education
Hunter College, New York, NY, MFA. 1972
The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, New York, NY, BFA. 1967 Art Students League, New York, NY, 1960-61 |
awards, residencies + fellowships
1998 Joan Mitchell Foundation Award for Painting
1993-94 Long Island University, Brooklyn, NY, Artist-in-Residence 1993 Lila Acheson Wallace/Arts International at Fondation Claude Monet, Giverny, France, Artist-in-Residence 1991 New York Foundation of the Arts Fellowship, New York, NY 1991-92 New York State Council on the Arts Award, Jamaica Arts Center, Queens NY 1989-90 Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, NY, Artist-in-Residence. 1966 Yale University Norfolk School of Music and Art, New Haven, CT, Artist-in-Residence |
solo exhibitions
2022 Soft Network Presents: Paul Gardère, Independent 20th Century Art Fair, New York, NY
2017 "Goudou Goudou," Skoto Gallery, New York, NY 2008 "Multiple Narratives II," Skoto Gallery, New York, NY 2007 "The Visual Semantics of Diaspora: Paul Gardère," Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA 2001 "Multiple Narratives," Olin Art Gallery, Kenyon College, Gambier, OH 1999 “Recent Works, 1995-1998,” Jersey City Museum, Jersey City, NJ 1997 “The Work of Haitian Artist Paul Claude Gardère,” Le Centre d’Art, Port-au-Prince, Haiti 1996 “Giverny Revisited,” Perspective Fine Arts Inc., New York, NY 1995 “Gardens on Paper,” Wendy S. Hoff, New York, NY 1994 "An Inner Passage: The Garden as Inner Reality," Rotunda Gallery, Brooklyn, NY 1992 “New Works by: Paul Gardere,” Miller Gallery, Jamaica Arts Center, Queens, NY 1987 “Paul Claude Gardere,” Hallwalls Contemporary Art Center, Buffalo, NY 1985 “Voici Haiti: Paul Claude Gardere,” Davenport Art Gallery (now Figge Art Museum), Davenport, IA 1984 “Paintings and Drawings by Paul Claude Gardère,” Paul Waggoner Gallery, Chicago, IL (Reviewed, Art in America) 1982 Galerie Marassa, Petion Ville, Haiti 1981 Galerie Marassa, Petion Ville, Haiti 1980 Le Centre d’Art, Port-au-Prince, Haiti |
group exhibitions
2022 "Paul Gardère & Didier William", Soft Network, New York, NY
2020 "Young Artists: One", Fridman Gallery, New York, NY 2019 “Diaspora Expressions,” Haitian Embassy to the United State of America, Washington D.C. 2014 “Black and Gray,” Skoto Gallery, New York, NY 2011 “Haitian Art Excerpts: From Renaissance to Diaspora,” Kresge Gallery, Berrie Center, Ramapo College, Mahwah, NJ 2009 "Courants Chauds," Musée du Panthéon National Haïtien, Port-au-Prince, Haiti 2005 "Works on Paper," The 17th Annual Armory Show, Gerald Peters Gallery, New York, NY 2004 "The Collector’s Show, Works on Paper," Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, Arkansas 2004 Silicon Gallery Fine Art Prints, Gallery Artists, Philadelphia, PA 2004 Small Works International, The Blue Mountain Gallery, New York, NY 2004 "Works on Paper," The 16th Annual Armory Show, Gerald Peters Gallery, New York, NY 2004 Gallery Artist, Gerald Peters Gallery, New York, NY 2003 “Upon a Time,” Book Installation, Miami Art Fair, Raphael Fodde Editions 2003 “Letterpress Showcase,” Center for Book Arts, New York, NY 2001 “Highlights from the Collection,” Jersey City Museum, Jersey City, NJ 2001. “Nexus II: Transformation/Transfiguration,” Skoto Gallery, New York, NY 2001 “Marks of the Soul,” Ritter Art Gallery, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton,FL 2000 “Offspring: Artists Celebrate the Child,” Brooklyn Heights Montessori School, Brooklyn, NY 1999 “Family, Fission, and Fusion: Hispaniola,” Imarisha Art House, Brooklyn, NY 1998 “Kongo Criollo,” Taller Boricua Gallery, New York, NY 1998 “A Brooklyn Salon,” Rotunda Gallery, Brooklyn, NY 1998 “Three Caribbean Artists,” James Howe Fine Arts Gallery, Kean College, Union, NJ 1995 “Alternatives: 20 Years of Hallwalls,” Burchfield-Penney Art Center, Buffalo State College, Buffalo, NY 1993 “Kwanzaa: Creativity, The Kuumba Principle”, Gallery II Aljira Contemporary Arts Center, Newark, NJ 1993 “Recent Acquisitions: The Twenty-Fifth Anniversary Exhibition,“ Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, NY 1993 “The Aljira Fine Art Auction,” Gateway Center, Newark, NJ 1991 “Sculptural Art: Raúl Acero and Paul Gardère,” Wendell Street Gallery, Cambridge, MA 1991 “Double Take,” New York Foundation for the Arts Fellows, Elsa Mott Ives Gallery, New York, NY 1991 “From the Studio: Artists-in-Residence, 1989-90,” Studio Museum in Harlem New York, NY 1990 “Food: From Pleasure to Politics,” Goddard-Riverside Community Center, New York, NY 1990 “Selections,” Artists Space & Aljira Contemporary Arts Center, New York, NY (curator Carl Hazlewood) 1990 “Images from the Common Ground,” Art in General, New York, NY 1989 “Nexus,” P.S. 122 Gallery, New York, NY 1989 “Déjà vu: Haitian Influence in Contemporary American Art,” Jamaica Arts Center, Jamaica, NY 1988 “Survival,” Littman Gallery, Portland State University, Portland, OR (curator Carl Hazlewood) 1988 “Current Investigations,” Triplex Theatre Gallery, Borough of Manhattan Community College, New York, NY 1988 “Art from the African Diaspora: Continuance,” Aljira Contemporary Arts Center, Newark, NJ 1987 “With and Without Acclaim: International Black and Hispanic Artists,” Aljira Contemporary Arts Center, Newark, NJ 1987 “Images of Latin American Culture: Art and Artifacts,” Gray Art Gallery, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC 1986 “Caribbean Art / African Currents,” Museum of Contemporary Hispanic Art, New York, NY (curator Susana Leval) 1985 ”Trends,” Museum of Contemporary Hispanic Art, New York, NY 1985 “Twenty First Annual Art Show: Caribbean Art: African Currents,” Goddard-Riverside Community Center, New York, NY (curator Susana Leval) 1983 “Under the Spell,” Chicago Public Library Cultural Center, Chicago, IL (curator Gregory Knight) 1983 “L’exposition des Oeuvres Picturales de Paul Claude Gardère et Edouard Duval-Carrié,” Musee d’Art Haitien du Collège St. Pierre, Port-au-Prince, Haiti 1983 “Haiti: An Exhibit of Recent Haitian Works of Art,” Bank of Boston Headquarters, Boston MA 1981 Esposicion Casa Francia, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic 1976 “Brooklyn 1976,” Community Gallery at The Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY 1976 “Inaugural Show,” Towers Gallery, New York, NY 1976 “Inaugural Show,” Deitcher-O’Reilly Gallery, New York, NY |
traveling exhibitions
2012-16 “Restoring the Spirit: Celebrating Haitian Art,” curator Rima Girnius
Figge Art Museum, Davenport, IA Vero Beach Museum of Art, Vero Beach, FL Pomona College Art Museum, Claremont, CA 1999-2000 "18th Annual Metro Show," curators Carl Hazlewood, Alejandro Anreus and Judy Wukitc City Without Walls, Newark, NJ Monmouth Museum, Lincroft, NJ Monmouth County Library System, Manalapan, NJ B. Beamsderfer Gallery, Highland Park, NJ Johnson Free Public Library, Hackensack, NJ Palmer Museum, Springfield, NJ 1995-97 "Masterworks in Haitian Art from The Davenport Museum of Art" Davenport Museum of Art (now Figge Museum), Davenport, IA Akron Art Museum, Akron, OH Philharmonic Center for the Arts, Naples, FL Oklahoma City Art Museum, Oklahoma City, OK California State University, Los Angeles, CA Scottsdale Center for the Arts, Scottsdale, AZ The Lowe Art Museum, Coral Gables, FL Archer M. Huntington Gallery, University of Texas, Austin, TX 1984 "Through Haitian Eyes," a benefit exhibition for The Musée d'Art Haitien in Port-au-Prince, Haiti Bacardi Gallery, Miami, FL Meridian House International, Washington, D.C. |
permanent collections + public works
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Washington, DC
Studio Museum in Harlem. New York, New York New Orleans Museum of Art. New Orleans, Louisiana Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. New York. New York The Columbus Museum. Columbus, Georgia Museum of Modern Art, Library. New York, New York; “Upon a Time” Smithsonian American Art Museum, Special Collections Library. Washington, DC; “Upon a Time” Zimmerli Art Museum: The Jersey City Museum of Art Collection, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey The Brooklyn Museum, Library Special Editions. Brooklyn, New York; “Upon A Time” Kenyon College. Gambier, Ohio Figge Art Museum. Davenport, Iowa Yale University Beinecke Library. New Haven, Connecticut; “Upon a Time” Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art at Cornell University. Ithaca, New York; “Upon a Time” Memphis Brooks Museum of Art. Memphis, Tennessee; “Upon a Time” Milwaukee Art Museum. Milwaukee, Wisconsin; “Upon a Time” Le Centre d’Art. Port-au-Prince, Haiti Musee d’Art Haitien du College St. Pierre. Port-au-Prince, Haiti Eglise St. Trinité. Port-au-Prince, Haiti Eglise de St. Nicolas. Kenscoff, Haiti |
