Bio
Paula Saneaux is a visual artist whose work investigates embodied vulnerability within domestic architecture, examining how containment, visibility, and proximity shape lived experience. Through restrained figurative painting and deliberate spatial composition, she constructs interiors in which psychological tension is embedded within architectural structure.
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Her work has been exhibited internationally, including at the Washington County Museum of Fine Arts (Maryland), the Wausau Museum of Contemporary Art (Wisconsin), the Dominican Museum of Modern Art, and in various national biennials in the Dominican Republic. Her paintings are held in public and private collections, including the Central Bank of the Dominican Republic and the Cándido Bidó Museum, as well as private collections in Brussels, Miami, New York, Rome, Santo Domingo, and Washington, D.C.
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Saneaux is a recipient of the Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Emergency Grant, the Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant, and the Maryland State Arts Council Independent Artist Award, and has received support from the Rauschenberg Foundation. In 2016, she was granted U.S. permanent residency under the category of “Extraordinary Ability” in the arts. She has served as a panelist for the Maryland State Arts Council and was appointed to the Arts Incubator Workgroup by the Office of the Governor of Maryland, Wes Moore.
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She is currently an MFA candidate in Studio Art at the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA). She holds a BFA from Parsons School of Design, an AA in Fine Arts and Illustration from Altos de Chavón School of Design, and a BA in Advertising from APEC University in the Dominican Republic.
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Born in the Dominican Republic, Saneaux lives and works in Maryland.
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Education
2027 MFA Candidate in Studio Arts, Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA), Baltimore, MD, USA
2007 B.F.A. with Honors in Fine Arts, Parsons The New School Of Design, New York, NY, United States
2005 A.A. summa cum laude and valedictorian in Fine Arts & Illustration, Altos De Chavón School of Design, La Romana, Dominican Republic
2003 B.A. summa cum laude in Advertising, APEC University, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
2028 Master Class with Vincent Desiderio, New York Academy of Art, New York, NY, USA
2004 Drawing and Painting, Parsons The New School Of Design, New York, United States
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Solo Exhibitions
2027 TBA, The Delaplaine Arts Center, Frederick, Maryland, USA
2018 Corpus and Auto-Objectification, IDB Staff Association Art Gallery, Curated by Ezequiel Taveras, Washington DC, United States (catalogue)
2009 Ellas (They), Solo Show, Aroma, Los Angeles, California
2008 Ellas, Funglode Gallery, Curated by Rossy Ramos, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic (catalogue)
2005 Las Pracas, Funglode Gallery, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic (catalogue)
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Group Exhibitions
2025 Constructed Memory, Sheila & Richard Riggs Gallery, Baltimore, MD
2025 Roots and Rebirth: Art by Dominican Women, New York Latin American Art Triennial (NYLAAT), New York (curated by
Ezequiel Taveras y Austria Ulloa [catalog])
2025 People and Places, Gallery 50, Waynesboro, Pennsylvania, USA
2024 Creative Convergence: The Art of Unexpected Encounters, The ArtLink Gallery, Miami, Florida, USA
2024 Woman, Pouch Cove Foundation, Newfoundland, Canada
2024 99.99 Exhibition, theBLANC Gallery, New York, New York
2024 Cumberland Valley Artists, Washington County Museum of Fine Arts, Hagerstown, Maryland
2023 Harford 100-Mile Biennial Exhibition, Chesapeake Gallery, Bel Air, MD
2023 Cumberland Valley Artists, Washington County Museum of Fine Arts, Hagerstown, Maryland
2023 Art Maryland, Howard County Center for the Arts, Baltimore, Maryland
2022 Washington County Goes Purple, Washington County Arts Council, Hagerstown, Maryland
2022 Le Salon, Tag Gallery, Frederick, Maryland
2022 Liberating the Flesh, 33 Contemporary Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
2021 22nd Annual Will’s Creek Exhibition of Fine Art, Saville Gallery, Cumberland, Maryland
2021 Women Artists Making their Mark, O’Hanlon Center for the Arts, Mill Valley, California
