Pauline Roche

Biography

Pauline Roche was born in London but grew up in Australia from the age of seven. In 1995 she moved to the United States. She lived for a number of years in Boston, and also in Tucson, Arizona, and has now settled near San Diego, California.

Pauline’s work has won a number of awards in juried exhibitions, including the Gold Medal of Honor at the Audubon Artists Annual exhibition, NY and others in exhibitions at the Catherine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club, the Salmagundi Club and the American Artists Professional League, NY. Her work has frequently been chosen as a Finalist in the Art Renewal Center’s International ARC Salon competitions and was awarded ‘Best Social Commentary – Runner Up’ in the 2014 ARC Salon. Her work had been chosen as a finalist in Southwest Art magazine’s Artistic Excellence Competition and won 2nd Prize in The Artist’s Magazine 29th Annual Art Competition. She has been awarded the Best Signature Award for Artistic Excellence at the 2017 Oil Painters of America National Exhibition, and most recently her work was selected for inclusion in the 112th Annual California Art Club Gold Medal Exhibition at the Bowers Museum, CA.

She is listed in Who’s Who in America and Who’s Who of American Women. Feature articles on Pauline’s work, have appeared in American Artist magazine (May 2007) The Artist’s Magazine (Nov 2013, Cover) and in Southwest Art: ‘Enthralling Moments’, by Bonnie Gangelhoff (Feb 2014). Her art is the subject of a book ‘Bouquets of Brushes, Patches of Paint – The Art of Pauline Roche’, By Karen S. Barbera.

Early art training for Pauline was in the ateliers of practicing artists in Melbourne, Australia, where she received extensive training in traditional oil painting, following the teachings of Max Meldrum. Her subsequent art education, in addition to attendance at various workshops, has included studies at the School of the Museum of Fine Art, Boston, and The Florence Academy of Art, Italy.

Pauline is a Signature Member of Oil Painters of America, an Artist Member of The California Art Club, and a member of the Portrait Society of America and American Women Artists. She is also a signatory member of the Victorian Artists’ Society (Australia’s oldest art society). Her work is included in the corporate collection of the Melbourne Museum, Australia, the corporate collection of Ventana Medical Systems Inc. Tucson and in many other collections in USA, Australia, Asia, and Europe.

EXHIBITIONS
One Woman Exhibitions
Seasonal Hues – Solo Exhibition – Newbury Fine Arts, Boston, 2019
Near and Far- Solo Exhibition – Newbury Fine Arts, Boston, 2016
Painterly Perceptions – Solo Exhibition – Newbury Fine Arts, Boston, 2014
People and Places– Solo Exhibition – Newbury Fine Arts, Boston, 2011
People of Art and Science – Solo Exhibition – Ventana Medical Systems Gallery, Tucson, AZ, 2003

Museum Exhibitions
California Art Club 112th Annual Gold Medal Exhibition, CA 2023 (Bowers Museum, CA, 2023)
California Art Club 109th Annual Gold Medal Exhibition, CA, 2020 (A Virtual Experience, with Hilbert Museum, CA)
Bonita Museum, CA – California Plein Air, 2019
California Art Club 108th Annual Gold Medal Exhibition, CA, 2019
San Diego Maritime Museum, CA – Sea and Shore, CA 2019
Invitational Shows
Waterhouse Gallery, CA – Annual Anniversary Exhibitions, 2015 – 2023

Juried Shows and Competitions
Mountain Oyster Club 54th Contemporary Western Art Show, 2023
California Art Club Annual Gold Medal Exhibition 2023
Oil Painters of America National Juried Exhibition of Traditional Oils, SC, 2023
Oil Painters of America National Juried Exhibition of Traditional Oils, CA, 2021
American Artists Professional League 93rd Grand National Exhibition, NY, 2021
Oil Painters of America Western Regional Exhibition, KS, 2021
California Art Club, Excellence in Traditional Fine Art Exhibition, ‘Renewal and Rebirth’, (Virtual) 2021
Oil Painters of America National Juried Salon, GA, 2021
15th Annual Art Renewal Center Salon, 2020/21
Mountain Oyster Club Art Show, AZ, 2021
Oil Painters of America (Virtual) Western Regional Exhibition, Illume Gallery of Fine Art, UT, 2020
California Art Club 109th Annual Gold Medal Exhibition, CA 2020
Oil Painters of America National Juried Exhibition of Traditional Oils, 2019
California Art Club 108th Annual Gold Medal Exhibition, CA, 2019
Virtuosos of the Oil Painters of America, Cutter and Cutter Fine Art, FL, 2019

AWARDS
Semi-Finalist, Art Renewal Center International Salon, 2022
M. Graham & Co. Award of Artistic Excellence, American Artist Professional League Grand National Exhibition, 2021
Semi-Finalist, Art Renewal Center International Salon, 2020
Boldbrush Art Awards – 2nd Place – February 2019
Southwest Art Artistic Excellence Competition – Runner Up, 2018
The Artists Magazine Annual Art Competition – Honorable Mention, 2018

MEMBERSHIPS
Oil Painters of America – Signature Member
California Art Club – Artist Member
American Women Artists
Portrait Society of America
Victorian Artists Society – Signature Member (Australia)

REPRESENTATION
Jones & Terwilliger Galleries, Carmel-by-the-Sea and Palm Desert, CA
Waterhouse Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA