ARTIST STATEMENT
Over the last 30 years my paintings have evolved
to include non-objective portrayals of landscape
(interior and exterior). They are informed by color,
gesture, energy, time and place. Symbols and
meditative allusions are meant to invite the viewer
into a peaceful dialogue. |
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EDUCATION |
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L'Universite de Bordeaux, France (scholarship, 2eme
degre), 1967
University of Colorado, Boulder, B.A., 1968
New York University, New York, teaching degree, 1969
Ontario College of Art, Toronto, Canada, 1976-77
University of Saskatchewan, Emma Lake Painter's
Seminar, 1976
Art Student's League, New York, 1980
San Francisco Art Institute, 1980
San Francisco State University, M.A. in Art, 1985
(painting, art history) |
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EXHIBITIONS |
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1975 Artists' at Work, Victoria Art Gallery,
Victoria, Canada
1977 Ontario College of Arts, solo painting
exhibition, Toronto, Canada
1978 University of British Columbia, group
exhibition, Vancouver, Canada
1979 City of San Francisco Art Commission, juried
painting invitational, group exhibition, San
Francisco, California
1981 San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Auction,
San Francisco, California
1985 "Art From the Heart," group painting
invitational, Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park,
California
1986 Bellevue Community College, Annual Faculty Art
Exhibition, Bellevue, Washington
1986 40th Annual Pacific Northwest Arts & Crafts
Fair, juried painting exhibition, Bellevue,
Washington
1986 Bozeman Arts Club, solo painting exhibition,
Bozeman, Montana
1987 Steven Keely Gallery, one-woman painting
exhibition, Seattle, Washington
1988 Linda Hodges Gallery, group painting
exhibition, Seattle, Washington
1990 City Hall, Kirkland, Washington, painting
installation
1990 Seattle Pacific University, painting
exhibition, Seattle, Washington
1990 "Artquake," juried exhibition by N.Y. critic
Peter Plagens, (Time magazine) Portland, Oregon
1991 University of Washington, Parrington Hall, solo
painting exhibition, Seattle, Washington
1991-98 A.G. Edwards, Carillon Point, one-woman
painting installation, Kirkland, Washington
1992-93 Friesen Gallery, group exhibition, Seattle,
Washington
1993-94 Seattle Art Museum, "Estate of the Arts"
Seattle, Washington
1995-99 Poncho, Auction, Seattle, Washington
1995-99 Artists' Trust Auction, Seattle, Washington
1996 Whatcom County Museum, Juried International
Competition, painting exhibition, Bellingham,
Washington
1996-97 Pratt Invitational Auction, Seattle,
Washington
1998 Absolut Vodka, Pink Umbrellas, Seattle Art
Museum
1997-99 NWAF Invitational Exhibition, Seattle Center
Art Pavilion
1999 Denver Symphony Auction and Designer Home,
Denver, Colorado
2000 Artist's Trust Annual Invitational Auction,
Seattle Center Art Pavilion, Seattle, Washington
2000 Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington,
Invitational Auction, "Garden of Eden," Seattle,
Washington
2000 Poncho, Invitational Art Exhibition, "Palazzo
Poncho," Seattle Convention Center, Seattle,
Washington
2000 Palm Springs Desert Museum 31st Annual Juried
Exhibition, Palm Springs, California
2001 Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington,
Seattle, Washington
2003 SAKS Fifth Avenue, Art Exhibition and Auction,
Palm Desert, California
2004 SAKS Fifth Avenue, Art Exhibition and Auction,
Palm Desert, California
2004 Berozkina Gallery, Group Exhibition, Kirkland,
Washington
2005 Desert Art Collection, solo painting
exhibition, Palm Desert, California
2005 Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington,
Seattle, Washington
2006 Gallery IMA, Group exhibition, Seattle,
Washington
2007 Artist's Trust, Auction Invitational, Seattle, Washington
2007 Desert Art Collection/Firecliff Restaurant, Palm Desert, California
2007-08 Gallery IMA, painting exhibition, Deattle, Washington
2008-11 Firecliff Restaurant, solo painting installation, Palm Desert, CA
2010 Gallery IMA, Group Exhibition, Seattle, WA
2011 Gallery IMA, Two-person Painting Exhibition, Seattle, WA
2011 Pilchuck Invitational Auction, Seattle WA
2011 Gallery IMA, Group Exhibition, Seattle, WA
2012 Artist's Trust, Invitational Auction, Seattle, WA
2012 Desert Aids Project, Invitaional Auction, Palm Springs, CA
2013 Arte Internazionale, group exhibition, painting, Matera, Italy
2013 Blue Mountain Gallery, New York City, juried group painting exhibition
2014 Kirkland Arts Center, juried exhibition, (by Michael Moore, former Director, Bellevue Art Museum), painting, Kirkland, Washington
2014-16 Gallery IMA, Seattle, WA, group exhibitions.
2014 Arte Internazionale, group painting exhibit, Matera, Italy
2014 20x20 Gallery, Switzerland, group invitational, painting.
