Paola Oxoa (b. 1979, Medellín, Colombia)
Lives and works in Beacon, NY.
Education
2004 BFA, Animation, Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design (RMCAD), Denver, CO
Solo Exhibitions
2018 What the Thunder Said, Matteawan Gallery, Beacon, NY
2006 Round Tripper, Stay Gallery, Denver, CO
2005 The Mirror of Reason, Museum of Contemporary Art, Denver, CO
2004 True Love, Museum of Contemporary Art, Denver, CO
Selected Group Exhibitions
2025
F_ll _n th_ Bl_nks, Yevgeniya Baras, Christopher Daharsh, Matthew F Fisher, Nick Hobbs, Edward Holland, Nick Irzyk, Anders Lindseth, Paola Oxoa, Raychael Stine, James Teschner, Margaret Thompson, my pet ram, New York, NY
2024
Empowering Voices, Electric Stories, Ophelia Arc, Merrick Adams, Jessica Alazraki, Susan Kim Alvereez, Ronen Azulay, Christian Ruiz Berman, Anna Berghuis, Hannah Beerman, John Birtle, Melanie Delach, Alexander Deschamps, Mia Dunn, Keith Greenbaum, Jeffrey Halpern, Charlotte Hailstone, Austin Harris, Kenyon Kennard, Kevin Lowenthal, Grady Owens, Paola Oxoa, Maya Mason, Jeffrey Melo, Nicolette Mishkan, Roman Sciascia, Zoe Schweiger, Guillermo Serrano, Leslie Weissman, Emily Wise, Ye Qin Zhu, curated by Leslie B. Weissman, Future Fair, New York, NY
Transcendence, Beverly Acha, Barrow Parke, Myles Bennett, Miriam Cahn, Marylyn Dintenfass, Julia Felsenthal, Heather Guertin, Adam Henry, Minako Iwamura, Jenny Kemp, Gyorgy Kepes, Sol LeWitt, Amy Lincoln, Ana Mendieta, Paola Oxoa, Elliott Puckette, JDJ, New York, NY
2023
Multipolar, Youki Hirakawa, Odeyemi Oluwaseun, Ana Vizcarra Rankin, Ana Vizcarra Rankin, Ann Lewis, Cozette Russell, Okoye Chukwuemeka John, Zach Seeger, Ariamna Contino & Alex Hernández Dueñas, Alex Hernández Dueñas, Cozette Russell, Aly Ogasian and Shona Kitchen, Paola Oxoa, Ashkan Sanei, Gustavo Villegas, Natalie Ortiz, Carol Bouyoucos, Youki Hirakawa, Peter Gallo, Ivan Sikic, Aly Ogasian and Shona Kitchen, Jenn Singer, Michele Lorusso, curated by Itzel Vargas Plata, NADA Curated
I AM THE PASSENGER, Joshua Abelow, Wilder Alison, Bhakti Baxter, Lisa Beck, Trudy Benson, Seth Cameron, Christopher Daharsh, Mariah Dekkenga, Stacy Fisher, Rico Gatson, Rema Ghuloum, Mara Held, Adam Henry, Emily Kiacz, Shawn Kuruneru, Jenny Morgan, Paola Oxoa, Tracy Thomason, Russell Tyler, Susan Weil, Mother Gallery, Beacon, NY
2021
Chromatic Vigils/Low Tides, Jesse Bransford + Lorenzo De Los Angeles, Jaqueline Cedar, Juliet Jacobson, Ashley Garrett, Alessandro Keegan, Matt Jones, Jac Lahav, Alex McQuilkin, Paola Oxoa, Max Razdow, Dana Sherwood, curated by The Sphinx, Hudson Hall, Hudson, NY
2020
More Dusk Than Moth, Curated by Kari Adelaide, Vanessa Albury, and John Brooks, SPRING/BREAK Art Show, New York, NY
2019
Fractal Labyrinth, Jesse Bransford, Lorenzo De Los Angeles, Hunter Hunt-Hendrix, Elizabeth Insogna, Jess Johnson, Alessandro Keegan, Steven Mayer, Tracy Molis, Paola Oxoa, Max Razdow, Dominic Shepherd, Laurel Sparks, Eliza Swann, Bob Szantyr, Shannon Taggart, Gordon Terry, Viktor Timofeev, Domenico Zindatocurated by The Sphinx, NYU, 34 Stuyvesant St, New York, NY
2018
In The Rabbit Hole, Benjamin Degen, Kirsten Deirup, Hope Gangloff, Mark Thomas Gibson, Julie Garfield, Branden Koch, Guadalupe Maravilla, Caitlin MacQueen, Paola Oxoa, Guy Richards Smit, Michael St. John, Mother Gallery, Beacon, NY
Gungywamp, Kirsten Deirup, Alesandro Keegan, Karsten Krejcarek, Paola Oxoa, curated by The Sphinx, 42 Social Club, Lyme, CT
