Imago Mundi Project, Sami Cultural Center, Duluth MN, 2016; Treviso, Italy 2017, 2022 Light Sensitive: Photogravure Books and Prints, Minnesota Center for Book Arts, Minneapolis 2016 The River: Memory and Metaphor on the Mississippi, Minnesota Center for Book Arts, Minneapolis 2016 Reading with the Senses, curated by Ruth Rogers, Lesley College of Art & Design, Cambridge, MA 2016 Buy the Book Fair invitational, Central Booking, New York, NY 2014 Stand Out Prints, Highpoint Center for Printmaking International Juried Exhibition, Minneapolis2014
Fine Press Book Association Manhattan Fine Press Book Fair, New York, NY 2014 Seductive Alchemy: Books By Artists, Texas Women's University, Dallas, TX 2013
Irish Poems Printed and Bound by the Traffic Street Press, John J. Burns Library, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA 2012 Sense of Place in Artists' Books, University of Minnesota Architecture Library, Minneapolis, MN 2012 Five Years: The Minnesota Book Awards, Cargill Gallery, Central Library, Minneapolis, MN 2012 Fine and Dirty, Contemporary Letterpress Book Art, Minneapolis, New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Philadelphia 2011-2013 Parts of a Whole, Minnesota Center for Book Arts, Minneapolis, MN 2011 Time on Paper, Augsburg College, Minneapolis, MN 2011 Minnesota Book Artists, Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, MN 2011 Prints! Now in 3-D, Mid-America Print Council, Minnesota Center for Book Arts, Minneapolis, MN 2010 Women and Water, Rivers of Regeneration, Katherine E. Nash Gallery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 2010 Artists Books by Paulette Myers-Rich, solo exhibit, Central Library, Minneapolis, MN 2009 Minnesota Book Awards Recipient solo exhibit, Minnesota Center for Book Arts, Minneapolis, MN 2009 Photography in Book Arts, the Book in Photography, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA 2008 Work Sites/Work Cites, solo exhibit, Cypress College, Los Angeles, CA 2008 Book: Unlearned, Jerome Book Arts Mentorship, Minnesota Center for Book Arts, Minneapolis, MN 2007 Action/Interaction: Book/Arts, Columbia College, Chicago, IL 2007 Found in Translation, Minnesota Center for Book Arts, Minneapolis, MN 2007 Beyond Words: Artists’ Books, An International Exhibition, University of the South, Sewanee, TN 2007 CITIES, Katherine Nash Gallery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 2006 Botanical Art Exhibit, Bell Museum, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 2006 20 Fine Years, Minnesota Center for Book Arts, Minneapolis, MN 2005 Urban Landscapes, Minneapolis Foundation, Minneapolis, MN 2005 No Reading Required, Artist Book Selections from the Walker Art Center Collection, Minnesota Center for Book Arts, Minneapolis, MN 2005 A Definite Claim to Beauty, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA 2002 New Acquisitions, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN 2000 15 Years: MCBA Faculty and Friends, Minnesota Center for Book Art, Open Book, Minneapolis, MN 2000 Necessary Differences, Soap Factory, Minneapolis, MN 2000 To Have and to Hold, Katherine Nash Gallery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 1999 Story:Telling, Minnesota Center for Book Arts, Minneapolis, MN 1999 Necessary Differences, Katherine E. Nash Gallery, Minneapolis, MN 1995 Summer Group Show, Minneapolis Photographers Gallery, Minneapolis, MN 1994 Construction/Restructure, John Oulman Studio, Minneapolis, MN 1987 Local Sensations, John Oulman Studio, Minneapolis, MN 1985 Tradition and Response; Black and White Photography, John Oulman Studio, Minneapolis, MN 1984 Katherine E. Nash Gallery, solo exhibit, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 1984
TEACHING
Minneapolis College of Art and Design, MFA program mentor, 2002 - 2012; Jerome Book Arts Fellowship mentor, Minnesota Center for Book Arts, Minneapolis, MN 2009 Minnesota Center for Book Arts, beginning to advanced letterpress and artists’ books, 1997 - 2017
Visiting artist/lecturer in photography and book arts at various colleges and universities including: Vassar College, Carleton College, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, University of Minnesota, 2000 - 2022
LECTURES
Artist Photo Bookworks by Paulette Myers-Rich, Minneapolis Institute of Arts, 2012 Urban Industrial Landscape in Photography, Weatherspoon Museum, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, NC Artist Photo Bookworks by Paulette Myers-Rich, St. Olaf College, Northfield, MN 2009
PANELS
Book Art Biennial, Craft and the Artists' Book, panel moderator, Minnesota Center for Book Arts, Minneapolis, MN 2009 CITIES, Urban Landscapes in Photography, panelist, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 2006
COLLECTIONS
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis; University of Minnesota Library Special Collections; Wellesley College; Minneapolis College of Art and Design; Minnesota History Center; Carleton College; University of Delaware; University of Notre Dame Library; SUNY Buffalo Poetry Collection; The British Library, The National Library of Ireland, Dublin; New Hall Women's Collection, Cambridge, England; University College, Cork, Ireland, private collections, nationally and internationally.
