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Duane Paxson
www.duanepaxson.com
dpaxsonart@gmail.com


Education
1982-1984 Master of Fine Arts. University of Alabama.
Sculpture Major/Ceramic Minor.
1975-1980 Bachelor of Science. Troy State University.
Art Major/Music Minor


Fellowships
2015 “SECAC Fellowship,” Southeastern College Art Conference (SECAC).
2000 Technical Assistance Grant, Alabama State Council on the Arts.
1989 “Artist Fellowship Grant – Sculpture,” Alabama State Council of the Arts, Montgomery,
AL.


One Person Exhibits
2016 Malelingue, Perspective Gallery, Virginia Tech, 2016 SECAC Conference Fellowship
Show
2015 La Strega , Ingram Studio Art Center Space, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN.
2014 Ivory Tower, Wiregrass Museum of Art, Dothan, AL.
2014 Ivory Tower, Myers Gallery, Athens Academy, Athens, GA.
2012 Ivory Tower , McIlroy Gallery, Mattie Kelly Art Center Galleries, Northwest Florida
State University, Niceville, FL.
2011 Duane Paxson – Sculpture , Johnson Art Center, Troy, AL.
2009 Obstacles to Departure , Myers Gallery, Athens Academy, Athens, GA.
2009 Obstacles to Departure , Rowe Arts Gallery, University of North Carolina Charlotte,
Charlotte, NC.
2005 Recent Work, Lamar Dodd Art Center, LaGrange College, LaGrange, GA.
2003 Recent Work , Moon Gallery, Berry College, Mount Berry, GA.
2002 “Enchanted Forest Encounters: Duane Paxson’s Spirited Take on Nature”, Huntsville
Museum of Art, Huntsville, AL.
2002 “Spiral Dancers,” Malone Gallery, Troy University, Troy, AL.
2000 “Spiral Dancers,” Spartanburg County Museum of Art, Spartanburg, SC.
2000 “One Person Show,” Sarrat Gallery, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN.
2000 “Duane Paxson: 1999 ADSO Best in Show Award Winner”, Holzhauer Gallery, The Art
Center, Okaloosa-Walton Community College, Niceville, FL.
1999 “Forest Dance,” Jemison-Carnegie Heritage Hall Museum, Talladega, AL.
1999 “Forest Dance,” Gallery One, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Little Rock, AR.
1998 “Forest Dance,” Malone Gallery, Troy University, Troy, AL.
1998 Forest Dance , Ford Gallery, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI.
1997 One Person Show, Lamar Dodd School of Art Main Gallery, The University of
Georgia, Athens, GA.
1997 One Person Show, Main Exhibit Hall, Center for Cultural Arts, Gadsden, AL.
1995 One Person Show, Goodwyn Gallery, Auburn University at Montgomery,
Montgomery, AL.
1992 Installation Tree Beasts, Montgomery Museum, Montgomery, AL.
1989 “One Person Show,” Hardman Gallery, Mercer University, Macon, GA.
1988 “One Person Show,” The Gallery, Bloch Hall, University of Montevallo, Montevallo,
AL.
1987 “One Person Show,” Malone Gallery, Troy University, Troy, AL.
1986 “One Person Show,” Huntingdon College Gallery, Huntingdon College, Montgomery,
AL.


Guest Lectures
2016 Cultural Enrichment Lecture, LaGrange College, LaGrange GA.
2015 Ingram Studio Art Center Space, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN.
2014 Athens Academy, Athens, GA.
2014 Wiregrass Museum of Art, Dothan, AL.
2013 Visiting Artist Lecture, McMasters University, School of the Arts, Hamilton, Canada,
“Spotlight for the Arts, Visiting Artist Series, Togo Salmon Hall (The New Space)
2012 McIlroy Gallery, Mattie Kelly Art Center Galleries, Northwest Florida State University,
Niceville, FL.
2009 Athens Academy, Athens, GA.
2009 Rowe Art Gallery, University of North Carolina, Charlotte, NC.
2007 Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN.
2005 Lamar Dodd Art Center, LaGrange College, LaGrange GA.
2004 Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile, AL.
