Digital prints with archival inks, Image Size: 10 1/4 x 7 3/4 in / 26 x 197.7 cm each, 32 1/4 x 33 in / 81.9 x 83.8 cm total. Paper Size: 11 x 8 1/2 in / 27.9 x 21.6 cm each, 33 x 34 in / 83.8 x 86.4 cm total
| SOLO EXHIBITIONS |
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| 2012 | The Day Before the Parade, Oresman Gallery, Smith College of Art, North Hampton, MA |
| 2009 | Imprevisti/Unforseen, Sue Scott Gallery, New York, NY |
| 2007 | Uno Bravo: Texts and Photographs by Paola Ferrario, Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimo', University of New York, New York, NY |
| 2003 | Strange Flux, Photographs by Paola Ferrario with text by Mary Cappello, West Broadway Neighborhood Association, Providence, RI |
| 2002 | Texas Cotton Towns, Cons Arc Gallery, Chiasso, Switzerland |
| 2000 | Inheritance, Photography Gallery, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI |
| GROUP EXHIBITIONS |
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| 2010 | The Tattoo Show, The LGBT Community Center, New York, NY |
| A Reluctant Apparition, Sue Scott Gallery, New York, NY | |
| 2008 | Fotografie, e Un Treno Veloce Tra Due Laghi, Paola Ferrario and Stefan Dornbusch, Spazio Museale di Palazzzo Tornielli, Ameno (NO) Italy |
| Studi Aperti, Associazione Asilo Bianco Ameno (NO) Italy | |
| 2007 | Water Ways: Waters on the Edge: Six Photographers, University of North Texas at Denton, Denton, TX |
| 2006 | Making Panhandle Pictures, Amarillo Museum of Art, Amarillo, TX |
| Size Matters, Rhys Gallery, Boston, MA | |
| 2005 | Hand and Eye: 15 years of the Dorothea Land- Paul Taylor Prize, Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University, Durham, NC |
| 2003 | Of Steel and Silver, photographs by P. Ferrario sculptures by Bill Martin, University Art Gallery, Indiana State University, Terre Haute, IN |
| Once Upon a Time, Curator Coleen Kenyn, Center for Photography at Woodstock, Woodstock, NY | |
| 2002 | Inheritance, by Paola Ferrario & TB-Diary, by Linda Troeller, Richard Stockton College Art Gallery, Pomona, NJ |
| Building The Collection: New Gift and Aquisitions, The William Benton Museum of Art, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT | |
| Flexible Space: Adaptive Reuse and the New Economic Mainstream; Artists and Architects Inspired by Mill Buildings and Their Preservation, Rhode Island Foundation Gallery and The Monohasset Mill, Providence, RI | |
| Royal Mill Project, Warwick Museum, Warwick, RI | |
| 2001 | Inheritance, Blue Sky Gallery, Oregon Center for the Photographic Arts, Portland, OR |
| The Afterlife of Images, photographs by P. Ferrario and A. Blume, Dumbarton Oaks, Washington DC | |
| 2000 | Snapshots, Curated by Garry Sangster, The Contemporary Museum, Baltimore, MD |
| Digitally Smart, Curated by Bruce Wands, Ben Ortiz, Patty Bell Hastings, Sean Nixon. University of Bridgeport Gallery, Bridgeport, CT | |
| 1997 | Home is Where the Heart is, Curator by Sarah Morthland, Center for Photography at Woodstock, Woodstock, NY and Print Club, Philadelphia, PA |
| Matters of Fine Walls: Contemporary Women Photographers, Curated by David Little, Bakalar Gallery, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA | |
| Texas Cotton Towns, and American Dreams, Paola Ferrario and Sybil Miller, Gallery Four, Dallas Public Library, Dallas, Texas | |
| BIBLIOGRAPHY |
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| 2007 | Lontani dal Proprio Paese, La Repubblica : Oggi 7. New York issue |
| 2006 | Other Italies/Italy's Others, Metamorphoses: the Journal of the five colleges seminar on literary Translations |
| 2004 | Document: Special Issue Hand and Eye, a publication of the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke |
| Afterimage, August issue | |
| Photography Quarterly, Center for Photography at Woodstock. | |
| 2002 | Views of Royal Mills: Good Times, Hard Times, Providence Journal, Providence, RI |
| Pictures Of the Past Inspire Effort to Save Mill, Warwick Beacon, Warwick, RI | |
| 2001 | Duo Win Award for Project on Immigration, Warwick Beacon, Warwick, RI |
| 2000 | The Photo Review, summer issue |
| Where Art and Cultures Combine, Linda Murphy, TIME OUT, Kingston, RI | |
| Widening Photography's Eye, Jerry Cullum, Atlanta Journal | |
| 1997 | Safe at Home, Kathi Norklun, WOODSTOCK NEWS |
| EDUCATION |
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| 1988 | MFA in Photography, Yale University |
| 1986 | BFA in Photography, San Francisco Art Institute |
| PUBLIC COLLECTIONS |
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| Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton, MA | |
| Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth, TX | |
| Amarillo Museum of Art, Amarillo, TX | |
| Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, Washington DC | |
| The Harry Ransom Resource Center, University of Texas, Austin, TX | |
| Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York | |
| The National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. | |
| Paris Museum, Guatemala City, Guatemala | |
| The William Benton Museum of Art, University of Connecticut, Storrs | |
| Yale Art Gallery, New Haven, CT | |
| FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS |
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| 2005 | Guggenheim Fellowship in Photography |
| Teaching Award Santa Fe Center for Photography | |
| 2003 | Puffin Foundation Grant |
| 2002 | New Work Grant, Rhode Island Foundation, In collaboration with the West Broadway neighborhood association |
| Rhode Island Council For The Arts: Photography Grant | |
| 2001 | Taylor-Lange Prize, Duke University |
| 2000 | Rhode Island Council For The Arts: Photography Grant |
| Friends of Photography Calumet Emerging Photographer Award | |
| TEACHING EXPERIENCE |
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| 2005–2011 | Harnish Visiting Artist in Photography, Smith College, Northampton, MA |
| 1997–2005 | Associate Professor of Photography, Rhode Island College, Providence, RI |