Bethann Parker

b. 1984 | Philadelphia, PA


Education


2018-2021

Barnes Foundation, Certificate

2017 – 2020

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

2010 - 2011

Montgomery Community College


Solo Exhibitions

11/2023 Blood Trail, Cabin Contemporary, Pottsville, PA

11/2021 Almanac, Gross McCleaf Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

1/2019 Old News, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA

11/2018 Gabriel’s Kiss, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA

10/2018 Dense Tensions, Arcadia Library, Philadelphia, PA


Select Group Exhibitions

7/2023 Summer Garden Gross McCleaf Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

6/2023 Visionscapes, Mount Airy Contemporary, Philadelphia, PA

5/2023 Worry, Soft Machine Gallery, Allentown, PA

5/2023 Spiritual In Landscape, Gross McCleaf, Philadelphia, PA

4/2023 Young Fish, 1120 Studios, Easton, PA

3/2022 Palm Beach Modern and Contemporary, West Palm Beach, FL

2/2022 Family Matters, Gross McCleaf Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

12/2022 Winterscape, Gross McCleaf, Philadelphia, PA

10/2022 Art at King Oaks Annual Show, Newtown, PA

9/2022 Home and Away, Gross McCleaf Gallery, PA

4/2022 Group Show, Connections Gallery, Easton, PA

2/2022 Heart and Soul, Gross McCleaf Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

12/2021 1120 Group Show, 1120 Studios, Easton, PA

7/2021 Pet Show, Gross McCleaf Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

9/2020 B.A.S.E, Anna Zorina, Virtual

5/2020 BFA 2020, Serving the People, Virtual

3/2020 5 to Watch, Avery Galleries, Bryn Mawr, PA

3/2020 Pafa Alumi, Chestnut Hill Gallery, Chestnut Hill, PA

2/2020 InLiquid, Philadelphia, PA

1/2020 Counterparts and Doppelgangers, Cerulean Arts, Philadelphia, PA

11/2019 The Dance of Shapes, FMC Tower, Philadelphia, PA

11/2019 Shaping Conversation, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, PA

11/2019 Ornate Notes, Freemans, Wayne, PA

10/2019 Reflections, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts

5/2019 Annual Student Exhibition, Pennsylvania Academy of

Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA

4/2019 Compendium, Banana Factory, Bethlehem PA

2/2019 Phase Change, Annual Juried Philly Art School Show, Philadelphia, PA

1/2019 Song of Colors, FMC, Philadelphia, PA

11/2018 Cross Currents, Pennsylvania Academy of

Fine Arts, PA

5 / 2018 Let’s Connect, Barnes Foundation,

Philadelphia, PA

5 / 2018 Annual Student Exhibition, Pennsylvania

Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA

4 / 2017 Material World, Pennsylvania Academy of

Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA

3 / 2017 Table Talk, Philadelphia, Pa

5 / 2010 Montgomery County Community College

Student Exhibition, 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

2019 The Freeman’s Exhibition Award

2019The Hobson Pittman Prize

2019 Gross Mccleaf Gallery Prize

2019 Janet Fleisher Prize

2019 Lambert and Emma Wallace Cadwalader Prize for Landscape, First Place

2019 The Charles Dutrow Award, Honorable Mention

2019 James N. Sentz Memorial Award

2018 Venture Fund, Philadelphia, PA

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

2018 Fred and Naomi Hazell Art Scholarship

2018 Louis S. Fine Purchase Prize

2018 Edna Pennypacker Stauffer Memorial Prize,

Honorable Mention

2018 Elena and Will Barnet Prize for Abstract Art,

Honorable Mention

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


Press

“Appalachian Narratives- Dreamscapes” https://www.terrain.org/2023/arterrain/bethann-parker/ , Terrain, 2023

“Some Turn Our Old Newspapers Into Litter Box Lining. We Prefer This Approach.” https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/05/reader-center/old-newspaper-art.html, 2019

“A Spin on Old News” https://www.pafa.org/blog/old-news-bethann-parker-profile-012319, 2019

“Muse or Artist” https://www.golos-ameriki.ru/a/muza-ili-hudozhnica/5194318.html, Voice of America, 2019


 

Collections

Fellowship PAFA Collection, Philadelphia, PA

Lee Foundation, Philadelphia, PA

Louis S. Fine Collection, Philadelphia, PA