One World, Many Papers, Cave Paper, Amanda Degener, editor, (pending) Wellesley College Alumni Journal, Books Unbound by Francie LaTour, Fall 2010 500 Handmade Books, Lark Books, Asheville, NC, 2008 Beyond Words: Artists’ Books, An International Exhibition, catalog, University of the South, Sewanee, TN, 2007 Parenthesis #12, review of Ghost Poems for the Living by Dr. Betty Bright, November 2006 XCP, Journal of Cross Cultural Poetics, Work Sites/Work Cites, photographs and writing, (fall, 2001) How2, E-Journal of Contemporary Innovative Writing Practices by Women, Broder, March 2001
AWARDS
Stand Out Prints Juror's Award, Highpoint Center for Printmaking International Juried Exhibition, Juror, Susan Tallman, art historian and Editor-in-Chief of Art in Print, Minneapolis2014 Minnesota Book Award, Book Artist Award, 2009 Minnesota State Arts Board Photography Fellowship, 2006 Minnesota Book Award for Fine Press for Ghost Poems for the Living, poetry by Paulette Myers-Rich 2006 Minnesota Book Award for Fine Press, finalist for Glenmacnass, poetry by Thomas Kinsella 2004 Minnesota Book Award for Fine Press, finalist for Emigrant Suite, poetry by Eavan Boland 2003 Minnesota Book Award for Fine Press for Broder, poetry by Anna Reckin 2000 Lambda Creative Writing Honors Award for Poetry, College of St. Catherine, St. Paul, MN 1990
ARTS ORGANIZATIONS
No.3 Reading Room & Photo Book Works, Beacon, NY Director, 2017 - present. Ironclad Artists Cooperative, New York, NY resident and board member, 2013-2017 Fine Press Book Association, 2005-present Minnesota Center for Book Arts: board member, 2005 - 2011; Artists' Advisory board member, 1996 - 2001; Artist in Residence, 1997 - 98; artist co-op founding member, Minneapolis, MN 1995 Ampersand Club, board member, Minneapolis, MN 2000 - 2012 Traffic Zone Center for Visual Art, founding member, Minneapolis, MN 1992 - 2002 Studios at 700 studio cooperative member, Minneapolis, MN 1992 - 1995 St. Paul Art Collective, 1984 - 86 Filmmakers Access Center, Film in the Cities, Minneapolis, MN 1981 - 86
PROFESSIONAL
News Librarian Researcher and Photo Archivist, Saint Paul Pioneer Press, 1990-2005
EDUCATION
College of St. Catherine, St. Paul, MN; Creative Writing, Librarianship/Information Management, 1986-90 Minnesota Center for Book Arts, Minneapolis, MN; workshops and internships in papermaking, letterpress printing, printmaking and bookbinding, 1985-1986; 1990-1993 Film in the Cities, St. Paul, MN; filmmaking and photography, 1974-82
INTERVIEWS
Dr. Betty Bright and Paulette Myers-Rich in conversation about the early years of Minnesota Center for Book Arts and its legacy on the occasion of the 30th Anniversary of MCBA, 2015 https://www.mnbookarts.org/oralhistory/