Betsy Stewart

Selected Solo/2 Person Exhibitions (1979-2010)

"Aquazoa: Micro Dramas in Peril", Octavia Art Gallery, New Orleans, LA (2010)

“Cellular Perspectives,” McLean Project for the Arts, McLean, VA (2009)

“Microaquea:: Drama in a Drop of Water,” Rohm Gallery, New Orleans, LA (2009)

“A Fusion of Art and Biology in Painting,” Cosmos Club, Washington DC (2008)

Tadu Contemporary Art, Santa Fe, NM (2006)

Marymount University, Arlington, VA (2004)

Tadu Contemporary Art, Santa Fe, NM (2003)

Atea Ring Gallery, Westport, NY (2005)

Troyer Gallery, Washington, DC (2001)

Walter Wickiser Gallery, New York, NY (2000)

The International Monetary Fund, Washington, DC (2000)

The Arts Club of Washington, (juror: Ross Merrill), Washington, DC (2000)

Hancock House Gallery, Ticonderoga, NY (1999)

Lake Placid Center for the Arts, Lake Placid, NY (1998)

Cudahy’s Gallery, Richmond, VA (1998)

Walter Wickiser Gallery, New York, NY (1997)

“Beginnings”, Zenith Gallery, Washington, DC (1997)

Montana State University, Billings, MT (1996)

"Ancient Places, Silent Gifts", Middle East Institute, Washington, DC (1996)

Lichtenstein Center for the Arts, Pittsfield, MA (1996)

Paraclete Center for Arts and Education, Lake Placid, NY (1996)

EDS Corporation, Herndon, VA (1996)

"Pieces of Arabia", American Institute of Architects, Washington, DC (1995)

"Ancient Places, Silent Gifts", Zenith Gallery, Washington, DC (1995)

Raffa Villa, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (1994)

Mariposa Gallery , Washington , DC (1992)

Helio Gallery, New York, NY (1990)

14 Sculptors Gallery, New York, NY (1990)

Myriad Gallery, Lake Placid, NY (1988)

The Kogod Arts Center, Washington, DC (1988)

Zenith Gallery, Washington, DC (1986)

“Recent Works,” Hull Gallery, Washington, DC (1984)

Covington and Burling, Washington, DC (1983)

Hampton House Gallery, Winston Salem, NC (1981)

Atlantic Gallery , Washington , DC (1981)

Emerson Gallery , Washington , DC (1980)

Gallerie Triangle , Washington, DC (1979)

Women’s Democratic Club, Washington, DC (1979)

Selected Group Exhibitions (1980-2012)

"Inspired by Nature", Adirondack Museum, Blue Mountain Lake, NY (2012)

Art Palm Beach. Palm Beach, FL (2011)

"Capital", Cohn Drennan Contemporary, Dallas, TX (2010)

"The Colors of Summer," Octavia Art Gallery, New Orleans, LA (2010)

“21x21”: Invitational Show”, Waverly Street Gallery, Bethesda, MD (2010)

“Contact * Connect * Collaborate”, Evanston Art Center, Evanston, ILL (2010)

“2010 Mid-Atlantic New Painting Biennial, University of Mary Washington, Fredericksburg, VA. (2010)

"Wild River", Premises Gallery, Essex, NY (2009)

"Artists Turn Water into Masterpieces", Tree-Huggers, Istanbul, Turkey (2009)

“Take Me to the River-Istanbul”, Media Room, Wichita Falls Museum of Art, Wichita Falls, TX (2009)

“Take Me to the River Project, Momento Gallery, Washington, DC (2009)

Take Me to the River Project,” DEPO, Istanbul, Turkey (2009)

“Science and Nature,” 511 Gallery, Lake Placid, NY (2009)

Aquifer,” Edison Place Gallery, Washington, DC (2008)

The Edge Gallery, Santa Fe, NM (2008)

“Curator’s Choice,” American University Museum, (juror: KathrynWat), Washington, DC, (2008)

“Art in Embassies,” United States Embassy, Cairo, Egypt (2008)

“21st Century Landscape: New Ground,” Bank of America Plaza, Charlotte, NC (2008)

“Machine in the Garden,” 511 Gallery, Lake Placid, NY (2008)