2003 The Gallery, Bloch Hall, University of Montevallo, Montevallo, AL.
2003 Berry College, Mount Berry, GA.
2003 2003 Award Panel, Rosa Parks Museum, Troy University, Montgomery, AL.
2002 Panelist, “Object Symbology: Then and Now,” SECAC, Southeastern College Art
Conference, Mobile, AL.
2002 Huntsville Museum of Art, Huntsville, AL.
2000 Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN.
1999 Jemison-Carnegie Heritage Hall Museum, Talladega, AL.
1999 Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, Montgomery, AL.
1999 University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Little Rock, AR.
1998 Murray State University, Murray, KY.
1998 Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI.
1997 Center for Cultural Arts, Gadsden, AL.
1993 Birmingham Southern College, Birmingham, AL.
1991 Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN.
1989 Mercer University, Macon, GA.
1988 The Gallery, Bloch Hall, University of Montevallo, Montevallo, AL.
1986 Huntingdon College, Montgomery, AL.


Two-Person and Group Exhibitions
2016 The Heritage Exhibition, Troy International Art Center, Troy University, Troy, AL.
2016 Rendezvous, Evelyn Burrow Museum, Wallace State Community College, Cullman, AL.
2016 “SHIFT: Environmentally Responsible Print Practice Exhibition,” 28 North American
Print Artists, McMaster Museum of Art, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
2015 Athens Metal Guild, Aikens Art Center, Aikens, SC.
2015 “Celebrating Contemporary Art in Alabama – The Biennial”, Johnson Art Center, Troy,
AL.
2015 Troy University Art Faculty, Myers Gallery, Athens Academy, Athens, GA.
2015 “Pearl Challenge,” Athens Metal Guild, Lyndon House Art Center, Athens, GA.
2013 “First Annual Athens Metal Arts Guild, AMAC Member’s Exhibition”, Lyndon House
Art Center, Athens, GA.
2013 “AMAG Member’s Exhibit,” Athens Metal Art Guild, Athens Academy, Bertelsmann
Gallery, Athens, GA.
2013 “Red Clay Round Up,” Cochran Art Gallery, LaGrange, GA.
2013 “BIG”, Four Person Show, Lyndon House Art Center, Athens, GA.
2013 “Celebrating Contemporary Art in Alabama – The Biennial 2013,” Johnson Art Center,
Troy, AL.
2011 “Signature: Contemporary Expression,” Alabama Artist Gallery, RSA Building,
Montgomery, AL.
2011 “Celebrating Contemporary Art in Alabama – The Biennial 2011,” Johnson Art Center,
Troy, AL.
2011 “Artists of Pike County: Roots,” Johnson Art Center, Troy, AL.
2011 “Looking at the Collection: Encounters Alumni,” Huntsville Museum of Art, Huntsville,
AL.
2010 “Emerging Generation,” Alabama Clay Conference, Malone Gallery, Troy University,
Troy, AL.
2009 “Celebrating Contemporary Art in Alabama – The Nature of Being Southern”, Johnson
Center for the Arts, Troy, AL.
2007 “Whimsy in 3-D,” Huntsville Museum of Art, Huntsville, AL.
2007 “Hauntings,” Blue Bell Gallery, Comer, GA.
2007 “2007 Temple Arts Festival,” The Temple Congregation Ohabai Sholom, Nashville, TN.
2004 “Sticks and Stones”, Two Person Show, Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile, AL.
2003 “Sticks and Stones,” Three Person Show, The Gallery, Bloch Hall, University of
Montevallo, Montevallo, AL.
2003 “Views of the Collection: Recent Acquisitions,” Huntsville Museum, Huntsville, AL.
2002 “Two Person Show,” Gallery 1, Dennison University Art Gallery, Granville, OH.
2002 “Two Person Show,” OCONEE Cultural Arts Foundation, Watkinsville, GA
2002 “Two Person Show,” Gallery 1, Denison University Art Gallery, Granville, OH.
2002 “Two person Show,” Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation, Watkinsville, GA.