2021 Cumberland Valley Artists, Washington County Museum of Fine Arts, Hagerstown, Maryland
2020 Annual Community Art Show, Washington County Arts Council, Hagerstown, Maryland, USA
2019 Painting the Figure Now II, Zhou B Art Center, Chicago, USA
2019 Painting the Figure Now II, Wausau Museum of Contemporary Art, Wisconsin, USA
2015 Group show, The Jenny Polanco Project, Altos de Chavon, Dominican Republic
2015 LA, Casa Quien Gallery, Curated by Raul Miyar, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
2012 Arte Club, National Gallery of Fine Arts of the Dominican Republic, Curated by Marianne de Tolentino, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic (catalogue)
2011 Grand Opening, Lucy Garcia Contemporary Art at Libélula, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
2011 XXVI Biennial of the Museum of Modern Art (MAM), Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
2010 Women Artists at the Central Bank, Central Bank of the Dominican Republic, Curated by Marianne de Tolentino y Vladimir Velázquez, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic (catalogue)
2008 XXII Biennial Eduardo León Jimenes, Centro León, Santiago, Dominican Republic (catalogue)
2007 II Biennial Paleta de Níquel, Cándido Bidó Museum, Bonao, Dominican Republic (catalogue)
2007 MINE, Gallery MC, New York, United States (catalog)
2007 CAA & NYCAMS BFA Juror Exhibition, NYCAMS Gallery, New York, NY, United States
2006 XXI Biennial Eduardo León Jimenes, Centro León, Santiago, Dominican Republic (catalogue)
2006 Madness?, Parsons Gallery, New York, NY, United States (catalogue)
2005 Thesis Exhibition, Altos de Chavon Gallery, La Romana, Dominican Republic
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Awards
2025 Leslie T. and Francis Posey Scholarship
2024 Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Emergency Grant
2024 Artist Fellowship
2024 Artist Appointed to the Arts Incubator Workgroup, Office of the Maryland Governor Wes Moore
2024 Washington County Goes Purple Best Of Show
2024 Maryland Senator Paul D Corderman Scholarship
2024 Kuhnel Scholarship
2024 Delegate Brooke Grossman Scholarship
2024 Leslie King Hammond Graduate Fellowship
2023 Development Professional Grant, Maryland State Arts Council
2023 Creativity Grant, Maryland State Arts Council
2023 Haven Foundation Grant, The Haven Foundation
2022 Creativity Grant, Maryland State Arts Council
2022 Rauschenberg Grant, Rauschenberg Foundation, and the New York Foundation for the Arts
2021 Washington County Arts Council Grant
2021 22nd Annual Will’s Creek Exhibition of Fine Art Award
2021 Maryland State Arts Council Grant
2021 Independent Artists Award, Maryland State Arts Council
2020 Maryland State Arts Council Grant
2020 Artist Relief Grant
2020 National Association of Latino Arts and Cultures (NALAC) Actos de Confianza
2018 Artist Fellowship
2018 Scholarship for Vicent Desiderio's Master Class at The New York Academy of Art
2016 USA EB1-1 Green Card for “Artists of Extraordinary Ability,” USCIS, United States
2010 Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant, Canada
2008 Recognition II Biennial Cándido Bidó Museum, Bonao, Dominican Republic
2007 Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant, Canada
2006-07 CONES Grant (National Institution of Higher Studies) by the former Dominican President Dr. Leonel Fernández, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
2005-07 Parsons The New School of Design Full Tuition Scholarship, New York, USA
2004 Parsons The New School of Design Summer Scholarship, New York, USA
2004 Bludhorn Award, La Romana, Dominican Republic
2002 Salomé Ureña de Henríquez Award (by former Dominican President Hipólito Mejía to outstanding university students of the country), Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
2001 Salomé Ureña de Henríquez Award (by the former Dominican President Hipólito Mejía to outstanding university students of the country), Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
1999-03 APEC University Scholarship, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
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Selected Collections
Altos de Chavon School of Design, La Romana, Dominican Republic
Candido Bido Museum, Bonao, Dominican Republic
Central Bank of the Dominican Republic, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Funglode of former Dominican President Dr. Leonel Fernández, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Other collections: Brussels, Madrid, Mexico, Miami, New York, Rome, Santo Domingo, Turin, and Washington D.C.