“Gallery Artists Exhibit V,” Walter Wickiser Gallery, New York, NY (2008)

Art Miami, Miami, FL (2007)

Toronto International Art Fair, Toronto, Canada (2007)

“Dwell,” Carla Massoni Gallery, Chestertown, MD (2007)

“Nine-by-Ten,” WPA/Corcoran, William W. Parker Gallery, Washington, DC (2007)

“Gallery Artists, Part III,” Walter Wickiser Gallery, New York, NY (2006)

“Gatherings,” Carla Massoni Gallery, Chestertown, MD (2006)

Toronto International Art Fair, Toronto, Canada (2006)

“Take Me to the River Project,” Wichita Falls Art Museum, Wichita Falls, TX. (2006)

Walter Wickiser Gallery, New York, NY (2005)

Atea Ring Gallery, Westport, NY (2005)

“Take Me to the River Project,” Pretoria Art Museum, South Africa (2005)

“Faces of the Fallen.” Women’s Memorial, Arlington Cemetery, Washington, DC (2005)

“Select III,” Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC (2005)

Tadu Contemporary Art, Santa Fe, NM (2005)

“Romancing Nature,” Walter Wickiser Gallery, New York, NY (2004)

Sande Webster Gallery, Philadelphia, Pa. (2004)

Tadu Contemporary Art, Santa Fe, NM (2004)

Troyer Gallery, Washington, DC (2004)

Carol Craven Gallery, West Tisbury, MA (2004)

Walter Wickiser Gallery, New York, NY (2004)

Tadu Contemporary Art, Santa Fe, NM (2003)

Walter Wickiser Gallery, New York, NY (2003)

“Take Me to the River,” Opera Gallery, Cairo, Egypt (2002)

“Inspired by the Land,” Attleboro Museum, Attleboro, MA (2002)

“In Praise of Paper,” Hanoi Academy of Fine Arts, Hanoi, Vietnam (2001)

“Going Beyond; an Odyssey,” Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC (2001)

“Combined Talents 2000,” Museum of Fine Arts, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL (2000)

Cambridge Art Association, (juror: Carl Betz), Cambridge, MA (2000)

“Chautauqua National Exhibition of American Art,” Chautauqua, NY (2000)

“Strictly Painting III,” (juror: Terrie Sultan), McLean Project for the Arts, McLean, VA (2000)

Ann Norton Sculpture Garden, Palm Beach, FL (2000)

“Fragments,” ISE Art Foundation, New York, NY (2000)

“Mountain Lake Collection,” McCord Museum, Montreal, Canada (1999)

Montclair State University Art Gallery, (juror: June Kelly), Upper Montclair, NJ (1999)

"Convergence", (juror: Laura Heon), Memorial Hall Center for the Arts, Wilmington, VT (1999)

"Adirondack Life", Lake Placid Center for the Arts, Lake Placid, NY (1998)

“Nature and Technology, Fire and Ice,” Attleboro Museum, Attleboro, MA (1998)

"Victory of the Spirit",  United States Senate Rotunda, Washington, DC (1998)

National Academy of Art, New Delhi, India (1997)

The Embassy of Finland, Washington, DC (1997)

International Monetary Fund, Washington, DC (1997)

American Art Inaugural, Washington Design Center, Washington, DC (1997)

Cudahy's Gallery, Richmond, VA (1996)

“Metamorphosis,” Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC (1996)

"Invitational", Phillips Collection, Washington, DC (1996)

“Watermarks”, Athenaeum, Alexandria, VA (1996)

"Women's Work on Paper", Adams National Bank, Washington, DC (1995)

New Mexico Art League, Albuquerque, NM (1995)

Broadway Gallery, Littleton, CO (1995)

“Nature vs Culture”, NACul Environmental Center, Amherst, MA (1995)

Universal North, Washington, DC (1992)

“Contemporary Art on Canvas”, MFA Gallery (juror: Frederick Brandt), Annapolis, MD (1991)

Wignall Musuem, Rancho Cucamonga, CA (1991)

"Past as Prologue", Reston Arts Center, (juror: Willem de Looper), Reston, VA (1991)

"Changing Chambers", International Sculpture Center, Washington, DC (1990)

"Sculpture in Celebration of the International Sculpture Conference", Adams National Bank, Washington, DC (1990)

