PAUL LAFFOLEY
(b. 1940, Cambridge, Massachusetts)
2007 Mind Physics Kent Gallery, New York
Urban
Cosmologies Kent Gallery, New York.
The
Gaudí New York Hotel for Ground Zero.
Gallery 28, New England School of Art and Design, Suffolk University, Boston
2001 Portaling. Kent Gallery, New York
1999 Architectonic
Thought Forms: A Survey of the Art of Paul Laffoley. Austin Museum of Art, Austin, Texas
The
Tree of Sephiroth and Other Drawings.
Kent Gallery, New York
1998 Building
the Bauharoque. Kent Gallery, New
York
1995 The Real Elvis II, at the
Jamaica Plain Firehouse.
Multicultural Arts Center, Boston
1994 All Elvis Art Show. Main Street Museum of Arts, White River Junction,
Vermont
1993 Visionary Art: A Contemporary Survey. Newspeak Bookstore Gallery, Providence
1985
Kingston Gallery, Boston
Stux
Gallery, Boston
Paintings
and Boxes. Stux Gallery, New York
1985 Nesto Gallery, Milton Academy, Milton,
Massachusetts
Ward-Nasse
Gallery, New York
Addison
Gallery of American Art, Andover, Massachusetts
1984 Kingston Gallery, Boston
1983 Ward-Nasse Gallery, New York
Kingston
Gallery, Boston
1982 Tremont Tea Room, Boston
1981 Bromfield Gallery, Boston
Compton
Gallery, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge
Wessel
Library, Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts
1979 Ward-Nasse Gallery, New York
Art
Gallery, Fitchburg State College Gallery, Fitchburg, Massachusetts
Bromfield
Gallery, Boston
1978 Bromfield Gallery, Boston
1977 Bromfield Gallery, Boston
Southern
Connecticut State College Gallery, New Haven
Ward-Nasse
Gallery, New York
1975 Bromfield Gallery, Boston
Manteca
Gallery, Boston
1974 Belmont-Hill Gallery, Belmont, Massachusetts
Ward-Nasse
Gallery, New York.
1973 Portland Museum of Art, Portland, Maine
1972 The New Jerusalem Project. Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston
Lamont
Gallery, Exeter, New Hampshire
Brockton
Art Museum, Brockton, Massachusetts
1971 Bergman Gallery, University of Chicago
Commonwealth
School, Boston
Playboy
Club, Boston
1970 McClean Hospital, Belmont, Massachusetts
1969 Gallery 2, Boston
East-West
Self-Exploration Center, Boston
Orson
Wells Cinema, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Cumbres
Institute at Woodstock, Bethel, New York
Macivor-Reddie
Gallery, Boston
1968 Boston Tea Party, Boston
Pluribus
Gallery, Boston
1966 Club '47, Cambridge, Massachusetts
GROUP EXHIBITONS
2006 Utopia Kohler Arts Center,
Sheboygan, Wisconsin
Urban
Cosmologies, Kent Gallery, New
York
2005 Minds Wide Open Light
Space Gallery, Santa Monica travels to MicroCoSM Gallery, New York
2004 Constructed Image. Kent Gallery, New York
Antonio
Gaudí y Cornet: The Man, the Work, the Visionary. Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design,
London
100
Artists See Satan. Grand Central Art
Center, Santa Ana, California
2003 The
Interdimensional Art Movement. Gallery
of the Senses, Seattle
The
Seventieth Annual International Exhibition of Fine-Art Miniatures. Strathmore Hall Art Center, Bethesda, Maryland
2002 Addiction. American Visionary Art Museum, Baltimore
Artists
to Artists: A Decade of the Space Program. Marie Walsh Sharpe Art Foundation, Ace Gallery, New
York
Endless
Summer. Kent Gallery, New York
High
on Life: Transcending Addiction.
American Visionary Art Museum, Baltimore
The
Sixty-Ninth Annual International Exhibition of Fine Art Miniatures. Strathmore Hall Art Center, North Bethesda,
Maryland
100
Juxtapoz Artists. Track 16 Gallery,
Santa Monica
2001 Vox
2001. Kent Gallery, New York
War
and Peace. American Visionary Art
Museum, Baltimore
2000 We
are not Alone, Angels and Other Aliens.
