During the past few years, my aim as an artist has been to explore, through photography, the blurring of boundaries between abstraction and representation. I am experimenting with the deconstruction and destruction of the visual image... and the reconstruction and creation of a new reality, through conceptual forms in nature and their relationships with the human made environment. My goal is to evoke emotional tension between the viewer's perception of the imagery, and the spatial void that includes the viewer, the wall and the image.

I am not interested in capturing or documenting the real world. I am, however, focused on conveying the basic elements that deconstruct and construct the visual image...an interwoven elemental illusion of a new reality that brings the photographer, the space surrounding the photographer, and the viewer, into a virtual universe where form is translated into its own reality, and speaks in a universal language.

My photography also challenges visual comprehension and conceptual information. By deconstructing form, my emphasis is on the interplay of color, light, movement, space, and texture, in order to evoke an immediate primal emotional reaction. By transposing images from the visually familiar i.e. what the eye thinks it sees, the viewer is engulfed by the luminous essence of color and light, making visible what is otherwise invisible to the human eye, heart and mind.

What we don't see is as important as what we do see.

What is real in the world is now abstract...and what is abstract is now real.

I am in pursuit of the perfect photo.

EDUCATION

Photography - International Center of Photography ? New York University
Painting - Brooklyn College ? University of Miami

SHOWS

"Wish You Were Here" - Postcard Exhibition - A.I.R. Gallery - Brooklyn NY 2009
Küf /Mold Exhibition - Invitational - Rotterdam Netherlands 2009 - NYC 2010
"Furthermore" - 8th Biennial Exhibition - Juror, Lilly Wei - A.I.R. Gallery - Brooklyn NY 2009
"Art Connections 5" - George Segal Gallery - Montclair State University - Montclair NJ 2009
Küf /Mold Exhibition - Invitational - Gallery Jan Colle, Gent Belgium 2008
"Between Heaven & Earth 2008" - Art Gallery, The College of New Jersey - Ewing NJ
"Hoboken Artists Studio Tour 2007" - Monroe Center for the Arts - Hoboken NJ
"2007 New Jersey Arts Annual" - The Noyes Museum - Oceanville NJ
"Visual Literacy"- Invitational - 2006 European Council of International Studies - Nice, France
"Art Connects" - Fort Lee Museum - SALUTE - Fort Lee NJ - BEST IN SHOW-Work on Canvas
"Works on Paper" -Weiner Library - FDU - Teaneck NJ - BEST IN PHOTOGRAPHY
"Small Impressions" - Printmaking Council of NJ - Somerville NJ
Symposia Book Store - Hob'art Cooperative Gallery - Hoboken NJ
Monroe Center for the Arts - Hoboken NJ - SOLO EXHIBITION
Studio 4 West Gallery - Piermont NY
"Redefining the Figure" - Belskie Museum - Closter NJ
"Animal Art" - Times Square Gallery - New York NY
"Small Works" - Old Church Cultural Center - Demarest NJ - AWARD OF EXCELLENCE
"Faces" - Old Church Cultural Center - Demarest NJ
"Anything Goes" - Artists Unlimited - Tampa FL
Salt Creek Gallery - St. Petersburg FL
"Faces" - Hopper House Art Center - Nyack NY
"Art for Art's Sake" - Jersey City Museum - Jersey City NJ
"Selections 2000: Women's History Month" - Ramapo College - Ramapo NJ
"New Jersey Arts Annual" - The Noyes Museum - Oceanville NJ
Arts Council of the Essex Area Annual Art Exhibition - Cali Corp. Center NJ
The Camera Club of New York - New York NY
The New Jersey Center for Visual Arts Exhibition - Summit NJ - AWARD
William Carlos Williams Center for the Arts - Rutherford NJ
Bergen Museum Art Exhibition - Paramus NJ
"Photographic Styles" - The Interchurch Center - New York NY
"New Jersey Arts Annual" - Jersey City Museum - Jersey City NJ
"Realism: A Woman's Perspective" - Paterson Museum - Paterson NJ
"Newark Biennial" - Newark Museum - Newark NJ
"Light Explorations" - Nabisco Brands Gallery - Solo Show - East Hanover NJ
"Photowork" - Mid-Hudson Arts Center - Poughkeepsie NY
"Art of Our Time" - Regional Art Exhibit - NJ
CPC International Inc. Corporate Headquarters - Englewood Cliffs NJ
Perkins Center for the Arts - Moorestown NJ - AWARD
"Small Impressions" - Sixth Annual National Exhibition Project - NJ
Arts Council of the Essex Area Annual Art Exhibition - Bellemead Corp.- NJ - AWARD
"Transformation" - NJ Women's Caucus for Art - Senate Building - Washington DC
"Reflections of Self" - National Women's Caucus for Art - Fordham University - NY
"National Annual Art Exhibition" - Galerie Triangle - Washington DC
"Fourth Annual Art Exhibit" - Bergen Museum - Paramus NJ
Pine Gallery - Solo Show - Fairlawn NJ
The Atrium Gallery - New York NY
The Puchong Gallery - Solo Show - New York NY
Fotoforum Gallery - New York NY
SoHo Photo Gallery - Solo Show - New York NY
Long Beach Museum of Art - Long Beach CA

REVIEWS

The New York Times, William Zimmer
The New York Times, Vivien Raynor
The Village Voice, K. O'Reilly
The Village Voice, F. Mcdarrah
The Record, John Zeaman
The Star Ledger, Mitchell Seidel
The Gold Coast, Reiko Matzuo
The Daily Record, Marion Filler
Courier-Post, Robert Baxter

DOCENT

St. Petersburg Museum of Art - St. Petersburg, FL

STUDIED WITH

Mary Ellen Mark, Photographer
Alex Webb, Photographer
Ruth Bernhard, Photographer
Robert Blake, Photographer
Lois Lane, Painter
Vincent Caprero, Painter

AFFILIATIONS

National Association of Women Artists (NAWA)
Hob'art - Hoboken Artists' Cooperative
Salute to Women in the Arts

COMMENTS

"Pauline's work is eerie and beautiful, naturalistic yet phantasmagoric."
Erica Papernik
Curatorial Assistant
Department of Media and Performance Art
Museum of Modern Art, NYC

"It's good to see an artist with a real feel for color."
Alex Webb
Magnum Photographer