Betsy Weis (Photography)

When I enter a natural landscape, I gaze at uninterrupted air, sky, geography, history, and weather, and take pictures to capture their ineffable qualities. Focused on what I see in front of me, I wander. The serene appearance of a gentle snowfall, a sunny pond, or the branching patterns I observe in the trees belies nature’s relentless chaotic activity. Its potency and magnitude are infused in every leaf floating in the breeze and every tenacious windstorm that might have knocked down a tree at its roots.

After I photograph in nature, I return to my studio and develop the images of trees, dirt, grass, water, snow, shadows, sun, and clouds, and occasionally a figure, using a subtle yet straightforward monotone palette.
I am reminded: There is so much to look at besides what is really going on. It is not just what you see in the picture; what is missing is significant, too. Wherever, whenever, I always look further to find where I am in this deep and unpredictable subject. I dilate in nature and take pictures to get close to its wild core.

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SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2020 Russell Janis, Brooklyn, NY, Winter Light
2019-20 The Collector’s Atelier curated by Karine Lisbonne, Vienna, Austria, In Between
2018-19 Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, NY, The Space In Between
2016 Rafius Fane Gallery, Boston, MA, Landscape is a Verb
2011 Carrie Haddad Photographs, Hudson, NY
2007 Anelle Gandelman Fine Art, Larchmont, New York
2004-5 Saginaw Art Museum, Saginaw, MI, THROUGH WATER - BETSY WEIS: A SURVEY
1997 Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, NY
1992 Braunstein/Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA, ACCESS
ARTIST IN RESIDENCE
2016 Arteles, Silence.Awareness.Existence, Haukijårvi, Finland
2005 Saginaw Art Museum, Saginaw, MI
SELECTED TWO PERSON AND GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022 Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, NY, Bold Little Beauty
2021 Zurcher Gallery, New York, NY, Salon Zurcher, 11 Women of Spirit, Part 3
2020 Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, NY, Winter Nocturne
2019 Awagami International MiniPrint Exhibition 2019, Tokushima, Japan
2018 Russell Janis Gallery, Brooklyn, New York, Potters and Printmakers
2017 Russell Janis Gallery, Brooklyn, New York, Potters and Printmakers
2016 Square Peg Gallery, Hastings on Hudson, NY Two Person Show with Andrea Waters
2014 Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, NY, In the Black
SPACEWOMb, New York, NY, Spring Art Market
2013 SPACEWOMb, Long Island City, NY, Adieu September
Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, NY, Soft Focus
SPACEWOMb, Long Island City, NY, Square
2012 OK Harris Works of Art, New York, NY, Arcadia
2010 The Embankment Gallery, Jersey City, NY, 365 Days of Print Mining Endangered Print Media
2009 Rayko Gallery, San Francisco, CA, Nature/Nurture Betsy Weis and Hiroyo Kaneko
2008-9 Anelle Gandelman Fine Art, Larchmont, New York, Works on Paper
2008 Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, NY, Group Show
2006 Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, NY, ELEMENTS
2005 New York Hall of Science, Queens, NY, Digital ’05: Exquisite, ASCI's 7th International Digital Print Exhibition
2004 Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, NY, Paintings
2003 The Painting Center, New York, NY, THE BIG ABSTRACT SHOW
2000 Gallery 402, New York, NY
The Art Club Gallery, New York, NY, OIA Y2K-aotic: Uncensored All-Media Salon Show
1999 Chittenden Falls Factory, Stuyvesant Falls, NY, IT STUCK IN MY MIND
1998 Allan Stone Gallery, New York, NY, TALENT 1998 (also 1997, 1996, 1995)
1997 Braunstein/Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA, Gallery Group
1996 Reggio Gallery, New York, NY, Exhibition to Benefit New York Foundling Hospital
1995 Reggio Gallery, New York, NY, Spirit, Dream, and Form
407 Greenwich Street, New York, NY, Semaphore: Placing the Mark, CATALOG
Irvine Fine Arts Center, Irvine, CA, NATURE RE(CONTAINED), CATALOG
1994 Gold Hills Gallery, Madrid, NM
Gallery 128, New York, NY, Exhibition Against Political Correctness
1993 Braunstein/Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA, Holiday Group Show, Paperworks
Warren Street Gallery, Hudson, NY, Canapés, Corners and other Minor Constellations
1989 80 Washington Square East Galleries, New York University, New York, NY

SPECIAL PROJECTS
2018 BEYOND THE YELLOW TAPE, New York, NY, Event and Exhibition, Culmination of 3-year project documenting Flexn dance through photography and video, with Carol Dragon, Natalia Vergara, Anja Selvanathan, and Abena Floyd
2017 BERLINER LISTE 2017, Berlin, Germany
Epiphany Magazine Spring/Summer Issue Cover Art
2014 Cherylyn Lavagnino Dance, Danspace at St. Mark’s Church, New York, NY, Guest Artist (and 2012)
2011 Cherylyn Lavagnino Dance, Winter Soiree (also Autumn and Summer Soirees) at the Chelsea Art Museum,
New York, NY, Guest Artist
Cherylyn Lavagnino Dance, Monadnock Music Festival, Peterborough, New Hampshire, Guest Artist