American Visionary Art Museum, Baltimore
The
UFO Show. University Galleries,
University of Chicago, Normal, Illinois. Curated by Barry Blinderman. Traveled
to the Arts and Science Center or Southeast Arkansas, Pine Bluff
Demonstrosity:
Deconstructing Monsters in Contemporary Art. Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts
1999 Dream Architecture. Kent Gallery, New York
The
End is Near. Las Vegas Art Museum,
Nevada, May 8 thru July 10
We
are Not Alone: Angels and Other Aliens. American Visionary Art Museum, Baltimore. Curated by Susan Subtle
Dintenfass
1998
Somakatoligon: Degrees of Embodiment-Art and Mind Physics. At the
Federal Reserve Bank of Boston Gallery, Project sponsored by the Boston
Visionary Cell, Inc., Boston
1997 The
End is Near. American Visionary Art
Museum, Baltimore
The
K.F.L. Project: Illustrations for the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. Calvin-Morris Gallery, New York
The
Time Machine. Anchorage Museum of
History and Art, Anchorage, Alaska
They
Came Here First. Center on
Contemporary Art, Seattle
Are
We Touched? Identities from Outer Space. Huntington Beach Art Center, Huntington Beach, California
Alien
Art Ranso. Harbor Steps, Seattle
Perfect
Being. Gallery Gibson, Art Museum of
State University of New York, Potsdam. Traveled to Gallery 400, University of
Illinois, Chicago
1996 A
Labor of Love. New Museum of
Contemporary Art, New York
The
UFO Project. Mobius Gallery, Boston
Carl
Solway Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio
Human
Evolution and Extra-Terrestrial Intervention and the Arts.
Massachusetts
College of Art, Boston
In
Pursuit of the Visible. Richmond Art
Center, Windsor, Connecticut
Three
Painters. Michael Solway Gallery,
Cincinnati, Ohio
Foliage:
The Blossoming Wonders of Nature.
Artscape Gallery, Boston
Visions
in Space and UFOs in Art. American
Primitive Gallery, New York
Unbuilt
Architecture: The Twelfth Annual Build Boston Exposition. World Trade Center, Boston
Memento
Mori. New England School of Art and
Design, Suffolk University, Boston
Pahana
Gallery, Northampton, Massachusetts
1995 In
Light of Our Reflection: Visions of Art and Science. Tisch
Gallery, Aidekman Arts Center, Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts
Reading
the Image. Tufts University Art
Gallery, Medford, Massachusetts
Aidekman
Arts Center, Medford/Somerville Campus, Medford, Massachusetts
Off
the Wall-What a Relief. Dane Gallery
and Gallery 28, Boston
Frontierism. Planet 3.9 at the Massachusetts Transportation
Building, Boston
1994 Lamproneiro:
Art and the Lucid Dream. Boston
Visionary Cell at the Federal Reserve Bank, Boston
Kook
and Visionary Artists. Newspeak
Gallery, Providence
Art
Gallery, Joe Gaggiano Tire Company, Boston
Epiphanies. Ward-Nasse Gallery, New York
Symbolic
Essence of the Flower. Cultural
Center, New York
Blast
Number 3: Inaugural Exhibition.
Blast Art Benefit, T.Z. Art + Company, New York
Cult
Rapture. Center on Contemporary Art,
Seattle
Du fantastique au
visionnaire. Zitelle Cultural Center, Venice
1993 The
Circle of Fire. Men's Sacred Arts
Festival Gallery, Newport, Rhode Island
Tower
of Babel. Here Gallery, New York
Beyond
Dreams: Twenty Years of the Bromfield Gallery in Boston: Part One. Boston
1992 The
Open Studios at the Space Program.
Marie Walsh Sharpe Art Foundation, New York
Utopia:
Envisioning a Dream. Forum Gallery at
Jamestown Community College, Jamestown, New York
The
Beauty in Breathing. Convention
Center, Miami Beach
Tenth
Anniversary of Former Members Exhibit.
Kingston Gallery, Boston
Transmodern,
Baumgartner Galleries, Washington,
D.C.
Re-Framing
Cartoons. Wexner Center for the
Arts, Ohio State University, Columbus. Curated by Tom Zummer.
The
Nature of Science. Pratt Manhattan
Gallery, New York
Diagrams
of the Sacred. District of Columbia
Jewish Community Center, Washington D.C.
1990 Images
of Death in Contemporary Art.
Haggerty Museum of Art, Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Re:
Framing Cartoons. Loughelton
Gallery, New York. Curated by Barbara Broughel
Art
on Paper. Weatherspoon Art Gallery,
University of North Carolina, Greensboro
Chanukah
Windows. Starr Gallery,
Leventhal-Sidman, Jewish Community Center, Newton, Massachusetts
1989 Public
Domain. Kent Fine Art, New York
Outside
Paradise: Revelations on the Borders.
Art Institute of Boston
First
Night '89. City of Boston.
1988 Notations
on the Virtual. Loughelton Gallery,
New York
Visions
of Death. Oasis Gallery, Boston.