"Artscape '90”, Maryland Institute of Art,(juror: Lowry S. Sims), Baltimore, MD (1990)

“Painting ‘90”, Arlington Arts Center (juror: Carlotta Kotik), Arlington, VA (1990)

McDonogh Gallery (juror: Carter Radcliffe), Baltimore, MD (1990)

"Off the Wall"Arts 901, Washington, DC (1990)

Museum of Fine Arts, Springfield, MA (1989)

New Jersey Center for the Visual Arts, Summit, NJ (1989)

Retrospective Gallery, San Diego, CA (1986)

Hess Gallery, Chestnut Hill, MA (1985)

Gingrass Gallery, Milwaukee, WI (1984)

Gilman-Gruen Gallery, Chicago, IL(1983)

GRACE, Reston, VA (1982)

International Women’s Arts Festival, Copenhagen, Denmark (1980)

Museum Collections

Adirondack Museum, Blue Mountain Lake, NY

Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC

Kreeger Museum, Washington, DC

Pretoria Art Museum, Pretoria, South Africa

Wichita Falls Art Museum, Wichita Falls, TX

Selected Public Collections

AFL/CIO Investment Trust, Washington, DC

American Embassy, Barbados, W.I.

American Embassy, Karachi, Pakistan

Analysis Group, Boston, MA

Arent Fox, Washington, DC

Axis, Hamilton, Bermuda

Bellagio Hotel, Las Vegas, NV

Chinese Art, Oklahoma City, OK, and London, U.K.

Columbia Capital Corporation, Alexandria, VA

Columbia Hospital for Women, Washington, DC

Community for Creative Non-Violence, Women's Shelter, Washington, DC

Dacupro, Bethesda, MD

DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, Art Bank, Washington, DC

Edwards and Angell, Providence, RI

Fort Meyer Construction Company, Arlington, VA

Fred Sons Photography, Washington, DC

G. M. DuBois Corporation, Rochester, NY

Goodwin, Proctor, Boston, MA

Green Park Inn, Blowing Rock, NC

Griffin & Johnson, Washington, DC

Hale & Dorr, Boston, MA

Haworth Inc, Washington, DC

Howrey & Simon, Washington, DC

IBM, Washington, DC

Ingersoll & Block, Washington, DC

IRT Corporation, Vienna, VA

James Martin Associates, Reston, VA

Johns Hopkins Oncology Center, Baltimore, MD

KPMG Consulting, World Headquarters, Washington, DC

Melange Interiors, Great Falls, VA

Mello, Jones and Martin, Hamilton, Bermuda

The Middle East Institute, Washington, DC

Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, Miami, FL

Neurotherapy Center of Washington Inc, Chevy Chase, MD

Pohoryles & Greenstein, Washington, DC

Polsinelli, Shalton, Wette & Fuelthaus, Washington, DC

Program, Washington DC

Robert A. Heffner lll, Oklahoma City, OK, and London, England

Robert Lehrman Foundation, Washington, DC

Rockport Construction Company, Washington, DC

Ropes and Gray LLP, Washington, DC Sidley and Austin, Washington, DC

The Royal Palace, Amman, Jordan

Schnader, Harrison, Segal & Lewis, Washington, DC

Sidley and Austin, Washington, DC

Surles &Associates Ltd., Washington, DC

Tandem Corporation, Fairfax, VA

Venable, Baetjer & Howard, Baltimore, MD

Washington Art Associates, Washington, DC

Washington Convention Center, Washington, DC

Selected Private Collections (Available upon request)

Publications and Broadcast Reviews

Studio Visit Magazine, selected by Open Studios Press, Fall 2008, Spring 2009, Fall 2009, Spring 2010

New American Paintings, Anniversary Edition, Open Studio Press, Fall 2009

American Art Collector, Alcove Books, Berkeley, CA, October 2009

NY Arts Magazine, “Tips and Picks,” New York, NY, Jan-Feb 2009

Washington Convention Center Collection, Washington, DC (2003)

The Lancet, London, U.K. July 2000

New American Paintings, Open Studio Press, Number 27,  selected by Howard Fox, Curator of Contemporary Art, The Los Angeles County Museum of Art , May 2000

The Tulane Review, New Orleans, LA, Fall 1999

British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) TV, “Min Washington,” Washington, DC, March 7, 1996

