Artist Statement

I am Francis Beaty (1949, Abington, PA United States) an artist who works in a variety of media. Multilayered images arise in which the fragility and instability of our seemingly certain reality is questioned. By taking daily life as subject matter I comment on the everyday aesthetic. I try to approach a wide scale of subjects in a multi-layered way. I like to involve the viewer in a way that is sometimes physical and believe in the idea of function following form in a work. I create work with a clarity of content and an uncompromising attitude towards conceptual and minimal art. My works are characterized by the use of everyday objects in which recognition plays an important part. By emphasizing aesthetics, I amplify the astonishment of the spectator by creating environments that generate tranquil poetic images leaving traces on the edge of recognition and alienation. The results are deconstructed to the extent that meaning is shifted and possible interpretation becomes multifaceted. With a subtle minimalistic approach, I formalize the coincidental and emphasize the conscious process of composition that is behind the seemingly random work.

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Artist Biography

Francis Beaty is a contemporary installation artist, painter and sculptor known for her interdisciplinary work and introspective style. Her works incorporate found and constructed elements with a unique conceptual inventiveness. Her first large installation “The Hatching” was a community engagement piece, Allentown PA 2017. Her membership in the Global Art Project 2018-2021 expanded her exhibition opportunities into Europe. She participated in the Geuzenmaand 2021-2022 Exhibition through the 10dence gallery who represents her in Europe. The exhibition traveled to the Museum Vlaardingen, World Art Delft, Rotterdam Courthouse and Kunstwerkt Foundation Scheidam. She was awarded the Betsy Meyer Award in Philadelphia in 2021 and is a member of InLiquid and CFEVA. Her residencies include Saruya, Japan; Buffalo Creek, Nevada; Chateau Campadieu, France; Baum School of Art, PA. Francis has utilized her degrees in Education, French and Architectural Interior Design to express herself. Given the current socio-political climate she believes it is important to create work that bridges the gaps across different perspectives and facilitate relational dialogue.

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Education

1985 - 1989
Baum School of Art, Allentown, PA
Watercolor, Drawing, Sculpture, Pottery, Mixed Media
Instructors: Renzo Faggioli, Rosemary Geseck, Dana Van Horn, Thomas Unger

1988
Judith Kissinger, private class, Bethlehem, PA
Advanced Watercolor

1986 - 1987
Lee Everett, private class, Allentown, PA
Beginner and Advanced Watercolor

1985
Northampton Community College, Bethlehem, PA
AAS Interior Design

1971
Wilkes University, Wilkes-Barre, PA
BA, Elementary Education & French

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Awards & Honors

2021
Meyer Family Award for Contemporary Art & 18th Annual Betsy Meyer Memorial Exhibition, Philadelphia, PA

2017
Honorable Mention for Lift Off Installation, Ashland University Coburn Gallery, Ashland, OH

Honorable Mention for Arbor Pulse, Baum Art School Group Show, Allentown, PA

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Residencies

2022
Artist in Residence, Saruya AIR, Fujiyoshida, Japan

Artist in Residence, Buffalo Creek Art Center, Gardnerville, NV

2017
Hatching Installation Community Project Thomas Mann Trajectory Heart Residency Project, Guest artist, Allentown, PA

2018
Artist in Residence, Baum School of Art. Sculpture teacher, Roberto Clemente Charter School, Allentown, PA

2019 Member Global Arts Project, Group Exhibition “Crossing Borders”, Ghent, Belgium

Artist in Residence, Allentown School District Foundation "What is Sculpture?", Allentown, PA

Artist in Residence, Christine Chateau Campadieu, Ille-sur-Tet, France

2018
Artist in Residence, Baum School of Art, Roberto Clemente Charter School, Allentown, PA

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Bibliography

2022
Blink, Your Art Resource, ADC Fine Art, Cincinnati, Ohio

Onafhankeelijk, Kunstexpositie Geuzenmaand

2021
Artifacts , 10dence platform, "Francis Beaty - USA", Get Out Of Your Skull

2020
Interview with featured artist Francis Beaty, Inspirational Magazine #34

2019
Global Art Project. Crossing Borders. Edited by C. Heyward and R. Weijers. 2019. Exhibition Catalogue.

2017
Foxx, Maxx. “Francis Beaty One Artist One Woman Interview”. Musings, WDIY 88.1. September 2017

Foxx, Maxx. “Francis Beaty Portal Interview”. Musings, WDIY 88.1. January 2017

Higgins, Tim. “A Mesmerizing Sculpture ‘Hatched’ From Books”. Sunday Arts, Morning Call. December 17, 2017

Silliman, Marian: “Dichotomy: The Work of Francis Beaty”, The Easton Irregular, March 2017, p. 10

2016
“Francis Beaty.” Bethlehem House Gallery. January 2016.

