Beata Wehr
Beata Wehr is an award winning artist from Warsaw, Poland. She currently lives in Tucson, Arizona, traveling back to Europe every year.
She graduated from the Warsaw University in Poland with an M.A. degree in art history in 1982 and from the University of Arizona with an M.F.A. in painting/combined media in 1999. She paints and creates artist's books, examining in her work the ideas of home, place, time, transience and multicultural experiences. Her works were shown in international and national exhibitions and are included in nearly 50 public collections in the USA and abroad.
EDUCATION
1999 M.F.A. in Painting/Combined Media, University of Arizona, Art Department, Tucson, AZ
1982 M.A. in Art History, Warsaw University, Warsaw, Poland
1984-85 Academy of Fine Arts, Warsaw, Poland
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2014- Adjunct instructor, Pima Community College, Art Department, Tucson, AZ
2010 Adjunct instructor, The Art Center Design College, Tucson, AZ
2004-2012 Art instructor, Tucson Museum of Art School, Tucson, AZ
2007, 2005 Adjunct instructor, University of Arizona, School of Art, Tucson, AZ (Advanced/Graduate Contemporary Drawing, Watercolor, Non-figurative Drawing)
2006, 2001 Adjunct instructor, Pima Community College, Art Department, Tucson, AZ (Bookmaking, Basic Design)
2000-03 Adjunct lecturer, University of Arizona, School of Architecture, Tucson, AZ (Foundation Studio)
1997-99 Teaching assistant, University of Arizona, Department of Art, Tucson, AZ (Color and Design - 7 semesters , instructor of record, Painting –1 semester)
1994-96 Art instructor, Tucson Museum of Art School, Tucson, AZ
1995 Art instructor, Parks and Recreation, Tucson, AZ
1995 Art Instructor, The Arts Council of Princeton, Princeton, NJ
1982-83 Assistant, Warsaw Historical Museum, Department of Works on Paper, Warsaw, Poland
AWARDS
2013 Special Collections, University of Arizona, Purchase Award, Tucson, AZ, Paperwoks Artist’s Book Exhibition
2012 Tucson Pima Arts Council, Tucson, AZ, Best in Show, Open Studio Tour Preview at JCC
2009 Alchemy: Transmutation from the base to the precious, Marin MOCA, Novato, CA, Honorable Mention
2005 Tucson/Pima Arts Council, Travel Grant
2003 Tucson/Pima Arts Council, International Exchange Grant
2002 Northwest Bookfest, Seattle, Washington, Honorable Mention
1999 University of Arizona Final Project Financial Aid Award
1998 Albert M. Haldeman Scholarship, University of Arizona, Tucson
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Athenaeum, La Jolla, CA
Atlanta College of Art, Artists’ Book Collection, Atlanta, GA
Biblioteca Alexandrina, Alexandria, Egypt
Boise State University, Montana
Bokartas, Vilnius, Lithuania
Book Arts Museum, £ódz, Poland
Center for Creative Photography, Rare Books, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, CA
Cleveland Art Institute Library, Cleveland, OH
Duke University, Durham, NC
Flaxman Library, School of Art Institute...
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Biography
Beata Wehr is an award winning artist from Warsaw, Poland. She currently lives in Tucson, Arizona, traveling back to Europe every year.
She graduated from the Warsaw University in Poland with an M.A. degree in art history in 1982 and from the University of Arizona with an M.F.A. in painting/combined media in 1999. She paints and creates artist's books, examining in her work the ideas of home, place, time, transience and multicultural experiences. Her works were shown in international and national exhibitions and are included in nearly 50 public collections in the USA and abroad.
