Paul Bond

About the Artist

Award-winning oil painter Paul Bond was born in 1964 in Guadalajara, Mexico, and currently lives and works in Southern California and Costa Rica.

Paul Bond's art lives in the spaces between dreaming and reality. Drawing from the Latin American genre of Magic Realism, his paintings merge symbolic, surreal and fantastic elements with realistic atmospheres to unveil a world where everything is possible. At times, they simply express a whimsical aspect of life. Yet most works also carry deeper metaphysical and philosophical messages illuminating the world of our dreams and subconscious thoughts, fears and hopes.

Bond’s work has won numerous awards and been featured in galleries, museums and cultural centers, including The Gateway Museum and The San Diego Art Institute. His paintings are now in private collections throughout the US, and worldwide. Corporate collections include Fox, Warner Bros and NBC Studios, Royal Caribbean International, Marriott Hotels, Scripps and Stanford Hospitals; and his works are featured in numerous contemporary art publications.

La Jolla Academy of Art – Visual Arts/ Graphic Design Degree
University of California, San Diego – Fine Art Studies
San Diego State University – Fine Art Studies

Group & Solo Exhibitions

2023 MadKat Gallery, Rancho Mirage, CA
2010 - 2022 Laguna Beach Festival of Art – Laguna Beach, CA
2013 - 2019 San Diego Festival of Art – San Diego, CA
2015 Steelhouse – Culver City, CA
2013 Dawson Cole Gallery, “Chasing the Light” Invitational Show – Laguna Beach, CA
2012 - 2015 Ritz-Carlton Gallery – Laguna Niguel, CA
2010 Haro Gallery – Culver City, CA
2009 World Gallery – Costa Mesa, CA
2009 Lu Martin Gallery – Laguna Beach, CA
2008 Gallery 104 – San Clemente, CA
2006 Evocative Arts Gallery - Palm Springs, CA
2005 William DeBilzan Gallery - Santa Fe, NM
2004 Magidson Gallery - Aspen, CO
2003 International Symbolist Show - www.dracoblu.com/symbolistshow.html
2002 William DeBilzan Gallery - Santa Fe, NM
2001 Durango Arts Center - Durango, CO. Director’s Choice Exhibit
2000 Suenos Gallery - Pagosa Springs, CO
1998 Pagosa Springs Fine Art Center - Pagosa Springs, CO. Annual Pagosa’s Finest.
1998 Durango Arts Center - Durango, CO. 23rd Annual Juried Exhibit
1997 Pagosa Springs Fine Art Center - Pagosa Springs, CO
1997 Durango Arts Center - Durango, CO. Juried Award Winners Exhibit.
1995 San Diego Art Institute - San Diego, CA. 1 ft. and Under Awards Exhibit.
1994 San Diego Art...