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Artist Statement:
Celebrating life in its
eternal transformation,
rediscovering the idea of the
"Divine Feminine" , and
investigating the female
psyche are the leading motifs
in my work. I like to examine
women’s roles in society’s
power structures and their
access to spiritual power in
different domains.
We are what our stories and
cultural beliefs make us. In
Western culture woman has
often been defined from an
overbearing male perspective.
I now revise these myths in
order to pull out new patterns
in our consciousness, as
women’s experience cannot be
diminished anymore. The new
images of the Divine carry
more softness, vulnerability
and tenderness, as I want to
embrace the sensual as part of
our spiritual nature. My
goddesses are personifications
of the energies that inform
life.
I use the rich vocabulary of
my blended cultural heritage
and I draw my inspiration from
the wealth of traditions found
in the myths of past
societies, especially African
Societies.
My quest is to weave a visual
story through metaphorical use
of symbols tying the past to
the present.
Patterns are part of the
traditional quilting language.
Here they also make a
statement, express visions and
add essential information to
the meaning. They ...
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Artist Galleries:
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Artist Reviews:
Bibliography (selected)
2002 “French artist will
speak....”, The Chronicle,
Winston-Salem, Vol.28 No.25,
Feb 21
2001 “Artists of the Mask”,
The International Review of
African American Art, Volume
17
2001 Eve Modzelewski, “Face
to face”, Pittsburgh
Post-Gazette, May 3
2000 Mike Daniel, “Critic’s
Choice”, The Dallas ...
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Collections:
Collections (Selected)
University of Texas at Dallas.
President ‘s Office
Kansas Community College,
Kansas City, MO
Methodist Hospital, San
Antonio, TX
Dr. Celeste Bonsignore, San
Antonio, TX
Mrs. Cordova, Mexico
Mr. Jacobson, Brookline, MA
Mr. & Mrs. Hemminghaus, San
Antonio, TX
Mr.& Mrs. Mc Nary, Dallas, TX
Mrs. Robbins, Orlando, FL
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Commissions:
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Exhibitions for Beatrice Lebreton:
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Exhibitions
2001 “Letters From Afar”, Diggs Gallery, Winston-Salem State University, NC
2001 “Saints & Goddesses”, Irving Art Center, Irving, TX
2001 “Import /Export”, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL
2001 “Kindred Spirits: A Visual Journey”, Quorum Gallery, Dallas, TX
2001 “Beyond and Behind the Mask”, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA
2000 The Critic’s Choice, Dallas Visual Art Center, Dallas, TX
2000 “Bits of Life, Patches of Dreams”, South Dallas Cultural Center, Dallas, TX
2000 “Art for The African Diaspora: Influences and Confluences”, Chemeketa College,
Salem, OR
1999 The Nineteenth Carroll Harris Simms National Black Art Competition
African American Museum, Dallas, TX
1999 DVAC “The Sixteenth Annual Critic’s Choice Exhibition”, Dallas, TX
1999 Plano Art Association Annual Juried Exhibition, Plano, TX
1999 “Out of the Ordinary”, Community Artists’ Collective, Houston, TX
1998 “Summer Exhibition”, Private Collector’s Home, Dallas, TX
1997 “Echoes of Africa”, Ellen Noel Museum, Odessa, TX
1997 “Treasures of our Lives”, Irving Black Art Council, Irving, TX
1996 “An African Harvest Festival”, University of Texas at Dallas, TX
1996 “Watercolor Month, H2o/6”, Art inc., San Antonio, TX
1996 “A Cultural Odyssey and Its Beauty”, Irving Arts Center, TX
1995 “Mosaic”, Dallas Visual Art Canter, Dallas, TX
1994 “16th Southwest Black Art Exhibition”, African American Museum, Dallas, TX
1993 “Women by Women”, Art Inc., San Antonio, TX
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