Paula Stern

Paula Stern’s figures, busts and groupings echo her deep appreciation of structure, movement and athleticism, gained through her lifelong experience in dance. Inspired by the beauty and complexity of human anatomy and relationships, she creates portraits of adults and children, often showing them in a sequence to chronicle human lives and family groups like chapters of a biography.

In addition to exploring her own subjects, Stern has received commissions from prominent business leaders, journalists, attorneys and government officials, including a U.S. federal court judge, to sculpt their portrait busts as well as figures and busts of loved ones; these adorn some of the finest homes and gardens in the U.S. and overseas. Several of Stern’s works have been displayed in the U.S. Embassy and Residence in Nicosia, Cyprus as part of the U.S. State Department’s Art in the Embassies Program; and others have been showcased in renowned cultural centers, including Othello and Desdemona in the lobby of the world-renowned Shakespeare Company Theater in Lenox, MA and her bronze Let’s Dance, which is displayed permanently at the prestigious Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival facility in Becket, MA.

Stern’s sculpture have been shown in dozens of juried shows since January 2003. Sunday Morning was showcased at the 6th National Juried Competition at Gallery West in Alexandria, VA. and her bronze Paul received an award in the Washington Square Sculpture Show in September 2005 where she showed two other bronze figures. In 2004, at the same venue, she was invited to exhibit two bronzes, including Attitude (Female), which captured an award. In 2006, four of her pieces were chosen for exhibition. Stern models in clay and wax and casts bronze and resin. She works in Washington, DC and the Berkshire Mountain Region in Massachusetts.

Submitted by Zenith Gallery