BETTE BLANK

125 Greenwood Ave.

Madison, NJ 07940

973-966-9054

      www.betteblank.com           

 SOLO SHOWS

 *”BETTE BLANK: The Noyes Museum of Art, Stockton University, Hammontown, NJ, 2020

 *”BETTE BLANK: LONGVIEW” Video, Interview, 2020

 *”BETTE BLANK: HOW HIGH THE MOON”, KAPPKAPP Gallery, NY, NY, 2020

 *”LOCAL LIFE,” Chase Gallery, Madison Library, Madison, NJ, 2016

 * “ICONS, IDOLS AND TRUE CONFESSIONS,” Hunterdon Art Museum, Clinton, NJ, 2010

* “BETTE BLANK: One Thousand Words,” Anne Reid Gallery, PDS, Princeton, NJ, 2010

* “SEX, SHOES & ROCK ‘N ROLL,” Adam Baumgold Gallery, NY, NY 2009/2010

* “BETTE BLANK” Atrium Gallery, Morristown, NJ, 2009

* “BETTE BLANK: DAILY MIRROR,” Gallery Schlesinger, NY, NY, 2005

* “BETTE’S WORLD,” The Robert Brown Gallery, Washington, DC, 2003

* “BETTE BLANK: BY HEART, Pierro Gallery, Baird Center, South Orange, NJ, 2003

* “WHAT I HAVE SEEN, New Jersey Center for Visual Arts, Summit, NJ, 2000

 

COLLECTIONS

* The Jewish Museum, NY, NY                                              * The Zimmerli Art Museum, New Brunswick, NJ

* The Hunterdon Art Museum, Clinton, NJ,                           * The Morris Museum, Morristown, NJ,

* The Noyes Museum of Art, Oceanville, NJ,                        * Newark Public Library, Print Collection, Newark , NJ

* Numerous private collections                                             * Bruce Museum, Greenwich, CT

 

ART SHOWS and AWARDS

*”EVERYDAY OBJECTS’ Studio Montclair Gallery, Montclair, NJ, 2019

*”STATE OF THE ART 2019,” Studio Montclair Gallery,   Montclair, NJ 2019

*”CCA, MEMBERS SHOW,” Bedminster, NJ, 2019

“WORDS IN PICTURES,” Adam Baumgold Gallery, NY, NY, 2019

*”THE COMIC  INFLUENCE, ” Center for Contemporary Art ,Bernardsville,  NJ 2018

*”TAKE TWO,” Adam Baumgold Gallery, NY, NY, 2018

*”SIGNATURE ARTIST SHOW, ”  The Noyes Museum, Stockton, NJ 2018

*” 20/20” Studio Montclair, Montclair, NJ, 2017

*”SIGNATURE ARTIST SHOW, ”  The Noyes Museum, Stockton, NJ 2017

*”(SOME)BODY,” Adam Baumgold Gallery,  NY, NY, 2017

*”IN A SERIES,”   Adam Baumgold Gallery, NY, NY, 2016

*”NJ FINE ARTS ANNUAL 2016” The Noyes Museum, Stockton, NJ 2016

*”ART BOOTH,” Adam Baumgold Gallery, NY, NY, 2016

*”THE MILLINARS TALE,” Museum of Early Trades and Crafts, Madison, NJ 2016

*”ART CONNECTIONS 12, George Segal Gallery, Montclair State University, Montclair, NJ 2016

*”FIGURE/GROUND,” Adam Baumgold Gallery, NY, NY 2016

*”Trains, Planes and Automobiles,” Monmouth Museum, Lincroft NJ, 2015

*”Members Show,” Hunterdon Museum, Clinton NJ 2015

*”FORCE OF NATURE,” Carl Drerurp Gallery, Plymouth State College, Plymouth, NH, 2015

*HEADSTRONG,” Adam Baumgold Gallery, NY, NY 2015

“MARKING TIME,” Adam Baumgold Gallery, NY, NY 2015

“BIG/SMALL SHOW,” Victory Hall Drawing Rooms, Jersey City, NJ 2015

“READY OR NOT: NEW JERSEY ARTS ANNUAL” The Newark Museum, Newark, N.J. 2014

“FIRST 20 YEARS, SELECTIONS” Adam Baumgold Gallery, NY, NY, 2014

“A MOVABLE FEAST,” Theresa Mahoney Gallery,  College of St. Elisabeth, Convent Station, NJ 2014

*”PAPER WORK” Trenton City Museum, Trenton, NJ, 2014

*”HUMO(U)R,”  Adam Baumgold Gallery, NY, NY,  Nov. 2013

*”ART  W, Salon #9,  Institute for Women and Art,  Bette Blank lecture  with Curator at Zimmerli Museum,  “Domesticity in the Art of Women, Then and Now,”  New York, NY, 2013

