BETHANY COLLINS

Ep.112 features BETHANY COLLINS (b. 1984 Montgomery, AL). She lives and works in Chicago, IL. Collins is a multidisciplinary artist whose conceptually driven work is fueled by a critical exploration of how race and language interact. Collins received an MFA from Georgia State University in Atlanta GA, and a BA from the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, AL. Recent solo exhibitions include: Cadence (2022), PATRON, Chicago, IL; America: A Hymnal (2021), Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AK; Evensong (2021) Frist Art Museum, Nashville, TN; My destiny is in your hands (2021), Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, Montgomery, AL; Chorus (2019), Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis, St Louis, MO; Benediction (2019) The University of Kentucky Art Museum, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY; A Pattern or Practice (2019), University Galleries of Illinois State University, Normal, IL; The Birmingham News 1963 (2018-2019), Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago IL; The Litany, Locust Projects (2018), Miami, FL; Undersong (2018), PATRON, Chicago IL; and Occasional Verse (2018), The Center for Book Arts, New York, NY. Image courtesy of the artist and PATRON Gallery, Chicago. Photography by Evan Jenkins Additional information~ Artist https://bethanyjoycollins.com/home.html Patron Gallery https://patrongallery.com/exhibition/285/cadence https://patrongallery.com/artist/bethanycollins Montgomery Museum of Fine Art Bethany Collins - MMFA Brooklyn Rail https://brooklynrail.org/2022/02/artseen/Seize-the-Time WSJ https://www.wsj.com/articles/collectors-eye-they-built-a-world-class-collection-of-black-artists-work-who-are-they-acquiring-now-11594828483 Artspace https://www.artspace.com/artist/bethany-collins Richard Gray Gallery Bethany Collins - Artists - Richard Gray Gallery Block Museum https://www.blockmuseum.northwestern.edu/events/2022/artist-talk-laylah-ali-and-bethany-collins.html Chicago Gallery https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/bethany-collins-cadence Crystal Bridges https://crystalbridges.org/calendar/bethany-collins-america-a-hymnal/ Frist Art Museum https://fristartmuseum.org/exhibition/bethany-collins-evensong/ https://burnaway.org/daily/collins-frist/ The Phillips Collection https://www.phillipscollection.org/event/2021-06-25-jacob-lawrence-american-struggle Speed Art Museum https://www.promisewitnessremembrance.org/ Art in America https://www.artnews.com/art-in-america/aia-reviews/breonna-taylor-promise-witness-remembrance-speed-art-museum-1234594195/ Hyperallergic https://hyperallergic.com/641634/amy-sherald-bearing-witness-to-breonna-taylor-life-and-death/ NYTimes https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/11/arts/design/breonna-taylor-review-museum-louisville.html PBS https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/what-breonna-taylors-name-and-image-is-teaching-america-about-black-lives The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2021/apr/01/remembering-breonna-taylor-through-art-it-keeps-her-alive Artforum https://www.artforum.com/print/reviews/202202/the-dirty-south-contemporary-art-material-culture-and-the-sonic-impulse-87629 Smart Museum https://smartmuseum.uchicago.edu/exhibitions/take-care/ Renaissance Society https://renaissancesociety.org/exhibitions/540/nine-lives/ Hirshhorn https://hirshhorn.si.edu/explore/bethany-collins-part-1-hirshhorn-artist-diaries-2/

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