2002 “Troy University Traveling Faculty Art Exhibit 2002”
- Britt/Warren Gallery, Alabama State University
-Rosa Parks Museum, Troy University at Montgomery
-Alabama State Library, Montgomery, AL.
-University Gallery, Evansville University, Evansville, IN
2001 “Art Faculty Exhibition,” Goodwyn Gallery, Auburn University at Montgomery,
Montgomery, AL.
2000 “Celebrating Community Area Art Faculty Exhibition,” Huntingdon College Art Gallery,
Huntingdon College, Montgomery, AL.
1998 “Four Person Show,” Clara M. Eagle Art Gallery, Murray State University, Murray, KY
1998 “Teaching Art: Regional Faculty Invitational,” The Columbus Museum, Columbus, GA.
Curators Karol Lawson and Brigitte Foley
1997 “Things to Value: Elements of Contemporary Alabama Art,” Alabama Artists Gallery,
Montgomery, AL.
1997 “Sculpture Tour 97,” Chattanooga State Technical Community College, Chattanooga,
TN.
1996 “Sculpture Tour 96,” The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN.
1995 “Celebrating Alabama’s Diversity,” Business Center of Alabama, Montgomery, AL.
1994 “Alabama Signatures,” Alabama Artists Gallery, Montgomery, AL.
1993 “Two Person Exhibition,” Durbin Gallery, Birmingham Southern College, Birmingham,
AL.
1991 “Rituals and Primitive Origins,” Sarrat Gallery, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN.
1990 “Two Person Exhibition,” Kentuck Museum, Northport, AL.
1990 “Two Person Show – Fellowship Winners,” Alabama Artist Gallery, Montgomery, AL.
1985 “Alabama State of the Arts,” Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, LA.
1983 “NCECA Atlanta Exhibition: Southern College and University Ceramic International,”
Nexus Gallery, Atlanta, GA.


Collaborative Projects
2004 “A Celebration of Excellence, Arts Excel at GPS,” Visions Guest Arts Series,
Sculpture/Dance Performance, Girls Preparatory School, Chattanooga, TN.
1997 “Riverbend Sculptures and Dancers,” Terpischord Modern Dance Company,
Chattanooga, TN. Cathie Kasch, Choreographer. Duane Paxson, Sculptor.
1994 “Montgomery Zoo Dance Performance,” Montgomery Ballet, Montgomery, AL.
David Anderson – Choreographer, Duane Paxson – Sculptor.
Judicator of Show
2008 Judicator, “Panoply Art Festival,” The Arts Council of Huntsville, Huntsville, AL.


Juried Exhibitions
2017 “PaperWest,” National Works on Paper Juried Biennial Exhibition, organized by
The Art and Art History Department at the University of Utah; 5 th Prize.
2017 “42 Montgomery Art Guild Museum Exhibition,” Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts,
Montgomery, AL; First Place MMFA Director’s Award; Juror-Jim Neel, Professor of Art,
Birmingham Southern College.
2017 “42 nd Lyndon Juried Exhibition,” Lyndon House Art Center, Athens, GA. Juror, Susan
Krane, Executive Director of the San Jose Museum.
2016 “41 st Lyndon House Juried Exhibition,” Lyndon House Arts Center, Athens, GA.
Juror – Jack Reynolds, The Henry J. Heinz Director of the Yale University Art Gallery.
2016 “Creative Quarterly # 42,” The Journal of Arts and Design, Professional Fine Art
Category, Runner Up – One Line Gallery.
2015 “40 th Lyndon House Juried Exhibition,” Lyndon House Arts Center, Athens, GA.
Juror – Cater Foster, Curator of Drawing at the Whitney Museum of American Art, New
York.
2015 “SOUTHWORK, Juried Artist Exhibition,” OCAF Art Center, Watkinsville, GA.
Juror – Will South, Curator of the Columbia Museum of Art, SC.
2015 “41 st Montgomery Art Guild Juried Show,”
Juror – Tom Butler, Director Columbus Museum, GA.
2014 “Creative Quarterly #36,” The Journal of Arts and Design, Professional Fine Art
Category, Runner Up – One Line Gallery.
