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Artist Statement:
Many of my recent paintings
are inspired by the desert, my
collection of the found metal
objects and emotional
responses to the events
happening here and at distant
places. These three subjects
do not have much in common,
however all of them are part
of my life and as such appear
on the paintings.
Sometimes the distinction
between desert plants and my
metal pieces is not clear, and
the abstracted landscape
contains collection of
unrecognizable shapes. They
are meditations on the desert
and human urge to collect,
comments on place and time.
Others, in which intense
shapes almost scream are
emotional responses to the
recent natural disasters and
the tensions between the
nations and cultures resulting
in wars and acts of terror.
Paintings in yet another group
show dreamlike peaceful
landscapes, those I wish would
be reachable to everybody at
all the times.
I go back and forth between
figuration and abstraction,
trying to capture the feelings
associated with specific
locations or sometimes
transforming the landscape
into an almost non-descriptive
one. Many of my works are
about longing, or dreams. Some
of the works have multiple
layers of paint, the newer
ones partially obscuring the
older, symbolizing memory and
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Artist Reviews:
M. Regan, "Darkness and
Magic", Tucson Weekly, August
16-22, 2007
M. Regan, "True Characters,
Obsidian displays works with
the theme: 'Persona'", Tucson
Weekly,
July 6, 2006
M. Regan, “Found Art“, Tucson
Weekly, August 11, 2005
C. Imperatore, “Beata Wehr:
Telling Time”, in Ampersand,
Vol.22, No. 3, Spring 2005
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Collections:
ARTIST'S BOOKS IN PUBLIC
COLLECTIONS
Athenaeum, La Jolla, CA
Atlanta College of Art,
Artists’ Book Collection,
Atlanta, GA
Biblioteca Alexandrina,
Alexandria, Egypt
Bokartas, Vilnius, Lithuania
Book Arts Museum, Łódz, Poland
Center for Creative
Photography, Rare Books,
University of Arizona, Tucson,
AZ
Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, CA
Cleveland Art...
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Commissions:
Coming Soon!
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Exhibitions for Beata Wehr:
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INDIVIDUAL EXHIBITIONS
2011 Rancho Linda Vista Gallery, Oracle, AZ, Books and Paintings
2010 Joel D. Valdez Main Library, Tucson, AZ, Artist's Books
2009 PII Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, Taming the landscapes, Paintings and Books
2006 Pima Community College Library, Artist’s Books
2000 Pokaz Gallery, Warsaw, Poland, Too Far Away…, Artist’s Books (catalog)
1999 Book Art Museum, Łódz, Poland , Artist’s Books
The University of Arizona Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ, In Between, MFA Thesis Exhibition
1998 Fine Arts Library Gallery, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, In Transit, Artist’s Books
1997 Gallery at Rancho Linda Vista, Oracle, AZ, Paintings
1996 Artisimo Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ, Paintings
1995 The Arts Council of Princeton, Princeton, NJ, Small Paintings from Mexico and Arizona
Cochise College, Sierra Vista, AZ, Paintings
Main Public Library, Tucson, AZ, Recent Paintings
Phantom Galleries, Tucson, AZ, New Paintings from the Desert
1994 Book Arts Gallery, Tucson, AZ, Finding Missing Images, Watercolors from Mexico
1991 The Arts Council of Princeton, Princeton, NJ, People and Places
2-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2011 @Central Gallery, Burton Barr Central Library, Phoenix, AZ, Cover to Cover
Connections Cafe Gallery, Tempe Public Library, Tempe, AZ, The Test of Time
Tucson Pima Arts Council, Pioneer Building, Tucson, AZ, Paintings and Pages