*”PERSONA,” Theresa Mahoney Gallery, College of St. Elizabeth, Convent Station, NJ 2013

*”LOCATIONS,” Adam Baumgold Gallery, NY, NY, 2012

*”HOLY LIVES,” Theresa Mahoney Gallery, College of St. Elizabeth, Convent Station, NJ 2012

*”INTERIORS,” Studio Montclair, Montclair NJ, 2012

*”ALL IN LINE,” Adam Baumgold Gallery, NY, NY, July, 2012

*”FACE TO FACE,” Adam Baumgold Gallery, NY, NY, May, 2012

*”FICTION/NONFICTION,” Adam Baumgold Gallery, NY, NY, 2012

*”ALICE: Into the Looking Glass,” The Noyes Museum of Art Oceanville, NJ, 2012

*”DRAWN,” Adam Baumgold Gallery, NY, NY 2011

* “EX LIBRIS,” Adam Baumgold Gallery, NY, NY 2011

*”ECCENTRIC PORTRAITS,” Byrdcliffe, Kleinert James Art Center, Woodstock, NY 2011

*”WATER, WATER, ANYWHERE,” Theresa Mahoney Gallery, College of St. Elizabeth, Convent Station, NJ 2011

* “IT’S A STRANGE WORLD,” Brickbottom Gallery, Somerville, Mass. 2011

* BRODSKY CENTER FOR INNOVATIVE PRINT AND PAPER, ANNUAL EXHIBIT, 2010

* NJ PRINT AND PAPER FELLOWSHIP, BRODSKY CENTER, Rutgers, NJ, 2009

*”TOXIC ASSETS” Gallery Schlesinger, NY, NY, 2009

*”LOCAL LIFE” NJ Fine Arts Annual 2009, Morris Museum, 2009

*”ABOUT FACE” Adam Baumgold Gallery, NY, NY, 2009

* “ART MIAMI” Dec. 2008, & “ART PALM BEACH 3,” 2009,   Andrea Meislin Gallery, NY, NY

* “SIGNATURE ARTIST EXHIBIT,” The Noyes Museum of Art, Oceanville, NJ 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015

* “ROAD WORKS,” Adam Baumgold Gallery, NY, NY, 2008

* “A MATTER OF TIME,” Andrea Meislin Gallery, NYC, 2008

* “TEXT MESSAGES,” Adam Baumgold Gallery, NY, NY, 2007

* “STATE OF THE ARTS” NJN Public Television, featured Bette Blank Interview, 2007

*”2007 NJ FINE ARTS ANNUAL,” The Noyes Museum, Oceanville, NJ, 2007 

* “BLANK CANVAS, Center of Visual Arts of NJ, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013

* “CULTURE & CONTINUITY, The Jewish Museum, NY, 2006, 2007

* “INNER REALITIES, Paintings from the Collection,The Jewish Museum, NY, 2005

* “6th National Juried Exhibition,” Ceres Gallery, NYC, Juror: Feresteh Daftari, Assistant Curator,    

     Department of Painting and Sculpture, MOMA, NYC, 2004

* NO SHOW, Gallery Schlesinger, NY, NY, 2004

* RENEWAL, Case Museum, Jersey City, NJ, 2004

* SYNOPSIS@10, Pierro Gallery, South Orange, NJ, 2004

* “FIRST PERSON, Gallery Schlesinger, 24 E. 73 St. NY, NY, 2003

* “UNRELENTING STANDARDS, Gallery Schlesinger, 24 E.73 St. NY, NY, 2003

* “Annual Juried Exhibition,” Pleiades Gallery, 2003, Juror: Anne Umland, Curator, MOMA, NY

* “OUTSIDER INSIDER, (three artists) Gallery Schlesinger, 24 E.73 St.. NY, NY, 2002

*   National Museum for Women in the Arts, Washington, DC, archives of women artists, 2006

* “International Juried Show,” New Jersey Center of Visual Arts, 2003, Award in Oil Painting, Juror:  Anne 

     Umland, Curator, Department of Painting and Sculpture, MOMA, NY

*   New Jersey Center of Visual Arts, First Prize in Oils 1972, Merit Award 2001, 2002

 

 

 EDUCATION

* Fine Arts Work Center, Provincetown, Mass       * Richmond Art Center, Richmond, California

* Brooklyn Museum School of Art                          * Alfred University College of Ceramics, BS, MS

* Newark Museum School of Art                           * New Jersey Center for Visual Arts (NJCVA)

* Woodstock School of Art,                                    * U.C. Berkeley, PhD Engineering