2014 “Creative Quarterly #35,” The Journal of Arts and Design, Professional Fine Art
Category, Runner Up – One Line Gallery.
2014 “39 th Lyndon House Juried Exhibition,” Lyndon House Arts Center, Athens, GA. 1 st
Place Merit Award.
Juror – Gilbert Vicario, Senior Curator, Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, IA.
2013 “SECAC 2013 Member’s Exhibition,” Gatewood Gallery, University of North Carolina
Greensboro, Greensboro, NC.
Juror – Nancy Doll, Director of the Weatherspoon Art Museum, University of North
Carolina at Greensboro.
2013 “Creative Quarterly #32,” The Journal of Arts and Design, Professional Fine Art
Category, Winner, Fresh Talent Gallery, p. 17 and Online Gallery
2013 “The 38 th Lyndon House Juried Exhibition,” Lyndon House Art Center, Athens, GA.,
Juror, Mark Sloan, Director and Senior Curator of the Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art,
Charleston, SC.
2012 “The 37 th Juried Exhibition,” Lyndon House Art Center, Athens, GA.
Juror – Heather Pesanti, Curator of the Albright – Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY.
2012 “SECAC 2012 Member’s Exhibition,” Durham Arts Council, Durham, NC.
2 nd Place Award. Juror – Charles Joyner, Professor of Art, North Carolina State
University.
2011 “The 36 th Juried Exhibition,” Lyndon House Art Center, Athens, GA.
Juror – Carla Hanzal, Curator of Contemporary Art at the Mint Museum of Art,
Charlotte, NC.
2011 “Drawing on Alabama 2011,” Biggin Gallery, Auburn University, Auburn, AL.
Juror – Carter Foster, Curator and Curator of Drawing, The Whitney Museum of
American Art, NY.
Image of drawing in show used for the show postcard.
2010 “ADSO 18 th Southeastern Regional Juried Fine Arts Exhibition 2010”, Mattie Kelly Art
Center Gallery, Northwest Florida State College, Niceville, FL.
Honorable Mention. Juror – Janice E. Hartwell, Professor of Art, Florida State
University.
2010 “Decatur Arts Festival Fine Arts Exhibition”, Dalton Gallery, Agnes Scott College,
Decatur, GA.
Juror – Susan Bridges, Owner/Director Whitespace Gallery.
2010 “LaGrange National XXVI”, Lamar Dodd Art Center, LaGrange College, LaGrange, GA.
Merit Award. Juror – J. Richard Gruber, PhD, Director Odgen Museum of Southern Art,
University of New Orleans.
2010 “SOUTHWORKS, Juried Exhibition”, OCAF Art Center, Watkinsville, GA.
Merit Award. Juror – Catherine Fox, Cofounder and Chief Art Critic, artscriticatl.com
2009 “The 34 th Juried Exhibition”, Lyndon House Art Center, Athens, GA.
Honorable Mention. Juror – Karen Shaw, Chief Curator, I Slip Art Museum and
Carriage House Workspace, Long Island, NY.
2008 “The 33 rd Juried Exhibition,” Lyndon House Art Center, Athens, GA.
Juror – Charles Wylie, The Lupe Muchison Curator of Contemporary Art, Dallas
Museum of Art.
2007 “Red Clay Survey”, Huntsville Museum of Art, Huntsville, AL.
Juror – Margaret Lazzari, Professor, Roski School of Fine Arts, University of Southern
California, Los Angeles, CA.
2007 “The 32 nd Juried Exhibition”, Lyndon House Art Center, Athens, GA.
Merit Award. Juror – Leslie A. Przybylet, Curator of Exhibitions, Exhibits USA/NEH
on the Road.
2006 “9 th International Shoebox Exhibition – Two Year Traveling Show”, University of
Hawaii in Manoa, University of Hawaii Gallery, Honolulu, Hawaii.
2006 “40 th Annual National Drawing and Small Sculpture Show”, Delmar College, Corpus
Christi, TX.
Honorable Mention. Juror – Linda Seckinger.