2009 Obsidian Gallery, Tucson, AZ, Paintings (2 person exhibition)
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2012 Plocka Galeria Sztuki, Plock, Poland, Correspondence, 9th International Book Art Festival, (catalog), traveling to multiple venues, www.bookart..pl
Herberger Theater Center, Phoenix, AZ, A hundred years in the desert::a Centennial Show
Herberger Theater Center, Phoenix, AZ, Still here-aging in America
2011 Atelier Vis-ŕ-Vis, Marseille, France, Book Project International, 14h Book Fair (catalog)
23 Sandy Gallery, Portland, OR, Uncommon Threads, The Handicafts in book Art (catalog)
Northwest Missouri State University, Maryville, MO, Ephemera
The Art Center, Corvallis, OR, Un-Speak-Able, Book Art Exhibition
Vivo Contemporary Gallery, Santa Fe, NM, Artist’s Book eVent
Herberger Theater Center, Phoenix, AZ, Sacred Places
Tempe Center for the Arts, Tempe, AZ, Twenty Questions
Herberger Theater Center, Phoenix, AZ, Sacred Messages
Tubac Center for the Arts, Tubac, AZ, Playing with Fire
University Club, Phoenix, AZ, Poetry of Arizona Landscape
Herberger Theater Center, Phoenix, AZ, Living in Arizona
Herberger Theater Center, Phoenix, AZ, Festival of the Arts
2010 Atelier Vis-ŕ-Vis, Marseille, France, Book Project International, 13h Book Fair (catalog)
Museum of Art , Satu-Mare, Romania, European International Artist's Book Biennale
Scuola Internazionale di Grafica, Venezia, Italy, 5th International Artist’s Book Triennial Vilnius
Centre for Contemporary Art, Torun, Poland, Artist's Books
Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, CA, International Mail Art Exhibition in Honor and Memory of Judith A. Hoffberg
Word and Image Gallery , Bright Hill Literary Center, Treadwell, NY, Book Arts Exhibition,
Cara and Cabezas Contemporary Gallery, Kansas City, MO, Documents
Herberger Theater Center, Phoenix, AZ, Identity
Conrad Wilde Gallery, Tucson, AZ, Make it Red
Jewish Community Center, Tucson, AZ, Open Studio Tour exhibition
Tohono Chul Park Gallery, Tucson, AZ, Encaustic Exhibition - Visions in Wax
Davis Dominguez Gallery, Tucson, AZ, Small Things Considered,18th Small Works Invitational
Obsidian Gallery, Tucson, AZ, Group Exhibitions
Tohono Chul Park Gallery, Tucson, AZ, Art that Heals
Conrad Wilde Gallery, Tucson, AZ, Pick up the Pieces
University of Arizona Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ, Memory and Desire:Sculptural Books
2009 National Library, Warsaw, Poland, Artist’s Books
Atelier Vis-ŕ-Vis, Marseille, France, Book Project International, 12th Book Fair (catalog)
International Book Fair, Leipzig, Germany, and Galeria Arka, Vilnius, Lithuania, 5th International Artist’s Book Triennial (catalog)
Galerie Kurt im Hirsch, Berlin, Germany, Your Documents, Please, traveling to:
GALÉRIA Z , Bratislava, Slovakia
Galería Ajolote Arte Contemporáneo, Guadalajara, Mexico
Gracefield Art Centre, Dumfries, UK, Place, Identity and Memory
Marin MOCA, Novato, CA, Alchemy: Transmutation from the base to the precious
Drawing Studio, Tucson, AZ, Uncharted Teritories: Artist as Explorer
Iowa Artisans Gallery, Iowa City, IA, Art, Fact & Artifact: The Book in Time & Place, College Book Art Association Members Show
Holy Cross, Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Art Gallery, Worcester, MA, Compilation: Three Exhibitions on Books
Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ, Arizona Biennial 2009
Conrad Wilde Gallery, Tucson, AZ, High fiber
Tohono Chul Park Exhibit Hall, Tucson, AZ, Re-Visions: Art Made from reclaimed materials
Obsidian Gallery, Tucson, AZ, Group exhibitions
The Business of Art Center, Manitou Springs, CO, The Book Wide Open
Conrad Wilde Gallery, Tucson, AZ, Per square inch
University of Arizona, School of Art, Tucson, AZ, Continuum