Organized by the Boston Visionary Cell
Curators
Choice. Art Complex Museum, Duxbury,
Massachusetts
Boston
Visions, Boston. Organized by the
Boston Society of Architects.
1987 Future
Design for Boston. Boston 2076,
Boston. Organized by the Boston Society of Architects.
Meta-Physics. Piezo Electric Gallery, New York
Greenville
County Museum, Greenville, South Carolina.
Transvision. Stux Gallery, New York
Stux
Gallery, Boston
Brockton
Art Museum Triennial. Brockton Art
Museum, Brockton, Massachusetts
Boston
Now: Projects. Institute of
Contemporary Art, Boston.
Miniatures. Stux Gallery, Boston
Das
Zargziel Kosmich Orakel: A Painted Sculptural Gatepost to the Oracle that Traces
its Historical Symbolism. City Hall
Plaza, Boston
1986 Stux
Gallery, Boston
Cosmic
and Visionary Spaces. Boston College
Gallery, Newton, Massachusetts
Stux
Gallery, New York
Metabody. Hallwalls, Buffalo
Artcetera
'86. Boston
1985 Invitational.
Stux Gallery, Boston
The
Fourteenth Boston Arts Festival.
Boston Esplanade
The
Eighteenth Sao Paulo Biennale. Sao
Paulo, Brazil
Boston
Visual Artists Union Gallery
1984 Kingston
Gallery, Boston
New
Directions in Surrealism. Laura
Knott Gallery, Bradford College, Haverhill, Massachusetts
Boston
Visual Artists Union Gallery
Search
for the Urpflanze. Goethe Institute,
Boston. Sponsored by the Boston
Visionary Cell.
Boston
Printmakers National Exhibition.
Brockton Art Museum, Brockton, Massachusetts
1983 Brockton
Art Museum Triennial. Brockton Art
Museum, Brockton, Massachusetts
Working
Drawings: Meditations on the Creative Process. Boston Visual Artists Union Gallery
Boston
Now. Institute of Contemporary Art,
Boston
Boston
International Center for Peace through Culture. Toronto. Exhibition coincided with the Planetary
Congress.
Kingston Gallery at City Hall.
Main Gallery, Boston City Hall
Whole Life Expo. Sheraton Hotel,
Boston
Open
Show. Boston Visual Artists Union
Gallery
Art-Tasting
Contest. Salon Margaux, Meridien
Hotel, Boston. Organized by the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston
Mega-Arts. Boston City Hall
1982 Numbers
and Geometries. Boston Visual
Artists Union Gallery
Kingston
Gallery, Boston
The
Cork Gallery. Avery Fisher Hall,
Lincoln Center, New York
The
Brown Fund Intitiative Exhibit.
Boston Visual Artists Union Gallery
The
Last Week in July. Gallery East,
Boston
The
Brown Fund Initiative Exhibit Continued. Main Gallery, Boston City Hall
Open
Show Annual. Boston Visual Artists Union
Gallery
1981 Vietnam
Veterans Memorial Competition Exhibition. Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland
Ward-Nasse
Gallery, New York
Massachusetts
Institute of Technology Museum and Historical Collections, Cambridge
Progressive
Architecture's First Annual International Conceptual Furniture Competition.
Bond's
International Casino, New York
Esoteric
Art Exhibition. Pilgrim¹s Progress
Conference, University of Maine, Orono. Organized by the Energy System
Parameters
Annual
Open Show. Boston Visual Artists Union
Gallery
Sky
Art Conference 1981. Center for
Advanced Visual Studies, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge
The
Temple. Brighton, Massachusetts.
Organized by the New England Society of Psychic Science Researchers
1980 The
Ward-Nasse Gallery at Lever House. Lever House, New York
Société
des Artistes Indépendants. Grand Palais, Paris
Theories of Symbolism. Boston Architectural Center. Organized by the Boston
Visionary Cell
Open
Show. Boston Visual Artists Union
Gallery
Boston
Artists Celebrate Boston. Boston
Center for the Arts. Organized by the Boston Visual Artists Union and Jubilee
350
The
Quad Design Competition. Great Hall,
Quincy Market Building, Boston. Organized by the Greater Boston Real Estate
Board
New
England Artists Exhibit. Senator
Paul Tsongas¹s office, John F. Kennedy Building, Boston. Organized by the
Boston Visual Artists Union
1979 The
Time Show. Boston Visual Artists
Union Gallery
Community
Arts Connection. Main Gallery,
Boston City Hall
The
Bromfield Gallery at City Hall.
Boston City Hall Main Gallery
The
Association of Artist-Run Galleries.
