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.

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/

Land of the tyrant
The Star Spangled Banner series, 2022
Charcoal and acrylic on panel 46″ x 32″ x 2″ | 116.84 x 81.28 x 5.08 cm BC239

Land of the freed
The Star Spangled Banner series, 2022
Charcoal and acrylic on panel 46″ x 32″ x 2″ | 116.84 x 81.28 x 5.08 cm BC233