About
Gregory Poulin was born in Vermont. While growing up he studied with his father, artist and illustrator Armand Poulin, and with noted painter and printmaker Bill Brauer. He continued his studies at the Rhode Island School of Design, where he received a BFA in 1999, and at The University of New Hampshire, where he received his MFA in 2009. He has taught all levels of painting, drawing, illustration, and 2D Design at Western Oregon University since 2011.
Education
University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH
Master of Fine Arts, Painting, 2009
Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Illustration, 1999
Professional Teaching Experience
Western Oregon University, Monmouth, OR
Non-Tenure Track Assistant Professor, 2011-Present
Courses Taught: Beginning Design: 2D, Beginning Drawing, Life Drawing, 2D Design: Color, Intermediate Drawing, Advanced Drawing, Intermediate Painting, Advanced Painting, Independent study: Painting, Honors Art
Additional Departmental Service: Member: two BFA Thesis Committees, Implemented and coordinate weekly life drawing session, co-advisor WOU Art Club
Guangxi Arts Institute, Nanning, China
Instructor, December 2014
Courses Taught: Painting, Illustration
Chester College of New England, Chester, NH
Lecturer, 2009-2011
Courses Taught: Painting I/II, Illustration, 2D Design & Color Theory
Additional Departmental Service: Implemented and coordinated weekly life drawing session
University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH
Lecturer, 2008 and 2009
Course Taught: Introduction to Drawing
Other Professional Experience
University of New Hampshire, Contemporary Issues Discussion Group, 2009
Founding member of a forum to discuss contemporary trends in art
University of New Hampshire, Department of Art, Durham, NH, 2009
Initiated, implemented, and moderated open life drawing
UNH Museum, Graduate Invitational Exhibition Close Associations, 2009
Co-curator of an exhibition of artwork by United States MFA candidates
New Hampshire State PTA Reflections, 2009
Visual art competition juror
Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI, 2002
The Business of Art panel discussion member
Awards
Faculty Development Award, Western Oregon University, 2015
Graduate Tuition Scholarship, University of New Hampshire, 2007-2009
Summer Research Grant, University of New Hampshire, 2008
Selected Group Exhibitions
Cannon Gallery of Art, Western Oregon University, Monmouth, OR, 2016
"Pushing the Edge", Five-Person International Curated Show
Cannon Gallery of Art, Western Oregon University, Monmouth, OR, 2015
Western Oregon University Faculty Show
River Gallery, Independence, OR, 2015
“The Peaceable Kingdom” Juried Show
Salem Art Association, Salem, OR 2014
Radius 25, Juried Exhibition, Awarded “Best in Show”
River Gallery, Independence, OR, 2014
“Annual Wild Women Juried Show”
Cannon Gallery of Art, Western Oregon University, Monmouth, OR, 2013
Western Oregon University Faculty Show
River Gallery, Independence, OR, 2013
“Annual Wild Women Juried Show”, Awarded “Best in Show”
Cannon Gallery of Art, Western Oregon University, Monmouth, OR, 2011
Western Oregon University Faculty Show
North Santiam Hall Galleries at Linn-Benton Community College, Albany, OR, 2011
Western Oregon University Faculty Show
Chester College of New England Gallery, Chester, NH, 2010
Chester College of NE Faculty Show
T.W Wood Art Gallery and Art Center, Montpelier, VT, 2009
The Figure and Beyond
Bowery Gallery, New York, NY, 2009
National Juried Show, Paul Resika, juror
Boston University 808 Gallery, Boston, MA, 2009
Boston Young Contemporaries, juried exhibition
Museum of Art, The University of New Hampshire, 2009
MFA Thesis Exhibition
The University of New Hampshire Museum, 2009
Close Associations, invitational show
Boston University 808 Gallery, Boston, MA, 2009
Sixth Annual Arches Student Print Show, juried exhibition
American University, Washington, D.C., 2008
A Friend Indeed, Contemporary Art and the Academy, invitational show
West Branch Gallery, Stowe, VT, 2005
Body Images
Rhode Island School of Design, Wood’s Gerry Gallery, Providence, RI, 2005
Private show for collectors, curated by James Hall
Trudy Labell Fine Art, Naples, FL, 2005
RISD Represented
Sol Koffler Gallery RISD, Providence, RI, 2004
Out in Front: Collection of Paula and Leonard Granoff
Boulevard Gallery, Newport, RI, 2004
New Work, Two-person show
Gescheidle, Chicago, IL, 2004
San Francisco International Art Exposition
Gescheidle, in conjunction with The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago IL, 2003
The Art of Food
Gallery Katz, Boston, MA, 2003
Group
Danforth Museum, Framingham, MA, 2003
New Visions- Small Works from the Arthur S. Goldberg Collection
Gallery Katz, Boston, MA, 2002
Magnificent Seven
Contemporary Arts Center of Virginia, Virginia Beach, VA, 1999
Still Life Fact and Fiction
Selected Solo Exhibitions
Tara Peck Gallery, Portsmouth, NH, 2006
New Work
Abode, Martha’s Vineyard, MA, 2006
New Figural Work
Tara Peck Gallery, Portsmouth, NH, 2005
New Work
Abode, Martha’s Vineyard, MA, 2004 & 2005
New Work
Gallery Katz, Boston, MA, 2004
A Bestiary
Attleboro Museum, Attleboro, MA, 2003
New Work
Gallery Katz, Boston, MA, 2002
Regalitos
Bibliography
The Nantucket Inquirer and Mirror, Nantucket, MA, 2005
Improper Bostonian, Boston, MA, 2004
New American Paintings, Number 44, 2003
Danforth Museum of Art, Framingham, MA, exhibition catalog, 2003
Selected Collections
David Mamet, Los Angeles, CA
David Cicillene, US Representative, State of RI
Leonard and Paula Granoff, Providence, RI
Arthur Goldberg, Chestnut Hill, MA
The Uhlmann Company, Kansas City, MO