About The Artist

Paul Bond’s award-winning oil paintings live in the spaces between dreaming and reality.

Born in 1964 in Guadalajara, Mexico, he draws from the Latin American genre of Magic Realism where symbolic and fantastic elements blend with realistic atmospheres, unveiling a world where anything is possible. He often refers to then as “fairy tales for adults”. By merging and altering familiar objects –mixed with equal parts whimsy, wonder and mysticism – Bond’s works delight the imagination and stir the soul.

Bond’s award-winning art has been featured in galleries and museums, including the Gateway Museum New Mexico and the San Diego Art Institute. His paintings are now in private collections throughout the US and worldwide. Corporate collections include Fox, Warner Bros and NBC Studios, Royal Caribbean International, Scripps Hospital, Marriott Hotels, and Stanford’s Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital.

Bond currently divides his time between homes in Southern California and Costa Rica, along with his wife, Life/Business Coach and Transformational Consultant Donna Bond: donnabond.com.

Exhibitions

Ongoing Ritz Carlton Art Space Laguna Niguel, CA
Ongoing Galeria 1084 Uvita, Costa Rica
Ongoing MadKat Gallery Rancho Mirage, CA
Ongoing Laguna Art Gallery Missions Viejo, CA
Ongoing Paul Bond Fine Art Studio San Clemente, CA – Costa Rica

Biography

Solo & Group Exhibitions

2010-2022 Festival of Arts & Pageant of the Masters Laguna Beach, CA
2015 Steelhouse Gallery Culver City, CA
2014 Ritz-Carlton Gallery Laguna Niguel, CA
2013 Dawson Cole Gallery
“Chasing the Light” Landscape Show
Laguna Beach, CA
2013 Ritz-Carlton Gallery Laguna Niguel, CA
2011 Ritz-Carlton Gallery Laguna Niguel, CA
2011 Lu Martin Gallery Laguna Beach, CA
2010 Haro Gallery Culver City, CA
2009 Lu Martin Gallery Laguna Beach, CA
2009 World Gallery Costa Mesa, CA
2008 Gallery 104 San Clemente, CA
2006 Evocative Arts Gallery Palm Springs, CA
2005 William DeBilzan Gallery Santa Fe, NM
2004 Magidson Gallery Aspen, CO
2003 International Symbolist Show Canada
2002 William DeBilzan Gallery Santa Fe, NM
2001 Durango Arts Center
Director’s Choice Exhibit
Durango, CO
2000 Suenos Gallery Pagosa Springs, CO
1998 Pagosa Springs Fine Art Center Pagosa Springs, CO
1998 Durango Arts Center
23rd Annual Juried Exhibit
Durango, CO
1997 Pagosa Springs Fine Art Center Pagosa Springs, CO
1997 Durango Arts Center
Juried Award Winners Exhibit
Durango, CO
1995 San Diego Art Institute
1 ft. and Under Awards Exhibit
San Diego, CA
1994 San Diego Art Institute
Midwinter Award Show
San Diego, CA
1993 San Diego Art Institute
Jury of Peers Exhibit
San Diego, CA
1992 R.B. Gallery
Charity for Battered Women’s Shelter
Rancho Bernardo, CA
1992 COVA / Art at the Grove Lemon Grove, CA
1991 Upstairs Gallery San Diego, CA
1991 Sweet Visions Gallery Hillcrest, CA

Museum Exhibits

Laguna Beach Art Museum Laguna Beach, CA
Gateway Museum Farmington, NM
San Diego Art Institute / Museum of the Living Artist San Diego, CA

Awards & Honors

2011 Official Poster Artist
Laguna Beach Festival of Arts
Laguna Beach, CA.
1999 Best Of Show
Gateway Museum – National Juried Prospectus
Farmington, NM.
1996 Juror’s Choice Award
Durango Arts Center – 21st Annual Juried Exhibit
Durango, CO.

Select Collections & Commissions

Royal Caribbean International Worldwide
20th Century Fox Studios Set of “This is Us” – Los Angeles, CA
Warner Bros Studios Set of “Lucifer” – Los Angeles, CA
NBC Studios Set of “The Carmichael Show” – Los Angeles, CA
Lucile Packard Hospital Stanford, CA
Scripps Hospital Encinitas, CA
Valley Children’s Hospital Modesto, CA
Hotel Hershey Hershey, PA
Hotel EMC2 Chicago, IL
Private collections Throughout the US, and in Australia, Asia, Europe & The Middle East

Publications

Happiness by Design 2014 Paul Bond Art Wall Calendar
Brush Dance Publishing
Art Business News Top 50 Emerging Artist in the US
March/April 2012 Edition
Artist’s to Look Out For Starry Night Press, Vol. 1 2014
The Magic Realism of Paul Bond 2012 Coffee Table Art Book
Published by Paul Bond Fine Art
Modern Painters 2011 – Published by Schiffer Books, PA
Coast Magazine Cover, August 2011 Issue
Orange County, CA
Poetry Salzburg Review Cover, Spring 2011 Issue
Salzburg, Austria