EXHIBITIONS
Selected solo and group
Cultural Arts Center, Columbus, Ohio: “Rust to Dust- Frayed Opulence and Luxuriant Ruin” works by Paula Nees and Eileen Woods, November 2017 - January 2018
Schnormeier Gallery, Mt. Vernon Nazarene University, Mt. Vernon, OH solo exhibition "Rasa: An Essence Bittersweet" Jan - Feb 2017
Shot Tower Gallery, Fort Hayes, Columbus, Ohio: “Exchanges- CAW members exhibit”, Collaboration with Gretchen Stevens Cochran,
March 2014
The Works Gallery, Newark Ohio, Family Matters- Nees, Woods, October 2013-January 2014
CAPA POP-UP windows; part of the GCAC Bicentennial Columbus Project, Ohio at 39 E. State Street: “Chintz” an installation by Nees, Woods, Vogel; September –December 31st, 2012
Wilmington College, Nees, Woods, Vogel – three person exhibition, Boyd Cultural Arts Center, Wilmington College, Wilmington, Ohio: 2011
Mount Vernon Nazarene University, Remains – Two-person exhibition, Nees/Woods, Mount Vernon, Ohio: 2009
Michael Orr Gallery, Progression, Four-person exhibition, Columbus, Ohio: 2006
Michael Orr Gallery, Material Girls, Four-person exhibition, Columbus, Ohio: 2005
Studio 16, Saffron Veiled Indigo, Columbus Ohio: 2004
Michael Orr Gallery, Stelling/Nees, Two-person Exhibition, Columbus Ohio: 2003
Studio 16, Pontormo’s Pink, Columbus Ohio: 2003
Otterbein College, Dunlap Gallery, Paint and Painting, group exhibition, Westerville, Ohio: 2003
Otterbein College, Terra Incognita, Dunlap Gallery, Westerville Ohio: 2000
Barth Galleries, Between Form and Formlessness, Two-person Exhibition- Crockett and Nees; Columbus Ohio: 2000
Selected Invitational
Otterbein College -- Faculty Exhibition; Westerville, Ohio: 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2014
University of Wisconsin-Madison Dept. of Art; Alumni Exhibition, HereNOWthen: 2010
Madison Art Center -- Wisconsin Triennial Exhibition; Madison, Wisconsin: 1987
Neville Museum -- Wisconsin Landscape, Urban and Rural; Green Bay, Wisconsin: 1985
Artspace Gallery -- Three Realists; Los Angeles, California: 1978
Whitney Museum of American Art -- Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary Art; New York, New York: 1975
Selected Juried
McNeese State University, Lake Charles, Louisiana; 35th National Works on Paper Exhibition, 2022
Verum Ultimum Art Gallery, Portland, OR – The Living Mark, 2018
Ohio State Fair; Columbus, Ohio: Professional division, 2014 - Ohio Arts Council Award, Creative Arts of Women award, honorable mention
Ohio Art League Fall Exhibition; Cultural Arts Center, Columbus, Ohio, 2013, 2012
The Majestic Gallery, Nelsonville, Ohio: National Juried Exhibition, 2013
Rosewood Art Center; Kettering, Ohio: The View, 2012
Ohio State Fair; Columbus, Ohio: Professional division, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013
Rosewood Art Center; Kettering, Ohio: The View, 2010- honorable mention
Ohio Art League Spring Exhibition; Fort Hayes, Columbus, Ohio, 2010- honorable mention
Rosewood Art Center; Kettering, Ohio: HWD, 2009
65th Ohio Annual Exhibition; Zanesville Art Center, Zanesville, Ohio, 2009
Ohio Art league Fall Exhibition; Cultural Arts Center, Columbus, Ohio, 2008
Huntington Art Museum, West Virginia: Art 280, 2007
Exit Gallery, “International Exhibition”, Cleveland, Ohio: 2006
Selected solo and group
Cultural Arts Center, Columbus, Ohio: “Rust to Dust- Frayed Opulence and Luxuriant Ruin” works by Paula Nees and Eileen Woods, November 2017 - January 2018