2004 “The 29 th Juried Exhibition”, Lyndon House Art Center, Athens, GA.
Juror – David C. Levy, President and Director of the Corcoran Gallery of Art,
Washington, DC.
2003 “The Alabama Exhibition 2003, The Face of Alabama”, Rosa Park Museum, Troy
University, Montgomery, AL.
Award of Excellence. Juror – Frank Fleming, Artist.
2003 “The 8 th International Shoebox Sculpture Exhibition”, University of Hawaii at Manoa,
University of Hawaii Art Gallery, Honolulu, HI.
2003 “37 th Annual National Drawing and Small Sculpture Exhibition”, DelMar College,
Corpus Christi, TX.
Juror – Brian Paulsen.
2002 “SECAC Juried Member’s Exhibition 2002”, Gulf Coast Exploreum, Mobile, AL.
Juror – Dr. Richards, Director Mobile Museum, Mobile, AL.
2002 “The Mark”, Hera Gallery/HeraEducational Foundation, Wakefield, RI.
Juror – Anne Rocheleau.
2002 “Plains Arts IV International”, University Gallery, Pittsburg State University, Pittsburg,
KS.
Juror – Sandra Blain, Professor of Ceramics, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville,
TN. And Director Emeritus, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts.
2002 “LaGrange National XXII Exhibition”, Lamar Dodd Art Center, LaGrange College,
LaGrange, GA.
Merit Award. Juror – Robert F. Lyon, Chair, Art Department, University of South
Carolina.
2002 “8 th Annual Great Plains National,” Moss-Thorns Gallery of Art, Fort Hays State
University, Hays, KS.
Juror – Leesa Fanning, Ph.D, Assistant Curator, Modern and Contemporary Art, The
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art.
2001 “2001 National Small Works Exhibition,” Bloomingdale Park District Museum,
Bloomingdale, IL.
Juror – Melissa Ganje, Curator, Elmhurst Art Museum.
2001 “Georgia/Alabama Biennial,” Albany Museum of Art, Albany, GA.
Juror – Jeffery Spalding, Professor at Florida State University, and Director of the
Appleton Museum, Ocala, FL.
2001 “The Wichita National,” The Wichita Center for the Arts, Wichita, KS.
Juror – Albert Paley, Sculptor.
2001 “The 16 th Annual Florida National Combined Talents 2001,” Florida State University,
Museum of Fine Arts, Tallahassee, FL.
Juror Panel – George Blakely, Odili Donald Odita, Mark Messersmith.
2001 “9 th Southeast Regional Juried Fine Arts Show,” Arts and Design Society of Fort Walton
Beach, The Arts Center, Mcllroy Gallery. Okaloosa-Walton Community College, FL.
Juror – Dr. Dianne Lesko, Executive Director of the Telfair Museum of Art, Savannah,
GA.
2001 “Southworks 2001 Juried Art Exhibition,” Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation Art Center,
Watkinsville, GA.
Juror – Peter Baldaia, Chief Curator, Huntsville Museum of Art, Huntsville, AL.
2001 “Art with a Southern Drawl X,” Martin Hall, The University of Mobile, Mobile, AL.
2001 “34 th Montgomery Art Guild Museum Exibition,” Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts,
Montgomery, AL.
2001 “Explore This!” Colored Pencil Society of America’s First Experimental Juried Exbition,
West Bend Art Museum, West Bend, WS.
Juror – Dennis Adrian, Art Historian and Critic.
2000 “Figuration the Body in Question,” The Fredericksburg Center for the Creative Arts,
Fredericksburg, VA.
2000 “34 th Montgomery Art Guild Regions Bank Exhibition,” Montgomery, AL.
2000 “Art with a Southern Drawl IX”, Martin Hall, The University of Mobile, AL.
Juror – Tom Muir, Professor, School of Art, Bowling Green University.
2000 “What is Drawing Now?” Weber State University, Ogden, UT.
2000 “America’s 2000 Paper Works Competition,” Northwest Art Center, Minot State
University, Minot, ND.
Juror – David R. Jones, Anchor Graphics, Chicago, IL.
