Paula Rozov

My art education began as an adult in the Upper Valley of the Connecticut River on the Appalachian Trail, a “spiritual place” that nurtures the time, space and breath needed for aesthetic exploration. My mentor for eight years was Aidron Duckworth, PhD, sculptor, who had worked and taught all over the world. I completed a degree with the human figure as my focus followed by eight years of formal drawing and painting instruction. My final study, "When God Was a Man", was completed at Vermont College of Norwich University with a thesis and full gallery show. Through the years, I have been fortunate to be included in juried shows and galleries as we have moved around and traveled from east to west coast and back, Europe, Canada and Mexico. I have taught in public school, in business and privately.

With life come first impressions, from birth to the end whether we honor them or not, they are a true thing about us. The control we have over them is questionable, even when we are trying to think about it. If I am true to it, my imagery will be honest, as the first time I glimpsed a thing. That is the challenge - to leave the essence with each stroke of the knife or brush. It's the reason we put so much stock in the images produced by c...

BA Liberal Studies, Vermont College of Norwich University, Montpelier, VT; 1990

Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA (transferred out); 1971

North Carolina Baptist Hospital School of Nursing, Winston Salem, NC (transferred out); 1969

"Life Is Art" Festival, Haegeumgang Theme Museum permanent collection; Geoje, South Korea 2023

Art Expo New York, New York, NY; 2023

Tokyo Tower Art Fair; Tokyo, Japan; 2023

Red Dot Spectrum, Miami, FL; 2022.

International juried group, Exhibizone, Ontario, Canada; 2022


National juried group, Maria V. Howard Arts Center, Rocky Mount, NC; 2022

National juried group, Cape Fear Studios, Fayetteville, NC; 2022

National juried group, Craven Bank of the Arts, New Bern, NC; 2022

ROY G BIV group, Craven Bank of the Arts, New Bern, NC; 2022

Under The Sea, Carolina Artist Gallery, Morehead City, NC; 2022

Virtual Group Exhibition, The Chateau Gallery, Louisville, KY; 2021/22

​Holiday virtual juried group, Exhibitzone, Toronto, Canada; 2021/22

Group Exhibition, 311 Gallery, Raleigh, NC; 2021

Seascapes virtual juried group, LightSpaceTime Gallery, Laguna Beach CA; 2021

Group Exhibition, Craven Bank of the Arts, New Bern, NC; 2021

Cityscapes virtual juried group, Fusion Gallery, Palm Springs, CA; 2021

Beauty of Nature virtual juried group, Bougie Gallery, Toronto, Canada; 2021

Figurative virtual juried group, LightSpaceTime Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA; 2021

Cityscapes virtual juried group, Fusion Gallery, Palm Springs, CA; 2021
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