2008 Paradigme Gallery, Marseille, France, Mai du livre d’artiste a la belle de Mai, International Contemporary Artist’s Book Exhibition
Museum of Arts and Crafts, Itami, Japan, Your Documents, Please, traveling to:
ZAIM, Yokohama, Japan,
2B Gallery, Budapest ,Hungary,
Museum 25 of May, Belgrade, Serbia, Book-Art Object , International Exhibition (catalog)
Cours d’Estienne d’Orves, Marseille, France, Contemporary Creative Books,
11th International Symposium and Book Fair (catalog) www.atelier-vis-a-vis.org
Columbia College Chicago Center for Book and Paper Arts, Chicago, IL, 5th International Book and Paper Triennial (catalog) www.bookandpaper.org
Obsidian Gallery, Tucson, AZ, Group shows
Abecedarian Gallery, Denver, CO, Intaglio
Wedeman Gallery, Lasell College, Newton, MA, Shelter, Juried Book Art Exhibit traveling to:
Pyramid Atlantic Art Center, Silver Spring, MD,
Fleet Library at Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI,
301 Gallery, Montserrat College of Art, Beverly MA,
The String Room Gallery, Wells College, Aurora, NY
Abecedarian Gallery, Denver, CO, Transparent/Opaque
Conrad Wilde Gallery, Tucson, AZ, Book Forms
Obsidian Gallery, Tucson, AZ, Dia de los Muertos
Joel Valdez Main Library,Tucson, AZ, Mainly Books, PaperWorks: The Sonoran Collective for Paper and Book Arts
2007 Park Chanot , Marseille, France, Contemporary Creative Books, 10th International Symposium
and Book Fair (catalog) www.atelier-vis-a-vis.org
VACA, Russi, Italy, Libri mai mai visti, XIII edizione
The City Art Gallery, Łódz, Poland , "Time" 8th International Book Art Festival, traveling to:
National Print Museum, Dublin, Ireland (catalog) www.bookart.pl
Bornholms Kunstmuseum, Helligdommen, Gudhjem, Denmark, Polish Book Art
Donna Seager Gallery, San Rafael, CA, Narrative Thread: artist's books involving stitching, sewing and string
University Art Gallery, California State University, Chico, CA, Conceptually Bound 3, traveling to:
Mohr Gallery, Community School of Music and Art, Mountain View, CA (catalog)
Special Collections, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, WI, Books and Death: Book Artists' Construction of Death, Mourning and Memory
ArtWorks!, New Bedford, MA, Here and There, Stories of Immigration
Conrad Wilde Gallery, Tucson, AZ, Per square inch
Main Library, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, Book as Art
Joseph Gross Gallery, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, Adjunct Faculty Exhibition
Obsidian Gallery, Tucson, AZ, Midsummer Night's Dream
Oro Valley Library, Oro Valley, AZ, Artists' Books Exhibition
2006 Biblioteca Alexandrina, Alexandria, Egypt, Second International Biennial for the Artist’s Book (catalog)
Park Chanot , Marseille, France, Contemporary Creative Books, 9th International Symposiumand Book Fair (catalog) www.atelier-vis-a-vis.org
Noosa Regional Gallery, Tewantin, Australia, Books ’06
Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius, Lithuania, 4th International Book Triennial (catalog), traveling to:
Leipzig Book Fair, Leipzig, Germany
King St. Stephen Museum, Szekesfehervar, Hungary, 4th International Artists’ Book Exhibition catalog)
San Francisco Public Library, San Francisco, CA, Bookworks 2006
University Art Gallery, University of the South, Beyond Words: Artists' Books, International exhibition, Sewanee, TN (catalog) www.sewanee.edu/gallery/artistsbooks/
Darcy Falk Gallery, Flagstaff, AZ, Art and Word II , Artist’s Books
Davis Dominguez Gallery, Tucson, AZ, 14th Small works Invitational
Dinnerware Gallery, Tucson, AZ, Telling Time
Platform Gallery, Tucson, AZ, Group Exhibition
Obsidian Gallery, Tucson, AZ, Persona
Kachina Lounge Gallery, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, Mimesis Eleven, U of A Printmakers Show
2005 Columbia College Chicago Center for Books and Paper Arts, Chicago, IL, 4th International Columbia Book and Paper Triennial