2000 “Works on and of Paper,” Art Gallery, University of West Florida, Pensacola, FL.
Juror – Scip Barnhart, Professor of Art, George Washington University, Corcoran
School of Art.
1999 “Renaissance 1999 Inaugural Center Regional Juried Art Exhibition,” Renaissance
Gallery, Dickson, TN. Merit Award.
1999 “33 rd Montgomery Art Guild Regions Bank Exhibition,” Montgomery, AL.
Honorable Mention.
1999 “Columbus Museum Regional Juried Exhibition”, The Columbus Museum, Columbus,
GA.
1999 “The National Juried Exhibition of Small Works,” Montclair State University Art
Galleries, Montclair State University, Upper Montclair, NJ.
Juror – June Kelly, June Kelly Gallery, New York, NY.
1999 “7 th Annual Regional Fine Arts Exhibition,” Arts and Design Society of Fort Walton
Beach, The Arts Center, Mcllroy Gallery, Okaloose-Walton Community College, FL.
1 st Place Gold Paint Brush. Juror – Briditte M. Foley, Assistant Curator, Columbus
Museum, Columbus, GA.
1999 “Cheaha Exhibition,” Heritage Hall Museum, Talladega, AL.
Juror – Russell Everett, Lecturer, Troy University, Troy, AL.
1999 “Arts on the River, 20 th Annual Fine Arts Competition,” Libris 3 rd Floor Gallery,
Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA.
Purchase Award. Juror – Paul Gordon Schimmel, Chief Curator, The Museum of
Contemporary Art Los Angeles, CA.
1999 “33 rd Annual National Drawing and Small Sculpture Show,” Del Mar College, Corpus
Christi, TX.
Juror – Susan Shatter.
1998 “32 nd Annual Montgomery Art Guild Regions Bank Exhibition,” Montgomery, AL.
Best of Show. Juror – W. Lowell Baker, Chairman of the Department of Art, University
of Alabama.
1998 “The Red Clay Survey,” Huntsville Museum of Art, Huntsville, AL.
Juror – Ruth Weisburg, Artist, Los Angeles, CA.
1998 “Frameless Work on Paper,” Upstairs Gallery in a Building, Southeastern Community
College, Whiteville, NC.
Juror – Anthony F. Janson, Art Historian, Chair, Department of Art, University of North
Carolina at Wilmington.
1998 “25 th Annual Bi-State Art Competition,” Meridian Museum of Art, Meridian, MI.
Achievement Award. Juror – Greely Myatt.
1996 “30 th Annual Montgomery Art Guild Regions Bank Exhibition,” Montgomery, AL.
Sculpture Award.
1993 “New Blood,” Eagle Gallery, Murray State University, Murray, KY.
Juror – Rosanne Somerson, Rhode Island School of Design.
1993 “Southern Small Works Exhibition,” Loyola Gallery Downtown, New Orleans, LA.
Juror – Lynne Warren, Associate Curator of Collections, Museum of Contemporary Art
Chicago.
1989 “Birmingham Biennial,” Birmingham Museum of Fine Arts, Birmingham, AL.
Juror – Susan Krane, Curator of 20 th Century Art, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA.
1987 “Southern Juried Exhibition,” Fine Arts Museum of the South, Mobile, AL.
1987 “Birmingham Biennial,” Birmingham Museum of Fine Arts, Birmingham, AL.
Juror – Margaret Lynne Ausfeld, Curator, Montgomery Museum of Fine Art.
1983 “4 th Annual Works on Paper,” Alabama Art League, Auburn, AL.
Juror – Estner Sparks, Associate Curator of Prints and Drawings, Art Institute of
Chicago, Chicago, IL.
1981 “2 nd Annual Works on Paper,” Alabama Art League, Auburn, AL.
Juror – John Howett, Chair Art History Department, Emory University, Atlanta, GA.
1980 “Alabama Art League 51 st Annual Jury Exhibition,” Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts,
Montgomery, AL.
Juror – Dean Meeker, Professor, University of Wisconsin at Madison.
