Anna Gray & Ryan Wilson Paulsen
PO Box 5221
Portland, Oregon 97208
ryannaprojects{at}gmail{dot}com
Solo Exhibitions
2012 Maybe It Takes a Loud Noise, PDX Contemporary Art, Portland, Oregon
2010 A Limited Anthology of Edits, The New Video Gallery, Portland Oregon
2010 The Classroom, PDX Contemporary Art, Portland, Oregon
2010 Imaginative Qualities of Actual Things, Marylhurst Art Gym, Gallery 2, Marylhurst, Oregon
2009 Dear J., New American Art Union Bathroom, Portland, Oregon
2008 Print works, Studio 2507, Portland, Oregon
2007 every which way, Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, Oregon
2007 Vista Ave. Viaduct, Higgins Gallery, Platform Animation Festival, Portland, Oregon
collaboration with Claire Lamont
Special Projects
2012 Don't Mistake Our Intelligence for Knowledge, San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, California
2011 Don't Worry We'll Fix It, PICA's TBA Festival, Portland, Oregon
2010 The Classroom Lecture Series, PDX Contemporary Art, Portland, Oregon
2007 I’m Searching Too, PICA’s TBA Festival, Portland, Oregon
Selected Group Exhibitions
2012 P.O.'d Postcard Show, Marylhurst Art Gym, Marylhurst, Oregon
2012 Clouds Inclose Comets: The Envelope, PDX Contemporary Art, Portland, Oregon
2012 Portland2012: A Biennial of Contemporary Art, Disjecta, Portland, Oregon
2012 The 10th NW Biennial, Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, Washington
2011 Being There, Cornish College, Seattle, Washington
2011 Commonplacing, Napoleon, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2011 Pacific Northwest Art Annual, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon
2011 2011, PDX Across the Hall, Portland, Oregon
2010 Txt : Artists investigating language, James Harris Gallery, Seattle, Washington
2010 Public Antagonism, Carhole Gallery, Portland, Oregon
2010 Grown Ups, Disjecta, Portland, Oregon
2010 How to Read a Book, Locust Projects, Miami, Florida
2010 Incubate, Hybrid Gallery, Portland, Oregon
2010 Of Walking in Ice, The White Box, Portland, Oregon
2010 Dialogical, Salem Art Association, Salem, Oregon
2009 Labyrint 09 Writings & Observations, Botkyrka Konsthall, Tumba, Sweden
2009 Chalkbox and Color Indexes, Pulse Art Fair, Miami, Florida
2009 In Honor of PNCA @ 100, PDX Contemporary Art, Portland, Oregon
2009 21st Century PNCA Alumni, Cyan/PDX, Portland, Oregon
2009 Bookish is a Compliment, PDX Contemporary Art, Portland, Oregon
2009 2thousand10, Igloo Gallery, Portland, Oregon
2009 Close from Distant Shores, Autzen Gallery, Portland, Oregon
2009 This Land is our Land, Ace Hotel, New York, New York
2009 Index of Left Behind, Apartment Gallery at the Teshnor Manor, Portland, Oregon
2009 Reply All, Autzen Gallery, Portland, Oregon
2008 Self Projections, Milepost 5, Portland, Oregon
2008 Kind of Like a Buffet, PDX Contemporary Art, Portland, Oregon
2008 Filler Paper, Aqua Wynwood Art Fair, Miami, Florida
2007 I’m Searching Too, PICA Portland Institute of Contemporary Art’s TBA Festival, Portland, Oregon
2007 Library Mail Art Show, Charles Voorhies Library, Portland, Oregon
2007 Underline, co-curated with Mary Doyle, Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, Oregon
Publication
2012 Can These Antiques Ever Prove Dangerous Again? published by Publication Studio
2012 "Law & Order: The Fuzzy Version", YA5, Eds. Sam Korman, David Knowles, Gary Robbins
2011 "Open Letter to the Artist Ryan Gander," in Art Criticism and Other Short Stories, ed. H. Reed
2011 "We May Have Misunderstood the Question," in OE Rogue, eds. B. Broome & C. Womack
2011 “Excerpts from 100 Posterworks” in Noon Literary Journal 2011, Ed. Diane Williams
2010 A Classroom Reader, published by Publication Studio
2010 Introduction to The Template Files: Works by D.E. May, published by Publication Studio
2010 A Limited Anthology of Edits, published by Special Projects Press
2010 “Excerpts from 100 Posterworks” in Urban Interventions, Gestalten Publishing
2010 Color Works, published by Special Projects Press
2010 “Excerpts from 100 Posterworks” in Noon Literary Journal 2010, Ed. Diane Williams
2010 “Untitled (Household)” in and&review No. 1, Ed. Mia Nolting and Rachel Peddersen
2009 “Filler Paper,” in Matthew Higgs Fan Zine, Ed. by Jen Delos Reyes
2009 Integrating a Burning House, published by Special Projects Press
2008 One-Way Street: An Index in Thirteen Parts, published by Special Projects Press
2008 Untitled (Wallace Stevens), published by Special Projects Press
2007 Paper Cover, published by Special Projects Press
Selected Bibliography
2012 "'100 Posterworks' By Anna Gray And Ryan Wilson Paulsen: Are You Getting The Message?" Sam Parker, Huffington Post, July, 2012.
