Bethann Parker

b. 1984 | Philadelphia, PA


Education


2017 – 2020

Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art, BFA with Certificate in Studio Art

2018-2021

Barnes Foundation, Certificate

2010 - 2011

Montgomery Community College


Solo Exhibitions

2024 Interwoven, Gross McCleaf Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

2023 Blood Trail, Cabin Contemporary, Pottsville, PA

12021 Almanac, Gross McCleaf Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

2019 Old News, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA

2018 Gabriel’s Kiss, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA

2018 Dense Tensions, Arcadia Library, Philadelphia, PA


Select Group Exhibitions

2025

 Outside, Fleisher/Ollman Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

Bees, Butterflies and Blooms, Morris Arboretum, Philadelphia, PA

Compendium, Grossman Gallery, Easton, PA

2024

Field Notes , Ruffed Grouse Gallery, Narrowsburg, PA

1120 at 510, Baum Gallery, Allentown, PA

Spring, Eleven20 Gallery, Easton, PA

Refocus, Gross McCleaf Gallery, PA

Studio Show, Eleven20 Gallery, Easton, PA

2023

Summer Garden, Gross McCleaf Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

Visionscapes, Mount Airy Contemporary, Philadelphia, PA

Worry, Soft Machine Gallery, Allentown, PA

Spiritual In Landscape, Gross McCleaf, Philadelphia, PA

Young Fish, 1120 Studios, Easton, PA

2022

Palm Beach Modern and Contemporary, West Palm Beach, FL

Family Matters, Gross McCleaf Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

Winterscape, Gross McCleaf Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

Art at King Oaks Annual Show, King Oaks, Newtown, PA

Home and Away, Gross McCleaf Gallery, PA

Group Show, Connections Gallery, Easton, PA

Heart and Soul, Gross McCleaf Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

2021

1120 Group Show, 1120 Studios, Easton, PA

Pet Show, Gross McCleaf Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

2020

B.A.S.E, Anna Zorina, Virtual

BFA 2020, Serving the People, Virtual

5 to Watch, Avery Galleries, Bryn Mawr, PA

Pafa Alumi, Chestnut Hill Gallery, Chestnut Hill, PA

Group show, InLiquid, Philadelphia, PA

Counterparts and Doppelgangers, Cerulean Arts, Philadelphia, PA

The Dance of Shapes, FMC Tower, Philadelphia, PA

2019

Shaping Conversation, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, PA

Ornate Notes, Freemans, Wayne, PA

Reflections, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, PA

Annual Student Exhibition, Pennsylvania Academy of

Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA

Compendium, Banana Factory, Bethlehem PA

Phase Change, Annual Juried Philly Art School Show, Philadelphia, PA

Song of Colors, FMC, Philadelphia, PA

Cross Currents, Pennsylvania Academy of

Fine Arts, PA

2018

Let’s Connect, Barnes Foundation,

Philadelphia, PA

Annual Student Exhibition, Pennsylvania

Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA

2017

Material World, Pennsylvania Academy of

Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA

Table Talk, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, Pa

Student Exhibition, Montgomery County Community College, Blue Bell, PA


Honors and Awards

2021 The Kittridge Fund

2020 The Venture Fund

2019

The Richard C. Von Hess Memorial Travel Scholarship

-Scholarship awards study through European travel

The Freeman’s Exhibition Award

The Hobson Pittman Prize

Gross Mccleaf Gallery Prize

Janet Fleisher Prize

Lambert and Emma Wallace Cadwalader Prize for Landscape, First Place

The Charles Dutrow Award, Honorable Mention

James N. Sentz Memorial Award

2018

Venture Fund, Philadelphia, PA

-This grant supported material costs for the realization of a large scale proposed project.

Fred and Naomi Hazell Art Scholarship

Louis S. Fine Purchase Prize

Edna Pennypacker Stauffer Memorial Prize,

Honorable Mention

Elena and Will Barnet Prize for Abstract Art,

2010 Best in Show, Montgomery County Community College Student Exhibition, Blue Bell, PA


Press

Field Notes: Tali Burry-Schnepp, Henry Murphy, Bethann Parker, Hyperallergic, 2024

Elizabeth Johnson, edited by Matthew Crain, Art Sync: Rebellious Care, 2024

Blood Trail, Art Guide: Art Forum, 2023

Bethann Parker, “Appalachian Narratives- Dreamscapes”, Terrain, 2023

Nicole Phillip, Some Turn Our Old Newspapers Into Litter Box Lining. We Prefer This Approach, New York Times, 2019

Karina Bafradzhian, Muse or Artist, Voice of America, 2019

Kristian Gieger- Rayca, A Spin on Old News, Stories from PAFA, 2019



 

Collections

Fellowship PAFA Collection, Philadelphia, PA

Lee Foundation, Philadelphia, PA

Louis S. Fine Collection, Philadelphia, PA