Education

1977    MFA, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA

1960–63    Art Students League, New York, NY

1956    BA, Mechanical Engineering, Tufts University, Medford, MA

Solo Exhibitions

2007    Paul Rahilly: New Still Lifes, Hirschl & Adler Modern, New York, NY

2003    Greenville County Museum of Art, Greenville, SC

2002    Paul Rahilly: Paintings, Hirschl & Adler Modern, New York, NY

1998    Watercolors of Connemara, Gallery NAGA, Boston, MA

1996    New Paintings, Gallery NAGA, Boston, MA

1994    New Paintings, Gallery NAGA, Boston, MA

1994    Paul Rahilly, Stiebel Modern, New York, NY

1991    Recent Paintings, Gallery NAGA, Boston, MA

1988    Gallery NAGA, Boston, MA

1986    Gallery NAGA, Boston, MA

1983    Sindin Gallery, New York, NY

1978    Bannister Gallery, Rhode Island College, Providence, RI

1977    Bridgewater State College Gallery, Bridgewater, MA

1975    Andover Gallery, Andover, MA

1972    Andover Gallery, Andover, MA

1970    The Guild of Boston Artists, Boston, MA

Selected Group Exhibitions

2006    Summer Selections, Hirschl & Adler Modern, New York, NY

2004    Masters and Mavericks, Seraphin Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

2001    Interiors Observed, Barnarducci Meisel Gallery, New York, NY

2000    Revealing the Nude: A Timeless Passion, Chase Gallery, Boston, MA

2000    Visual Memoirs: Selected Paintings and Drawings, Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA

1999–2000    Sleeping Beauty, New England School of Art & Design and Suffolk University, Boston, MA

1997    Rainforest Foundation Show, John McEnroe Gallery, New York, NY

1995    Thirteen Boston Artists, Concord Art Association, Concord, MA

1994    Parallax Views, Koplin Gallery, Santa Monica, CA

1993    Self-aMused, Fitchburg Art Museum, Fitchburg, MA

1992     Paul Rahilly, Ed Stitt, Stuart Ober: Paintings, Gallery NAGA, Boston, MA

1992    Narrative/Figurative, Struve Gallery, Chicago, IL

1992    Landscape, Contemporary Realists Gallery, San Francisco, CA

1991    Object, Found and Reserved, Fitchburg Art Museum, Fitchburg, MA

1990    Salon 1990: Human Figure in New Painting and Sculpture, New York Academy of Art, New York, NY

1987    Fifth Triennial, Brockton Art Museum, Brockton, MA

1984    Exchange: A Celebration of Art During Black History Month, A.A.M.A.R.P. Gallery in Northeastern University, Boston, MA

1983    Brave New Works: Recent American Paintings and Drawings, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA

1983    158th Annual Exhibition, National Academy of Design, New York, NY

1982    Contemporary Portraits, Boston University Art Gallery, Boston, MA

1981    Profile of a Gallery: Andover Gallery of Fine Art, Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Exeter Academy, Andover, MA

1979    Art of the State, Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA

1972    National Traveling Exhibition, American Watercolor Society, New York, NY

1970    American Portraits, 1900–1970, Newport Art Museum, Newport, RI

1970    145th Annual Exhibition, National Academy of Design, New York, NY

Awards

1996    Massachusetts Cultural Council Fellowship, Finalist  

1988    Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Foundation Grant

1988    Massachusetts Artists Fellowship, Finalist

1988    National Endowment for the Arts, Visual Artists Fellowship

1988    Massachusetts Artists Fellowship in Painting
Teaching

1970-present    Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA; Instructor in Life Drawing and Painting

1993-95    School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA; Instructor in Figure Painting          

1988-91    School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA; Instructor in Drawing

1984    Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA; Lowell Institute Lecturer

1984    School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA; Lecturer

Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA; Visiting Artist

Bridgewater State College, Division of Continuing Education, Bridgewater, MA; Instructor in Watercolor

Rhode Island College, Providence, RI; Visiting Artist

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, Cambridge, MA; Guest Lecturer

Brockton Art Museum, Brockton MA; Instructor in Life Drawing

Vesper George School of Art, Boston, MA; Instructor in Drawing and Watercolor

Selected Collections

Greenville County Museum of Art, Greenville, SC

Northeastern University, Boston, MA

Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA

Bank of Boston, Boston, MA

Eastern Tool and Stamping Company, Saugus, MA

Fidelity Investments, Boston, MA

Wellington Management Company, Boston, MA

Bibliography

Books:
Steven Zevitas, ed., New American Paintings: New England (Wellesley, MA: The Open Studios Press, 2000).

Periodicals:
Ellen Howards, “Ireland’s Hold on Boston’s Artists.” Arts Media (March 2002).

Joshua Meyer, “ The Epic Art of Paul Rahilly,” ArtsMEDIA (September 1999).

E. Lynne Moss, “Paul Rahilly’s Irish Watercolor,” Watercolor 4 (Summer 1998).

Christopher Millis, “Water Music,” Boston Phoenix (May 15, 1998).

Stash Horowitz, “Rahilly and Schwartz,” The Back Bay Courant (May 12, 1998).

Cate McQuaid, “Reading the Light of Irish Landscapes, and the Stories told by Our Faces,” Boston Globe (May 7, 1998).

“Into the Real,” Boston Phoenix (January 2, 1998).

Miles Unger, “Paul Rahilly,” Art New England (August/September 1996).

Ruth Bass, “Paul Rahilly: Stiebel Modern,” ARTnews (Summer 1994).

Nancy Stapen, “Sensual Landscapes and Signs of Nature,” Boston Globe (April 14, 1994).

Charles Guiliano, “Spring Shows,” The Improper Bostonian (April 13-26, 1994).

Robert Taylor, “These Self-Portraits Go More Than Skin-Deep,” Boston Globe (May 24, 1993).

Nancy Stapen, “Intimate, Surprising Observations of Nature,” Boston Globe (April 18, 1991).

Christine Temin, “Art Fair Adds Fun to the Mix,” Boston Globe (October 12, 1990).

Grabosky, Tom, “Images Overdue,” Bay Windows (October 2, 1998).

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Christine Temin, “Rahilly’s Realism,” Boston Globe (April 3, 1986).

Robert Taylor, “Exhibits: Most Enjoyed,” Boston Globe (March 27, 1986).

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Kenneth Baker, “A Flock of the New,” Boston Phoenix (December 13, 1983).

Robert Taylor, “New Works Exhibit Signal Changes at NAGA,” Boston Globe (November 20, 1983).

Robert Taylor, “Boston Portrait Exhibit at BU A Mixed Bag,” Boston Globe (October 10, 1983).