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 Education
MFA - Graduate Fellowship, Southern Illinois University, Painting, 1988 BFA - Summa cum laude, Bemidji State University, Painting, 1985 |
| Exhibitions For galleries currently exhibiting Paquette paintings, click here. Selected Solo Exhibitions  |
| Public Art and Commissions
2003 Queen Mary 2 Cruise Ship, Cunard Line -- Paintings for two staterooms: the Queen Victoria Suite, and Windsor Suite. More information on the ship. Images of the paintings. 2002 Statendam Cruise Ship, Holland-America Line -- Four large paintings. Images of the paintings. 1999 College of Technology, Montana State University, Great Falls, Montana -- Painting of Black Eagle Falls. Image of the painting. 1998 Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, Minneapolis, MN -- Commission: Four very large paintings for the main Conference Room. Images of the paintings. 1996 Central Lakes College, Brainerd, MN -- Large mural-sized (6-1/2 feet by 32 feet) oil-on-canvas painting of Mississippi River. Images of the painting. 1996 Ellsworth High School, Ellsworth, ME -- Painting for Library. Image of the painting. 1993 Songo Locks School, Naples, ME -- Painting for entrance to school. Image of the painting. 1991 Central Lakes College, Brainerd, MN -- Panoramic painting for Library. Image of the painting. 1990 Centennial State Office Building, St. Paul, MN -- Panoramic (~5 x 11 feet) painting for reception area. Image of the painting. 1986 Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, St. Paul, MN -- Memorial painting. Image of painting. |
| Fellowships and Residencies
2006 American Artist Abroad, U.S. Department of State and U.S. Embassy in Athens 2005 Special Opportunity Stipend, Pennsylvania Council on the Arts 2004 Residency, Robert M. MacNamara Foundation, Westport Island, ME 2000 Visiting Artist, American Academy in Rome, Italy - paintings from this residency. 1999 Guest Artist, USM/Aegean Arts and Cultural Exchange, Greece - paintings from this residency. 1999 Visiting Artist, Plymouth University, Exeter, England 1999 Visiting Artist, University of Wales, Cardiff, Wales 1998 Travel Grant, John Anson Kittredge Educational Fund, Cambridge, ME 1997 Artist-in-Residence, Yosemite National Park, Yosemite, CA 1994 Artist-in-Residence, Acadia National Park, Bar Harbor, ME 1993 Artist-in-Residence, Rocky Mountain National Park, Estes Park, CO 1993 Shep Forest Fellowship, Millay Colony for the Arts, Austerlitz, NY 1989-1991 Fellowship and Residency, National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts, Miami Beach, FL 1985 Full Graduate Fellowship, Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville |
| Collections
Acadia National Park Museum Assured Guaranty Municipal Corp Banknorth Beach Museum of Art L.L. Bean Carlson School of Management CIGNA Museum Colby College Collier Shannon Scott Commerce Bancshares Council of Insurance Agents and Brokers Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis Fleet BankBoston Fidelity Investments Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum Georgia Museum of Art Ministry of Economics, Taiwan, R.O.C. Minnesota Pollution Control Agency Minnesota Historical Society Mint Museum of Art National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts Norwest Banks Pennsylvania Lumbermens Mutual Insurance Portland Museum of Art Rocky Mountain National Park Museum Smith Barney Southern Illinois University Museum SPX Corporation State of Maine State of Minnesota State of Montana Susquehanna Heritage Region – Susquehanna Art Collection Thomson Financial UNUM U.S.T. Westmoreland Museum of American Art Western Illinois University Woodhill Country Club Yosemite National Park Museum |
| Lectures
2008 Westmoreland Museum of American Art, Greensburg, PA 2008 St. Vincent College, Latrobe, PA 2008 Minnetonka Center for the Arts, Wayzata, MN 2007 Mercyhurst College, Erie, PA 2007 Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, Edinboro, PA 2006 Veria Public Library, Veria, Greece 2006 American University, Athens, Greece 2004 Erie Art Museum, Erie, PA 2001 Georgia Museum of Art, Athens, GA 1999 Plymouth University, Exeter, England 1999 University of Wales, Cardiff, Wales 1999 Glamorgan Centre for Art, Cardiff, Wales 1993 University of Southern Maine, Portland, ME 1990 Miami Dade College, Miami, FL |
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