1979 “Alabama Art League 50 th Annual Jury Exhibition,” Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts,
Montgomery, AL.
Juror – Sandra L. Langer, Art Critic/Historian.


Articles, Reviews, Publications, and Interviews
2017 “Interview with Duane Paxson,” Art Inquiries: Journal of the
Southeastern College Art Conference, XVII, No. 1, 2016, 57-63.
2016 “Duane Paxson: Malelingue ,” Number: Eighty Eight, fall 2016, Review by Dorothy
Joiner.
2016 “Artists to Meet for a Rendezvous,” The Cullman Times/Life/Sunday, July 24, 2016, B
Section.
2016 “41 Juried Exhibition, Lyndon House Arts Center,” Number: Eighty Six, spring 2016, p.
20; review by Dorothy Joiner.
2016 “SHIFT: Environmentally Responsible Print Practice Exhibition,” Catalogue,
McMasters Museum of Art, Hamilton, Canada.
2015 “Duane Paxson at Ingram Studio Art Center, Vanderbilt,” World Sculpture News, volume 21,
Number 3 (summer 2015), 60-61; review by Dorothy Joiner.
2015 “Duane Paxton at Ingram Studio Arts Center: Vanderbilt University,” Nashville Arts
Magazine, Aug. 2015, p. 34, Review by Kelly Harper.
2015 “Troy University Professors Win National Awards,” Troy Messenger, Nov. 7-8, 2015,
Article by Jaine Treadwell.
2012 Sculpture, Jan/Feb 2012, Vol. 31, No. 1, p. 66-67, Review by Dorothy Joiner.
2012 World Sculpture News, Vol. 18, No. 3, p. 60-61, Review by Dorothy Joiner.
2011 “A Singular Vision,” World Sculpture News, Summer 2011, Vol. 17, No. 3, p. 5,7,28-33,
Feature Article by Dorothy Joiner.
2010 Number , Summer 2010, No. 66, p. 18, Review by Dorothy Joiner.
2009 Press Release and Photo, Athens Banner-Herald , Sept. 11, 2009, Entertainment Section.
2009 Dorothy Joiner, “Obstacles to Departure,” Art Papers, March/April 2009, p. 58.
2007 Dorothy Joiner, “Review of the Red Clay Survey,” Number, Fall/Winter 2007, Issue #6,
p. 18.
2005 Arthur Williams, Sculpture Reference. Sculpture Books Publishing, Gulfport, MS. 2005.
2005 Arthur Williams, Beginning Sculpture. Davis Publications, Inc. Worcester, MA. 2005
2003 Dorothy Joiner, “Moon Gallery, Berry College,” Art Papers . Nov/Dec 2003. P. 42-43.
2003 Jay Birkbeck, “Moon Exhibit Displays Wild Side of Art,” Campus Carrier. Sept. 11,
2003, Entertainment, p. 11.
2002 Christopher Yates, “Works Best Taken Individually,” The Columbus Dispatch. Nov. 24,
2002, Accents and Arts, p. 7.
2002 Joe Sinsabaugh, “Close Look at Burke Hall Show Reflects Man’s Manipulation of
Nature,” The Grantville Sentinel. Nov. 21, 2002, p. 58.
2002 Interview by Peter Baldaia in Brochure for the show “Enchanted Forest Encounters:
Duane Paxson’s Spirited Take on Nature,” Huntsville Museum of Art, May 19-August 4, 2002.
2002 Jim Lawley, “Alabama Man Puts Artistic Touch on Wood,” The Decatur Daily. Jul. 11,
2002, Section D, p. 1.
2002 Howard Miller, “Wonders of Wood Inspire Sculptor,” The Huntsville Times. May 19,
2002, Section G. p. 1.
2000 Kim Afchley, “Take a Break, Visit the Arts Center this Week,” Spartanburg Herald-
Journal. Dec. 24, 2000, Section C, p. 3.
1999 Interview conducted by Todd Rossnagel, “County Road 12,” WSFA Television .
Montgomery, AL. Sept. 17, 1999.
