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Born Chicago, Illinois 1955

Education


1994 MFA University of Sussex, Brighton, United Kingdom
1984 BFA New York University, New York, New York
1981 Pittsburgh Filmmakers, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Solo Exhibitions

Fetherston Gallery, “Wild and Cultivated” Seattle, Washington
Le Mieux Galleries, “Infloresence,” New Orleans, Louisiana
2006 The Art Mine, “Alchemy and Nature,” Port Hadlock, Washington
Southside Gallery, “Gestures in Nature,” Oxford, Mississippi
Le Mieux Galleries, “Various Aspects,” New Orleans, Louisiana
Auckland Art Center, “Current Merging,” Auckland, New Zealand
Hult Center, “Incandescent Stories,” Eugene, Oregon
Lead Gallery, “Alchemy, Light and Other Stories,” Seattle, Washington
Le Mieux Galleries, “Recent Works,” New Orleans, Louisiana
Seniwati Gallery, “Natural Identities,” Ubud, Gianyar, Bali, Indonesia
Art Index, “Language of the Land,” Brighton, United Kingdom
Le Mieux Galleries, “Recent Works,” New Orleans, Louisiana
The Sanctuary, “Paradox,” Hove, United Kingdom

Selected Invitational and Group Exhibitions

2006 TEW Galleries, “Ludwig, Schneiderman, Sheppell & Sims,” Atlanta, Georgia
The Sitka Center, “Recent Works,” Otis, Oregon
Northwind Art Center, “Earth, Air, Fire & Water,” Port Townsend, Washington
New Orleans Museum of Art, “Katrina Exposed,” New Orleans, Louisiana
Fetherston Gallery, gallery artist’s exhibition, Seattle, Washington
Le Mieux Galleries, “ Hurricane Season,” New Orleans, Louisiana
Southside Gallery, gallery artist’s exhibition, Oxford, Mississippi
World Forestry Center, “Sitka Invitational,” Portland, Oregon
Harrison Gallery, gallery artist’s exhibition, Key West, Florida
Le Mieux Galleries, “Art For Arts Sake,” New Orleans, Louisiana
2005 Le Mieux Galleries, “Come Back,” New Orleans, Louisiana
Le Mieux Galleries, “Eight by Ten,” New Orleans, Louisiana
TEW Galleries, “Introductions 05,” Atlanta, Georgia
Coronado Centre for the Arts, “Art Barcelona,” Barcelona, Spain
Port Angeles Fine Art Center, “Strait Art,” Port Angeles, Washington
Southside Gallery, gallery artist’s exhibition, Oxford, Mississippi
Union Gallery, “20 x 20,” Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
2004 Le Mieux Galleries, New Orleans, Louisiana
Coronado Art Center, “Art Barcelona,” Barcelona, Spain
Scharf Building, “Four Contemporary Artists,” Port Townsend, Washington
Duque Art Center, “One Earth, Passionate Voices,” New Orleans, Louisiana
2003 Le Mieux Galleries, gallery artist’s exhibition, New Orleans, Louisiana
Le Mieux Galleries, “Art in Medicine/Medicine in Art,” New Orleans, Louisiana
Le Mieux Galleries, “Time,” New Orleans, Louisiana
Del Bello Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
Atlanta Contemporary Art Center, “Red Clay Survey,” Atlanta, Georgia
Center For Living Arts, “Cerebration,” Mobile, Alabama
Northwind Art Center, “Small Expressions,” Port Townsend, Washington
Museum of The Americas, “Culture Without Borders,” Mexico City, Mexico
2002 Travel Abroad
2001 Le Mieux Galleries, gallery artist’s exhibition, New Orleans, Louisiana
2000 Travel abroad
1999 Le Mieux Galleries, “Casting Circles,” New Orleans, Louisiana
Lead Gallery, Seattle, Washington
1998 Lead Gallery, “Abstractions,” Seattle, Washington
Lead Gallery, “Angel Ophanies,” Seattle, Washington
1997 Lead Gallery, “Angel Ophanies,” Seattle, Washington
The Hult Center, Jacobs Gallery, “Mayor’s Art Exhibition,” Eugene, Oregon
1996 The Hult Center, Jacobs Gallery, “The Mayor’s Art Exhibition,” Eugene, Oregon
1995 New Zone Gallery, “Hearts and Minds,” Eugene, Oregon
