BETH EDWARDS

BORN Decatur, AL
Resides in Memphis, TN

EDUCATION

1987 Master of Fine Arts, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana
1982 Bachelor of Fine Arts , Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2008   Beth Edwards: Fifteen Years of Painting, St. Louis Community College, St. Louis, MO
          Inside Out, David Lusk Gallery, Memphis, Tennessee
2005   Southeastern Louisiana State University, Hammond, Louisiana
2004   Semi-Precious, Mitchell Museum at Cedarhurst, Mt. Vernon, Illinois
2003   Playthings, David Lusk Gallery, Memphis, Tennessee
1998   Recent Work, Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, Kentucky
1995   Functioning Objects, Second Street Gallery, Charlottesville, Virginia
1994   Mundane Encounters, Alma College, Alma, Michigan
1992   Recent Paintings, Trumbull Art Gallery, Warren, Ohio
1991   Life with Larry, Hoyt Institute of Fine Arts, New Castle, Pennsylvania
1990   Life, Flight and Sacrifice, Miami Valley Arts Council Gallery, Dayton, Ohio
1989   Recent Work, Northern Kentucky Arts Council, Carnegie Arts Center, Covington, Kentucky
          Bird/Dog, Rosewood Arts Center, Kettering, Ohio
1988   Recent Work, Shippensburg State University, Shippensburg, Pennsylvania

