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Artist Statement -



These works are from my "Household Icons" series. In this series, I transform discarded household objects into art by mounting them on wire mesh and painting them with a variety of acrylic mediums. These works are fun, but at the same time draw attention to the things we take for granted in our daily lives. I also have a "Concept" and "Didactic" series. Please visit my web site to see the full spectrum of my work.

Artist Exhibitions



MUSEUM EXHIBITIONS
2005 “Power Grid,” West Valley Art Museum, Surprise, Arizona (Solo)
2000 “A to Z: Art by the Letter,” Arizona Museum for Youth, Mesa, Arizona
1997 “Paul Gazda, Painting-Photography Fusion,” West Valley Art Museum, Surprise, Arizona (Solo)
1995 “Earth, Mind and Spirit,” West Valley Art Museum, Surprise, Arizona
1993 “Exploring Transformative Art,” Sedona Museum of Art, Sedona, Arizona
“Explorations at the Growing Edge,” Sedona Museum of Art, Sedona, Arizona

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2004 “enmeshed,” Phoenix Gallery, New York, New York
2001 “Triple Vision,” Phoenix Gallery, New York, New York
1997 “Paul Gazda,” Sedona City Hall, Sedona, Arizona
1991 “Confluence: Painting and Photography,” Kerr Cultural Center, Scottsdale, Arizona
1985 “Photographic Works,” Here and Now Gallery, Toronto, Canada
1984 “Photographic Media,” Del Bello Gallery, Toronto, Canada
1983 “Photographic Collages,” Del Bello Gallery, Toronto, Canada

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2007 “Art and Politics in Tucson,” Galeria La Sirena, Tucson, Arizona
2006 “The Sky IS Falling,” Coconino Community College, Flagstaff, Arizona
2005 “cARTography,” Coconino Center for the Arts, Flagstaff, Arizona
2004 “Phoenix Gallery Artists and their Artist Friends,” Phoenix Gallery, New York, New York
2003 “conTEXT,” Western Colorado Center for the Arts, Grand Junction, Colorado
“Global Crossroads,” Phoenix Gallery, New York, New York
“WET: Poetics and Politics of Water,” Sedona Center for Art and Technology, Sedona, Arizona
2002 “9/11 Remembered,” Phoenix Gallery, New York, New York
“Embracing Time,” Coconino Center for the Arts, Flagstaff, Arizona
2001 “Space Odyssey,” Eloise Smith Gallery, Univ. of California at Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California
“Response to 9-11”, Sedona Center for Art and Technology, Sedona, Arizona
2000 “Phoenix Gallery Group Show,” Phoenix Gallery, New York, New York
1999 “National Juried Exhibition,” Phoenix Gallery, New York, New York
“Millennium Reflections,” Sky Harbor International Airport, Phoenix, Arizona
1998 “Modern Art in Sedona,” Sedona Arts Center, Sedona, Arizona
1997 Artlink Annual Juried Exhibition, Phoenix, Arizona (juror David Rubin, Curator, Phoenix Art Museum)
1996 Yargo Art Works, Scottsdale, Arizona 1995 The Select Art Gallery, Sedona, Arizona
1994 “Beyond Silver II”, The Phoenix Center, Phoenix, Arizona
1993 “The Third Gathering”, Stetter Artworks, Scottsdale, Arizona
1992 Junard Gallery, Sedona, Arizona
1991 “Living With Art”, International Friends of Transformative Art, Sedona, Arizona
1989 “Sedona Salutes Her Artists”, Sedona City Hall, Sedona, Arizona
1988 “Wilderness,” Verde Valley Art Association, Jerome, Arizona
1986 Morin-Miller Galleries, New York, New York
1985 Galerie Arpege, Collingwood, Canada
1984 “International Artists II,” October Gallery, St. Helena, California
1983 “Hands On,” Sack's Gallery, Toronto, Canada
1982 “Photographs,” Dewaters Art Center, Flint, Michigan
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Artist Publications



2005 Dolan, Joe, “He’ll Shake You Up,” Verde Valley Newspapers/Kudos,
October 12-18, 2005, p. 20, illus.

2004 McCormack, Ed, “Paul Gazda: Public Messages and Private Pleasures,”
Gallery & Studio, Vol. 6, No. 4, (April/May), p.5, illus.

2001
Downes, Lawrence, “Paul Gazda: The Grid as Armature for Material Metaphor,” Gallery & Studio, Vol. 4, No. 1, (September/October), p.13, illus.

2000
“In The Spotlight,” Artbeat, Arizona Museum for Youth, Fall 2000, p. 3.

1997
Creative Inspirations, Rockport Publishers, Gloucester, pp. 15, 68, illus.

Pike Creek Review, Kenosha Institute of Arts, Kenosha, (October), p. 12, illus.

Swallow, Adrienne, “Interview: Gazda,” Sedona Spectrum, Vol. 2, No. 3, (March), p. 12, illus.

1996
Hightower, Janice, “Art Expeditions,” Artscene, (Fall), p. 27 Illus.

The Best of Acrylic Painting, juried by Alfred M. Duca and Lynn L. Loscutoff, Rockport Publishers, Gloucester, pp. 91, 122, illus.

1987
Singlehurst, Noelle, “Internal Motivation,” Camera Canada, No. 72, (Summer), pp. 34-39, illus.

1986
Grant, Will, “New York draws art from everywhere,” Artspeak, Vol. 9, No. 5, (November 1), p. 1.
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Artist Collections



West Valley Museum, Surprise, Arizona
Quadrangle Architects, Toronto, Canada
Private collections in the U.S., Canada and Europe...

Artist Favorites