Le Mieux Galleries, “Gallery Artists Exhibition,” New Orleans, Louisiana
The Hult Center, “Mayor’s Art Exhibition,” Eugene, Oregon
1994 New Visions Gallery, “100 Artists,” Atlanta, Georgia
The Hult Center, Jacobs Gallery, “Mayor’s Art Exhibition,” Eugene, Oregon
Atlanta Arts Festival, “Pavillion,” Atlanta, Georgia
The Sanctuary, “Foreign Soil,” Brighton, United Kingdom
1993 Towner Art Gallery, “Interiors of the Soul”, Eastbourne, United Kingdom
Art Index, “Language of the Land,” Brighton, United Kingdom
The Sanctuary, Hove, United Kingdom
The Brighton Museum of Art, “South East Regional,” Brighton, United Kingdom
Eye Level Gallery, Brighton, United Kingdom
Bear Cave Gallery, Brighton, United Kingdom
North Georgia College, “Collaborative Photographic Portraits by Paula Gately- Tillman,” Dahlonega, Georgia
1992 Spiritus Mundi Art Space, London, United Kingdom
Le Mieux Galleries, gallery artist’s exhibition, New Orleans, Louisiana
Homage, “Small Works,” Atlanta, Georgia
800 East, “The Stick Show,” Atlanta, Georgia
Trinity Gallery, “Works on Paper,” Atlanta, Georgia
Towner Art Gallery, Eastbourne, United Kingdom
1991 Le Mieux Galleries, gallery artist’s exhibition, New Orleans, Louisiana
80 Washington Square Gallery, New York, New York
Trinity Gallery, “New Talent,” Atlanta, Georgia
800 East, “Naked People,” Atlanta, Georgia
Modern Frame and Design, “Marks Made,” Atlanta, Georgia
1990 New Visions Gallery, “The Chair Show,” Atlanta, Georgia
800 East, Atlanta, Georgia
Trinity Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
TULA Center of the Arts, “Taboo: The Cross Show,” Atlanta, Georgia
1989 McIntosh Gallery, gallery artist’s exhibition, Atlanta, Georgia
Del Bello Gallery, “Miniature Art,” Toronto, Ontario
McIntosh Gallery, gallery artist’s exhibition, Atlanta, Georgia
Colorbox, “The December Series,” Atlanta, Georgia
Nexus Contemporary Art Center, “Farewell Forrest Avenue,” Atlanta, Georgia
80 Washington Square Gallery, “Small Works,” New York, New York
1988 Portfolio Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
Untitled Gallery, “Last Show,” Atlanta, Georgia
Untitled Gallery, “Fly,” Atlanta, Georgia
Untitled Gallery, “Sex and Sexism,” Atlanta, Georgia
Untitled Galley, “Modern Myths and Monsters,” Atlanta, Georgia
Del Bello Gallery, Toronto, Canada
Del Bello Gallery, “Wax and Wings,” Toronto, Canada
Untitled Gallery, “Square Foot,” Atlanta, Georgia
Untitled Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
Erzatz Gallery, “Spotlight on Georgia Artists,” Atlanta, Georgia
Huntsville Center for The Arts, “Red Clay Survey,” Huntsville, Alabama
1987 Institute of Contemporary Art, London, United Kingdom
Mattress Factory, Atlanta, Georgia
Atlanta Arts Festival, “The Atlanta Show,” Atlanta, Georgia
Artifacts Art Salon, “Micro Miami,” Miami Beach, Florida
Blue Rat Gallery, “Lasting,” Atlanta, Georgia
Now Gallery, “Micro Stress,” New York, New York
Del Bello Gallery, “Miniature Art,” Toronto, Canada
Nexus Contemporary Art Center, “Biennial 87,” Atlanta, Georgia
Highland Gallery, “Sky,” Atlanta, Georgia
Nexus Contemporary Art Center,“Atlanta Show,” Atlanta, Georgia
1986 Highland Gallery, “Spirit of Giving,” Atlanta, Georgia
Mattress Factory, “For Fun and Profit,” Fulton Bag Mill, Atlanta, Georgia
Atchison Gallery, “New Exposures,” Birmingham, Alabama
Now Gallery, “Micro Wave,” New York, New York
Now Gallery, “Artist as Alchemist,” New York, New York
1985 Now Gallery, “Micro Wave 1,” New York, New York
Mattress Factory, The Scripto Building, Atlanta, Georgia
Nexus Contemporary Art Center, Atlanta, Georgia
1984 Washington Square Gallery, New York, New York
Dell Bello Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada


Awards

Fellowship Residency, The Sitka Center for Art and Ecology, Otis, Oregon
Jurors Choice Award, Northwind Arts Center, Port Townsend, Washington
1997 Jurors Choice Award, The Hult Centre, Eugene, Oregon
1995 Jurors Choice Award, The Hult Centre, Eugene, Oregon
1991 South East Arts Award, Tunbridge Wells, United Kingdom
1990 Fullbright Fellowship
Fulton County Arts Alliance, Atlanta, Georgia

Residencies & Fellowships

2006 The Sitka Center for Art and Ecology, Otis, Oregon
The Art Mine Studio Program, Port Hadlock, Washington
Centrum Arts, Port Townsend, Washington
2005 The Cooper Union, summer residency program, New York, New York
A Studio in the Woods, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana
The Hambidge Center For Arts and Sciences, Rabun Gap, Georgia
1992 Tate International Artists Workshop, Helsinki, Finland
1992 Waterloo Studios, Brighton, United Kingdom
1991 Acme Studios, London, United Kingdom

Selected Bibliography

Meyer, Kathie: “Women Brave the Elements to Capture Awards” The Port Townsend Leader, June 2006
Devlin, Jeanne: “The Power of Nature” The News Guard, May 12, 2006
Bookhardt, D. Eric: “Comeback New Orleans” Gambit Weekly, Oct.29, 2005
Roser, Laura: “One Handful at a Time” Peninsula Daily News, Oct. 20, 2005
Roser, Laura: “Peninsula Woman” Peninsula Daily News, Oct.30, 2005
Cullum, Jerry: “Mining New Veins of Talent” The Atlanta Journal, Aug.15, 2005
Katzenbach, Ann: “Strait Art” Art Access, May 2005
Warner, Mary: “Deedra Ludwig: Gestures in Nature” PR Newswire, February 2005
Worthley, Martha: “Preserving Nature In Paintings” The Port Townsend Leader, May 25, 2004
Worthley, Martha: “New Visual Impact” The Port Townsend Leader, May 12, 2004
Moore, Michael: “Washington Artists” The Bremerton Sun, May 7, 2004
Rosser, Laura: “Peninsula Artists” Peninsula Daily News, June 27, 2003
Bookhardt, D. Eric: “Skin Deep, Art in Medicine/ Medicine in Art”
Gambit Weekly, July 29, 2003
Lloyd, Amy Jinkner: “New Orleans Review” Art in America, April 1999
Kemp, John: “Time to Paint” City Focus New Orleans, ART NEWS, March 1999
Keefer, Bob: “Love Blossoms Amid Art Politics” The Register Guard, Sept. 15, 1995
Alexander, Bill: “Paula Gately-Tillman Collaboration” Art Papers, March-April 1994 Fox, Catherine: “Notable Shows” The Atlanta Journal and Constitution, Aug. 9, 1991
Cullum, Jerry: “Marks Made” Art Papers, May-June 1991
Cullum, Jerry: “Notable Shows” The Atlanta Journal and Constitution, March 15, 1991
Perrin, Joseph: “Visions of a Dream” Southern Homes, Jan.-Feb. 1989
Lloyd, Amy Jinkner: “Sex and Sexism is Neither Shocking nor Provocative” The Atlanta
Journal and Constitution, July 11, 1988
Perrin, Joseph: “Art As It Should Be” Southern Homes, Jan.-Feb. 1988
Fox, Catherine: “Apocalypse Revisited in Bathhouse Show” The Atlanta Journal and
Constitution, Sept. 30, 1987
Baker, Beverly: “Biennial Views of the Evolution of Current Art” Art Papers,
July-Aug. 1987
Hetrick, Lawrence: “Signs of the Times, The Atlanta Biennial” Southline,
Nov. 22, 1987
Fox, Catherine: “New Mattress Factory Show: It’s Bigger Not Better” The Atlanta
Journal and Constitution, Nov. 16, 1986