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2008   RiverArtsFest Invitational Art Show, Askew, Nixon, Ferguson Architects, Memphis, Tennessee
          Water Works (Three Artist Exhibition), On The Street Gallery, Memphis, Tennessee
          Artists at Play: The Art of the Toy (Invitational Exhibition), Bradbury Gallery, Arkansas
                    State University, Jonesville, Arkansas
          20th Anniversary Celebration Exhibition, Tory Folliard Gallery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
          The Price is Right (Invitational Exhibition), David Lusk Gallery, Memphis, Tennessee
          This and That: Recent Art from Memphis (Invitational Exhibition), University of Louisiana, Monroe, Louisiana
          Art Chicago, Merchandise Mart, Chicago Illinois, Represented by Tory Folliard Gallery
2007 E Squared: Two Generations (Beth and Larry Edwards), The University of Mississippi, Oxford, Mississippi
          War or Peace: Art that Confronts the Realities of the Present, Centre for the Living Arts, Mobile, Alabama
          20th Anniversary Invitational Retrospective, Rosewood Gallery, Kettering, Ohio
          Art Chicago, Merchandise Mart, Chicago Illinois, Represented by Tory Folliard Gallery
2006 Whimsical Muse, Manifest Creative Research Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio
          Southeastern Juried Exhibition, Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile, Alabama
2006   Horizon, (Invitational Exhibition), Arkansas State University, Jonesboro, Arkansas
          Art Chicago, Millennium Park, Chicago, Illinois, Represented by David Lusk Gallery
          Tooth and Claw (Invitational Exhibition), Tory Folliard Gallery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
2005 Something of Our Common Feeling (Invitational Exhibition), Delta Axis @ Marshall Arts, Memphis, Tennessee
          Whatever Meredyth Wants (Invitational Exhibition), Gallery NAGA, Boston, Massachusetts
          Homegrown: Southeast, Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
2004 American Realism (Invitational Exhibition), Plus One Plus Two Galleries, London, England
2002 New Paintings (Two Person Exhibition), Leonard Tachmes Gallery, Miami, Florida
          Try It On: Exploring Women's Traditions (Invitational Exhibition), Clark Gallery, Lincoln, Massachusetts
          Side by Side (Invitational Exhibition), The Brooks Museum, Memphis, Tennessee
          New Talent (Three Person Exhibition), Tory Folliard Gallery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
2001 The 2001 Brooks Perspective Exhibition, The Brooks Museum, Memphis, Tennessee
2000 Jed Jackson and Beth Edwards (Two Person Exhibition), The University of Memphis Art Museum,
                     Memphis, Tennessee
          Habitation, (Two Person Exhibition), Contemporary Art Workshop, Chicago, Illinois
          The Object Considered: Contemporary Still Life in Ohio, Illinois & Indiana (Traveling Exhibition)
                     Columbus College of Art & Design, Columbus, Ohio
1999 Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, Southern Ohio Museum, Portsmouth, Ohio
1998 Zeitgeist, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, California
1997 What's Rite: Ritual & Experience, SPACES, Cleveland, Ohio
          Still Life, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
          Simple Objects, (Two Person Exhibition), Wilmington College, Wilmington, Ohio
          Whitewater Valley Annual Exhibition, Indiana University East, Richmond, Indiana
          Water Tower Annual, Louisville Visual Art Association, Louisville, Kentucky
1996 Recent Work , (Two Person Exhibition), Matrix Gallery, Sacramento, California
          Quiet Objects: Still Life Representation and Function, Louisville Visual Art Association, Louisville, Kentucky
          Animal, Mineral, Vegetable: A Painting Invitational, University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire
          Mid-West Survey: Six Painters, Art Academy of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio
          Regional Artists' Biennial, Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne, Indiana
1995 Still Life: Three Ohio Artists, Denison University, Granville, Ohio
          Domestic Disturbance: Running Amok at Home, Delta Axis Contemporary Arts Center, Memphis, Tennessee
1994 Regional Artists' Biennial, Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne, Indiana
          Associations, (Two Person Exhibition), Elgin Community College, Elgin, Illinois
          Parables, Ordinary and Visionary, (Two Person Exhibition), Vincennes University, Vincennes, Indiana
          Fragments of Meaning, Firelands Association for the Visual Arts, Oberlin, Ohio
1993 Low Points of View, (Two Person Exhibition), Front Street Gallery, Dayton, Ohio
          Compass Exchange: Ohio NE/SW Exhibition, Trumbull Art Gallery, Warren, Ohio
          Still Life Still, Southern Ohio Museum, Portsmouth, Ohio
1993   Whitewater Valley Annual Exhibition (Merit Award), Indiana University East, Richmond, Indiana
          The 1993 Dog Days Show, Kathleen Ewing Gallery, Washington, D.C.
          All Ohio Juried Art Exhibition, Ohio State University at Mansfield, Pearl Conard Art Gallery, Mansfield, Ohio
          The Shoe Show (Second Place), Santa Clara Galleries, Dayton, Ohio
1992 Working Drawings, Dayton Visual Arts Center, Dayton, Ohio
1991   Animal Rites and Wrongs, University Art Gallery, Memphis State University, Memphis, Tennessee
          Water Tower Annual, Louisville Visual Art Association, Louisville, Kentucky
          Concepts and Dimensions, Trumbull Art Gallery, Warren, Ohio
          15th Annual Competitive Exhibition, Arts Consortium, Cincinnati, Ohio
          Kunst '91, Augsburg, Germany
1990 Recent Work, (Two Person Exhibition), Acme Art Gallery, Columbus, Ohio
          Showcase '90, Louisville Visual Arts Association, Louisville, Kentucky
          Contiguous Elements: Contemporary Ohio Ceramics and Printmaking, Fort Hayes Visual Arts Gallery, Columbus, Ohio
          Generation and Regeneration, Parkland College, Champaign, Illinois
1988 23rd University of Delaware Biennial, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware

HONORS & AWARDS

2007 Yaddo Colony Residence, Saratoga Springs, New York
1998 University of Dayton Research Council Grant (also 1997, 1994, 1991, 1989)
1996 Individual Artist Fellowship, Ohio Arts Council
1995 Individual Artist Grant, Montgomery County Regional Arts and Cultural District
1994 MacDowell Colony Residency, Peterborough, New Hampshire
          Individual Artist Grant, Montgomery County Regional Arts and Cultural District
1987 Research Development Grant, Indiana University
1982   Graduating Senior Painting Award, Tyler School of Art

REVIEWS & PUBLICATIONS

2007   Fredric Koeppel, Inside Out at David Lusk Gallery, The Commercial Appeal, Sept 21
          Carol Knowles, Inside Out, The Memphis Flyer, Sept 27
          “Get Out,” Memphis Playbook, color reproduction, Sept. 14
2004   Cover, New American Paintings
2001   Cover, New American Paintings

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