2016 Takane Luxe, New York, group exhibitions in Japan.
2016 Palm Springs Museum of Art, juried exhibition Arts Council, Palm Springs, California
2017 The Alice, "Everyone's In", Seattle WA
2017 University of California Riverside/Palm Desert, Group Painting Exhibition, Palm Springs Museum of Art Council.
2017 Painting Installation, Ryan James Fine Arts @ Nytec, Kirkland, WA
2017 Palm Springs Art Museum, juried exhibition, Peggy Vermeer Award for painting.
2018 Ryan James Fine Arts, group painting exhibition, Kirkland, WA
2018 Butler Institute of American Art, Juried Exhibition, Youngstown, Ohio
2018 Kirkland Arts Center, juried auction, "Through the Looking Glass," W Hotel, Bellevue, WA
2019 Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, WA, Annual Auction Invitational
2019 Museum of Contemporary Art, Bedminster, NJ, "New Land, Prayer Flag", group exhibition
2019-20 Ryan James Fine Arts (Strother Dermatology), solo painting installation
2020 Kirkland Arts Center, "Reflections" group exhibition, painting
2020 Ryan James Fine Arts Gallery, Kirkland WA, solo painting exhibition, "Energies"
2021 Palm Springs Artist Council, Juried Exhibition, paintings, "Reflections"
2022 Center for Contemporary Art, Invitational Auction, Bedminster, New Jersey
2022 Holiday Art Sale, Galen Center, Artist's Council, Palm Desert, CA
2023 Trio Restaurant, Installation for Modernism, Palm Springs, CA
2023 JJHarrington Gallery, group painting exhibition, Perez Art District, Cathedral City, CA
2023 The Galen Center, Artist's Council, Group Exhibitions, "Earth" & "Off The Wall", Palm Desert, CA
2023 The Painting Center, group juried competition & painting exhibition, New York City
2024 Overlake Hospital, Tateuchi Lobby, Bellevue WA; "Hummingbird 1 & 2" painting commissions, 60x72" ea. acrylic on canvas
2024 Artist's Council, Palm Desert CA, "Fun & Games" group painting exhibition
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TEACHING |
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Bellevue Community College, painting instructor,
1985-86
Kirkland Arts Center, painting, drawing, ceramics
instructor, 1986-90
Seattle Pacific University, drawing and art history
instructor, 1986-90
University of Washington, Experimental College, art
instructor, 1986-98
Seattle Art Museum, Drawing Seminar, 1995-96
Television: CBS2 "Eye on the Desert" Interview,
November 19, 2003 |
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PUBLICATIONS |
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1990-95
Preview Magazine
1996 Kirkland Courier Review
1997 Seattle PI, "Best Bets," Art/Gallery Section
1999 Colorado Homes, Symphony Designer Homes
2003 Palm Springs Life, Palm Desert, California
2004 Kirkland Courier Review |
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COLLECTIONS |
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Carlton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Absolut Vodka, New York, New York
Robert Gerding, Portland, Oregon
Bill Ballantine, Kirkland, Washington |
ABOUT
THE ARTIST
 An active artist and jewelry designer, Beth Adams'
abstract paintings have been exhibited in numerous
solo and group shows at galleries in the United
States and Canada, and at the "Artquake" exhibition
juried by New York's Newsweek art critic, Peter Plagens. Beth's work has also been selected to
appear in many invitational events including the San
Francisco Art Commission's invitational juried
exhibition and the Bellevue Art Museum's
invitational auction. In addition to her work as an
exhibiting artist, Beth has taught drawing, painting
and art history at Seattle Pacific University and at
the University of Washington Experimental College.
The former Executive Director of the Kirkland Arts
Center, Beth is a partner at Hannigan/Adams
Goldsmiths, Carillon Point, Kirkland, Washington.
Her jewelry has been shown at Saks Fifth Avenue,
Union Square, San Francisco and Naples, Florida. Her
work is currently shown at Saks Fifth Avenue fine
jewelry, Palm Desert, The Gardens on El Paseo. She
was chosen in 1996 as one of 12 U.S. designers at
the International Jewelry Exhibition, Jacob Javits
Center, New York City. Ms. Adams' painting was
exhibited in the International Juried Competition,
at Whatcom Museum, Bellingham, Washington, July
through October, 1996. her "Pink Umbrella" painted
for Absolut Vodka and shown at the Seattle Art
Museum, toured the United States and is included in
the Absolut Vodka permanent collection in New York
City. She is most recently included in the 31st
Annual Juried Exhibition at the Palm Springs Desert
Museum, Palm Springs, California, March through
April, 2000; and a solo painting exhibition at the
Desert Art Collection, Palm Desert, California, in
2004-05; as well as gallery IMA, Seattle,
Washington, 2006. In 2005, her painting was included in "Bashville" Auction at the Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington. In 2013, she was one of 20 artists chosen to exhibit 3 paintings in Matera, Italy, at the Arte Internazionale exhibition, at the main City Hall, Plaza Annuncianata. She was also juried into a group exhibition of paintings at the Blue Mountain Gallery, New York City, December 2013; and in 2014, juried into the group painting exhibition at the Kirkland Arts Center, Kirkland, WA by Michael Monroe, former Director of the Bellevue Arts Museum. Her painting "Prayer Flag 3: Haida-Nootka" was included in the 2016 juried Arts Council Exhibition at the Palm Springs Museum of Art, California; and in 2017, her painting "Coachella Song" was juried into Palm Springs Art Museum Exhibition at University of California Riverside/Palm Desert. Adams' painting, "Waterfall/Window"c.2017 was shown at the Palm Springs Art Museum, Oct-Dec 2017 at the Artist's Council Exhibition, winning the Peggy Vermeer Award. |
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