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- SOLO EXHIBITIONS and TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS*
- 2022
- Improv-cess • Hugh N. Ronald Gallery • Portland, IN
- 2018
- INGRAINED • Rosewood Gallery • Kettering, OH (catalogue)
- Between Chaos and Control • Plenum Space Gallery • Kansas City, MO
- *Paula Izydorek / Debra Sue Solecki • Cleveland West Art League • Cleveland, OH
- 2017
- INGRAINED • 29 Palms Art Gallery • Twentynine Palms, CA (catalogue)
- INGRAINED • City Center Gallery (OSU) • Columbus, OH (catalogue)
- *Boundless Imagination: Abstraction Remixed • Juanita Salazar Lowe IVC Art Gallery • Imperial, CA (with Jack Reilly)
- 2016
- INGRAINED • Intown Club Gallery • Cleveland, OH (catalogue)
- 2015
- Resolution or Evolution: An Intimate Interpretation • Millard Sheets Art Center • Pomona, CA
- SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
- 2021
- From WOMAN XIV • The Gallery at Lakeland • Cleveland, OH
- Group Exhibition 2021 • Heights Art • Cleveland Heights, OH
- 2020
- From WOMAN XIII • The Gallery at Lakeland • Cleveland, OH
- AAWR Annual Member’s Exhibition • AAWR Gallery • Cleveland, OH
- 13th Annual OOVAR Exhibition • Carnegie Gallery • Columbus, OH
- Jurors: Kevin Lyles, Michael Suh, Julie Newhall
- 2019
- ECHOES: From There to Here • Diego Rivera Gallery • San Francisco, CA
- Permutations • Brandt-Roberts Galleries • Columbus, OH
- Operation Monarch • Cultural Arts Center • Columbus, OH
- AAWR Annual Member’s Exhibition • AAWR Gallery • Cleveland, OH
- 2018
The Pearly Gates Collection • Yucca Valley Visual & Performing Arts Center • Yucca Valley, CA
Meet Me in the Margins • Cleveland West Art League • Cleveland, OH
82nd National Midyear Exhibition • Butler Institute of American Art • Youngstown, OH
- Juror: Peter Reginato
- May Show • The Gallery at Lakeland • Cleveland, OH
- Juror: Ken Emerick
- Members Show • Heights Art • Cleveland Heights, OH
- AAWR Annual Member’s Exhibition • AAWR Gallery • Cleveland, OH
- 2017
- Mélange • Brandt-Roberts Galleries • Columbus, OH
- Juror: Laura Lisbon
The J Show • Mandel JCC • Cleveland,OH
- Jurors: Dr. Jennifer Finkel and Shawn Godwin
- 6th Annual Exhibit • Creek Gallery • Chicago, IL
- AAWR Annual Member’s Exhibition • AAWR Gallery • Cleveland, OH
- Bay Art's Annual Juried Exhibition • Sullivan Family Gallery • Bay Village, OH
- Jurors: Daniel Levin and Kristen Cliffel
- DayGlo V • Waterloo Arts • Cleveland, OH
- 2016
- Tall Walls • Cleveland West Art League (@ Canopy Collective) • Cleveland, OH
- Out There • Gallery 825 • Los Angeles, CA
- Jurors: Francisco George and William Escalera
- May Show • The Gallery at Lakeland • Cleveland, OH
- Jurors: Joanne Cohen and Kim Webb
- The Art of Life Connected • Wilshire/Vermont project for Metro Line Station • Los Angeles, CA
- Jurors: Bruce Helander, Elizabeth Sobieski and Qathryn Brehm
- 2015
- LAAA Annual Benefit Auction • Gallery 825 • Los Angeles, CA
- Out There • Gallery 825 • Los Angeles, CA
- Jurors: Francisco George and William Escalera
- Perfect Lovers • Bronx Art Space • New York, NY
- From Her • Pico House Gallery • Los Angeles, CA
- I Art You • Create:Fixate • Venice, CA
- Juror: Michelle Berc, director of Create:Fixate
- B/W • Gallery 825 • Los Angeles, CA
- Juror: Laura Watts of Honor Fraser Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
- 2014
- Aurora • Gallery 825 • Los Angeles, CA
- Art for Art’s Sake • Millard Sheets Art Center • Pomona, CA
- World Wide Art LA, International Art Show • Los Angeles Convention Center • Los Angeles, CA
- Another Summer with the Ladies • 608 North • Redondo Beach, CA
- Out There : I Do • Gallery 825 • Los Angeles, CA
- Jurors: Francisco George and William Escalera
- 2013
- Out There • Gallery 825 • Los Angeles, CA
- Jurors: Francisco George and William Escalera