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Press & Publications
2025 Roots and Rebirth: Art by Dominican Women, New York Latin American Art Triennial (NYLAAT), New York (curated by
Ezequiel Taveras y Austria Ulloa [catalog])
2024 Woman Catalog, James Baird Gallery
2024 Paula Saneaux, Dominican Artist living in the United States, Logan Work, loganwolfarts.com
2021 Quest for the Human Figure, by Didi Menendez. GOSS183, PoetsArtists, Hashtag Art Magazine
2020 La Libelula book cover, René Peguero
2018 Ezequiel Taveras, “Corpus & Auto-Objectification,” IDB Staff Association Art Gallery, Catalogue
2018 Didi Menendez, "The New Nude,", Poets Artists and Zhou B Haus der Kunst, August
2018 Laura Collinson, “Art/Inspiration,” Creative Boom Magazine, January 5
2018 Adrian Alexander, “Artist Spotlight,” Professional Artist Magazine, January
2017 Llilian Llanes, José Noceda and Nelson Herrera Ysla, Visual Artists of the Caribbean
2016 “Dominican Artist recognized by the United States”, Metro Newspaper, Apr. 5th
2016 “Paula Saneaux,” Oh Magazine, March. 10
2015 Joaquín Badajoz, “LA,” The Roads, March 12
2014 Diana Suriel, “Exploring Art,” A la Moda Magazine, May 6. 5
2012 Rocío Figueroa, “ ‘I’m Bureísta’ Paula Saneaux,” Bureo Magazine, December. 66
2012 Arte Club, National Gallery of Fine Arts of the Dominican Republic
2012 Lucy García, “Art as an Investment,” SDQ Magazine, September. 10
2011 26 Biennial de Artes Visuales Catalogue, Museo de Arte Moderno
2010 Best of Artists & Artisans Book, Kennedy Publishing
2010 Women Artists at the Central Bank of the Dominican Republic Catalogue
2008 XXII Concurso de Arte Eduardo León Jimenes Catalogue, Centro León
2008 Rosaura Ramos, “Ellas, Paula Saneaux,” Artes Magazine, October. 13
2007 Jonathan Goodman, “Art and Pleasure,” Ellas Catalogue
2007 Marianne De Tolentino, “Painting prevails in Paleta de Niquel Biennial,” Hoy, November 3. 1
2007 II Biennial Paleta de Niquel Catalogue, Cándido Bidó Museum
2007 MINE Catalogue, Parsons The New School of Design
2006 Madness?, Parsons The New School of Design
2006 XXI Concurso de Arte Eduardo León Jimenes Catalogue, Centro León
2005 Las Pracas Catalogue, Funglode
2005 Beatriz González, “I look for beauty in the atypical,” Listin Diario Newspaper, September 29. 8
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Selected Professional Service & Appointments
Public Panels & State Appointments
2025 FY26 Grants for Organizations panelist, Maryland State Arts Council, Maryland, USA
2024-25 Artist Appointed to the Arts Incubator Workgroup, Office of the Governor Wes Moore, Maryland, USA
2024 FY25 Art for Education panelist, Maryland State Arts Council, Maryland
2024 FY25 Folklife Apprenticeship panelist, Maryland State Arts Council, Maryland, USA
2024 FY25 Grants for Organizations panelist, Maryland State Arts Council, Maryland, USA
2022-23 Folklife Apprenticeship panelist (Juror), Maryland State Arts Council, Maryland
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Lectures, Juror Roles & Academic Engagement
2025 Artist Talk, Gallery 50, Waynesboro, Pennsylvania, USA
2023 Editor, Independent Artist Award program revision, Maryland State Arts Council, Maryland
2018 Teaching Artist, Drawing with Live Model Workshop, IBD Staff Association Art Gallery, Washington DC
2013 Juror, Contest “Rescue your Afro Culture”, OEI (Organización de Estados Iberoamericanos), Dominican Republic / Spain
2013 Faculty, Drawing & Composition Course, Casa de Chavon School of Design, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
2012 Faculty, Drawing & Composition Course, Casa de Chavon School of Design, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
2011 Lecture/Presentation, Altos de Chavon School of Design, La Romana, Dominican Republic
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