EDUCATION
1999 M.F.A. in Painting/Combined Media, University of Arizona, Art Department, Tucson, AZ
1982 M.A. in Art History, Warsaw University, Warsaw, Poland
1984-85 Academy of Fine Arts, Warsaw, Poland
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2014- Adjunct instructor, Pima Community College, Art Department, Tucson, AZ
2010 Adjunct instructor, The Art Center Design College, Tucson, AZ
2004-2012 Art instructor, Tucson Museum of Art School, Tucson, AZ
2007, 2005 Adjunct instructor, University of Arizona, School of Art, Tucson, AZ (Advanced/Graduate Contemporary Drawing, Watercolor, Non-figurative Drawing)
2006, 2001 Adjunct instructor, Pima Community College, Art Department, Tucson, AZ (Bookmaking, Basic Design)
2000-03 Adjunct lecturer, University of Arizona, School of Architecture, Tucson, AZ (Foundation Studio)
1997-99 Teaching assistant, University of Arizona, Department of Art, Tucson, AZ (Color and Design - 7 semesters , instructor of record, Painting –1 semester)
1994-96 Art instructor, Tucson Museum of Art School, Tucson, AZ
1995 Art instructor, Parks and Recreation, Tucson, AZ
1995 Art Instructor, The Arts Council of Princeton, Princeton, NJ
1982-83 Assistant, Warsaw Historical Museum, Department of Works on Paper, Warsaw, Poland
AWARDS
2013 Special Collections, University of Arizona, Purchase Award, Tucson, AZ, Paperwoks Artist’s Book Exhibition
2012 Tucson Pima Arts Council, Tucson, AZ, Best in Show, Open Studio Tour Preview at JCC
2009 Alchemy: Transmutation from the base to the precious, Marin MOCA, Novato, CA, Honorable Mention
2005 Tucson/Pima Arts Council, Travel Grant
2003 Tucson/Pima Arts Council, International Exchange Grant
2002 Northwest Bookfest, Seattle, Washington, Honorable Mention
1999 University of Arizona Final Project Financial Aid Award
1998 Albert M. Haldeman Scholarship, University of Arizona, Tucson
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Athenaeum, La Jolla, CA
Atlanta College of Art, Artists’ Book Collection, Atlanta, GA
Biblioteca Alexandrina, Alexandria, Egypt
Boise State University, Montana
Bokartas, Vilnius, Lithuania
Book Arts Museum, £ódz, Poland
Center for Creative Photography, Rare Books, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, CA
Cleveland Art Institute Library, Cleveland, OH
Duke University, Durham, NC
Flaxman Library, School of Art Institute...
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Nationality:
POLAND (Contemporary Polish Artists)
- Date of birth : unknown date
- Artistic domains: Painting, Collages, Digital Arts, Photography
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Paper From All Sides, Tohono Chul Park Gallery
7366 N. Paseo del Norte
Al-Mutanabbi Street Starts Here
traveling show, see below
The Cambridge Arts Council, Cambridge, Massachusetts, January - June 2013
The John Rylands Library, Manchester, UK. - February 6 - July 29, 2013
Center for Book Arts, New York City, in collaboration with Poets House, New York City- July 10 - September 14, 2013
please check the website exhibitions.html
From Here and Far away, Artist's Books, Pages and Paintings, U of A Poetry Center
Exhibition will consist of the artist’s books and mounted pages (12x12" as well as paintings on the subjects of time, transience, immigration, memory, human behavior and place. There will be two kinds of books in the exhibit: mixed media ones using very tactile materials that are reinforcing the content and others printed in editions that mostly derive form the first group or are digitally composed. The books will be shown in glass cases as well as on the wooden counter so the public will have the opportunity to fully experience them. Several "Pages" mounted on the wooden cradled panels will be displayed on the west wall and abstract paintings will be shown on the north wall.
Paperworks Art Show, Saint Philips Church, Murphy Gallery
4440 N. Campbell Ave.
Art and Craft Fair 10am-3pm
Open Studio Tour Preview, Tucson JCC
3800 E River Road
Artists Reception: Thursday, November 8th, 5.30-7.30 PM
International Artist's Book Fair, Moscow, Central House of Artist
119049, Moscow, Krymskiy val, 10
Mail-art-book
An international mail-art and artist books project.
Curator - Mikhail Pogarsky
Concept: In the 60s mail art developed a separate art
direction and at the same time there was a growth of
interest tin the artist’s book. Mail art and artists’ books of
that time developed in the wake of a protest movement
against the commercialisation of art and the dictatorship
of the gallery system. Most mail artists of the 60s worked
with the artist’s book format as well. Some years ago, these
two areas occupied separate niches in contemporary art, but
the point of intersection between them, of course, remains.
Development of a dialogue between mail art and the artist’s
book is the aim of this project.
Practice: The artists create a mail-art message, dedicated
to the artist’s book, or vice versa - make an artist’s book
dedicated to mail-art. All sizes, all techniques
Exposure: The project will be presented at the 8th Moscow
International Artist’s Book Fair (Moscow, Central House of
Artists)
Book Project International/ XVèmes Rencontres de l'Edition de Création
Centre de la Vieille Charite
Open Studio
Memory play, Herberger Theater Center Gallery
222 E. Monroe Street
Small things considered, Davis Dominguez Gallery
154 E 6th Street
May 10 to June 30, 2012
"Small Things Considered" – 20th Small Works Invitational
Summer Art Cruise 2012, Saturday, June 2, 2012, 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
Summer Hours start July 5, 2012: Open Thursday, Friday 11:00 AM to 5:00 PM, Saturday 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM
"THE WORKS " paintings, drawings and sculpture by every Davis Dominguez artist and "Small Things Reconsidered - Selections from the 20th Smal Works Invitational.
