrop – Half/Dozen, Catalog
2013 The Jealous Curator: If We Lived Here – www.thejealouscurator.com, August 13, 2012
2011 Daniel Rolink, Argot and Ochre. Tilt Export: Imposter, RAID Projects LA, argotandochre.com, Oct 17
2013 ‘TILT Export: Imposter’ Curators Interview. RAID Project Los Angeles
2010 Ucross Foundation: Twenty-Seven Years of Visual Arts Residencies Catalog
2010 Us and Them by Roger Wightman www.psuvanguard.com February 24, 2010
2008 John Motley, “Roadside Attraction”, The Portland Mercury, Portland, OR,
2008 Celina Monte, “Stop. What is that?, Vanguard. Portland State University,
2007 Cascade Aids Project Fund-raiser Catalog
2006 Jeff Jahn, “PORT Staffer’s Picks For 2006, December 31, 2006, www.portlandart.net
2006 Jeff Jahn, “Paula Rebsom’s Debut at Tilt Gallery” October 11, 2006,
2006 www.portlandart.net Eric Kellogg II, “Visual Arts Highlights of 2006”, www.visualcodec.com
ARTIST LECTURES
2019 Contemporary Quilt Art Association, Seattle, WA
2017 North Seattle College Artist Lecture Series, North Seattle College, Seattle, WA
2014 Evergreen Art Lecture Series – Evergreen State College, Olympia, WA
2013 Digipen Institute of Technology – Artist Panel – Seattle, WA
2013 Art Beat, Portland Community College, Portland, OR
2013 Mt. Hood Community College, Gresham, OR
2012 Clark Art Lecture Series – Clark College, Vancouver, WA
2012 Oregon College of Arts and Craft – Portland, OR
2011 Portland Community College – Professional Practice – Portland, OR
2010 Artist Lecture in conjunction with exhibition. The Art Gym, Marylhurst University, Marylhurst, OR
2010 University of Oregon – Digital Arts Department – Portland, OR
2008 Thinking through Nature: Philosophy for an Endangered World –
2008 National Conference Panel Discussion: Art Ecologies. White Stag Building, Portland, OR
EDUCATION
2003 – 2006 M.F.A. Sculpture, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR
2001 – 2003 (Advanced Studies) University of Minnesota, Minneapolis MN
1996 – 2001 B.A. Studio Art, Dickinson State University, Dickinson ND