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Known for her improvisational technique, Pat Pauly uses bold color and unusual juxtapositions of printed and painted fabric. Her workshops on contemporary art quilts carry the same qualities as her work—energized, spontaneous, and artistic. With a mastery of diverse construction techniques, Pat Pauly uses textiles as a medium of choice.

In addition to her work in textiles, her work as an exhibition designer allows a breadth of experience in design. This exposure to work in exhibitions with collections as different as dinosaurs, to Impressionist paintings to Tiffany glass, lead her to design as well as curate in 2004 "Quilts Uncovered: Treasures from the Genesee Country Village & Museum". The exhibition of 100 historical quilts soon refueled her work with contemporary textiles, and she has redefined her textile art. Pat served as the guest curator and exhibition designer of the State University of New York at Oswego College's exhibition in 2008 of the invitational "A Personal Landscape". Pat also curated "The Almighty Dollar: Contemporary Art Quilts" and "The Exquisite Corpse: Contemporary Art Quilts" in 2010, and "Parallax: Views of Contemporary Quilt Artists." She is a frequent consultant for designing and curating textile exhibitions.

Selected Exhibitions  

2012 Form Not Function, New Albany, Indiana
2011-2012 Design in Fiber / Pat Pauly, Rochester, New York
2011-2012 Focus:Fiber, Canton, Ohio
2011 Quilts=Art=Quilts, Auburn, New York
2011 Creative Force, SAQA travelling exhibition, USA
2011 Open European Quilt Championships 2011, Veldhoven, Netherlands
2011 Sum of the Parts: Art Quilts of Pat Pauly, Rochester, New York
2011 Parallax / Views of Contemporary Quilt Artists, Rochester, New York
2011 Quilt National, Athens, Ohio
2011 Textiles in a Tube, Greenville, South Carolina
2010 Quilts = Art = Quilts, Schweinfurth Art Center, Auburn, New York
2010 Images 2010, Lowell, Massachusetts
2010 Creative Force, SAQA traveling exhibitions
2009 Quilt National, Athens, Ohio
2009 Quilts=Art=Quilts, Auburn, New York
2009 Points of View, Houston, Texas
2009 AQS Quilt Show, Paducah, Kentucky
2009 Musings, Gerald R. Ford Museum, Grand Rapids, Michigan
2009 New Year New Directions RAFA Group exhibition, Arts and Cultural Council Gallery, Rochester, New York
2008 A Personal Landscape, SUNY Oswego, New York
2008 Quilts = Art = Quilts, Schweinfurth Art Center, Auburn, New York
2008 Magnificent Inspiration, Rochester, New York
2007 Common Thread, Rochester, New York
2007 The Festival of Quilts, Birmingham, UK
2007 Quilting by the Lake , Morrisville, New York
2007 Quilts = Art = Quilts, Auburn, New York
2006 Art Quilts Lowell, Lowell, Massachusetts
2006 New Art from an American Tradition, Williamsburg, Virginia
2006 Quilts = Art = Quilts, Auburn, New York
1989 Pat Pauly – Quilts, Rochester, New York
1988 Quilts Not to Sleep With, Rochester, New York
1988 Quilts = Art = Quilts, Auburn, New York
1986 Hands Across the Border, Buffalo, New York
1985 Fabrications, Missoula, Montana
1983 Quilt National, Athens, Ohio .

For a look into Pat's creative work, visit the post on March, 2010 on Terry Jarrard-Dimond's blog Studio 24-7.  

Pat is a fan of John Hopper's blog on textiles. His link is here. The entry February 2, 2010 features Pat's work. He writes beautifully on the global world of textiles. Enjoy!