Schnormeier Gallery, Mt. Vernon Nazarene University, Mt. Vernon, OH solo exhibition "Rasa: An Essence Bittersweet" Jan - Feb 2017
Shot Tower Gallery, Fort Hayes, Columbus, Ohio: “Exchanges- CAW members exhibit”, Collaboration with Gretchen Stevens Cochran,
March 2014
The Works Gallery, Newark Ohio, Family Matters- Nees, Woods, October 2013-January 2014
CAPA POP-UP windows; part of the GCAC Bicentennial Columbus Project, Ohio at 39 E. State Street: “Chintz” an installation by Nees, Woods, Vogel; September –December 31st, 2012
Wilmington College, Nees, Woods, Vogel – three person exhibition, Boyd Cultural Arts Center, Wilmington College, Wilmington, Ohio: 2011
Mount Vernon Nazarene University, Remains – Two-person exhibition, Nees/Woods, Mount Vernon, Ohio: 2009
Michael Orr Gallery, Progression, Four-person exhibition, Columbus, Ohio: 2006
Michael Orr Gallery, Material Girls, Four-person exhibition, Columbus, Ohio: 2005
Studio 16, Saffron Veiled Indigo, Columbus Ohio: 2004
Michael Orr Gallery, Stelling/Nees, Two-person Exhibition, Columbus Ohio: 2003
Studio 16, Pontormo’s Pink, Columbus Ohio: 2003
Otterbein College, Dunlap Gallery, Paint and Painting, group exhibition, Westerville, Ohio: 2003
Otterbein College, Terra Incognita, Dunlap Gallery, Westerville Ohio: 2000
Barth Galleries, Between Form and Formlessness, Two-person Exhibition- Crockett and Nees; Columbus Ohio: 2000
Selected Invitational
Otterbein College -- Faculty Exhibition; Westerville, Ohio: 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2014
University of Wisconsin-Madison Dept. of Art; Alumni Exhibition, HereNOWthen: 2010
Madison Art Center -- Wisconsin Triennial Exhibition; Madison, Wisconsin: 1987
Neville Museum -- Wisconsin Landscape, Urban and Rural; Green Bay, Wisconsin: 1985
Artspace Gallery -- Three Realists; Los Angeles, California: 1978
Whitney Museum of American Art -- Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary Art; New York, New York: 1975
Selected Juried
McNeese State University, Lake Charles, Louisiana; 35th National Works on Paper Exhibition, 2022
Verum Ultimum Art Gallery, Portland, OR – The Living Mark, 2018
Ohio State Fair; Columbus, Ohio: Professional division, 2014 - Ohio Arts Council Award, Creative Arts of Women award, honorable mention
Ohio Art League Fall Exhibition; Cultural Arts Center, Columbus, Ohio, 2013, 2012
The Majestic Gallery, Nelsonville, Ohio: National Juried Exhibition, 2013
Rosewood Art Center; Kettering, Ohio: The View, 2012
Ohio State Fair; Columbus, Ohio: Professional division, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013
Rosewood Art Center; Kettering, Ohio: The View, 2010- honorable mention
Ohio Art League Spring Exhibition; Fort Hayes, Columbus, Ohio, 2010- honorable mention
Rosewood Art Center; Kettering, Ohio: HWD, 2009
65th Ohio Annual Exhibition; Zanesville Art Center, Zanesville, Ohio, 2009
Ohio Art league Fall Exhibition; Cultural Arts Center, Columbus, Ohio, 2008
Huntington Art Museum, West Virginia: Art 280, 2007
Exit Gallery, “International Exhibition”, Cleveland, Ohio: 2006
COLLECTIONS -Corporate and University
California
Egon Zehnder International: Los Angeles
Security Pacific Bank of California: Walnut Creek, Westchester, Los Angeles, Encinitas, Irvine, and Fontana
Minnesota
Minneapolis: Best and Flanagan Law Firm; Pillsbury Corporation; Prudential Insurance
Ohio
JDS Inc: Columbus, Otterbein University Art Collection, Westerville,
The Ohio State University, Columbus – Rare Books Collection
Wisconsin