selected bibliography
2022 "Paul Gardère's Syncretic Modernism", Will Fenstermaker, Independent 20th Century, Exhibition essay
2017 "The Last Breath in Paul Gardere's Last Works", André Juste, "Goudou Goudou" Exhibition essay 2017 The New Yorker, New York, NY, Exhibition mention 2015 Arts and Religions of Haiti: How the Sun Illuminates under Cover of Darkness, LeGrace Benson, Ian Randall Publishers, 328 pp. 2010 "Hope for Haiti," Jan Gardner, The Boston Globe, Nov 28, 2010, Book Review 2010 Poets for Haiti, Kim Triedman, Yileen Press, New York, NY 2009 “Courants Chauds”, Yolanda Wood, Exhibition Catalogue 2008 “What is Hot in New York”, Chan Li, Visions Magazine, Beijing, China, Exhibition Review 2008 The New Yorker, New York, NY 2005 “The Influence of Native American and African Encounters on Haitian Art,” Barbara Nesin, Journal of Haitian Studies , vol. 11, no. 1, 2005, pp. 73–85. Journal Article 2003 “Artist Book Beat,” Nancy Princenthal, Art on Paper, May-June, 2003, "Upon A Time" Book Review 2002 “Nexus 2: Transformation and Transfiguration,” Joyce B. Korotkin, New York Arts Magazine, January 2002, Exhibition Review 2001 The Miami Herald, Elisa Turner, April 8, 2001, Exhibition Review 2001 “Caribbean Delights,” Steve Ellman, City Link, Miami, March 21, 2001 2001 "Instructional Resources Haitian Art: Exploring Cultural Identity," Anne Marie Hayes and Michelle Robinson, Art Education, vol. 54, no. 1, 2001, pp. 25–32. Journal Article 2000 Peintres Haitiens, Gerald Alexis, Éditions Cercle d’Art, Art Volume 2000 “Paul Gardère at Jersey City Museum,” Reagan Upshaw, Art in America , January 2000, Exhibition review 1999 “Small Wonders: Metro Show Features Trends in Motion,” Dan Bischoff, The Star Ledger, Nov. 21, 1999, Exhibition Review 1999 “On the Context and Work of Paul Gardère,” Alejandro Anreus, Jersey City Museum, Exhibition Catalogue 1999 “Compare and Contrast,” Dan Bischoff, The Star Ledger, April 19, 1999, Exhibition Review 1998 “Kongo Criollo,” Holland Cotter, The New York Times, Nov. 13, 1998, Exhibition Review 1997 “Writers and Artists Speaking on the Frontier,” Review: Latin American Literature and Arts, Number 54: A Publication of the Americas Society, New York City, Spring, Artist Highlight 1997 Tracing the Spirit: Ethnographic Essays on Haitian Art, Karen McCarthy Brown, Davenport Museum of Art and The University of Washington Press, Seattle, WA, Exhibition Catalogue 1995 “A Haitian Artists’ Colony in Queens,” Gary Pierre-Pierre, The New York Times, April 8, 1995, Exhibition Review 1995 “Twenty Years of Hallwalls,” Sarah Keller, Hallwalls Contemporary Art Center, Exhibition Brochure 1993 “Portrait,” Carl Hazlewood, Aljira Review Preview, Spring 1993 1993 “The Kuumba Principle,” Eileen Watkins, The Star Ledger (Newark), Jan. 14, 1993 1991 “From the Studio,” Dorothy Desir-Davis, The Studio Museum in Harlem, Exhibition Brochure 1991 “Tradition and Contemporary Thought,” Christine Temin, The Boston Globe, Nov. 26, 1991 1991 “Spirituality, Magic, Identity,” Michael Brenson, The New York Times, Jan.25,1991, ExhibitionReview 1990 “From the Common Ground,” Martha Stevenson, Art in General, Exhibition Brochure 1989 “Nineteen Ninety Now: The Arrival of the Haitian Gods in New York City Art,” Robert Farris Thompson, Jamaica Art Center, Essay 1987 “Newark; ‘Afro-Diaspora’ Show, ‘With and Without Acclaim’,” William Zimmer, The New York Times, Feb. 15, 1987, Exhibition Review 1985 Haitian Art: The Legend and Legacy of the Naïve Tradition, L.G. Hoffman, Service Press, Davenport, IA, Art Volume 1985 "At Home at Work," Mary Daniels, Chicago Tribune, Jan. 27, 1985, Article 1984 “Haitian Artists Celebrate Creativity,” Helen Kohen, Miami Herald, April 8, 1984, Exhibition Review 1984 “Haitian Eyes,” Dr. Paula Harper, Miami News, March 30, 1984, Exhibition Review 1984 Art in America, Michael Bonesteel, Dec. 1984, Exhibition Review 1983 “The Situation of Art in Haiti,” Grace Sills, American Artist, June 1983, Exhibition Review |

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