Phone: 828-227-3881
Email: PBAILEY@wcu.edu    
Office Address: FPAC 228

Education:

• M.F.A., Pratt Institute
• B.F.A., University of Texas-Austin
• New York Studio School

Exhibitions, Publications & Presentations:

One-person exhibitions include:

• “Drawings at the Painting Center,” The Painting Center, New York, NY
• First Street Gallery, New York, NY
• Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY

Group exhibitions include:

• [Former] Belk Gallery, Department of Art, Western Carolina University
• Ryder University, Lawrenceville, NJ
• New York Studio School, NYC
• Bowery Gallery; First Street Gallery; Prince Street Gallery (NYC)
• Allen Priebe Gallery, University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh
• Pratt Manhattan Center, NY
• Dulin Gallery of Art, Knoxville, TN

Publications include:

• "Marianne Gagnier," review in artcritical.com, 2002
• "End of an Era: Zone One Contemporary Gallery Closes Its Doors," Mountain Xpress, vol. 7, No.20, December 20, 2000
• JOHN HELIKER: The Inner Compass of Certainty, 34-minute documentary film for the Heliker-LaHotan Foundation, New York, 1998
• "Curriculum, Connection, Community: Opportunities for Change in the 2D Course," as part of panel Rethinking the Foundation, sponsored by the CAA Education Committee, at the 82nd Annual Conference of the College Art Association, 1994, New York, NY

Honors/Residencies:

• Faculty of the Year Award, WCU Student Affairs Division, 2002–03
• Senior Faculty Fellow, Sussex County College Faculty Federation & Chair of Faculty, SCCC
• Independent Fellow at Artists for Environment Foundation, Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area

Professional affiliations:

• Heliker-LaHotan Foundation (President)
• Black Mountain College Museum and Art Center (Board of Directors)
• College Art Association
• Society for Values in Higher Education
• Advisory Board, WCU Women’s Center, Safe Zone Participant