POST OFFICE BOX 309 • CÓRDOVA, NM 87523
PHONE (505) 351-4067 • castilloga@newmexico.com
PAULA CASTILLO
EDUCATION
2012
University of New Mexico
MFA candidate
1996
College of Santa Fe
M.A.E.
Thesis: Critical Literacy; Distinction Honors
1985
University of New Mexico
B.S.E
Education, Cognitive Psychology
1979-1981
Yale University
Literature/American Studies
Albuquerque, NM
Santa Fe, NM
Albuquerque, NM
New Haven, CT
AWARDS
2004 Fine Work Prize, Public Art International Open Competition, Tokyo,
Japan.,Town Art Co., Ltd.
2000 International Sculpture Award, Milan, Italy. Juror: Pierre Restany.
1993 National Endowment for the Arts Research Fellowship.
1992 National Science Foundation Research Fellowship.
PUBLIC WORK AND COMM ISSIONS
2011 Meet Me Here, Barrio La Cañada Neighborhood, City of Santa Fe
Arts Commission, Santa Fe, NM, $45,000.
2010-2011 sediment basin upgrade, SSCAFCA, Dulcelina Curtis Channel,
artist consultant, proposed budget, $300,000.
2010 “fallen petals”, Berndt Hall Reconstruction, Ft. Lewis College,
Durango, CO Colorado Council on the Arts, Denver, CO, $75,000.
2009-2010 “Cesár Chávez Tribute”, City of Albuquerque, Public Art Program
$120,000.
2009 New Mexico Museum of History-Palace of the Governors, Santa Fe, NM,
AIPP of New Mexico Arts, $103,000.
2009 “staircase”, Voiers Park Amphitheater, Deming, NM, Acclaimed Artist
Series, New Mexico Art in Public Places, $20,000.
2009 Lead Artist, Salce Park Concept Study, concept collaboration with
engineers, landscape architects and Southern Sandoval County Arroyo
Flood Control Authority, Corrales, NM, $10,000.
2008 TIME, “the blue firmament”, New Mexico Art in Public Places,
Carlsbad, NM.
2007 “black sunflower”, City of Albuquerque, Public Art Program, Urban
Enhancement Fund, $10,000.
2005 “Blue House”, New Mexico Art in Public Places, TIME competition.
2005 “ArroyoFlowers”, City of Albuquerque, Art in Public Places Program
and Federal Highway reconstruction enhancement, $250,000.
2004 “o’matsapa”, Acclaimed Artist Series, New Mexico Arts in Public
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Places, International Camino Real Heritage Center, San Antonio, New
Mexico, $10,000.
2004 Public Art Mentorship Program, City of Albuquerque, Public Art
Program, Department of Municipal Development and Art Planning
Committee with Seattle based Public Artist Jack Mackie, $10,000.
2004 “Mushashino Plain”, Public Art International Open Competition,
Musashino, Tokyo, Japan, $100,000.
2003 “Blue House”, Invited Artist, Festival of New Art, Rijeka Museum of
Modern and Contemporary Art, Croatia., temporary public installation,
$20,000.
2002 Lead Artist, International Santa Fe Railyard Park Competition,
Finalist Team, with Lead Landscape Architect Tom Leader, Berkeley,
California, and Lead Architect, Brad Cloepfil, Portland, Oregon. National
Trust for Public Land, Santa Fe, New Mexico, proposed budget,
$1,000,000.
2001 “1.232”, Lead for Finalist Team, Cultural Corridors National
Competition, El Camino Real, New Mexico Arts in Public Places, Santa Fe,
New Mexico, $160,000.
2001 “Aquila”, Public Commission, City of Belen Recreation Park, New
Mexico Arts in Public Places, Santa Fe, New Mexico, Molzen and Corbin
Architects, CRMC Concrete Products, $100,000.
2000 “Tea Gate”, Public Art Commission, Albuquerque International
Airport Albuquerque Art in Public Places, Albuquerque, New Mexico,
$20,000.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2011 scheduled“veil for measuring the strangeness of the field”, SCA
Contemporary, Albuquerque, NM
2011 “tethered”, William Siegal Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2010 “grey heart”, William Siegal Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2009 “the boat (downstream)”, William Siegal Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2008 “Approaching Distance”, William Siegal Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2007 “Tiger Lily”, Karan Ruhlen Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2007 “The Jade Staircase”, College of Santa Fe, Art Department, Santa Fe,
NM.