- Constellations • Create:Fixate (@ Lot 613) • Los Angeles, CA
- Juror: Michelle Berc, director of Create:Fixate
- Gleaming Apollo • Gallery 825 • Los Angeles, CA
- Juror: Shula Nazarien of Shulamit Gallery, Venice, CA
- Words on Printed Page • Gallery 825 • Los Angeles, CA
- Juror: Cheryl Perkey of Perkey Fine Art Advisor
- 2012
- GEM • Gallery 825 • Los Angeles, CA
- LAAA Annual Benefit Auction • Gallery 825 • Los Angeles, CA
- 2010
- Life Is Art • Adrienne Arsht Center • Miami Beach, FL
- 2009
- Through the Eyes of Love • Miami Beach Community Health Center • Miami, FL
- Hip Hop for Human Rights • ARTE DEL BARRIO (@PS14) • Miami, FL
- In collaboration with: Amnesty International Miami/Local Group 248
- 2008
- We The People • ARTE DEL BARRIO (@The Museum of Science) • Miami, FL
- 2007
- Mutation Nation • DIY Gallery • Los Angeles, CA
- Angels and Abstracts • Alexander Rave Gallery • Studio City, CA
- 2004
- Connections • Gallery 555 • Detroit, MI
- Around The Coyote • Winter Arts Festival (@Flat Iron Arts Building) • Chicago, IL
- 2003
- Fiddy Beans • OBJEX Art Space • Miami, FL
- PT Studios, Closing Party • GENART (@SOHO LOUNGE) • Miami, FL
- 2002
- Flamingos on the Beach • Art in Public Places Committee of Miami Beach • Miami Beach, FL
- 1998
- Art Discoveries Annual Group Show • Jonathan Shorr Gallery • New York, NY
- 1997
- Senior Show • Bayfront Gallery (@Fort Mason) • San Francisco, CA
- 1996
- Convent of the Nuns • Diego Rivera Gallery • San Francisco, CA
- COLLECTIONS
CARTA. Cleveland Art Association, Cleveland, OH
The Pearly Gates Collection (honoring Walter Hopps), Los Angeles, CA
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- Dillion, Pamela, "Wood is common theme in work of 2 Ohio artists" - Dayton Daily News, Pg E7, August 12, 2018. Print
- Bratten, April Michelle (Ed.). "Issue #42" - Up the Staircase Quarterly. access date August 1, 2018
- Murphy, Patricia Colleen (Ed.). "issue 21 spring 2018" - Superstition Review Issue 21. access date May 1, 2018
- Clark, Joseph, "HOME IS WHERE THE ART IS: Paula Izydorek and Debra Sue Solecki at CWAL" - CAN Journal, February 2018. (Review)
- "Art Gallery tries new schedule for reception" - The Desert Trail, Pg A3, November 9, 2017. Print
Leack, Ryan D. (Ed.). “PVR 11” - Pomona Valley Review Vol 11. Pg 75,76, access date July 28, 2017
Ramos, Katherine, “Boundless Imagination Kicks of at IVC” - The Desert Review, April 3 2017
- Villero, Joselito N. "Boundless Imagination: Abstraction Remixed" - The Desert Review, Mar 4 2017
- Parker, Nachie, "Gallery shows "Perfect Lovers" in black and white" - The Hunts Point Express, May 3 2015
Featured Artist - City of Redondo Beach Newsletter Redondo Beach, CA, Winter 2014/15. On-Line Quarterly
- Fulwood, Baron (Ed.). "Legs Up" - Collate Art Magazine Vol 1, No. 1. Pg 18, Jan 2009. Print
- GENART Artist of the Month - Closer Magazine Southern Florida, 2003. Print
- Stuck On You, Dir. Bobby Farrelly and Peter Farrelly. Perf. Matt Damon, Greg Kinnear and Cher. 20th Century Fox, 2003. Film
- Fanz, Ashley, "A Crying Shame" - New Times Broward/Palm Beach, June 20 2002
- EDUCATION
- 1997 BFA (Interdisciplinary Arts) • San Francisco Art Institute • San Francisco, CA
- Awarded:
- • Community College Scholarship • Cal Grant Recipient
- ORGANIZATIONS & PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
- Member, Artist Archives of the Western Reserve • Cleveland, OH 2016-20
- Member, Cleveland West Art League • Cleveland, OH 2016-18
- Member, Heights Arts • Cleveland Heights, OH 2016-18
- Member, Los Angeles Art Association • Los Angeles, CA 2011-16
- Critique Group Moderator; organized by Los Angeles Art Association South Bay, CA 2014-15
- Studio Manager Andy Moses, painter Venice, CA 2011-13
- Studio Assistant Guy Dill, sculptor Venice, CA 1995