U.S. Customhouse, World Trade Center, New York
Unbuilt
in Boston: Architectural Proposals. Boston
Architectural Center Gallery
1978 Magic
Spaces Show. Boston Visual Artists Union
Art
Week. 36. Bromfield Street, Boston
Artists¹
Books. Boston Visual Artists Union
Gallery
The
Towards Tomorrow Fair. University of
Massachusetts, Amherst
1977 Pontiac
Creative Arts Center, Pontiac, Michigan
The
Zeitgeist: Kultur or Kitsch. Polaroid
Corporation, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Curated by Paul Laffoley, sponsored by
the World Future Society
Visions
of History: Presentations by the Boston Visionary Cell. Quincy Market Building, Boston. Curated by Paul
Laffoley
The
Open Show: Part I. Boston Visual
Artists Union Gallery
Bromfield
Gallery, Boston
Charles
Street Gallery, Boston
Paul
Laffoley on the Concept of Meta-Energy. Northeast Trade Center, Woburn, Massachusetts
1976 Dodge
Library Art Gallery, Northeastern University, Boston. Organized by the Boston
Visual Artists Union
Henry
Hicks Gallery, Brooklyn
The
End of the Future. Massachusetts
College of Art, Boston. Curated by Paul Laffoley, sponsored by the World Future
Society
Joy
of Movement Center, Watertown, Massachusetts.
Lever
House, New York. Organized by Ward-Nasse Gallery
1975 Salon. Ward-Nasse Gallery, New York
Magic
Spaces Show. Boston Visual Artists
Union Gallery
The
Northeast Sculpture Open. Brockton
Art Museum, Brockton, Massachusetts
The
100 Artists of Ward-Nasse Present a Spring Exhibition. Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center, New York
Painting
Invitational. Brockton Art Center,
Brockton, Massachusetts
The
New Talent Show. Allan Stone
Gallery, New York
Manteca
Gallery, Boston
1974 Salon. Ward-Nasse Gallery, New York
The
Boston Visual Arts Union Show.
Boston Center for the Arts
The
Wallace Garden Library Competition. Fitchburg
Art Museum, Fitchburg, Massachusetts (Honorable Mention)
The
Atlantis Project. First and Second
Church in Boston. Organized by the Boston Visionary Cell
Drawings
'74. Watson Gallery, Wheaton
College, Norton, Massachusetts
Boston
Symphony Hall. Organized by the Boston Visual Artists Union.
1973 The
Boston Tea Party Poster Contest.
Main Gallery, Boston City Hall. Organized by the Boston 200 Bicentennial
(Honorable Mention).
Salon. Ward-Nasse Gallery, New York
The
Boston Visual Artists Union Show.
Boston Center for the Arts and the Hayden Gallery, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Proposals
for a New England Center for Comparative Utopias. Boston Architecture Center and Architects¹
Collaborative, Cambridge. Organized by the Boston Visionary Cell
1972 Salon.
Ward-Nasse Gallery, New York
The
Food Show. Quincy Market, Boston.
Organized by the Institute of Contemporary Art
The
Boston Circus for the Arts. Boston
Center for the Arts
Art
in the Park. Boston Common.
Organized by the Institute of Contemporary Art
Art
for McGovern '72, Parker Street 470
Gallery, Boston
1971 Salon.
Ward-Nasse Gallery, New York
Design
in Transit. Institute of
Contemporary Art, Boston
New
England Sculpture Association Show.
Main Gallery, Boston City Hall
Art
in the Park. Boston Common.
Organized by the Institute of Contemporary Art
1970 Worlds of Their Own. University of Massachusetts, Boston
Project
70. Main Gallery, Boston City Hall.
Organized by the Institute of Contemporary Art
Salon. Ward-Nasse Gallery, New York
Thousand
Words Gallery, Boston
Pooke
Memorial Museum, Natick, Massachusetts
Circuit
Gallery, Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston
2004 CSUF, Grand Central Art Center Artist in
Residence, Santa Ana, California
2002 Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant
1997 Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Foundation Grant
1991 Marie Walsh Sharpe Art Foundation Space Program
Grant
Massachusetts
Artists Fellowship in Painting
1985 elhard Award, Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston
Addison
Gallery of American Art, Andover, Massachusetts
Austin
Museum of Art, Austin, Texas
Brockton
Art Museum, Brockton, Massachusetts
Continental
Can Corporation, New York
First
National Bank of Chicago, Chicago
Grand
Rapids Art Museum, Grand Rapids, Michigan
Hirshhorn
Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C.
Museum
of Fine Arts, Boston
Tufts
New England Medical Center, Boston