Bethann Parker
Exhibitions, CV, Press
Born 1984, Philadelphia, PA
SELECT SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024
Interwoven, Gross McCleaf Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2023
Blood Trail, Cabin Contemporary, Pottsville, PA
2021
Almanac, Gross McCleaf Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2019
Old News, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
2018
Gabriel’s Kiss, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Dense Tensions, Arcadia Library, Philadelphia, PA
SELECT GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025
Outside, Fleisher/Ollman Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Bees, Butterflies and Blooms, Morris Arboretum, Philadelphia, PA
Compendium, Grossman Gallery, Easton, PA
2024
Field Notes, Ruffed Grouse Gallery, Narrowsburg, PA
1120 at 510, Baum Gallery, Allentown, PA
Spring, Eleven20 Gallery, Easton, PA
Refocus, Gross McCleaf Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Studio Show, Eleven20 Gallery, Easton, PA
2023
Summer Garden, Gross McCleaf Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Visionscapes, Mount Airy Contemporary, Philadelphia, PA
Worry, Soft Machine Gallery, Allentown, PA
Spiritual In Landscape, Gross McCleaf Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Young Fish, 1120 Studios, Easton, PA
2022
Palm Beach Modern and Contemporary, West Palm Beach, FL
Family Matters, Gross McCleaf Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Winterscape, Gross McCleaf Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Art at King Oaks Annual Show, King Oaks, Newtown, PA
Home and Away, Gross McCleaf Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Group Show, Connections Gallery, Easton, PA
Heart and Soul, Gross McCleaf Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2021
1120 Group Show, 1120 Studios, Easton, PA
Pet Show, Gross McCleaf Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2020
B.A.S.E, Anna Zorina, Virtual
BFA 2020, Serving the People, Virtual
5 to Watch, Avery Galleries, Bryn Mawr, PA
PAFA Alumni, Chestnut Hill Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Group Show, InLiquid, Philadelphia, PA
Counterparts and Doppelgangers, Cerulean Arts, Philadelphia, PA
The Dance of Shapes, FMC Tower, Philadelphia, PA
2019
Shaping Conversation, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Ornate Notes, Freemans, Wayne, PA
Reflections, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Annual Student Exhibition, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Compendium, Banana Factory, Bethlehem, PA
Phase Change, Annual Juried Philly Art School Show, Philadelphia, PA
Song of Colors, FMC, Philadelphia, PA
Cross Currents, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
2018
Let’s Connect, Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia, PA
Annual Student Exhibition, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
2017
Material World, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Table Talk, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Student Exhibition, Montgomery County Community College, Blue Bell, PA
AWARDS
2021
The Kittridge Fund
2020
The Venture Fund
2019
The Richard C. Von Hess Memorial Travel Scholarship (awards study through European travel)
The Freeman’s Exhibition Award
The Hobson Pittman Prize
Gross McCleaf Gallery Prize
Janet Fleisher Prize
Lambert and Emma Wallace Cadwalader Prize for Landscape, First Place
The Charles Dutrow Award, Honorable Mention
James N. Sentz Memorial Award
2018
Venture Fund, Philadelphia, PA (grant supporting material costs for the realization of a large-scale proposed project)
Fred and Naomi Hazell Art Scholarship
Louis S. Fine Purchase Prize
Edna Pennypacker Stauffer Memorial Prize, Honorable Mention
Elena and Will Barnet Prize for Abstract Art
2010
Best in Show, Montgomery County Community College Student Exhibition, Blue Bell, PA
PRESS
2024
Field Notes: Tali Burry-Schnepp, Henry Murphy, Bethann Parker, Hyperallergic
Elizabeth Johnson, edited by Matthew Crain, Art Sync: Rebellious Care
2023
Blood Trail, Art Guide, Artforum
Bethann Parker, “Appalachian Narratives – Dreamscapes,” Terrain
2019
Nicole Phillip, Some Turn Our Old Newspapers Into Litter Box Lining. We Prefer This Approach, New York Times
Karina Bafradzhian, Muse or Artist, Voice of America
Kristian Gieger-Rayca, A Spin on Old News, Stories from PAFA
COLLECTIONS
Fellowship PAFA Collection, Philadelphia, PA
Lee Foundation, Philadelphia, PA
Louis S. Fine Collection, Philadelphia, PA
EDUCATION
2018–2021
Barnes Foundation, Certificate
2017–2020
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, BFA with Certificate in Studio Art
2010–2011
Montgomery County Community College