General Casualty Insurance, Madison; City of Madison; State of Wisconsin, Madison; University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point and Milwaukee; Wausau Insurance, Wausau
COMMISSIONS
JDS Inc., Jeffery Building, Columbus, Ohio: 2007
Madison Newspapers Incorporated; Madison, Wisconsin: 1986
Wisconsin Public Television: 1986
State of Wisconsin Percent for Art: 1985
Dane County Cultural Affairs; Madison, Wisconsin: 1982
California
Egon Zehnder International: Los Angeles
Security Pacific Bank of California: Walnut Creek, Westchester, Los Angeles, Encinitas, Irvine, and Fontana
Minnesota
Minneapolis: Best and Flanagan Law Firm; Pillsbury Corporation; Prudential Insurance
Ohio
JDS Inc: Columbus, Otterbein University Art Collection, Westerville,
The Ohio State University, Columbus – Rare Books Collection
Wisconsin
General Casualty Insurance, Madison; City of Madison; State of Wisconsin, Madison; University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point and Milwaukee; Wausau Insurance, Wausau
COMMISSIONS
JDS Inc., Jeffery Building, Columbus, Ohio: 2007
Madison Newspapers Incorporated; Madison, Wisconsin: 1986
Wisconsin Public Television: 1986
State of Wisconsin Percent for Art: 1985
Dane County Cultural Affairs; Madison, Wisconsin: 1982
SPECIALIZED STUDIES
Fresco painting: Introduction and Advanced sessions through Kremer Pigments, New York, NY: 2002; Fresco painting instruction through Firenze nell' Arte; Florence, Italy: 2002
Artists' Book: Giornata di Pontorma: from Il libro mio the diary of Jacopo da Pontormo; book design by Paula Nees, The Ohio State University Rare Books Collection, Columbus, Ohio; N7433.4.N43 G56 2006
Shibori textile and natural dyes: Joan Morris workshop through Crow Timber Frame facility, Baltimore, Ohio: 2009
Fresco painting: Introduction and Advanced sessions through Kremer Pigments, New York, NY: 2002; Fresco painting instruction through Firenze nell' Arte; Florence, Italy: 2002
Artists' Book: Giornata di Pontorma: from Il libro mio the diary of Jacopo da Pontormo; book design by Paula Nees, The Ohio State University Rare Books Collection, Columbus, Ohio; N7433.4.N43 G56 2006
Shibori textile and natural dyes: Joan Morris workshop through Crow Timber Frame facility, Baltimore, Ohio: 2009
CRITICAL REVIEWS
Yates, Christopher, “ Planting ideas: Fertile imaginations at work in shows by Indian print maker, faculty” Columbus Dispatch, 26 January, 2014, F6 Arts & Life
Hall, Jacqueline, “Works reflect evolution of four from central Ohio”, Columbus Dispatch, 15 January, 2006, D4 Visual Arts
Starker, Melissa, “Material Girls”, Columbus Alive, 30 Mar. 2005, p. 15
Yates, Christopher, “Material Meditations: Four women use distinctive mediums to explore life.” Columbus Dispatch, 13 Mar. 2005, D4
Starker, Melissa, “Spice of Life”, Columbus Alive, 28 July, 2004, p. 30
Davis, Nikki, “Pontormo’s Pink”, Columbus Alive, 26 June 2003, p.16
Yates, Christopher, “ Planting ideas: Fertile imaginations at work in shows by Indian print maker, faculty” Columbus Dispatch, 26 January, 2014, F6 Arts & Life
Hall, Jacqueline, “Works reflect evolution of four from central Ohio”, Columbus Dispatch, 15 January, 2006, D4 Visual Arts
Starker, Melissa, “Material Girls”, Columbus Alive, 30 Mar. 2005, p. 15
Yates, Christopher, “Material Meditations: Four women use distinctive mediums to explore life.” Columbus Dispatch, 13 Mar. 2005, D4
Starker, Melissa, “Spice of Life”, Columbus Alive, 28 July, 2004, p. 30
Davis, Nikki, “Pontormo’s Pink”, Columbus Alive, 26 June 2003, p.16
