BETTY BOLIVAR

Born:     Richmond, Virginia
Studio:   Boston, MA and Sarasota, FL
Web:      www.bettybolivar.com
Email:     bjbolivar@verizon.net
ART EDUCATION/PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS


• School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
-Fifth Year Masters Certificate
-BFA
-Making Art in Cuba, Havana, Cuba

• Oregon School of Arts and Crafts, Portland, OR

• Towles Court Artists Association, Sarasota, FL

• Sarasota Art Council, Sarasota, FL

• Mime Studio, Celebration Barn, South Paris, ME

• Women's Caucus for the Arts

• Nature Printing Society US

• Orchid Street Studio Artist's Collective, Sarasota, FL

EXHIBITIONS and 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, Pine Island, FL

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

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 Community Services Office. graphic design
• Harvard University, Outings & Innings, 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, 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, MA

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

• Shockoe Bottom Art Center, Richmond, VA
• Johnson’s Restaurant, Richmond, VA
• 1708 Gallery, Richmond, VA

PRIVATE COLLECTIONS: My art is in many private art collection throughout the US .