2012 "Anna Gray + Ryan Wilson Paulsen, Maybe It Takes a Loud Noise." Richard Speer, Willamette Week, July, 2012.
2012 "The positive side of Portland2012: A Biennial of Contemporary Art," Graham Bell, Oregon Arts Watch, April, 2012.
2012 "What Does Meaningful Engagement with Public Art Look Like?" Ben Valentine, Hyperallergenic,
2012 "Double Encrypted,"Richard Speer, Willamette Week, April, 2012.
2011 "TBA." Sjoukje Van der Meulen. frieze, Nov-Dec, 2011
2011 "TBA:11/Anna Gray & Ryan Wilson Paulsen, ‘Don’t Worry We’ll Fix It’: Editing power." Lisa Radon. Oregon Arts Watch
2011 "TBA 2011: ‘Don’t Worry We’ll Fix It’" Anne Adams. Culturephile: http://www.portlandmonthlymag.com/blogs/culturephile-portland-arts/tba-anna-gray-and-ryan-wilson-paulson-september-2011/
2011 "An Evidence of Bricks: An Evidence of Doors," Amy Bernstein. PORT portlandart.net: http://www.portlandart.net/archives/2011/09/an_evidence_of.html
2011 “Summerhill, Revised: Learning in/as Marginalia.” Stephanie Springgay. In CMagazine: http://reheardregalement.com/wp-content/uploads/SummerhillRevisedCMagSmaller.pdf
2010 Notes from a Young Curator. Sam Korman. Portland: Publication Studio, 2010.
2010 "Review: Anna Gray and Ryan Wilson Paulsen's The Classroom." Josh Noble. Ultra Arts Portland: http://www.ultrapdx.com/zero/2010/07/26/review-anna-gray-and-ryan-wilson-paulsens-the-classroom/
2010 "Review: Anna Gray and Ryan Wilson Paulsen at PDX Gallery." DK Row. OregonLive for The Oregonian, http://www.oregonlive.com/art/index.ssf/2010/07/review_anna_gray_and_ryan_wils.html
2010 “Review: Dregs and Imaginative Qualities.” Lisa Radon. Culturephile: Portland Arts.for Portland Monthly: http://www.portlandmonthlymag.com/blogs/culturephile-portland-arts/art-review-dregs-imaginative/
2010 “Cochrane & Middendorf + Gray & Paulsen at The Art Gym.” Jeff Jahn. PORT portlandart.net:
http://www.portlandart.net/archives/2010/01/cochrane_and_mi.html.
2009 “Preserving History: The Dill Pickle Club Revives a Long-Forgotten Arts Institution.” Matt Stangel. The Portland Mercury: http://www.portlandmercury.com/portland/preserving-history/Content?oid=1921990
2009 “Saying Something with Banners.” Justin Langlois. Broken City Lab:
http://www.brokencitylab.org/blog/saying-something-with-banners/
2009 “Bookish is a Compliment.” Lisa Radon. Ultra Arts + Culture:
http://www.ultrapdx.com/zero/2009/06/22/bookish-is-a-compliment/
2008 Camela Raymond. “Things We Like” Portland Monthly February 2008
2007 Patrick Leonard. “Special Delivery” PICA TBA 08:
http://www.urbanhonking.com/pica/archives/2007/09/special_deliver.html
Professional Presentations/Lectures
2011 Conference of Conferences, Field Work, Portland, Oregon
2011 Deadpan Birthday, Living Room Lecture Series, Portland, Oregon
2011 Deconstruction, PCC Rock Creek, Portland, Oregon
2010 5 Topics, Portland Stock, Portland, Oregon
2010 Judd Related, Donald Judd Conference, Portland, Oregon
2010 Artist talk, Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, Oregon
2009 Integrating a Burning House, Performative Lecture, Lodge Gallery/Allied Works, Portland, Oregon
2009 Good-byes, Performative Lecture, Apartment Gallery, Portland, Oregon
Artist talk, Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, Oregon
Education
2010 Master of Fine Arts, Portland State University, Portland, Oregon
2008 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, Oregon
Grants/Awards
2012 Contemporary Northwest Art Awards Finalist, Portland Art Museum
2011 Brink Award Finalist, Henry Art Gallery
2009 Portland Stock Artist Grant
2008 Thesis Writing Finalist, Pacific Northwest College of Art
2007 Larson Scholarship Recipient