The Cruellest Month, Paolo Arao, Yevgeniya Baras, Jeffrey Caramagna, Nathan Carter, Christopher Chiappa, Oliver Clegg, Tony Cox, Sue de Beer, Kirsten Deirup, Alex Eagleton, Brock Enright,Jackie Ferrara, Giovanni Forlino, Mark Thomas Gibson, Raina Hamner, Van Hanos, Valerie Hegarty, Angela Heisch, Delphine Hennelly, Kent Henricksen, Adam Henry, Marcy Hermansader, Colin Hunt, Phil Knoll, Sue Knoll, Karsten Krejcarek, Sophie Larrimore, James Case Leal, Robert Longo, Raphael Lyon, Caitlin MacBride, Cassandra MacLeod, Ruth Marten, Thomas McDonell, Alex McQuilkin, Paola Andrea Ochoa, Carlos Charlie Perez, Caitlin Teal Price, Ryan Reggiani, Matthew Ronay, Susan Sabiston, Alan Saret, Trevor Shimizu, Lui Shtini, Emily Mae Smith, Meryl Smith, Michael St. John, Jessie Stead, Ruby Sky Stiler, Daniel Subkoff, Richard Tinkler, Ken Tisa, Nichole van Beek, Kristina Williamson, Sarah E. Wood, Geoffrey Young, Mother Gallery, Beacon, NY
2016
Appetite for Destruction, Wassaic Project, Wassaic, NY
2013
Selections of Latin American Art Featuring the Recent Drawings of Paola Andrea Ochoa, Celery Space, Berkeley, CA
2012
FRACK OFF, RH Gallery, New York, NY
THE SEXUALITY SPECTRUM, Hebrew Union College Museum, New York, NY
Righteous Perpetrators: “Action Brings Good Fortune”, A.I.R. Gallery, New York, NY
Accumulations, J. Cacciola Gallery, New York, NY
2011
WALLmART, White Box, New York, NY
The 99% Art, Chelsea Art Museum, New York, NY
(re:) FORM ART, 195 Maujer, Brooklyn, NY
Don’t Throw Away That Art!, LACE (Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions), Los Angeles, CA
2008
The Simple Truth, Rule Gallery, Denver, CO
2007
The Dominant Planets Of, curated by Michael Smoler, High Energy Constructs, Los Angeles, CA
2006
Extended Remix, curated by Cydney Payton, Museum of Contemporary Art, Denver, CO
Decades of Influence: 1985–Present, curated by Cydney Payton, Museum of Contemporary Art, Denver, CO
Professional Affiliations
Former Board Member, Children’s Museum of the Arts, New York, NY
Residencies
2012 Summer Resident, A.I.R. Gallery, New York, NY
2004–2005 NEW PICK #1 Residency, Museum of Contemporary Art, Denver, CO
Artist Registries
2012 The Drawing Center Viewing Program, New York, NY
Public Collections
The Bass Museum of Contemporary Art, Miami Beach, FL
Selected Bibliography
2023 Butler, Sharon. “Seductive Non-Objectives at Mother,” Two Coats of Paint, July
2019 Heinrich, Will. “Summer Art Trek: Gallery Hopping in the Hudson Valley,” The New York Times, August
2019 Van Brunt, Carl. “6 Women Gallerists & Curators Defining the Hudson Valley Art Scene,” Chronogram, December
2019 Adelaide, Kari. “10 Contemporary Artists to Get to Know,” NYLON, October
2010 Earle, David P. Open Day Book, Mark Batty Publisher, November
2009 Luse, Mimi. “Artist Profile: Paola Ochoa,” Bushwickbk.com, April 13
2007 Cash, Stephanie. “The Hills Are Alive,” Art in America, February
2007 Russe, Christopher. “The Dominant Planets Of,” Artillery Magazine, April
2006 Decades of Influence / Extended Remix, Museum of Contemporary Art – Denver
2006 Voelz Chandler, Mary. “Important ‘Decades’ Exhibit Tracks Arts,” Rocky Mountain News, June 24
2005 Paglia, Michael. “Weather Changes,” The Westword, June 2
2005 MacMillan, Kyle. “White on White,” Denver Post, May 13
2005 Voelz Chandler, Mary. “Two Galleries Create Big Chill,” Rocky Mountain News, May 20
2004 MacMillan, Kyle. “Standout Artists Rise Above Otherwise Blurry Collection of Drug-Themed Works,” Denver Post