Pam Douglas has been in decades of shows including the California African American Museum, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the LA Art Show, and the USC Fisher Museum of Art. Grants and awards include the Puffin Foundation, Mozaik Philanthropy, Vibrant Cities, Repaint History, The Next Big Thing, Irvine Fine Arts Center and others.
Website: https://pamdouglasart.com
Instagram: @pamdouglasart
Email: pam@pamdouglasart.com
Recent Grants and Awards:
2023 Individual Artist Grant from Vibrant Cities
2022 Puffin Foundation Grant
Future Art Award from Mozaik Philanthropy
Individual Artist grant from Repaint History
2020-21 “The Next Big Thing,” Studio Channel Islands
Individual Artist Grant from Vibrant Cities
1st Prize, “Hope Springs Eternal,” Women Painters West
Irvine Fine Arts Center, curator’s award
Selected Solo Shows and Featured Shows:
2025 Improper Ideology, TAG Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2023 Witnesses, TARFEST, LAUNCH LA
2021 Sanctuary Parts One, Two and Three, TAG Gallery, Los Angeles
2020 Sanctuary Part One, Gallery 825, West Hollywood
2019 Artifacts of Grace, Los Angeles Art Show, L.A. Convention Center
2016 Rhythms, TAG Gallery
2014 The Life of Air, TAG Gallery
2012 Water Series, 6-month exhibit, The California African American Museum
2009 The Sepia and Seekers Series, Los Angeles County Museum of Art
2006 Of Land and Sea, James Gray Gallery, Bergamot Station
Selected Group Shows:
2025 Leitmotif, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA
Range Projects, Tryst, Torrance, CA
Shades of Color, Betsy Leuke Art Center, Burbank, CA
The Power of Paint, Huntington Beach Art Center, CA
2024 Peace and Unity, Arroyo Arts, The Makery, Los Angeles, CA
A Woman’s Voice, Southern California Women’s Caucus for Art,
2023 CA 101, Redondo Beach Historic Library, Redondo, CA
The Next Big Thing, Studio Channel Islands, Camarillo, CA
Human Rights Exhibition, College of the Sequoias, CA
We the People, Ontario Museum of History and Art, CA
The Portrait Show, California Heritage Museum
2022 Crocker Kingsley award show at Blue Line Arts
Curator: Emma Saperstein, Chief Curator, San Luis Obispo Museum of Art
Made In California, Brea Gallery, CA
Products of Empire, Art Share LA, Los Angeles, CA
Occupy the Moment, Women’s Caucus for Art convention, Chicago
100th Anniversary show, Women Painters West, Brand Library Gallery, Glendale
2021 The Next Big Thing, Studio Channel Islands, Camarillo, CA
Art and Hope at the End of the Tunnel, USC Fisher Museum of Art
Reflections, LAUNCH /Korean Cultural Center, Los Angeles, CA
All Media 2021, Irvine Fine Arts Center
Summer Exhibition, San Diego Museum of Art
Hope Springs Eternal, Women Painters West
Open Show, Los Angeles Art Association
Madre, ShockBoxx Gallery
2020 TarFest, Launch LA
Activism + Art, SoLA Gallery
Geographics, Los Angeles Art Association
Mirror in the Dark, Visionary Art
2019 Pulse of LA 2019, SoLA Gallery
2018 Connections, San Diego Museum of Art
Seismic Shift, LAUNCH LA
BUNK, LAAA/Gallery 825
2017 Speaking of Trees, Studio C Gallery, Santa Fe Art Colony, Los Angeles, CA
Unintended Consequences, Chaffey Museum of Art, Rancho Cucamonga, CA
2016 Artcore Annual Competition and Exhibition
2016 Exhibition, Women Painters West, Lampourage Gallery, The Brewery
2015 Winter Exhibition, Women Painters West, Arena One Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2014 Spring Exhibition, Gallery Five08, Santa Monica, CA
2009 Tarfest, Korean Cultural Center, Los Angeles, CA
2008 I5 Gallery, Brewery Art Complex, L.A.
2008 Capelli D’Angeli award show, The Paesaggio, Hartford, CT
2007 The California Open, TAG Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Press:
Bold Journey interview, Oct. 2024
https://boldjourney.com/meet-pam-douglas
Canvas Rebel interview, June 2024
https://canvasrebel.com/meet-pam-douglas/
Davis, Genie, “Pam Douglas’ Sanctuary Reaches an Epic Conclusion with Sanctuary 3,” Art & Cake, March 2021
“Pam Douglas – Sanctuary Part Two Offers Exceptional Images of Escape and
Memorial,” Diversions LA, October 22, 2020
Interview: “In the Studio with Pam Douglas” Shoebox, July 17, 2020
Interview: “Art & Life with Pam Douglas,” Voyage LA, July 16, 2018
Nys Dambrot, Shana, “Pam Douglas: Eyes to See,” The Huffington Post, September 26, 2017
Videos:
Link to video – Sanctuary Part One: https://youtu.be/D3lgFun3L8Q
Link to video – Sanctuary Part Two: https://youtu.be/dVdXWs22f-M
Link to video – Sanctuary Part Three: https://youtu.be/gKyUAA6jZaA
Link to video — Tarfest: https://youtu.be/11VWERRWEws
Affiliations:
Black Artists in LA
International Association for Art (a partner of UNESCO)
Los Angeles Art Association
Women’s Caucus for Art
Women Painters West
Writers Guild of America, west
Arroyo Arts Collective
Range Gallery Collective
Education:
Columbia University, Masters, painting, art education
Vassar College, B.A, creative writing, studio art, art history
Art Students League of NY, drawing