1999 Denise Etheridge, “Competition Keen at 7 th Annual Regional Fine Arts Exhibition,” The
Walton Sun. May 22, 1999. Vol. 3, No. 1, p. 1, Section B.
1999 Dorothy Joiner, “Duane Paxson, Forest Dance ,” Sculpture . Apr. 1999, Vol. 18, No. 3, p.
73.
1998 Dorothy Joiner, “Duane Paxson, Lamar Dodd Gallery of Art,” The Southern Quarterly. A
Journal of the Arts in the South. The University of Southern Mississippi, Fall 1998, Vol.
37, No, 1, p. 167.
1998 Lena Kurek, “AUM Professor Wins First Prize in Montgomery Art Guild,” Aumnibus.
Auburn University Montgomery, Sept. 30, 1998, p. 5.
1998 “Paxson Exhibit at EMU,” Ypsilanti Courier. Sept. 24, 1998, p. 8.
Press release regarding show at Eastern Michigan University.
1998 John Carlos Cantu, “Dance Mixer,” The Ann Arbor News. Sept. 19, 1998. p. 5.
1998 Nicole M. Porter, “Forest Dance Starts Fords Gallery’s Season,” Eastern Echo. Sept. 14,
1998. p. 5.
1997 Dr. Carl Vollrath, “Arts and Ideas,” WTSU Television. Troy State University. Jul. 1997.
Interview on Troy University TV Station.
1997 “River Gallery Art Tent,” Chattanooga Free Press, Jun. 1997, Press Release and Photo.
1997 “Art Up Close,” The Montgomery Advertise. Mar. 12, 1997. Press Release and Photo.
1997 “The Eternal Struggle of Man,” The Gadsden Times. Feb. 27, 1997, Section C.
Press release and photos regarding show at the Center for Cultural Arts in Gadsden.
1994 Virginia Hillhouse, “Glenn Dasher and Duane Paxson,” Art Papers. May/June 1994,
18:3, p. 4-5.
1994 M.P. Wilerson, “Sculptor’s Work Stepping Out in Style,” The Montgomery Advertise.
Apr. 17, 1994.
1993 James R. Nelson, “Sculptures by Duane Paxson and Glenn Dasher,” Birmingham Times.
Nov. 28, 1993.
1991 Susan W. Knowles, “Rituals and Primitive Origins,” Art Papers. Nov/Dec 1991, 15:6, p.
111.
1991 Interview conducted by Mark Thornhill, WSFA Television. Montgomery, AL. Feb. 13,
1991.
1990 Christine C. Neal, “Glenn Dasher and Duane Paxson”, Art Papers. Nov/Dec 1990, 14:6,
p. 42.
1990 Interview conducted by Dr. Carl Vollrath, “Arts and Ideas”, WTSU Television. Troy State
University, Jul. 10, 1990.
1988 James R. Nelson, “Duane Paxson Recent Sculpture Drawings”, The Birmingham News.
Nov. 13, 1988.
1987 James R. Nelson, “Birmingham Biennial IV”, The Birmingham News. Jul. 19, 1987.
1987 Interview conducted by Dr. Carl Vollrath, “Trojan Talk”, WTSU Television. Troy State
University, Mar. 25, 1987
1986 Jeanne Shaffer, “Troy Artist Exhibits Innovative Sculptures”, The Alabama Journal and
Advertiser. Oct. 26, 1986.


Works in Public Collections
2005 US Federal Courthouse, Montgomery, AL. “Creation.”
2004 Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile, AL. “Knuckle Duster.”
2002 Huntsville Museum of Art, Huntsville, AL. “Curved Horizon.” and “Circus Act.”
1999 Jemison-Carnegie Heritage Hall Museum, Talledega, AL. “Constalines.”
1999 Troy City Hall, Troy, AL. “Troy’s Guardian Angel.”
1999 Savannah College of Art and Design, “Untitled.” Drawing.
1998 Alabama State Council on the Arts, 5 Sculptures
1996 Southern Progress Publishers, Inc. (Southern Living). Purchase for their private
collection 3 sculptures.
1990 State of Alabama, Gordon Persons Building, “Drawn Lyre.”

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