Beth Barry
Beth Barry · Source: New York Artists Circle · Rights retained by the original rights holders
- Medium
- Acrylic Paint
- Based in
- New York City
- Practice
- Painting
Beth Barry (b. New Bedford, MA) is a process-based landscape artist, curator, and psychotherapist living in NYC. She embeds human emotion into interpretive landscapes, capturing the 'feeling' of the spaces she sees. She … Full biography
Biography
Beth Barry (b. New Bedford, MA) is a process-based landscape artist, curator, and psychotherapist living in NYC. She embeds human emotion into interpretive landscapes, capturing the 'feeling' of the spaces she sees. She pursued studies at Connecticut College in Studio Art and at Pratt Institute in Art Therapy.
Barry has exhibited at galleries extensively throughout New York and Massachusetts and participated in museum exhibitions, including the Coupelouvous Family Museum, Athens, Greece; and the Masterworks Museum, Bermuda.
www.BethBarry.com | @bethbarryartist
RESUME
Education
Masters in Art Therapy, Pratt Institute 1979
BA in Studio Art, Connecticut College 1977
Solo Exhibits
2019
Sea Wall, 40 panel installation, Carter Burden Gallery, New York City, NY
2018
Zavo, New York City, NY
2017
Earth’s Magic, Gallery Sitka, Fitchburg, MA
Plein-Air Reimagined, Liquid Art House, Boston, MA
2016
M21 Gallery, Boston, MA
2015
The Magic of Landscape, Julio Valdez Project Space, New York City, NY
2009
Brenda Taylor Gallery, New York City, NY
Two Person shows
2018
Playful Scapes, The Carter Burden Gallery,New York City, NY
2016
Off the Wall/On the Wall, White Room Gallery, Bridgehampton, NY
2014
Thomas Moser Gallery, Greenwich, CT
Free Style, Crazy Monkey Gallery, Amagansett, NY
2013
Affinity, Crazy Monkey Gallery, Amagansett, NY
2012
Inside Visions-Outside Views, Sag Harbor Cinema, Sag Harbor, NY
Two Painters/Two Perspectives, Judith Klein Gallery, New Bedford, MA
Selected Group shows
2020
35 x 35 International Exhibit, Copelouzos Family Art Museum, Athens, Greece
Art at 50 Plus; New Beginnings, Islip Art Museum in conjunction with AARP, Islip, NY
2019
Pushing Paint, National Association Of Women Artists, NYC
Atmospheric Perspectives, Chashama Gallery, NYC
One Thing to Remember, European Traveling Exhibit
Affordable Art Fair, Metropolitan Pavilion, NYC
2018
Abstract Visions, Gallery Sitka East, Shirley , MA
Small Works Show, Carter Burden Gallery, NYC
Art Groove, Ashawagh Hall, East Hampton, NY
2017
Demouzy Gallery, Rockville Center, NY
Mostly Abstract V , Ashawagh Hall, East Hampton, NY
Connecticut College, New London, Connecticut
Masterworks Museum, Bermuda
2016
Copelouzos Family Art Museum, Athens, Greece
Made in NY, Lavelanet, France
Affordable Art Fair, NYC
2015
Art Hamptons, Bridgehampton, NY
Small Works Show, Pleidas Gallery, NYC
Explore, St. Frances College, Brooklyn, NY
2014
Affordable Art Fair, NYC
Metro 30 City Without Walls, Newark, New Jersey (exceptional merit award)
Hullaballoo Collective, Fountain Art Fair
2013
10 Squared, Leroy Neiman Art Center, NYC
The Big Show, Silas Marder Gallery, Bridgehampton, NY
H20, East End Arts Center, Riverhead, New York (honorable mention)
2012
Joy, Grace Institute Gallery, NYC
Candescence, New Art Center, NYC
8th Annual Small Works Show, 440 Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2011
New Beginnings, St. Frances College, Brooklyn, NY
Michael Hennessy Home, NYC
21 Women, Ashawagh Hall, Springs, New York (curated by Vito Sisti)
2010
The New Abstractionists, Walter Wickiser Gallery, NYC
Collections
Private collections, New York, New York
Private Collections, Boston, Massachusetts
Private Collections, Lavenet, France
Private Collections, Greenwich, Connecticut
Private Collections, Dartmouth, Massachusetts
Private Collections, Medfield, Massachusetts
Museum Collections
Coupelouvous Family Museum, Athens, Greece
Masterworks Museum, Bermuda
Affiliations
Carter Burden Gallery
Gallery Sitka
Hammond Art Museum
National Association of Women Artists
NY Artists Circle
Artist statement
My paintings are responses to the extraordinary reverence one experiences in the presence of nature. The magic of the movement, the light, and the scale, combined with my perceptual experience, have led me to move beyond literal references to landscapes to capture the visceral quality of the feeling of nature.
I always begin my paintings with a strong gestural line. From that starting point, shapes evolve. They are usually organic shapes that nudge each other. The immediacy and quick drying of the acrylic paint allow me the flexibility to layer shapes, adding depth and complexity to my compositions. Buoyant color choices play a crucial role in the paintings’ emotional impact.
To me, these paintings are joyful explorations of nature’s vastness.
