About Me

Pamela Caughey grew up in Wisconsin, where she received her Bachelor of Science degree in Biochemistry from UW-Madison in 1983.

After moving with her family to Hamilton, MT in 1986, she began her serious study of art, and in 2010 received her MFA in Painting and Drawing from the University of Montana School of Art.

She works in many media, with special interest in cold wax/oil, encaustic, mixed media and acrylic.

info@radiusgallery.com

Her work is in the permanent collection of several museums (Missoula Art Museum, Holter Museum of Art, Nicolaysen Museum of Art) and public buildings nationally and internationally and her work appears in the newly published book by Rebecca Crowell and Jerry McLaughlin, “Cold Wax Medium: Techniques, Concepts, Conversations”.

After teaching foundations courses at the University of Montana, Bitterroot College (Hamilton, Montana), she is now a full time studio artist and teaches workshops from her Hamilton, Montana studio, throughout the country and abroad.

Education

  • University of Wisconsin-Madison, B.S. Biochemistry, 1983

  • University of Montana, School of Art, MFA Drawing and Painting, 2010

Solo Exhibitions

  • Holter Museum of Art, Sherman Gallery, Simply Not, Helena, MT, January 20-April 20.
    Johnson & Johnson, New Brunswick, NJ; Ubiquitous, January – March.

  • Nicolaysen Museum, Ubiquitous, Casper, WY; May 13-Sept 18.

  • Missoula Art Museum, Missoula, MT, Ubiquitous: Migration of Pathogens.
    Hockaday Museum of Art, Kalispell, MT, Terra Strata.

  • Holter Museum of Art, Nicholson Gallery, Helena, MT; Disposition.
    Emerson Center for the Arts and Culture, Bozeman, MT; Disquietude.
    Spokane Falls Community College, Disquietude, Spokane, WA.

  • Gallery of Visual Arts, University of Montana, Disquietude.

  • University Center Gallery, University of Montana, Half-Life.

Two-Person And Group Exhibitions

  • Radius Gallery, Missoula, MT, group exhibition, Sept 29 – Nov 4.

  • Mediolanum Gallery, Padova, Italy, Neutral-ism, 11 November – 12 December
    Radius Gallery, Missoula, MT, Changing Moment, May – June

  • Holter Museum, Permanent Collection Exhibition, Sept – Dec.
    Aurum Museum, Neutral-ism, Pescara, Italy, Sept.
    Turman Larison Contemporary, Mined, Helena, MT, Aug 21 – Sept 19.
    Linus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, Angst (online juried international exhibition).
    Radius Gallery, Missoula, MT, Scapes – Land/Sea/Mind, Jun 11- Aug 8.
    Radius Gallery, Missoula, MT, Form in Action, Mar 11 – Apr 18.
    Missoula Art Museum, 2015 Triennial.
    Missoula Art Museum, 43rd Annual Benefit Auction

  • Clay Studio of Missoula, Missoula, MT, Potsketch.
    Missoula Art Museum, Missoula, MT, 42nd Annual Benefit Auction.

  • Hockaday Museum of Art, Kalispell, MT, Of the Earth.
    Missoula Art Museum, Missoula, MT, 41st Annual Benefit Auction.
    Clay Studio of Missoula, Missoula, MT, Potsketch.

  • Missoula Art Museum’s Montana Triennial 2012.
    Holter Museum of Art, 25th Anniversary Auction Exhibition, Helena, MT.
    Ravalli County Museum, Science in Wonderland, Hamilton, MT.
    Clay Studio of Missoula, Missoula, MT, Potsketch.
    Holter Museum of Art, Peter Held Gallery, Helena, MT; two-person.
    10th NW Biennial, Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA.
    Missoula Art Museum, Missoula, MT, 40th Annual Benefit Auction.

  • The Holter Museum, Sherman Gallery, Holter Holiday Exhibition.
    The Brink, Missoula, MT, Mindscapes, two-person collaborative exhibition.
    Art City, Hamilton, MT, Microscapes; two-person.
    Holter Museum of Art, Helena, MT, 18th Annual Holter Museum of Art Auction.
    Clay Studio of Missoula, Missoula, MT; Potsketch.
    Caladan Gallery, Cambridge, MA; Duplicity, Triplicity, Infinity, Online Exhibition.
    Missoula Art Museum, Missoula, MT, 39th Annual Benefit Auction.

  • Holter Museum of Art, Helena, MT, Montana Landscape.
    Catalyst, Missoula, MT, Journeys in Microspace, two-person exhibition.
    Ravalli County Museum, Hamilton, MT.

  • The Harwood Art Center, Albuquerque, NM, Crossing.
    Northcutt Steele Gallery, Billings, MT, Language of Dislocation.
    Missoula Art Museum, Missoula, MT, Annual Benefit Art Auction.

  • Gallery of Visual Arts, University of Montana, 14th Annual Juried Student Art Show.
    Foothills Art Center, Golden, CO, Rocky Mountain National Watermedia Exhibition.

Permanent Collections

  • University of Montana, Chemistry Building; Osmosis (Encaustic, 36x36in), Chem 101
    (Encaustic, 36x36in), 2015.
  • Kaiser Permanente, Northern CA, Ebola, graphite drawing, 2015.
  • Missoula Art Museum, Microscapes, handmade book of etchings, 2013.
  • Holter Museum of Art, Eccentricity, 24×18”, encaustic, 2012.
  • Montana Museum of Art and Culture: Earth and Sky, 10”x8”, History, 10”x8”, encaustic, 2009.
  • Montana Museum of Art and Culture; Skaggs Building, Rock of Ages, Shattered Scape, 2007.

Scholarships And Awards

  • July 2015, semi-finalist per cent for art, Chemistry Building, University of Montana Campus (still in process).
  • June 2015, Blue Ribbon, Radius Gallery SCAPES Exhibition
  • December 2013, Finalist, Montana Arts Council Innovation Award
  • December 2011, Finalist, Montana Arts Council Innovation Award
  • April, 2010, Gilbert Millikan Art Scholarship
  • November, 2009, Thomas Leslie Wickes and Heloise Vinal Wickes Scholarship in Fine Arts
  • May, 2009, Nancy and Ron Erickson Scholarship
  • May, 2009, Fell-Oskins Scholarship
  • April, 2008, Fell-Oskins Scholarship
  • University of Montana,14th Annual Juried Student Art Show, Third Place Overall, 2008.
  • Montana Watermedia Society National Juried Exhibition, Nancy Beelman Merit Award, 2007.
  • Montana Watermedia Society National Juried Exhibition, Canyon Creek Award, 1991.