Selected Corporate Collections

The Iron and Glass Bank, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Bell South Corporation, Atlanta, Georgia Sheraton Hotels, Detroit, Michigan
The Tokai Bank, Atlanta, Georgia
IBM Corporation, Atlanta, Georgia
Industrial Bank of Japan, Atlanta, Georgia
Macy’s, Atlanta, Georgia
The Tensar Corporation, Atlanta, Georgia
Art Network, Atlanta, Georgia
SCI Communications, Atlanta, Georgia
EDL & Associates, Atlanta, Georgia
Nordstrom, Seattle, Washington
Saks Fifth Avenue, Tampa, Florida
Nordstrom, Atlanta, Georgia
Uptown Dental Clinic, Port Townsend, Washington
Nordstrom, Palm Beach, Florida
The Tokai Bank, Tokyo, Japan
The National Board of Education, Washington, D.C.
Bell South, Atlanta, Georgia
Delta Airlines, Atlanta, Georgia
Lead Gallery, Seattle, Washington
Culpepper, McAuliffe and Meaders, Inc., Atlanta, Georgia
New Visions Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia
Department of Ecology, Sacramento, California
F.A. Hunter & Associates, Atlanta, Georgia
W Hotels, Chicago, Illinois
Orzo, New York, New York
Royal Bank of Canada, Vancouver, British Colombia, Canada
Marriott Hotels, Los Angeles, California
Swedish Medical Center, Seattle, Washington
Harrah’s, New Orleans, Louisiana

Selected Private Collections

Francesco Stefani, Austin, Texas
Marc Vandenhoeck, Pound Ridge, New York
Barbara Rheingrover, Atlanta, Georgia
Now Gallery, New York, New York
Dr. Jerry Cullum, Atlanta, Georgia
Michael Mack, Atlanta, Georgia
Phil Deloach, New York, New York
Drew and Julie Strauss, Decatur, Georgia
Charles Marvin, Atlanta, Georgia
Jerry Maschinot, Atlanta, Georgia
Clyde Broadway, Alabama
Anna Hamer, Atlanta, Georgia
William Weyler, Decatur, Georgia
Miles Boyd Alice Nisbet, Atlanta, Georgia
Marjorie Speers, Atlanta, Georgia
Marvin Key, Atlanta, Georgia
Kiva Gilletti, Sebastapol, California
Carlotta Pignota, Atlanta, Georgia
Dr. Mauri Freed, Atlanta, Georgia
Teri Williams, Atlanta, Georgia
Roberta Hangkin, Washington, D.C.
Jana Kooi,Tucson, Arizona
Sandra Gurowitz, Bloomington, Illinois
Lawrence Pugh, New Orleans, Louisiana
Lee Mickels, Los Angeles, California
Denise Berthiaume, New Orleans, Louisiana
Matthew Miller, Tucson, Arizona
Dr. Susan Wadden, Seattle, Washington
Julie Shaffer, Decatur, Georgia
Jeannie Kennedy, Chicago, Illinois
Murray Goodsett, Baltimore, Maryland
Pisha Reardon, Alpharetta, Georgia
Whoopi Goldberg Charlene Pitts, Reno, Nevada
Sally Corbett, Eugene, Oregon
Sarita Perry, Mobile, Alabama
Bob and Susanne Gray, Alpharetta, Georgia
Dr. Virginia Oram, Eugene, Oregon
Michael Temple, East Grinsted, United Kingdom
Katherine Powers, Berthoud, Colorado
Dr. Cory Reddish, Mill Valley, California
Leah Avador, Barcelona, Spain
Forrest Pyle, Seattle, Washington
Richard McAuniff, Seattle, Washington
Jim and Elizabeth Abrahamson, Bainbridge Island, Washington
Michael and Sandy Yudelson, Seattle, Washington
Art and Martie Waterman, New Orleans, Louisiana
Bill and Cathy Underwood, Memphis, Tennesse
Sylvia Otto, New Orleans, Louisiana
Michael Cabell, Boerne, Texas
Linda Walling, Claremont, California
Terry and Nancy Bounds, New Orleans, Louisiana
Ann DeRosa, Atlanta, Georgia
Barbara Hadden, Boston, Massachusetts
Dr. Marie Cortez Delgado, Barcelona, Spain
Matthew Redding, New Orleans, Louisiana
Keith and Mary Perrin, New Orleans, Louisiana
Stephen Threlkeld, Oxford, Mississippi
Kenneth and Kaytee Hazelwood, Oxford, Mississippi
Linda Summers, Knoxville, Tennessee
Diane Hertzog, New York, New York
Ellen Rose Werzel, Brookville, New York
Karen Gaston, Atlanta, Georgia
Paula Gately-Tillman, Baltimore, Maryland
Martha Smith, Atlanta, Georgia
Dick and Ranchelle Janicki, Atlanta, Georgia
Pete Mounds, Atlanta, Georgia
Bruce and Joanne Westbrook, Atlanta, Georgia
Francis Belles, New Orleans, Louisiana
Scott Petersen, Jacksonville, Florida
 
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