Nile TV, “Cultural Diary,” Cairo, Egypt, September, 2002

PBS WETA TV, “Around Town, Best Bets” Washington, DC, Apr. 20, 1995, Feb. 3, 2000, Feb. 5, 2000, June 2003, Jan. 2004

Awards, Honors, Associations

Juror's Award in Painting, juror: William Dunlap, "Mid-Atlantic New Painting Biennial, University of Mary Washington, Fredericksburg, VA (2010)

Artist Fellowship Grant, DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities (2003-2004)

Art in (American) Embassies Program,  Dhaka, Bangladesh (2001-2002), Tegucigalpa,  Honduras (2003–2006), Cairo, Egypt (2006-2008), Athens, Greece (2009-2011)

The Don Haug Memorial Award for Painting, Chautauqua Institute, Chautauqua, NY (2000)

Honorarium award: Lake Placid Center for the Arts, Lake Placid, NY (1999)

Juror’s Award, Adirondack Life Juried Art Show (1998)

National Association of Women Artists, New York, NY

Honorarium award: Arlington Arts Center, Arlington, VA (1990)

Visual Arts Advisory Panelist, DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, Washington, DC (1992)

Board of Directors, The New Art Examiner,Washington, DC (1989-1991)

Honorarium award: Art Calendar, Washington, DC (1988)

First Place Prize, National Juried Competition, (juror: Lowry S. Sims), New York, NY (1988)

Winner: National Poster and Logo Competition, Episcopal Diocese Commission on Peace, Washington, DC (1983)

Cosmos Club, Washington, DC

Explorers Club, New York, NY

Board of Directors, Explorers Club, Washington DC Chapter (2009-2012)

Teaching Experience

"Content: Using Methods of Abstraction”, Lake Placid Center for the Arts, Lake Placid, NY (1999, 2000)

Selected Bibliography (1981-2009)

Anthony Bannon, The Chautauqua Daily, Chautauqua, NY, June 2000

J. Taylor Basken, Artspeak, New York, NY, October 1987

Lorraine Carren, Evening Capital, Annapolis, Maryland, June 1981

April Cronnenberg, McLean Newspaper, McLean VA, January 2009

Jean Lawlor Cohen, Where Magazine, Washington, DC, June 1995, July 1997, and April 2000

Jessica Dawson, The Washington Post, Washington, DC, January 2001

Jessica Dawson, Art News, New York, NY, May 2001

John Dorsey, Baltimore Sun, Baltimore, Maryland, April, 1990

Joanna Shaw Eagle, The Washington Times, November 2003

Carole Falk, The Capital, Annapolis, Maryland, June, 1991

Eric Gibson, Washington Post, Washington, DC, February 1990

S.A. Jones, Koan, Washington DC, May 1996

The Editor, The Adirondack Daily Enterprise, Saranac Lake, NY August 1998, August 1999

The Editor, Lake Placid News, Lake Placid, NY July 1999

The Editor, Kent County News, Chestertown, MD August 2006

Louis Jacobson, Washington City Paper, Washington, DC, January 2001

Nicole Lewis, The Washington Post, Washington, DC, May 1999

Kevin Mellema, News-Press, Falls Church, VA, February 2009

Pat McCall, The Connection, Reston, Virginia, June 1991

Mary McCoy, Washington Post, Washington, DC, August 1992

Arlene McKanic, Art News, New York, NY, March 2005

Joseph Merkel, Artspeak, New York, NY, February 1989

Marta Miller, The Leaves, Washington, DC May 1986

Murai Saad ud-Din, Al Ahram Weekly, Cairo, Egypt, October 2002

Terry Parmalee, KOAN, Washington, DC, July-August 1997, February 1997

Terry Parmalee, The Washington Review, Washington, DC, June-September 2001

Alvin Reiner, Suzanne Moore, The Press Republican, Plattsburgh, NY, September 2009

Gloria Russell, Sunday Republican, Amherst, Massachusetts, January 1995

Lana Sweeten-Shults, Sunday Times, Wichita Falls, TX, September, 2006

Richard Woffenden, The Cairo Times, Cairo, Egypt, October 2000

Taylor Basken, Artspeak, New York, NY, October 1987