Education
1984 MFA, School of the Museum of Fine Arts/Tufts University, Boston, MA
1972 BFA, Southeastern Massachusetts University, North Dartmouth, MA
1975-77 Ceramic Apprenticeship with William Wyman, North Scituate, MA
1974 New York State School of Ceramics, Alfred University, Alfred, NY
Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC
Teaching
1989-2018 University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, N. Dartmouth, MA, Fine Arts Lecturer
2000-2001 Art Institute of Boston at Lesley University, Boston, MA, Foundation Faculty
School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Summer Faculty
1991-1992 Tufts University, Medford, MA, Associate Faculty
Montserrat College of Art, Beverly, MA, Summer Faculty
1979-1981 Milton High School, Milton, MA, Art Instructor
1972-1974 Rockland High School, Rockland, Ma, Art Instructor
Awards
1994 National Endowment for the Arts, Regional Visual Artist’s Fellowship, Drawing
1984 Tomasso Travel Award, Italy, Tufts University
Goya Seminar, Prado Museum, Madrid, Spain; Eleanor Sayre, Curator of
Prints and Drawings, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
1982 Boit Competition, awarded by the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Public Collections
Boston Public Library, Drawing Collection, Boston, MA
Selected Exhibitions
2020. Juried Members Exhibition, New Bedford Art Museum/Art Works,
New Bedford, MA, Best in show, Dina Deitch, Chief Curator of
Tufts University Art Galleries
2019 Juried Members Exhibition, New Bedford Art Museum/Art Works
It’s All About Me, Self-Portrait Exhibition, Gallery X, New Bedford, MA
2018 In Her Own Image: Self Portraits by Women from 1900-2018, invitational,
Concord Center for the Visual Arts, Concord, MA
Southern New England Artists Community Invitational,
The Gallery at Enso Flats, Brockton, MA
2017 Light Off The River, Van Vessem Gallery, Tiverton, RI
Figuratively Speaking, Grimshaw-Gudewicz Gallery, BCC, Fall River, MA
Juried Member's Exhibition, New Bedford Art Museum/Art Works
2016 Hatch Street Artists, Crapo Gallery, UMass Dartmouth, New Bedford, MA
Fine Arts Faculty Exhibit, CVPA Gallery, UMass Dartmouth, N. Dartmouth, MA
2015 The Tenacity of the Figure, invitational, Narrows Center for the Arts, Fall River, MA
Exhibiting Contemporary Women from Providence to Provincetown, Gallery X
From Meadows to Mystical, Gallery X, New Bedford, MA
2014 Works on Paper National Juried Exhibition, South Shore Art Center, Cohasset, MA
Hatch Street Studios Group Show, Crowell’s Fine Art, New Bedford, MA
New Bedford Art Museum Juried Member’s Show
Igniting The Passion, CVPA Gallery, UMass Dartmouth, N. Dartmouth
2013 Fine Arts Faculty Show, CVPA Gallery, UMass Dartmouth, N. Dartmouth, MA
2012 College of Visual and Performing Arts Faculty Exhibit, Crapo Gallery,
UMass Dartmouth, New Bedford, MA
2011 1+1 = Artists Couples, Judith Klein Gallery, New Bedford, MA
Faculty / Mentor Show, Art Works Gallery, New Bedford, MA
Fine Arts Faculty Exhibit, UMass Dartmouth
2010 40 Years, Women’s Resource Center, Gallery X, New Bedford, MA
Women of Summer, Judith Klein Gallery, New Bedford, MA
Charcoal and Ink, Judith Klein Gallery Fine Arts Faculty Exhibit,
UMass Dartmouth
2009 Juror, National Figure Show, North River Art Society, Marshfield, MA
2008 Fine Arts Faculty Show, UMass Dartmouth
2007 Humanly Possible, 4 Figurative Artists, invitational, New Bedford Art Museum
Fine Arts Drawing Exhibit, UMass Dartmouth
2006 A Community of Artists, Danforth Museum of Art, Framingham, MA
2005 Major Works by 25 Artists, invitational, 63 Wareham Street, Boston, MA
2004 Contemporary Drawings, The Art Store, Charleston, WV
Fine Arts Adjunct Faculty Exhibit, UMass Dartmouth
2003 Pamela Hoss, one-person exhibition, Gallery 244, New Bedford, MA
2002 Sixteen Years of Drawing, one-person exhibition, Duxbury Art Complex Museum,
Duxbury, MA
