Betty Bolivar
Born:     Richmond, Virginia
Studio:   Boston, MA and Sarasota, FL
Web:      www.bettybolivar.com
Email:    bjbolivar@verizon.net


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EDUCATION/PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

• School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
-Fifth Year Master's Certificate
-BFA
- Making Art in Cuba, Havana, Cuba

• Oregon College of Art and Craft, Portland, OR
• Towles Court Artists Association, Sarasota, FL
• Sarasota Art Council, Sarasota, FL
• Orchid Street Studio Artists Collective, Sarasota, FL
• Nature Printing Society, US

• Women's Caucus for Art, US

• Mime Workshop,Celebration Barn, South Paris, ME

EXHIBITIONS/DESIGN WORK
2010
• Museum of Science and Industry, Unseen, Tampa, FL
• Bolivar Studio/Gallery, Sarasota, FL
• Solo exhibit: L'Atelier F, Sarasota, FL
• Transformation, Women Contemporary Artists, Wild Child Gallery, Matlache, FL

2009
• Solo exhibit: L'Atelier F, Sarasota, FL
• Solo exhibit: LOCAL Cafe, Siesta Key, Sarasota, FL
• Green: The Primary Color, juried exhibition, Sarasota Art Center
• Masquerade, Mystery & Mischief, juried exhibition, Sarasota Art Center

2008
• Americorp/VISTA-Cambridge Cares About Aids. graphic design
• Harvard University, Outings & Innings, graphic design
• A Women's Place, Bromfield Gallery, Boston, MA, Women's Caucus for Art

2007
• Word of Mouth - as part of Miami Biennual, Miami, FL
• Color and design consultant
• MIT and Harvard University, graphic design

2006

• PURE: This is not a coincidence, Brighton, MA
• Tufts University Summer Show, Medford, MA
• Texas National, Stephen F. Austin University, Nacogdoches, TX
• Quirk Gallery, Richmond, Va
• Vital Voices: Women's Visions, Women's Studies Research Center, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA
• ArtFutura: Transformation, Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, IL
• Naked Exhibition, exit - a gallery space, Kent, Ohio

2005

• School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, Annual Holiday Sale
• bfANNEX, Boston, MA, Archive Project
• 1939: The Missing Year, New Art Center, Newton, MA
• Word of Mouth/Works on Paper, Rhys Gallery, Boston, MA
• Fifth Year Competition and Exhibition, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
• MIT Excellence Awards Ceremony, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA
• Artists Behind the Desk, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA

2004

• Graduating Exhibition, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

2003

• Flux Concert (with Larry Miller), The Art Interactive, Cambridge, MA
• Do-It-Yourself Fluxus, The Art Interactive, Cambridge, MA
• Bags in the Bag Gallery, Bag Gallery, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
• The Bathroom Skit, Celebration Barn, South Paris, ME

2002

• Panties Performance, Part III, group performance at laundromat in Boston, MA
• The Object of My Reflection, site-specific performance at Forest Hills Cemetery, Jamaica Plain, MA

2001

• The Mad Tea Party, performance at Revere Beach, Revere, MA
• Realist Painting Exhibit, Bag Gallery, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
• Recuerdos de Cuba, Grossman Gallery, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA

2000

• Creative director, Ellwood Thompson Natural Foods, Richmond, VA
• Window dresser, Henri Bendel, Boston & New York
• Shockoe Bottom Art Center, Richmond, VA
• Johnson’s Restaurant, Richmond, VA
• 1708 Gallery, Richmond, VA

SELECTED PRIVATE COLLECTIONS

Media General Corporate Headquarters, Richmond, Va
MIT Community Services, Cambridge, MA
Gary Legg, Kearny, NE
Daniel Stern, Arlington, MA
Joan Frederickson, Richmond, VA
Stacy Donovan, Portland, OR
Anne Sylvest, Richmond, VA
Elisabeth Drake, Newton, MA
Gabor Kalman, Brookline, MA
Mike Spraker, Chester, VA
Patricia Fay, Wayland, MA
Bill and Joyce Wickham, Bethany Beach, DE
Shawn Noroian/Steve Hoskins, Richmond, VA
Jane Martin, Newton, MA
Therese Henderson, Arlington, MA
Christaphora Robeers, Richmond, VA
Leah and Brad George, Wayland, MA
Patti Butler, Richmond, VA
Sue Temple, Oahu, HI
Maureen Haley, Belmont, MA
Patricia Cotter, Needham, MA
Mary Schaefer, Newburyport, MA
Laura Davis, Canton, MA
Jerry Cellucci, Everett, MA
Pat and Paul Miller, Goochland, VA
Brian and Peggy Gracey, Atlanta, GA
Alison Miller, Richmond, VA
Heather Fortner, Sarasota, FL
Carol Lewis, Sarasota, FL
Gale Leitman, Sarasota, FL
Sally DeAnna , Sarasota, FL
Lori Schwab, Atlantic Beach, FL
Betsy Cortez, So Dakota
Cary Greenberg, Sarasota, FL
Brandy Eiger, San Francisco, CA + Sarasota, FL
Gail Hall, Sarasota, FL
Burt Sutker, Pennington, NJ