The Jonson Gallery Paul Bartlett Ré
UCC Legion of Honor ! ABI Genius Laureate ! IBC Hall of Fame ! OAA Sovereign Ambassador
Da Vinci Laureate ! IBC Roll of Honour ! Albert Einstein Honoree
Awards and Honors
1967 and 1968 First Place in Physics at both International Science Fairs – These diverse projects involved fluid flow and embodied much aesthetic value. Also received awards from NASA, IEEE, WESCON and many others.
1982 and 1984 Residency Grants at the Wurlitzer Foundation in Taos, NM
2004 World Lifetime Achievement Award (for Art and Poetry), American Biographical Institute (ABI)
2005 Legion of Honor, one of 5 elected internationally “for significance of contribution to worldwide humanity and personal excellence in achievement” by the United Cultural Convention, an international organization devoted to promoting world peace and unity
21st Century Award for Achievement (for Elevating Art and Poetry), International Biographical Centre (IBC), Cambridge, England
Genius Laureate of the United States (for Art and Poetry), ABI
2006 Inducted into the Hall of Fame of the International Biographical Centre in Cambridge, England where his work will be honored in perpetuity
Inaugurated as Sovereign Ambassador in the Order of American Ambassadors, an international, non-governmental order of merit
Invited to be an American Ambassador to the World Forum at Oxford University, England; also invited to be the Ambassador General from the United States to the United Cultural Convention
Named a Da Vinci Laureate (for Art that Transcends), IBC
Invited to be an Honorary Director General for the Americas to the International Biographical Centre
2007 Named to the IBC Roll of Honour (for Serene Art that Elevates and Unites) Will be honoured in Frontispiece and profiles in all future volumes of Great Lives of the 21st Century, Dictionary of International Biography, 2000 Outstanding Intellectuals of the 21st Century and the Cambridge Blue Book.
Invited to be a Vice President of the World Congress of Art, Science and Communication (Cambridge, England)
2008 Albert Einstein Genius Dedication Award, ABI
Certificate of Appreciation, NASA
Essays or substantial inclusions in many volumes, including:
SPIRIT OF ENTERPRISE: The 1990 Rolex Awards (Bern, Switzerland)
CONTEMPORARY GRAPHIC ARTISTS, 1988
WHO’S WHO IN AMERICAN ART (profile and images in Artists’ Gallery)
WHO’S WHO IN THE WORLD
WHO’S WHO IN AMERICA
BIOGRAPHICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA OF AMERICAN PAINTERS, SCULPTORS, AND ENGRAVERS – Colonial to 2002
LEONARDO, volumes 13, 14 and 15 (the international art-science journal)
DESIGN JOURNAL, number 46, 1992 (Seoul, South Korea)
DICTIONARY OF INTERNATIONAL BIOGRAPHY
CAMBRIDGE BLUE BOOK
GREAT LIVES OF THE 21st CENTURY, IBC
NEW AMERICA, volume 5, number 1, 1984
INSPIRATION EXCELLENCE ACHIEVEMENT Mentoring for the Future – NASA International Science and Engineering Fair Award Winners 1961-1994 (frontispiece of book and illustrated essay)
JOURNAL OF VISUAL IMPAIRMENT & BLINDNESS, March 1983
GREAT MINDS OF THE 21st CENTURY, 2004-5, American Biographical Institute. Only 1,000 were chosen worldwide and 50 of those were honored with an extended essay and having the book dedicated to them. Paul was one of those honored. Other dedicatees included Nelson Mandela, the Dalai Lama and Stephen Hawking.
2000 OUTSTANDING INTELLECTUALS OF THE 21ST CENTURY, 2005, IBC
500 GREATEST GENIUSES OF THE 21ST CENTURY, 2008, ABI. As Genius Laureate of the United States, Paul received a 7 page essay in the frontispiece.
THE DANCE OF THE PENCIL: Serene Art by Paul Ré was published as a limited edition book in 1993. THE JOURNAL OF THE PRINT WORLD reviewed it as “one of the outstanding artbooks of the year”. Other excellent reviews have appeared in ALBUQUERQUE ARTS, THE BLOOMSBURY REVIEW, WEEKLY ALIBI, CROSSWINDS WEEKLY, STEPPIN’ OUT, an interview on KUNM Radio, and elsewhere.
These accolades introduce Paul’s greatest reward which is when people are moved by his art toward peace and fulfillment. (April 2008)