Kaire Desine Gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania, 2nd International Collage Exhibition (catalog)
Danish Museum of Art and Design, Copenhagen, Denmark, Contemporary Polish Book Design
Park Chanot , Marseille, France, Contemporary Creative Books,8th International Symposium and Book Fair (catalog)
Noosa Regional Gallery, Tewantin, Australia, Books ’05, Image as Text as Image
Polish Institute, Budapest, Hungary, Polish Book Art
Pacific Center for the Book Arts, San Francisco, CA, Calendars 2005ARC Gallery, Chicago, IL, Artists in Times of War
Steamboat Springs Arts Council, Steamboat Springs, Colorado, The Intensive Spirit
Tohono Chul Gallery, Tucson, AZ, Bound and Unbound: Artists’ Books and Other Paper Constructions
Platform Gallery, Tucson, AZ, December Salon
University of Arizona Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ, Faculty Exhibition
Obsidian Gallery, Tucson, AZ, Recuerdos,
Tohono Chul Gallery, Tucson, AZ, Re-Visions
2004 Kaire Desine Gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania, 1st International Collage Exhibition (catalog) traveling to:
Art Center, Jonava and Print Gallery “E.R”, Kaunas, Lithuania
Park Chanot , Marseille, France, Contemporary Creative Books, 7th International Symposium and Book Fair (catalog)
Noosa Regional Gallery, Tewantin, Australia, Books ’04, Works of Imagination
Cuyahoga Community College, Cleveland, Ohio, Open Book (catalog on CD)
Obsidian Gallery, Tucson, AZ, Here I am
La Jolla Fiber Arts, La Jolla, CA, Imagine That, Book Arts, (catalog)
Bright Hill Center, Treadwell, 3rd North American Juried Book Arts Competition Exhibit
Transition Gallery, Idaho State University, Pocatello, Idaho, West of 105’ traveling to
Spori Gallery, BYU Idaho
2003 National Library, Warsaw, Poland, International Exhibition of Artists’ Books, 7th edition (catalog) traveling to 12 galleries in Poland and to Sweden and Denmark
Park Chanot - Hall 7, Marseille, France, Contemporary Creative Books
6th International Symposium and Book Fair (catalog)
Wexford Art Centre, Wexford, Ireland, 9th Wexford Artist’s Book Exhibition
Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius, Lithuania, 3rd International Book Triennial (catalog),
Museum of Contemporary Art, Tucson, AZ, Drawn
The Society for Contemporary Crafts, Pittsburgh, PA, Home/Land, Immigration, Artists, Identity (catalog) traveling to: The Houston Center for Contemporary Crafts, Houston, TX(2004)
The Fuller Museum, Brockton, MA (2004)
Buddy Holly Center, Lubbock, TX, Artists Made Books (catalog)
The University of Arizona Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ, Love and/or Terror, Invitational
The University of Arizona Special Collections Library, Tucson, AZ, Book as Art
2002 Pyramid Atlantic, Riverdale, MD, Built by Hand: Book as Art, International Juried Exhibition
Gallery Lux, San Francisco, CA, [re]Readings : Artist’s Books Now
School of Architecture, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, Faculty Exhibition
Jordan River Art Center, East Jordan, MI, International Book Arts Exhibit
Center for Book and Paper Arts, Chicago, IL, 3rd National Columbia book and Paper Arts Biennial (catalog)
Park Chanot - Palais des Congres, Marseille, France, Contemporary Creative Books,
5th International Symposium and Book Fair (catalog)
Northwest Bookfest, Seattle, WA, Artists’ Books traveling to: Collins Gallery, Portland, OR
Bright Hill Center, Treadwell, NY, Bright Hill Press National Book Arts Juried Exhibition (catalog)
PKiN, Warsaw, Poland, 47th International Book Fair (catalog)
Cuesta College Art Gallery, San Luis Obispo, CA, Artists’ Books 2002
Mobilivre, traveling artists’ book exhibition, multiple venues, Canada, USA
The New Art Forum, Kingston, MA, Book Explorations 2002
