Artist Statement
Beth Hartmann’s sculpture reflects the feelings left after she has viewed objects in nature or people interacting. Using her own techniques and alternative reflective or translucent materials, she constructs objects and installations which work to provoke viewer reactions. |
Solo Shows |
2005 |
”Lips” 500 Howard Gallery San Francisco, CA |
2001 |
“Marine Forms” Mendocino Art Center |
2000 |
Installations, WORKS San Jose, |
1999 |
Sculpture and Installation, Gallery OBOY, San Francisco, CA
Stitched Lips, Josephine County Library, Grants Pass, OR
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Selected Invitational Exhibits |
2007 |
Calabash, Forestville, CA
Grantees exhibit, Surface Design Conference, Kansas City, KS
Inja Designs, Evolving Art Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
2006 |
Fiber/DIMENSIONS, Pence Gallery Davis, CA
Pick up Six Atrium Sculpture Gallery 600 Townsend, San Francisco, CA
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2005 |
City of Sebastopol Public Art, Spooner Park (leader, team project, Sculpture Jam)
Fiber at the Bay Model, Sausalito, CA
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2004 |
Context, Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, CA
City of Sebastopol Sculpture Jam, Spooner Park |
2003 |
Naked, a Clothing Show 1078 Gallery, Chico
Fine Hand, Artisan’s, Mill Valley |
2002 |
ArToys Sewanee Art Gallery, Tennessee
Refuse, Reuse, Redux, Santa Cruz Art Museum
International Quilt Week Yokohama, Japan
Plastic Fantastic 1078 Gallery, Chico, CA |
2001 |
Reality Check, Ohio Craft Museum, Columbus, OH
Transforming Trash, Redding Museum of Art (catalogue)
MESH Gallery, Sebastopol |
2000 |
Marin Technologies Lobbies, San Rafael
600 Townsend Atrium, San Francisco |
1999 |
InSight Gallery, San Francisco |
1998 |
Matrix Gallery, Sacramento (4 person)
College of Marin, Six Former Students, Kentfield |
1997 |
Claudia Chapline Gallery, Stinson Beach
Chemeketa Gallery, Salem, OR (4 person)
California Artists, Gallery Strasse, Kyoto, Japan |
1996 |
String Symphony, Artfibers Gallery, San Francisco
Future Vision, The Dragon Center, Yamonashi-Ken, Japan |
1995 |
Fibrations, Artisans Gallery, Mill Valley |
1994 |
Fiber Dimensions Exhibit, Corte Madera Town Center |
1993 |
Baskets and Beyond, Artisans Gallery, Mill Valley |
Selected Group Exhibits, Juried |
2006 |
Tohono Chul Park, Tuscon AZ (catalogue)
Cloverdale Outdoor Sculpture (June – September) |
2005 |
Cloverdale Outdoor Sculpture (June – September) |
2004 |
Human Form, Sebastopol Art Center |
2002 |
Open Sculpture, Marin Art and Garden Center, Ross |
1999 |
Collage, Sonoma Arts Guild, Rene diRosa, Juror |
1998 |
On and Of Paper, Koret Gallery, Palo Alto |
1997 |
Textile Art Show, Olive Hyde Gallery, Fremont
Sculpture & Sculptural Photography, Sebastopol Art Center |
1996 |
Feminine Spirit, Wilson Street Gallery, Santa Rosa |
1995 |
All Saints, All Souls, Falkirk Cultural Center, San Rafael
Marin Arts Council Exhibit, Town Center, Corte Madera |
1993 |
Crocker-Kingsley Museum Annual, Sacramento
Dakotas International, Vermillian, SD (catalogue)
Olive Hyde Gallery, Fremont |
1992 |
Artisan Gallery, Mill Valley, CA |
Awards |
Artist Residency, Jentel, March 2008
Surface Design Grant, 2005
Artisans Gallery, 2003, Rachel Osajima, Juror
Marin Exposition, July 1998, Second Place
Sebastopol Art Center, July 1997 Merit Award, Manuel Neri, Juror
Artisans Gallery, August 1996, Award of Excellence, Tran Turner, Juror
Crocker-Kingsley Annual, June 1994, Second Place, Phil Linhares, Juror
Olive Hyde Gallery Annual Textiles Show, April 1994, First Place, Beryl Self, |
Publications |
QuARTerly, Summer, 2005
Surface Design Spring 2005 Reviews
Artweek June 2001, Reviews
Fiberarts Nov/Dec 2000, Reviews
Surface Design Winter 1999, Reviews
San Francisco Arts Monthly February 1999
American Craft August 1997, Aquisitions
Fiberarts Jan/Feb 1997, New Works section
Pacific Sun March 20 1996, ARTS
Internet re:College of Marin art program, http://www.marin.cc.ca.us/~lelke/art/fiberscu.html
Pacific Sun October 26 1994, ARTS
San Jose Mercury News Alameda Co. Edition 4/14/94
Oakland Tribune 4/2/94 |
Professional Associations, Selected |
Cultural Arts Council of Sonoma County
Sculpture Association; Surface Design Association
Fiber Dimensions, S.F. Bay Area
Sebastopol Center for the Arts |
Education |
Undergraduate Studies and Bachelor's Degree, University of Washington, Seattle
Dimensional textile work with Carole Beadle and Sylvia Seventy
Papermaking with Amanda Degener, Bob Nugent, Shawn McFarland, Linda Ortiz, Nance O’Banion, DeYoung Museum
Other Art Courses at Sonoma State University, Mendocino Art Center, and other locations |
Related Experience, Selected |
Chair, “Intersections III” San Francisco Presidio June 2006
Artist co-ordinator 2003 – 2007 for City Community Garden/skatepark
Show Co-ordinator and Curator artists books show Sonoma Arts Council January 2005
Invited Art Instructor Junior High and High Schools, Sonoma and Marin Counties
Guest Curator WORKS San Jose, 2000
Installation Chair of Beyond Boundaries College of Marin Art Gallery September 1999
Juror, AAUW Open Grants Pass, OR, 1998
Show Chair, Downtown Art Center July/August 1997 exhibition, San Rafael CA |
Collections |
Arlen Hunt, Kensington, CA
Susan Scott, Ventura, CA
Joey Liik, Upper Lake, CA, outdoor sculpture
Ken Martin, Santa Rosa, CA outdoor sculpture
Nancy and Darrell Horn, Santa Rosa, CA
Tran Turner, Oakland, CA
Hisako Eto, Osaka & Kobe, Japan
R. Stieg, DDS, San Fransisco
B. Sandidge, AIA, Sausalito |
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