Betsy Eby (born April 3, 1967) is an American artist and musician. Eby lives and works in Columbus, Georgia, and Wheaton Island, Maine.[1]
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| Born | Elizabeth Kerry Eby April 3, 1967 Seaside, Oregon, United States |
| Education | University of Oregon |
| Known for | Encaustic painting |
Life
editEby was born April 3, 1967, in Seaside, Oregon. In 1972, her family moved to the suburbs of Portland, Oregon. Her father worked in the timber industry, and her mother worked in community college admissions.[2] At the age of five, Eby began playing the piano and learned the traditional classical repertoire.[3] She continues to study seriously under master musicians.[4]
Eby earned her bachelor's degree in art history at the University of Oregon, with an emphasis in ancient Greek, Roman and Asian antiquities.[5] In 1990 she moved to Seattle, Washington, where she lived and worked until 2013, when she and her husband, American artist Bo Bartlett, moved to Columbus, Georgia. They now share their time between Columbus, Georgia and Wheaton Island, Maine. In 2018, Eby and Bartlett opened the Bo Bartlett Center at Columbus State University, an interactive gallery space designed to engage nearby communities through arts programming.[6]
Work
editBetsy Eby works primarily in encaustic, a painting medium of hot beeswax, damar resin, and pigments. The encaustic technique dates back to the 4th century B.C., when it was originally used for Egyptian mummy funerary portraits. Encaustic was not a common medium for painters until its revival by the Pop artist, Jasper Johns, in his iconic flag paintings.[7]
In 2018 Betsy Eby was to chosen to represent the United States as a Cultural Exchange Artist through the U.S. State Department's Art in Embassies program in Papua New Guinea and The Solomon Islands. As a cultural exchange artist, Eby aimed to promote a message of female empowerment through creativity, through working with local artists, and participating in television and radio interviews.[8][9]
Film
editBetsy Eby is also a film producer and musician for film.[10] In 2013, she and Bo Bartlett released the feature-length documentary film SEE, An Art Road Trip.[11] In 2019, she was executive producer and musician for the feature-length film Things Don’t Stay Fixed, the documentary short film Helga, and the documentary Lobster Dinner.[10]
Collections & Exhibitions
editBetsy Eby has exhibited widely across the United States. Her 2013 solo exhibition, “Painting with Fire,” traveled to the Columbus Museum of Art in Columbus, GA; the Morris Museum of Art in Augusta, GA; the Center for Maine Contemporary Art in Rockport, ME; and the Ogden Museum in New Orleans, LA. Eby's works are held in the collections of the Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA, the Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, GA, the Georgia Museum of Art, Athens, GA, and several United States Embassies around the world.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b "Betsy Eby - Encaustic paintings at Winston Wächter Fine Art Seattle". Winston Wachter Fine Art - Seattle. Retrieved 2019-04-25.
- ^ "Betsy Eby: Southern Spiritual" (PDF). American Art Collector. April 2015. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
- ^ Houston, David (2014). Betsy Eby. Marquand Books, Seattle. p. 19. ISBN 9780988227569.
- ^ Advocate, Allison Alsup Special to The. "Classical music is the inspiration for fire-proofed paintings at Ogden". The Advocate. Retrieved 2019-04-25.
- ^ "Betsy Eby CV" (PDF). Retrieved 25 April 2019.
- ^ "About the Center". The Bo Bartlett Center. Retrieved 2019-04-25.
- ^ Rice, Danielle (2014). Betsy Eby. Marquand Books, Seattle. p. 17. ISBN 9780988227569.
- ^ "Betsy Eby – U.S. Department of State". Retrieved 2019-04-25.
- ^ "Betsy Eby". betsyeby.com. Retrieved 2019-04-25.
- ^ a b "Betsy Eby". IMDb. Retrieved 2019-04-25.
- ^ "Master painters learn to see with new eyes". ViaNolaVie. Retrieved 2019-04-25.