http://www.paula-mandel.com                                     email: paula.mandel@gmail.com

 

 

EDUCATION:

 

            2004-06        Salem Community College, NJ , Glass Art Degree student (AFA)

 

            1970-74        Temple University , Phila., PA : B.A. Art, Psychology, Summa Cum Laude,

 

1973                   Tyler School of Art, Rome, , Semester Abroad

 

 

PROFESSIOINAL EXPERIENCE:

 

2004             Corning Museum , Corning NY , Alex Hamilton, Flameworking

 

            2004             University of the Arts, Phila., PA Anna Boothe, Kiln- casting

 

            2004             Urban Glass, Brooklyn, NY ,  Judith Schaecter, Stained Glass

 

            2004             Jeri Warhaftag, West Orange, NJ , Flameworking (Beads)

 

            2004             Crefeld School , Phila., PA , Flameworking (Beads)

 

            2002-04        University of the Arts, Phila., PA , Lucartha Kohler, kiln-casting

 

 

SELECT SOLO EXHIBITIONS:

 

            2006     Educational Testing Services Corporate Headquarters, Princeton, NJ

 

            2005     Artforms Gallery Manayunk, Phila., PA

 

            2004     Foulkeways at Gwynedd, Gwynedd, PA

 

            2004     QBix Gallery, Phila., PA

 

            2004     Moletta, Phila., PA

 

            2003     ArtForms Gallery Manayunk, Phila., PA

 

2003     La Colombe, Phila., PA

 

2002     Foundation Surgical Center, Ft. Washington, PA

 

2001     Morninglory, Conshohocken, PA

 

2001          ArtForms Gallery Manayunk, Phila., PA

 

1999          ETS Corporate Headquarters, Brodsky Gallery, Princeton, NJ

 

1998          ArtForms Gallery Manayunk, Phila., PA

 

1997          Josephine Muller Gallery, Abington Friends School , Abington, PA

 

1996          Temple Beth Or Gallery, Springhouse, PA

 

1996          Germantown Academy Art Center , Ft. Washington, PA

 

 

SELECT GROUP EXHIBITIONS:

 

            2006     National Liberty Museum , Philadelphia, PA

 

2005, 2006 International Flameworking Conference, Salem Community College, NJ

 

2004      University of the Arts, Phila., PA

 

 

SELECT COLLECTIONS AND COMMISSIONS:

 

            Edward Satell, Newtown Square, PA

 

            Faye and Donald Samuels, Tenafly, NJ

 

Stuart and Susan Sarshik, Gwynedd Valley, PA

 

            Philip and Halina Hoffman, Chicago, IL

 

            Alan Darlington, Springfield, VA

 

Ivor and Hilda Lask, London,

 

Michael and Laura Mittelman, London,

 

Linda Fernbach and Angel Aranda, Madrid,

 

 

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS:

 

            Founding Member of ArtForms Gallery Manayunk (1994-present), an artist’s cooperative

 

Member Glass Art Society (2003-present)

 

Member Philadelphia Sculptors (2004-present)

 

 

PERSONAL STATEMENT:

 

As a professional artist, I explore color, texture and pattern in 2-D media as well as glass sculpture. I am fascinated with the use of portraiture and metaphor to explore the similarities and differences of individuals and the worlds that these relationships create.