PAULA EDWARDS BORSETTI

FORTHCOMING

2026 D Contemporary, London, United Kingdom, October 7–14. Reception October 7.

Lives and Works Beverly, MA and Sebago, ME

Education

2003 M.E., Arts and Learning, Endicott College, Beverly, MA
1997 BFA, Painting, Montserrat College of Art, Beverly, MA
1982 Certificate of Fine Arts, Painting, Art Institute of Boston, Boston, MA

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2026 “Catch and Release,” Cell Signaling Technology, Danvers, MA
2025 “Come With Me,” North Shore Arts Association, Gloucester, MA
2024 “Wayfinding,” Stetson Gallery, Marblehead, MA
“In a Garden by the Sea,” Jolie Tea Co., Beverly, MA
2023 Gulu Gulu Café, Salem, MA

Selected Group Exhibitions

2026 “Springboard”, Newport Art Museum, Newport, R.I.
            “Member Prize Show,” University Place Gallery, Cambridge Art Association,
Cambridge, MA
“Windchill Factor,” Karen and Ted Koskores Gallery, NAWA_MA, Braintree, MA
“Dwell”, Elevated art for residential and corporate interiors, Boston, MA
“Resonance”, Matz Gallery, Gloucester, MA.

2025 “Power Surge,” Galatea Gallery, NAWA_MA, Boston, MA
“National Small Works Show,” Main Street Arts, Clifton Springs, NY
“Adapt or Die: Dancing Between Art and Coexisting on Earth,” Piano Craft
Gallery, NAWA_MA, Boston, MA
“Artists on Fire,” Worcester Center for Crafts, Worcester, MA
“Breakthrough,” John Joseph Moakley Courthouse, NAWA_MA, Boston, MA
“National Juried Show,” Academy Center for Arts, Lynchburg, VA
“Member Prize Show,” University Place Gallery, Cambridge Art Association,
Cambridge, MA
Art Newport, Art Fair, Newport, RI
2024 “National Small Works Show,” Main Street Arts, Clifton Springs, NY
“Self Awareness & Love,” Lasell University, NAWA-MA, Newton, MA
“Abstract & Abstracted Expression,” Newburyport Art Association,
Newburyport, MA
“Together As One,” Galatea Gallery, NAWA-MA, Boston, MA
“Time,” John Joseph Moakley Courthouse, NAWA_MA, Boston, MA
“Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going?,” Art
Complex Museum, Duxbury, MA
“National Prize Show,” Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, MA
“Regional Juried Show,” New Hampshire Art Association, Portsmouth, NH

Selected Group Exhibitions - cont.’d

2023 “43rd Annual Faber Birren Color Show,” juried group exhibition
“What Remains,” Visionary Art Collective, New York, NY
“Vivid Vibrations,” Visionary Projects x The Yard, New York, NY
“New England 2023,” North Shore Arts Association Regional Juried Exhibition,
Gloucester, MA
134th Members Exhibition, Salmagundi Club, NAWA, New York, NY
2022 “Evolve,” See/Me Gallery, SCOPE Art Show, Miami Art Week, Miami, FL
“Small Works Show,” Main Street Arts, Clifton Springs, NY
“Feast: The Art of Dining Together,” Rocky Neck Art Colony, Gloucester, MA
“Ardor,” Bromfield Gallery, Boston, MA
“GrassRoots,” Rockport Art Association + Museum, Rockport, MA

Awards / Prizes

Women United Art Prize 25 — Finalist, Drawing/Painting
Third Place — “Adapt or Die,” NAWA_MA
Brookline Bank Award — Excellence in Any Media, NSAA Regional Juried Show, 2025
Women United Art Prize 24 — Longlist, Shortlist
Women United Art Prize 23 — Longlist

Gallery Representation

Galaray House Gallery, Boston, MA
3 Walker Contemporary, Kittery, ME
The Salted Cod Arthouse, Gloucester, MA

Professional Affiliations

National Association of Women Artists (NAWA) — Signature Member
NAWA_MA
Rocky Neck Art Colony
North Shore Arts Association
Women United Art Movement
Cambridge Art Association
New England Experimental Art Group
Abstract Art Group of New England

Selected Bibliography / Media

2026
Women United Art Magazine - Issue XIII
Women United Art Magazine - Special Edition 2026 Art Prize winners/finalists
Sfumato Magazine - Issue 3
Art & Color 365 - Abstracts Issue
2025
Artypants Magazine — Issue 3
Art & Color 365 — Winter Issue
Time and Memory — Arts to Hearts Project
Sfumato Art Magazine — Issue 2
Women United Art Magazine — Issue 10
Women to Watch — Arts to Hearts Project
2024
New Visionary Magazine
Artist Mother Proud and Serious
Sfumato Art Magazine
Art & Woman: 100 Artists from Around the World — Arts to Hearts Project
101 Floral Art Book — Arts to Hearts Project
Art & Color 365 — March Issue
Art Seen Magazine — February Issue
2023
Create Magazine — Issue 41
Women United Art Magazine — Issue 5
New Visionary Magazine
Art & Color 365 — October Issue
Beyond Words Magazine
Women United Art Podcast
Conversations with Farrin — Podcast
Art of Being a Mum — Podcast
2022
Women United Art Magazine — Curator’s Pick

Professional Experience

Secretary, Board of Trustees — Rocky Neck Art Colony

Art Teacher / Curriculum Facilitator / Treasurer
1994–2020
Beverly High School, Beverly, MA
Courses: AP 2D Design, AP 3D Design, AP Drawing, Advanced Drawing/Painting, Drawing/Painting, Clay/Sculpture, Draw/Paint/Sculpt, Digital Imaging, Advanced Digital Imaging, Art Foundation

Adjunct Faculty
2001–2007
Endicott College, Beverly, MA
Visual Arts Instructor, Masters of Education Arts and Learning Program

Professional Experience - cont.’d

Adjunct Faculty
2004–2005
Montserrat College of Art, Beverly, MA
Media, Forms and Ideas Instructor

Additional Education

Creative Visionary Program (CVP), 2021–2022
Cleveland Institute of Art — Teacher Residency, 2017
Teacher Institute in Contemporary Art, SAIC Chicago — 2005, 2011
Art Educators Institute, Maine College of Art — 2003, 2010