LOCATION: 154 E 6th Street, Tucson 85705
GALLERY HOURS:
Open Tuesday to Friday 11am to 5pm
Saturday 11am to 4pm
PARKING, ADMISSION: Free
EMAIL:
CONTACT: Mike Dominguez
PHONE: (520) 629-9759
Open Studio
5155 N. Avenida Primera
paintings:oils, acrylic, watercolors, encaustics, artist's books, mixed media, posters, postcards
see
Saturday and Sunday -- 11 -5
On each day the 7th, 17th, 27th person visiting my studio will get a free set of five postcards!
On Paper, Chandler Center for the Arts
250 North Arizona Avenue
Reception March 16th, 2012, 7 PM
Collection - Polish Artist’s Books
traveling globally, see below
2011 Musashino Art University Museum, Tokyo, Japan
2012 May, Biblioteka im. Giedroycia, Bialystok, Poland
Be Mine, U of A Poetry Center
1508 East Helen Street
02/13/2012 - 03/30/2012
Exhibition reception Monday, February 13, from 5:30 to 7:00 pm
The Poetry Center plays matchmaker this February. In anticipation of our Poetry Off the Page symposium in May, we want to encourage community to see that poetry isn’t always made up of only words, and we want to highlight the relationship that writers have to artists. In order to elicit partnerships/collaborations between Tucson writers and photographers, painters, videographers, and musicians, curated pairs of local writers and artists have been asked to collaborate create or re-consider the form of “valentines.
Correspondence, 9th International Book Arts Festival
see below
2012:
Styczen - January Plocka Galeria Sztuki, PLOCK www.plockagaleria.pl
MARZEC -March Galeria Miejska w TARNOWIE
KWIECIEN - April Książnica Pomorska w SZCZECINIE
MAJ- May Biblioteka Miejska w LUBLINIE
CZERWIEC- June Galeria Dwór Karwacjanów w GORLICACH
LIPIEC SIERPIEŃ - July Szklany Dom - Centrum Edukacyjne W CIEKOTACH –Dworek Żeromskiego
w planach KIELCE –towarzyszące w nowym Centrum Design
WRZESIEN Biblioteka Śląska KATOWICE
LISTOPAD NOWY SĄCZ MCK BWA
Delight—becomes pictorial— A Visual Lexicon of Dickinson's First Lines,Tucson Contemporary Arts
12.10-31/11 Big Read Pop–up Gallery
1.7/2012 Tucson Contemporary Arts
29 artists respond to Emily Dickinson's first lines of poetry. all pieces are 8x10", which is the size of Dickinson's hand-sewn manuscript pages, or fascicles.
FEATURING THE WORK OF:
Carolina Caples
Clare Carpenter
Susannah Castro
Cathy Cullis
Sally Dannels
Kimi Eisele
Catherine Eyde
Debra Gregerman
Lara Hill
Ben Johnson
Tomiko Jones
Patrica Katchur
Kimberly Largey
Maria Lee
Kelly Leslie
Bill Mackey
Chika Matsuda
Ellen McMahon
Janet Miller
Giselle Potter
Lisa Roden
Barbara Rogers
Julie Sasse
Gwyneth Scally
Shannon Smith
Margaret Suchland
Mauricio Toussaint
Cerese Vaden
Beata Wehr
HOURS:
Friday afternoons & Saturday evenings or by appointment
CONTACT:
Kore Press 520.327.2127
WallBound, AiD Gallery, Art Institute of Atlanta-Decatur
1 West Court Sq.
artists books
Still here: Aging in Arizona, Herberger Theater Center
222 E Monroe St
A Hundred Years in the Desert:A Centennial Show, Herberger Theater Center
222 East Monroe Street
Uncommon Threads, 23 SANDY GALLERY
623 NE 23RD AVE
Book and paper artists have the ability to work with an enviable palette of artistic materials and techniques—including traditional handicrafts. Think knitting, embroidery, sewing, beading, felting, needlework, stitching, quilting and other myriad possibilities. Combine these techniques and materials with a strong concept, meaningful content or a compelling narrative and we have a new era in the art and fine craft of book and paper.
Come explore how artists are using these crafts in the book and paper arts realm. How do artists utilize these techniques, materials or subjects as a way to round out, illustrate or compliment a central concept? Can we dispel the myth that the handicrafts don’t have any part in meaningful art?”
Uncommon Threads showcases 47 artists from across the United States plus the UK, Canada and Argentina. Featured are 51 finely crafted works, from artist books to broadsides to blank books chosen from 227 works submitted to our call for entries.
Artists Reception: First Friday, October 7, 2011, 5–8:00 p.m.
Artists Walk Through Event: Saturday, October 8, 2011, 4:00 p.m.
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