Artist CV
Exhibitions
Selected Solo and Featured Exhibitions
Upcoming Exhibition, 2027–2028 — Pence Gallery, Davis, CA (December–January)
2026 — monca, Museum of Northern California Art, Chico
2025 — KVIE Gallery, Sacramento, CA
2024 — Viewpoint Gallery, Sacramento, CA
2024 — Twisted Track Gallery, Sacramento, CA
2024 — Sacramento Mayor’s Office, Sacramento, CA
2022 — ArtHouse, Sacramento, CA
2019 — Epperson Gallery, Crockett, CA
2015 — Pence Gallery, Davis, CA
2014 — Morris Graves Museum, Eureka, CA
Sac Open Studios — 2025, 2023, 2021, 2020, 2011
The Artery, Davis, CA — 2024, 2017
Waxlander Gallery, Santa Fe, NM — 2017, 2016, 2015
Highlight Gallery, Mendocino, CA — 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014
Archival Gallery, Sacramento, CA — 2017, 2013, 2012, 2011
Pence Gallery, Davis, CA — 2015
SMAart Gallery, San Francisco, CA — 2014
Fine Eye Gallery, Sutter Creek, CA — 2014
Sacramento Temporary Contemporary, Sacramento, CA — 2012
Arroyo Gallery, Santa Fe, NM — 2011
Solomon Dubnick Gallery, Sacramento, CA — 2008, 2006
Sacramento International Airport, Sacramento, CA — 2008
Siddhartha Gallery, Kathmandu, Nepal — 2003
Selected Group Shows & Juried Competitions
Sausalito Center for the Arts — 2026, 2025
Pence Gallery, Davis, CA — 2026, 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2003
Blue Line Arts, Folsom, CA — 2026, 2023, 2022, 2021
Jesuit Art Event, Carmichael, CA — 2026, 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021
Big Names Small Art, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA — 2026, 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2018
Wild Heart Gallery, Honorable Mention, Online Venue — 2025
Annual Crocker Museum Art Auction, Sacramento, CA — 2026, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021 , 1999-2010
MACC, Rancho Cordova, CA — 2023, 2022, 2021
Spirits in the Wind, Golden, CO — 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016
American Contemporary Art, Online Venue — 2022, 2021
Shrine, NYC, Digital Exhibition — 2021
Jennifer Perlmutter Gallery, Lafayette, CA — 2021, 2020, 2019
Artist Alliance, Digital Exhibition — 2021
Dominique Boisjoli Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM — 2020, 2019, 2018
Museum of Northern California Art, Chico, CA — 2018
Sacramento Temporary Contemporary, Sacramento, CA — 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011
Skinner Howard Contemporary Art, Sacramento, CA — 2012, 2011
Awards
Awards, Grants & Artist Recognition
Awards and grants received from the California State Exposition, California State Senate Contemporary Art Collection, James Irvine Foundation, New Mexico Arts, Sacramento Metropolitan Arts Commission, Studio Art Visit, YoloArts, Wild Heart Gallery, and Mills Station Arts and Culture Center (MACC).
Selected Public Art Collections & Corporate Commissions
California Museum Resource Center, State of New Mexico, University Health Women’s and Children’s Hospital (TX), National Association of Realtors Headquarters, Kaiser-Permanente Medical Buildings, Hinsdale Hospital, First Midwest Bank, Woodland Medical Center (FL), Elkay Manufacturers Corporate Headquarters, Loyola University, University of California, Hewlett-Packard, The Money Store, Bank of Sacramento, USAA Real Estate Corporate Office, Sacramento Housing and Redevelopment Agency, and County Primary Care Clinic. 2 East Erie (Chicago Condo Complex), Embassy Suites, Capitol Towers, Oglivy Worldwide, Sacramento Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce, and Mid-West Bank.
Selected Public Art Grants & Commissions
• Commissioned to create a semi-permanent community-built mandala constructed of natural materials from local farms.
• Commissioned to create a collection of 25 artworks for rotating display in the Sacramento Regional Wastewater Treatment Plant buildings.
• Commissioned to create of an exhibition of artworks to commemorate Sacramento’s 150th birthday.
Publications & Community Service
Selected Bibliography
• Included in “71: Portraits of Women Artists,” Kurt Edward Fishback, 2017.
• “GrowYolo, West Sacramento Community Built Mandala,” YoloArts, 2012.
• “Breaking Out 25 Artists,” SixteenSixteen, Magazine, September 2013.
• “Paula Bellacera,” Ceramics Now, Magazine, 2012.
• “Paula Wenzl Bellacera Interview,” SixteenSixteen, Magazine, January 2012.
• Juried international visual arts publication, Studio Art Visit, volume 14, 2011.
• “A Sense of Place to Have a Home,” The Sacramento Bee, July 1, 2011.
• “The Hypnotic Allure of Local Landscape,” The Davis Enterprise, March 27, 2003.
• “Blending Art Forms,” Camera Arts, August, 1999.
• “Buildings on the Boulevard,” Uptown Arts, March 1998.
• “A Thousand Words,” Sacramento Magazine, June 1997.
• “A Short Retrospective History of Paula Wenzl,” On The Town, August 1996.
• “Aimless Ramblings,” The Roseville Press-Tribune, July 5, 1996.
• “Visual Sensations,” About Art, July 1995.
• “Paula Wenzl Shows Impressions About Town,” Inside East Sacramento, April 1996.
• “Artist Finds Sacramento Rich in Icons,” East Sac News, April 4, 1996.
• “Window to the World,” The State Hornet, September 28, 1993.
• Bringing Hope to a Hopeless World: Creating and Preserving Women’s
History, 1993, Sacramento, Boonwood Publishing. An anthology of women’s
art and literature.
Exhibition Catalogs & Publications
• Blue Line Arts, Membership Medley 2026, Roseville, CA
• The Honeycomb Project, Candace Garlock, Vol. 6, 2025.
• Fun Size, Jen Tough Gallery, 2022 Santa Fe, NM
• Blue Line Arts, Membership Medley 2022, Roseville, CA
• 100 Years 100 Artists, Kondos Gallery, Sacramento, CA
• Paula Bellacera, Rabbits & Raptors 2015, Pence Gallery, Davis, CA.
• Paula Bellacera, Taking Flight 2014, The Morris Graves Museum of Art, Eureka, CA.
• California Clay Competition 2013, The Artery, Davis, CA
• Plates, Totems & Teapots Invitational and CeramACon 2013, Blue Line Gallery, Roseville, CA
• Plates, Totems & Teapots, Roseville, 2012, Blue Line Gallery
• California Contemporary Art Collection, California State Capitol, 2011
• Flatlanders, Davis, 2006, The Richard Nelson Gallery. Exhibition catalog
• Sacramento Interiors, Sacramento, 2006, Solomon Dubnick Press
Arts Community Service
• Commissioner, West Sacramento Arts and Historic Preservation Commission
• Member, Sacramento Open Studios Committee
• Newsletter Editor, Mills Station Arts and Culture Center
• Juror and Curator, multiple art exhibitions
Education & Art Training
Tulane University, New Orleans, LA
Ph.D., Experimental Psychology
M.S., Experimental Psychology
California State University, Sacramento, CA
B.A., Psychology, minor in Biology
B.A., Women's Studies
Additional Art Training
University of California, Davis — Graphic Design Program
California State University, Sacramento — Art and Photography coursework
Sacramento City College — Art and Photography coursework
Additional seminars and workshops