2001 Alumni Exhibition at the Aidekman Art Center, Tufts University, Medford, MA
2000 Fine Arts Downtown 2000, New Bedford Art Museum, New Bedford, MA
1998 25 Years of Art: Anniversary Exhibition, The Art Store, Charleston, WV
1997 Works on Paper, two-person exhibition, Nesto Gallery, Milton Academy, Milton, MA
1996 Drawing from Perception, National Juried Exhibition, Bernard Chaet Award,
Wright State University, Dayton, OH
New England Today, 1994 Fellowships Recipients, New England Foundation
for the Arts, Works on Paper, Chinese Culture Institute, Boston, MA
1995 Pamela Hoss, Recent Work, one-person exhibition, Lillian Immig Gallery,
Emmanuel College, Boston, MA
Refigured Drawing, Arno Maris Gallery, invitational, Westfield State College,
Westfield, MA
University of Massachusetts Amherst, Boston, Dartmouth, Lowell; Fine Arts Faculty,
UMASS Medical Center Gallery, Worcester, MA
1993 Self-Amused: Contemporary Artists as Observer and Observed, invitational,
Fitchburg Art Museum, Fitchburg, MA
Heroes and Heroines, Cyclorama, invitational, Boston Center for the Arts, Boston, MA
1990 The Eleventh Annual Boston Drawing Show, Cyclorama, Boston Center for the Arts
Looking Glass Views, Harbor Gallery, University of Massachusetts Boston
Southeastern Massachusetts University Fine Arts Exhibition,
Attleboro Museum, Attleboro, MA
1989 Tenth Annual Boston Drawing Show, Cyclorama, Boston Center for the Arts
Selected Drawings from the Boston Drawing Show, Bank of Boston Gallery, Boston
1983 Pamela Hoss, one-person exhibition, Tufts University, Medford, MA
School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Special Exhibitions Gallery,
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
Spring Fever, New England Juried Show, first prize, South Shore Art Center, Cohasset, MA
1982 South Shore Arts Festival, best in show, Cohasset, MA
1981 South Shore Arts Festival, painting award, Cohasset, MA
1977 Craftforms, A Bicentennial Exhibition of Contemporary New England Crafts,
Brockton Art Museum, Fuller Memorial, Brockton, MA
1976 Pamela Hoss Ceramics, The Art Store, Charleston, WV
Massachusetts Association of Craftsmen, Worcester Crafts Center, Worcester, MA
1972 Providence Art Show, Providence Art Club, Providence, RI
Curatorial Positions
2012 Co-curator, Contemporary Drawing with South Coast Connections,
New Bedford Art Museum, New Bedford, MA
Juror, Individual Artist’s Grants, Rhode Island State Council on the Arts,
drawing and printmaking
Selected Bibliography
2020 Standard Times, Coastin, Portraits of Pamela Hoss, (Sept. 17, 2020),
Don Wilkinson
2017 The New Bedford Standard Times / Coastin, (Dec. 21, 2017),
New Bedford Art Museum Members Exhibition, Don Wilkinson
2015 Artscope, July/August, The Tenacity of the Human Figure, Brian Goslow
2014 The New Bedford Standard Times, (Aug. 16, 2014), Hatch Street Studios,
Don Wilkinson
2013 The Standard Times, South Coast Today, (Jan. 1, 2013), Top Ten Exhibits,
Contemporary Drawing with South Coast Connections, Don Wilkinson
2002 The Patriot Ledger, (Feb. 18, 2002), Portrait of an Artist, John Lehman
2001 A Creative Legacy: A History of the National Endowment for the Arts Visual Artists’ Fellowship Program,
Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers
1997 The Boston Globe, (Nov. 6, 1997), Works on Paper, Cate McQuaid
The Boston Globe, (Oct. 30, 1997), Calendar, Works on Paper, Christine Temin
The Boston Globe, (Oct. 19, 1997), 2 Siblings Draw on Their Talents, J. Montminy
1996 Art New England, (Feb./March 1996), Emmanuel College Exhibit, Susan Mulski
The Boston Globe, (Jan. 3, 1996), New England Today, Christine Temin
1995 The Patriot Ledger, (Sept. 24, 1995) Pamela Hoss, Emmanuel College,
Constance Gorfinkle
1983 The Patriot Ledger, (April 12, 1983), Pamela Hoss, Tufts University
Constance Gorfinkle
1982 The Patriot Ledger, (July 13, 1982), South Shore Arts Festival, Virginia Freyermuth
1997 Ceramics Monthly, (Feb.), Craftforms