PAUL PLANTE FORMAL EDUCATION 1987 B.F.A., Painting, Portland School of Art, Portland, ME 1967-70 Part-time Student, University of Maine, Orono, ME 1968 S.T.L. (Licentiate in Sacred Theology), Paul University, Ottawa, Ontario 1966 B. Th. (Bachelor in Theology), St Paul University, Ottawa, Ontario 1964 B. Ph. (Bachelor in Philosophy), University of Montreal OTHER EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCES Panel Discussion on Franco-American Art/Artists: Portland, Sanford and Lewiston, ME Maine Arts Commission, Visual Arts Panel One Semester of Pottery, Craft-School, Lewiston, ME One Semester of Pottery, Bangor, ME Symposium on Art and Environment in Catholic Worship, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI Faith and Form Convention, Minneapolis, MN Stained-Glass Workshop, Phoenix Studios, Portland, ME National Conventions of Diocesan Liturgical Commissions and Pastoral Musicians Conventions in Scranton, Pennsylvania, Providence, RI, Detroit, MI, Albuquerque, NM, and Portland, ME Travel with emphasis on Museums of Art in United States, Canada, France, Italy, Israel, Egypt, England and Spain PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 1993-present Pastor, St John the Baptist Parish, Winslow, ME 1987-1993 Rector, Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Portland, ME 1985-1987 Parochial Vicar, Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Portland, ME 1976-1985 Member of Pastoral Team, Holy Cross Church, Lewiston, ME 1975-1976 Parochial Vicar, St Joseph Church, Biddeford, ME 1971 Chaplain, Mercy Hospital, Portland, ME. Ordained Roman Catholic Priest 1970-1971 Occupational Therapy Assistant, Bangor Mental HealthInstitute, Bangor, ME 1968-1971 Deacon, St Joseph Church, Old Town, ME 1970 Clinical Pastoral Education, Bangor Mental Health Institute, Bangor, ME 1967 Ordained Roman Catholic Deacon SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2005 Another Point of View, Susan Maasch Fine Art, Clark House Gallery, Bangor, ME 2004 Mixed Greens Gallery, New York City 2001 Colby College Art Museum, ME 2000 George E. Ohr Arts & Cultural Center, Biloxi, MS 2000 Richard Heller Gallery, Santa Monica, CA 2000 Davidson & Daughters Gallery, Portland, ME 2000 College of the Atlantic, Bar Harbor, ME 2000 Fire House Gallery, Damariscotta, ME 2000 Maine Audubon Society, Falmouth, ME 1999 Caldbeck Gallery, Rockland, ME 1999 Clark House Gallery, Bangor, ME 1998 Kendall Art & Design, Hudson, New York 1997 Nielson Gallery, Boston, MA 1996 The Farnsworth Art Museum, Rockland, ME 1995-1998 Gallery House, Noble, ME 1982 Ste-Croix Credit Union, Lewiston, ME 1980 Ste-Croix Credit Union, Lewiston, ME 1978 St Mary's General Hospital, Lewiston, ME 1975 Central Maine Medical Center, Lewiston, ME 1974 Jay Community Art Gallery, Jay, ME 1973 St Joseph College Library, North Windham, ME 1970 St Joseph School, Old Town, ME 1967 St Paul University, Ottawa, Ontario GROUP SHOWS 2005 Mississippi Museum of Natural History 2002 Earthy Delights, Maxwell Fine Arts, Peekskill, NY 2001 Mixed Greens group show, Space 101, Brooklyn, NY 2001 Coke O'Neal and Paul Plante, ZEFER Corporation, New York City 2000 Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, Massachusetts 2000 Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, New York 2000 L.C. Bates Museum, Hinckley, ME 1999 Bates College Museum, Lewiston, ME. Carried AwayÑThe Joy of Collecting Art in Maine. 1999 Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, Massachusetts 1998 Caldbeck Gallery, Rockland, ME 1998 Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, Massachusetts 1998 Kendall Art and Design, Hudson, New York 1993 Cry of the Loon, South Casco, ME 1993 Annual Juried Exhibitions, Maine Coast Artists, Rockport, ME 1993 Gleason Fine Art, Portland ME 1993 Migrant Within: Portland, Fort Kent, and Sanford, ME, and Manchester, NH 1992 Cry of the Loon, South Casco, ME 1992 Migrant Within: Portland, Fort Kent and Sanford, ME, and Manchester, NH1991 Maine House, Japan 1990 Annual Juried Exhibition, Maine Coast Artists: Rockport, ME, and Ogunquit, ME 1990 Mast Cove, Kennebunkport, ME 1989 Hitchcock Gallery, Portland, ME 1989 Mast Cove, Kennebunkport, ME 1988 The Art Event, Bates College Museum of Art, Lewiston, ME 1998 Curator's Choice, Maine Coast Artists: Rockport, ME, and Ogunquit, ME 1998 Mast Cove, Kennebunkport, ME 1998 Annual Juried Exhibition, Maine Coast Artists: Rockport, ME, and Ogunquit, ME GALLERIES REPRESENTING WORK June Fitzpatrick Gallery, Portland, ME Mixed Greens, New York, NY Caldbeck Gallery, Rockland, ME Mast Cove, Kennebunkport, ME Firehouse Gallery, Damariscotta, ME Clark House Gallery, Bangor, ME Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, MA Good Prospect Gallery, Stonington, ME BIBLIOGRAPHY "Amusterious Concentration," Down East, October 2005 "Father Paul Plante's Art Spirit," Yankee, July/August 2002 "Area Priest Catches Bird's Eye in Paintings," Central Maine Newspapers, 21 July 2002 "Mixed Greens at Space 101," The New York Times, 18 May 2001 "Rosary Inspires Artwork," Portland Press Herald, 10 December 1992 "Impact of Artists and Their Work," York County Coast Star, 24 June 1992 "Pastels by a Portland Priest-Grace Mast Cove Gallery," Tourist News, 18 June 1992 "The Marvelous Mystery of the Plum," Greater Portland Magazine, winter 1989Ð90 "Father Plante's Fruits," Casco Bay Weekly, 2 February 1989 "Pastels from a Portland Priest," Maine Sunday Telegram, 12 February 1989 "Father Plante's Plums," Maine Times, 17 February 1989 "Father Plante Uses his Art to Create Spiritual Beauty," Munjoy Hill Observer, May 1989 "The Ultimate Lily or Poinsettia that Decorates the Church Is its People," The Church World, 7 December 1989 "Maine Coast Artists' 10th Annual Proves, as Usual, a Stunning Attraction: Plums From a Priest," Press Herald, 19 June 1988 "Father Plante Finds the Work of Art an Extension of the Powers of God," Press Herald, 5 October 1988 "Father Plante Explains What Compels Him To Produce Art," The Church World, 14 May 1987 "Lewiston Priest Displays Versatility in the Field of Art," The Lewiston Sun, 4 July 1977 back to exhibit info contact home