ARTIST / EDUCATOR

BRIAN PAUMIER

310 809 6873

Brian Paumier was born and raised in Oxnard, California where he realized his desire to become a photographer. Building his artistic foundations at the Art Center College of Design he found his visual voice and graduated in 1998. While in the midst of an upward trajectory of his art practice, photography and military career, he was deployed to Iraq for two years. Upon his return, he continued his education and received his Masters Of Fine Arts at ICP-Bard College in New York. Brian is best known for his poised and meticulous portraiture along with his travel imagery. His work embodies an old-world formality with modern wit to make for the perfect integration of theatrics and contemporary style. His images have appeared in numerous publications and periodicals including The New Yorker, New York Times Magazine, Travel & Leisure, Condé Nast Traveller, GQ, AFAR and Marie Claire.

Brian Paumier’s lens-based art practice has been collected and exhibited in numerous galleries, art fairs, public and private collections including the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, The International Center Of Photography, the 21c Museum Hotel, and Beth Rudin DeWoody collection. He recently was commissioned by Art In Embassies to create an installation for the US Consulate Nuevo Laredo in Mexico. Paumier’s newest venture at The CAM Studio Gallery and as a Board Member with the Carnegie Art Museum Cornerstones fosters the development of emerging lens-based artists at critical moments of their careers. With Paumier’s programming, mentorship, exhibitions and access to workspace, this venture serves as a catalyst for innovative creation within the local artistic community.

EDUCATION

BA / Art Center College Of Design, Pasadena CA, 1995-1999

MFA / ICP/Bard in Advanced Photographic Studies NY, 2010-2012

MILITARY

United States Army, 1999-2007

Honorably Discharged in 2007

PROFESSIONAL

Professional photographer and International exhibited artist, 2002-Present

Carnegie Art Museum Board Member, 2017-Present

Start up and Editorial consultant, 2002-Present

Instructor and Professor of advanced photographic techniques and history, 2012-Preset

PHOTOGRAPHY CLIENTS

New York Times Style Magazine

New Yorker

AFAR

GQ / GQ UK

Conde Nast Traveler

Travel + Leisure

SPECIAL SKILLS

Professional photo production and shoot management

Adobe Photoshop, Capture One and Lightroom professional literacy

Professional knowledge of 35 mm to large format camera systems digital and analog

Digital and analog pre and post production professional proficiency

EDITORIAL EXPERIENCE

Development Team of Travel + Leisure En Español, 2002

Managing Editor, Fugue Magazine, 2003 – 2005

Development Team for GOOD MAGAZINE, 2007

INSTRUCTION EXPERIENCE

Community Critique Director, Oxnard Plain Collective, CAM Studio Gallery, Oxnard, CA, 2018

Visiting Professor, (PHOTO 9) Ventura College, Ventura, CA, 2017

Visiting Professor, Skills Exchange Workshop, Fototeca, Zacatecas, Mexico, 2016

Visiting Professor, Thesis Adviser, College of Staten Island, NYC, 2015

Visiting Professor, Skills Exchange Workshop, Banaras Hindu University Varanasi,India, 2013

Visiting Artist, Skills Exchange ICP NYC, 2013

Teaching Assistant, Digital Negative and Alternative Techniques, ICP NYC, 2013

Teaching Assistant, Center for Alternative Photography NYC, 2012

EXPERIENCE

20 years in the travel photography field.

15 years of gallery and art fair exhibition experience.

EXHIBITIONS

2018 Act Of Faith / New Art Projects, London, May 2018 - Jun 2018

2016 Up, Down, Up, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, B, A And Start / De Soto, Los Angeles,September 11 – October 23, 2016 2015 Acto de Fe / Galería Arroyo de la Plata, Zacatecas, Mexico, March 26, 2015 - April 3, 2015

2015 EDGE / Ventura Collage, Ventura, California, January 15 - February 20, 2015

2014 Men Y Men / New Art Projects, London, May 29 - July 20, 2014

2014 Act Of Faith / De Soto, Los Angeles, May 8 – June 31, 2014

2014 Act Of Faith / Christopher Henery Gallery, New York, February 20 - March 16, 2014

2013 Present Memory / Christopher Henery Gallery, New York, September 5 – October 6,

2013 2013 ACTO DE FE / Galeria Ermita, Ermita de Guadalupe, Zac. México, August 15 - 31, 2013

2013 6th Annual Juried Show / Sylvia White Gallery, Ventura, California, August 1 – September 7,

2013 2013 Summer Magic Curated by Shelly De Soto at Aran Cravey Gallery July 13 – August 25, 2013

2013 Yo Como Te Recuerdo / Christopher Henery Gallery, New York, May 9 – June 23,2013

2012 ICP-Bard MFA Thesis Exhibition / ICP, New York, March 30,2012 – May 25, 2012

2012 Queer Self Portraits NOW / Fred, London January 1, 2012 – January 29, 2012

2010 Lazos de Sangre / Bloodlines, Carnegie Art Museum, Oxnard, California, Sep 11, 2010 – Nov 21, 2010

2010 Quince Quinceañeras, Colette, Paris France, August 2,2010 – August 28, 2010

FAIRS

2018 SPRING/BREAK Art Show March 6 - 12, 2018, New York, NY

2016 Pulse Miami Beach, December 1-4, 2016, Miami Beach, FL

2016 Zona Maco, February 3–7, 2016, Mexico City,

2015 Pulse New York, March 5-8, 2015, New York, NY

2014 Pulse Miami Beach, December 4-7, 2014, Miami Beach, FL

2014 Paris Photo LA, April 25-27, 2014, Los Angeles, CA

2012 Aipad, March 29 – April 1, 2012, New York, NY

COLLECTIONS

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC

Art in Embassies, Washington, DC

International Center of Photography, NYC

21c Museum Hotels, Louisville, Kentucky

The Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas

The Beth Rudin DeWoody Foundation

The Weisman Foundation

The William Benton Museum of Art, Storrs, Connecticut

GRANTS & AWARDS

2014 Friends of ICP Library Artist Book Commission

2007 Aperture West Book Prize Nominee

2006 Don Julio's Mexico's Nuevo Edge Award

2005 El Heraldo New Contemporary Artists Distinction

PUBLICATIONS

2014 Act of Faith: A Soldier’s Manda / Friends of the ICP Library, 2014

SELECTED PRESS

2018 purple ART / HIGHLIGHTS FROM SPRING/BREAK ART SHOW 2018 AT 4 TIMES SQUARE, NEW YORK / March 2018 / By Pola Esther

2018 CREATE MAGAZINE / OUR PICKS FOR SPRING/BREAK ART SHOW 2018 / March 2018 / By Create Magazine

2018 BEDFORD +BOWERY / THE BEST OF SPRING/BREAK, THE OUTRÉ ART FAIR IN AN ABANDONED TIMES SQUARE OFFICE BUILDING / March 2018 / By Scott Lynch

2018 HYPERALLERGIC / SPRING BREAK IS AN OASIS FOR ART FAIR HATERS / March 2018 / By Harg Vartanian

2016 ARTFORUM / CRITICS' PICKS / September 2016 / By Andy Campbell

2014 LA WEEKLY / BRIAN PAUMIER: ACT OF FAITH / May 8, 2014 / By Shana Nys Dambrot

2014 A TINY SPACE / BRIAN PAUMIER / By Sabrina Bajaj

2013 THE NEW YORKER / DOWNTOWN SHORT LIST / June 10, 2013 / MORO STOP / Photograph

2012 FEATURESHOOT.COM / PHOTOS OF FAITH AND ADAPTATION / May 10, 2012 / By Aliza Eliazarov