Paige DeVries 

New Orleans, LA

EDUCATION 


University of New Orleans 

MFA

2021-2024

Rhode Island School of Design

BFA                                                          

2010-2013

CV


AWARDS AND GRANTS

2013                    

Florence Leif Grant Recipient

2011- 2013        

RISD Trustees' Scholarship Recipient 

2012                  

Anderson Ranch Arts Center Brooks Fellowship


PUBLICATIONS

2025           

-MFA Annual, New American Paintings

2023           

-MFA Annual #165, New American Paintings

RESIDENCIES

2024            

-Artist in Residence, Joan Mitchell Center, New Orleans

2023/24     

-Artist in Residence, Creative Assembly, New Orleans Museum of Art

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2024      

-Blind Spot, University of New Orleans Gallery, St. Claude, New Orleans, LA

TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS

2025            

-Nothing in Nature Pretends to Love You, Good Children Gallery, New Orleans, LA (Opening July 12, 2025)

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2024            

-Sweet 16, Good Children Gallery, New Orleans, LA

-Collective Conscience, Carrol Gallery at Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 

-Les Nouvelles Enfants, Good Children Gallery, New Orleans, LA

2023             

-A Room with a View- Vardan Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

-Louisiana Contemporary, Ogden Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans, LA 

-And Now for Something New- LeMieux Galleries, New Orleans, LA 

-Gentling, Sibyl Gallery, New Orleans, LA 

-Caught in a Flat Net ,Staple Goods, New Orleans, LA


2022     

-Print Thing #8, Dane Ledet Gallery, Nicholls State University, Thibodaux, LA 

-Here’s What I Was Thinking, Sibyl Gallery, New Orleans, LA

-Group Dynamics, University of New Orleans Campus Gallery, New Orleans, LA 

2021        

-Graduate Exhibition, University of New Orleans Campus Gallery, New Orleans, LA 

2020           

-Collective Consciousness, The Front, New Orleans, LA

-Hot Future, 912 Julia ST Gallery, New Orleans, LA

-Slime Language, M.A.D. Nails, New Orleans, LA

2019            

-Cha-Ching, Hall-Barnett Gallery New Orleans, LA

 -Identity Measures, Contemporary Art Center of New Orleans, LA

-Guess What..?, Hall-Barnett Gallery New Orleans, LA 

-When Life Gives You Lemons, Hall-Barnett Gallery, New Orleans, LA 

 -Building Blocks- Old 77 Hotel, New Orleans, LA

2018             

-Fall Show, Hall-Barnett Gallery, New Orleans, LA

-Drawings from the Seventh Ward, St. Coffee, New Orleans, LA 

-Spring Show- Hall-Barnett Gallery, New Orleans, LA 

2017               

-The Holiday Show, Hall-Barnett Gallery, New Orleans, LA

-Art Basel, Superfine! Contemporary Art Fair, (Hall-Barnett Gallery) Miami, FL

-WTF, Hall-Barnett Gallery, New Orleans, LA

-Interiors, Icons, Inheritance, Antenna Gallery, New Orleans, LA

-Ephemera Obscura, Contemporary Art Center Of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA

2016            

-Run For the Woods, Hall-Barnett Gallery, New Orleans, LA 

2015            

-Optic Fever,Hall-Barnett Gallery, New Orleans, LA 

2014            

-Southern Winters,Hall-Barnett Gallery, New Orleans, LA 

2013      

-32: Too Many Cooks Above the Kitchen (Co-Curated),77 Eddy St. Providence, RI

-The Atrium (Co- Curated), Memorial Hall Gallery, Providence, RI

-Senior Painting Show, Woods-Gerry Gallery, Providence, RI

-Cream of the Crop, Expose Gallery, Providence, RI

COLLECTIONS

Swarovski Private Collection, Swarovski Headquarters, Cranston, RI

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2024- Current      

Collective Gallery Member, Good Children Gallery, New Orleans, LA

2021-2024           

Gallery Assistant, University of New Orleans St. Claude Gallery, New Orleans, LA

2018-2020           

Gallery Manager, Assistant to Owner, Hall-Barnett Gallery, New Orleans, LA

2013-2021           

Artist Assistant, Allison Stewart, Artist, New Orleans, LA

2016                   

 Intern, Antenna Gallery, New Orleans, LA

 2012                    

Intern, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass, CO

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

2024            

Adjunct Instructor, University of New Orleans, LA (CORE 3: Progressive Drawing)

Created challenging, thought-provoking assignments to widen students’ perception of drawing and build a body of personalized work. Organized out-of-class field trips to view art in the New Orleans area. Oversaw students’ individual development, provided pointed feedback, held critiques. Developed class syllabi and made PowerPoints covering historic and contemporary artists, art movements and the wide uses of drawing mediums. Assigned readings, facilitate group discussion, reviewed student reflective writing assignments.

2022-2023   

Adjunct Instructor, University of New Orleans, LA (CORE 1: Introduction to Drawing)

As instructor performed demonstrations of drawing fundamentals (value, proportion, composition etc.). Oversaw students’ individual development, provided pointed feedback, and held critiques. Lesson planned, developed class syllabi, created PowerPoints covering historic and contemporary artists, art movements corresponding to what we were directly learning and the wide uses of drawing mediums.

2022            

Teaching Assistant, University of New Orleans, LA (CORE 1: Introduction to Drawing)

 Assisted instructor in demos of drawing fundamentals, provided student feedback and facilitated discussion.   Designed and lead classes. Played integral role in class function and student development.

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