About The Artist
The award-winning magic realism art of Paul Bond (Pesqueira) has been featured in solo and group exhibitions in galleries, museums and cultural centers, including Contemporary Fine Arts Gallery in La Jolla, CA; the Haro Gallery, Culver City, CA; the Gateway Museum in Farmington, New Mexico; the William DeBilzan Gallery in Santa Fe, New Mexico; the Magidson Gallery in Aspen, Colorado; the Lu Martin Gallery in Laguna Beach, California; Evocative Arts Gallery in Palm Springs, California; and the San Diego Art Institute. His paintings are in private and corporate collections, including the Hotel Hershey in Hershey, PA; and PB&J Restaurants in Wichita, KS.
Bond draws the following analogy of his paintings: “ Life and the Universe can be likened to a car - it works, and we all use one - yet most of us don’t fully know how it really functions. Unless we spend our lives in the study of physics and sciences, at best, we can reach a place where we are in awe, gratitude and reverence with the mysteries which surround and permeate our lives. Though my art, I like to give viewers a glimpse under the hood of their lives.”
Upcoming Exhibitions
Gallery Representation
Solo & Group Exhibitions
2011
Festival of Arts - Laguna Beach, CA
2011
Ritz-Carlton Gallery - Laguna Niguel, CA
2011
Lu Martin Gallery - Laguna Beach, CA
2010
Festival of Arts - Laguna Beach, CA
2010
Haro Gallery - Culver City, CA
2009
Lu Martin Gallery - Laguna Beach, CA
2009
World Gallery - Costa Mesa, CA
2008
Gallery 104 - San Clemente, CA
2006
Evocative Arts Gallery - Palm Springs, CA
2005
William DeBilzan Gallery - Santa Fe, NM
2004
Magidson Gallery - Aspen, CO
2003
International Symbolist Show - Canada
2002
William DeBilzan Gallery - Santa Fe, NM
2001
Durango Arts Center - Durango, CO. Director’s Choice Exhibit
2000
Suenos Gallery - Pagosa Springs, CO
1998
Pagosa Springs Fine Art Center - Pagosa Springs, CO.
1998
Durango Arts Center - Durango, CO. 23rd Annual Juried Exhibit
1997
Pagosa Springs Fine Art Center - Pagosa Springs, CO
1997
Durango Arts Center - Durango, CO. Juried Award Winners Exhibit.
1995
San Diego Art Institute - San Diego, CA. 1 ft. and Under Awards Exhibit.
1994
San Diego Art Institute - San Diego, CA. Midwinter Award Show.
1993
San Diego Art Institute - San Diego, CA. Jury of Peers Exhibit.
1992
R.B. Gallery - Rancho Bernardo, CA. Charity for Battered Women's Shelter.
1992
COVA/Art at the Grove - Lemon Grove, CA
1991
Upstairs Gallery - San Diego, CA
1991
Sweet Visions Gallery - Hillcrest, CA
Awards & Honors
- 2011 Laguna Beach Festival of Arts - Laguna Beach, CA. OFFICIAL POSTER ARTIST
- 1999 Gateway Museum - Farmington, NM. National Juried Prospectus. BEST OF SHOW
- 1996 Durango Arts Center - Durango, CO. 21st Annual Juried Exhibit. JUROR’S CHOICE AWARD
Selected Collections & Commissions
- Hotel Hershey, Hershey, PA
- PBJ Restaurants, KS
Publications
- Happiness by Design - 2014 Paul Bond Art Wall Calendar, Brush Dance Publishing
- Art Business News - Top 50 Emerging Artist in the US, March/April 2012 Edition
- The Magic Realism of Paul Bond, - 2012 Coffee Table Art Book, Published by Paul Bond Fine Art
- Modern Painters, 2011 - Published by Schiffer Books, PA
- Coast Magazine - Cover, August 2011 Issue - Orange County, CA
- Poetry Salzburg Review - Cover, Spring 2011 Issue - Salzburg, Austria