Piccione, Steve: “Art | Francis Beaty”, Lehigh Valley Style (review), vol. 17, issue 7, July 2016, p. 16

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Collections

2016
Healing Stick No. 3, IF (International Fusionism) Museum, Easton PA

Primordia 5&6, Gallery 415, Catasauqua, PA
Exterior Sculpture

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Commissions

Primordia 8, Re:Find / Jon Clark & Ron Sussman Proprietors, Allentown, PA
Exterior sculpture

Sora & Cabled, Hoffman Design Group Rehoboth Beach, DE
Two exterior sculptures

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Professional Experience

2019
Group Exhibition Crossing Borders, Ghent, Belgium
Member, Global Arts Project

2017
Hatching Installation, Community Project

PA Trajectory Heart Residency Project, Thomas Mann, Allentown, PA
Guest artist

Exhibitions

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Solo

2024
Spontaneous Connections, Glass Box Gallery @ Lehigh Carbon Community College, Schnecksville, PA

2022 
Articulated Movement, Mill Studios Main Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

2021
‍Suspension, InLiquid, Commerce Square #2, Philadelphia, PA

2020
FLUX, Mill Studios Main Gallery, Manayunk, PA

2017
Breaking New Ground, Gallery 724, Allentown, PA
Including Hatching Installation

One Artist One Woman, Civic Theater Gallery 514, Allentown, PA

Variations on the Square, Fox Optical, Bethlehem, PA

Paintings, Pita King, Allentown, PA

2016 - 2017
Portal, Gallery 724, Allentown, PA
Installation

2016
Square on Grid Outdoor Exhibition, City Center Park, Allentown, PA

Building Textures and Dimension, Blink Optical, Allentown, PA

Environments, Gallery 724, Allentown, PA

2015
New Textures, Cigar Factory Allentown, PA
Installation

Spring Show Cigar Factory, Allentown, PA

2000
Petro's Solo Show, Allentown, PA

1999
Baum School, Allentown, PA
Installation

1997
Baum School, Allentown, PA
Installation

1994
Fox Optical, Bethlehem, PA

1993
Touchstone Theater, Bethlehem, PA

1992
Acorn Gallery, Allentown, PA

Technicolor Salon, Bethlehem, PA

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Group

2024
Hearth, Frame, Foundation, InLiquid/Park Towne Place, Philadelphia, PA

2022                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Santa Fe Art Fair with ADC Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM

Art Comes Alive, ADC Fine Art, Cincinnati, OH

Art in the Open Gallery, CFEVA, Philadelphia, PA

Juried Outdoor Sculptures, Mainline Arts Center, Haverford, PA

Dialogue, City Arts Salon, Philadelphia PA

Saruya AIR Residency, Fujiyoshida, Japan

Buffalo Creek Artist in Residence, Gardnerville, NV

Geuzenmmand World Art Delft, Museum Vlarardingen, Netherlands

Juried Member, Mainline Art Center, Haverford, PA

Juried Exhibitions, Works on Paper and Small Works, Powell Lane Arts, Collingswood, NJ

Mixture , CFEVA Members Exhibition, Philadelphia PA

2021
‍Women &  Modernism. Woman/ O, DBS Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

REEMERGENCE, Betsy Meyer Memorial Mainline Art Center, Haverford, PA

Sculpture in the Glen III, InLiquid, Gladwyne, PA

Immersion, The Art Trust, West Chester, PA

Rough Around the Edges, The Artist Alliance Online Exhibition

Get Out of Your Skull Project, Museum Vlaardingen, Netherlands

Black, Grey and White, The Art House Gallery March, Online

Geuzenmaand, World Art Delft, Museum Vlaardingen, Netherlands

2020
Crossing Borders 2, Global Art Project, JPG Gallery, Lafayette, CA

Growth Determined, HOT∙BED Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

Spring Up, PII Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

2019
Christine Chateau Campadieu Residency, Ille –sur-Tet, France

Crossing Borders, Global Art Project, Ghent, Belgium

Invisible Landscapes, NoBa Artspaces, Bala Cynwyd, PA

2018
Contemporary Renaissance Women, Banana Factory, Bethlehem, PA

2017
Time Will Tell, Ashland University Coburn Gallery, Ashland, OH

Works on Paper, Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts & Sciences, Long Beach Island, NJ

IF (International Fusionism), Bank Street, Easton, PA

Compendium, Banana Factory, Bethlehem, PA

2016
Love Is in the Air Gallery 724, Allentown, PA

Bethlehem House Winter Show, Bethlehem House Contemporary Gallery, Bethlehem, PA

1994 - 2003
Marywood College Juried Show, Scranton, PA

Installation crew for Artist Nora Johnson Sculpture, Peoria, IL

Art in the Park West Park, Allentown, PA

Phillipsburg Outdoor Festival, Phillipsburg, NJ

Rose Garden Group Show, Bethlehem, PA

Lehigh Art Alliance Juried Group Shows, Allentown & Bethlehem, PA

1991 - 1995
Open Space Gallery Solo & Group Shows, Allentown, PA

Maria Feliz Gallery & Sculpture Garden, Jim Thorpe, PA