2001 Turku Fair Center, Turku, Finland, Turku International Book Fair
Eastern Edge Gallery, St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada, Transactions, Artists’ Books
Muzeum Piastow Slaskich, Brzeg, Poland, Artists' Books
MatrixArts Gallery, Sacramento, California, Artists' Books
The New Art Forum, Kingston, MA, Book Explorations 2001
2000 Park Chanot - Palais des Congres, Marseille, France, Contemporary Original Books,3rd International Symposium and Book Fair
Dom Artysty Plastyka, Warsaw, Poland, Contemporary Polish Book Art 2000 (catalog),
traveling to: Stockholm, Umea, Sweden; Helsinki, Tampere, Mikkeli, Iyvaskyla, Finland, (2001
City Gallery, Szekesfehervar, Hungary, 3rd International Artists’ Book Exhibition (catalog)
Dom Artysty Plastyka, Warsaw, Poland, Integrart ’99 (catalog), traveling to:
Zamek, Lublin, Galeria Chlodna 20, Suwalki, Muzeum Alfonsa Karnego, Bialystok, Poland; Minsk, Byelorussia
Milano Gallery, Warsaw, Poland, group show
1999 The Arts Council of Princeton, Princeton, NJ, 11th Annual Juried Small Works Show
The New Art Forum, Kingston, MA, Book Explorations ’99
Obsidian Gallery, Tucson, AZ, Group Exhibition
1998 FACET, Taos, NM, The Artist Book II, National Juried Exhibition
Tucson-Pima Arts Council, Tucson, AZ, Modern Narratives Reconstructing the Book
Lionel Rombach Gallery, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, Persistent Scent of Time, 2 person
Northwest Bookfest, Seattle, WA, Juried Book Exhibition
Davis Dominguez Gallery, Tucson, AZ, Tucson Collection ’98
1997 Obsidian Gallery, Tucson, AZ, Group Exhibition
Davis Dominguez Gallery, Tucson, AZ, Tucson Collection ’97
1996 The Arts Council of Princeton, Princeton, NJ, 8th Annual Juried Small Works Show
Tucson Jewish Community Center, Tucson, AZ, Color My World, 2 person show
Davis Dominguez Gallery, Tucson, AZ, Gallery Mix
Local 803 Gallery, Tucson, AZ, Wehr, Cleary, Chassels Jr., 3 person show
Davis Dominguez Gallery, Tucson, AZ, Tucson Collection ’96
Oregon Book Arts Guild, Forest Grove, OR, Endangered, The 4th Oregon Book Biennial (catalog)
Seattle Arts Festival, Exhibition Hall, Seattle, WA, Bambershoot Bookfair
1995 Temple Gallery, Tucson, AZ, Tucson Museum of Art Faculty Show ’95
Biblioteca Provincial, La Coruna, Spain, Libros de Artista, Book Art Project (catalog)
Artisimo Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ, Artescapes, National Juried Exhibition
Davis Dominguez Gallery, Tucson, AZ, Tucson Collection ’95
Sierra Art Foundation, Reno, NV, By the Book, Book Arts Exhibition
Casa Grande Art Museum, Casa Grande, AZ, Watercolor Invitational
1994 Temple Gallery, Tucson, AZ, Tucson Museum of Art Faculty Show ’94
Davis Gallery, Tucson, AZ, Tucson Collection ’94
The Arts Council of Princeton, Princeton, NJ, Art of the Gardens
Casa Grande Art Museum, Casa Grande, AZ, Small Wonders
New Doors of the Arts Gallery, Tucson, AZ, Celebration of the Senses
Book Arts Gallery, Tucson, AZ, Artists’ Books
1993 Shane House Gallery, Tucson, AZ, Women’s Invitational
1992 Trenton City Museum, Trenton, NJ, Ellarsie Open XI
The Arts Council of Princeton, Princeton, NJ, 4th Annual Juried Small Works Show
Printmaking Council of New Jersey, Somerville, NJ, 8th Small Impressions 1992 (traveling show)
1991 The Arts Council of Princeton, Princeton, NJ, 3rd Annual Juried Small Works Show
Mercer County Community College, Trenton, NJ, Mercer County Artists ’91
The Arts Council of Princeton, Princeton, NJ, Angels II, Invitational Show
1990 Artworks, Trenton, NJ, Juried Members Show
The Arts Council of Princeton, Princeton, NJ, 2nd Annual Juried Small Works Show
Mercer County Community College, Trenton, NJ, Mercer County Artists ’90
Del Bello Gallery, Toronto, Canada, 5th International Exhibition of Miniature Art
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