2006 “Sharing the Road Home”, Thomas McCormick Gallery, Chicago, IL.
2006 “What Season is This”, Walker Fine Art, Denver, CO.
2005 “Things You Can’t See Moving (are alive)”, Karan Ruhlen Gallery, Santa
Fe, NM.
2005 New Work, Gallery at the Geary, Geary Theatre: American
Conservatory Theatres, San Francisco, CA. Curator: Kevin Simmers.
2003“Hábito”, Karan Ruhlen Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2003“Flower Dream”, St. John’s College, Art Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2001“Borrowed Tongues”, Karan Ruhlen Gallery, Santa Fe, NM.
1999 “Imitating Stars”, Conlon-Siegal Gallery, Santa Fe, NM.
TEMPORARY PUBLIC WORK
2010 “cartas a los árboles muertos”, Museo de las Americas Liberadores,
Denver, CO.
2010 “the orphan letter”, El Museo, Santa Fe, NM.
2010 “the gift returned”, El Museo, Santa Fe, NM.
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2009 “aquí estaremos”, Chicana/o Biennale, MACLA, San José, CA.
2008 “the blue firmament”, Carlsbad, NM.
2008 “things that fall”, Río Quemado, Córdova, NM.
2007 “I said the other way”, Occupying Forces, Adams State Art Gallery,
Alamosa, CO.
2002-2004 “Blue House”, Río Quemado, Borrego Mesa, Alto Huachín,
Jornada del Muerto, Córdova, NM, Rijeka Museum of Modern and
Contemporary Art, Rijeka, Croatia , MOCA Ft. Collins, CO.
2003 “Blue Line”, in collaboration with Natalia Zubko’s “Tree Strings”,
Parsons School of Design, NY, NY, Río Quemado, Córdova, NM.
2002 “A Place to Hear Sound”, Río Quemado, Córdova,NM.
2001 “Arroyo”, Latina, Santa Fe State Capital Building Exhibition, NM.
2000 “Sail for Home”, Río Quemado, Córdova, NM.
1998 “A Day in the Life”, Center for Contemporary Arts, Santa Fe, NM,
with percussionist Tom McGuire, and poet Alvaro Cardona-Hine.
1995 “Windows to Earth”, Río Quemado, Córdova, NM.
SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY
2010 Kathryn Davis, “grey world/green heart”, Art Ltd., Woodland Hills,
CA, October 2010.
2010 Malin Wilson-Powell, “Studies in Steel”, Journal North, Santa Fe,
NM, September 2010.
2010 Artist Studios, Trend Magazine, Santa Fe, NM, May 2010.
2010 “The Universe of Paula Castillo”, THE Magazine, Santa Fe, NM,
Feb./March 2010.
2010 Kathryn Davis, “the boat downstream” critical review, THE
Magazine, Santa Fe, NM, Oct. 2009.
2009 Amanda Schoenberg “New Aesthetic: Women and Public Art” one
of three featured female public artists, Sage Magazine, The Albuquerque
Journal, Dec. 2009.
2009 Devon Jackson “Complimentarity” one of two featured public artists,
The Santa Fean, Santa Fe, New Mexico, Nov. 2009.
2008 “Contemporary NM artists”, The Santa Fean, Santa Fe, NM, Sept.
2008.
2007 Zane Fisher “Art on the Road”, THE Magazine,Santa Fe, NM, Sept.
2007.
2005 “Studio Visits,” THE Magazine, Santa Fe, NM, June 2005.
2005 Dottie Indyke, “Art From Tiny Things”, Albuquerque Journal,
Albuquerque, NM, July 2005.
2005 Elizabeth Cook-Romero, “Leftovers Are the Best Part”, Pasatiempo,
The New Mexican,Santa Fe, NM, July 2005.
2005 Zane Fischer, “Santa Fe Picks” Santa Fe Reporter, Santa Fe, NM, July
2006
2003 Zane Fischer, “Santa Fe Picks,” Santa Fe Reporter, Santa Fe, NM,
Aug. 2003.
2001 Kathleen Whitney, “Paula Castillo at Karan Ruhlen Gallery,”
Sculpture News, Vol. 7, Number 4, Autumn 2001.
2001 Jon Carver, “The Secret Life of Rocks,” THE Magazine, Santa Fe,
NM, July 2001.
2000 Diane Armitage, “Critical Reflections,” THE Magazine, Santa Fe,
NM, Sept. 2000.
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