I am Francis Beaty (1949, Abington, PA United States) an artist who works in a variety of media. Multilayered images arise in which the fragility and instability of our seemingly certain reality is questioned. By taking daily life as subject matter I comment on the everyday aesthetic. I try to approach a wide scale of subjects in a multi-layered way. I like to involve the viewer in a way that is sometimes physical and believe in the idea of function following form in a work. I create work with a clarity of content and an uncompromising attitude towards conceptual and minimal art. My works are characterized by the use of everyday objects in which recognition plays an important part. By emphasizing aesthetics, I amplify the astonishment of the spectator by creating environments that generate tranquil poetic images leaving traces on the edge of recognition and alienation. The results are deconstructed to the extent that meaning is shifted and possible interpretation becomes multifaceted. With a subtle minimalistic approach, I formalize the coincidental and emphasize the conscious process of composition that is behind the seemingly random work.
Artist Biography
Francis Beaty is a contemporary installation artist, painter and sculptor known for her interdisciplinary work and introspective style. Her works incorporate found and constructed elements with a unique conceptual inventiveness. Her first large installation “The Hatching” was a community engagement piece, Allentown PA 2017. Her membership in the Global Art Project 2018-2021 expanded her exhibition opportunities into Europe. She participated in the Geuzenmaand 2021-2022 Exhibition through the 10dence gallery who represents her in Europe. The exhibition traveled to the Museum Vlaardingen, World Art Delft, Rotterdam Courthouse and Kunstwerkt Foundation Scheidam. She was awarded the Betsy Meyer Award in Philadelphia in 2021 and is a member of InLiquid and CFEVA. Her residencies include Saruya, Japan; Buffalo Creek, Nevada; Chateau Campadieu, France; Baum School of Art, PA. Francis has utilized her degrees in Education, French and Architectural Interior Design to express herself. Given the current socio-political climate she believes it is important to create work that bridges the gaps across different perspectives and facilitate relational dialogue.
Education
1985 - 1989 Baum School of Art, Allentown, PA Watercolor, Drawing, Sculpture, Pottery, Mixed Media Instructors: Renzo Faggioli, Rosemary Geseck, Dana Van Horn, Thomas Unger
1988 Judith Kissinger, private class, Bethlehem, PA Advanced Watercolor
1986 - 1987 Lee Everett, private class, Allentown, PA Beginner and Advanced Watercolor
1985 Northampton Community College, Bethlehem, PA AAS Interior Design
1971 Wilkes University, Wilkes-Barre, PA BA, Elementary Education & French
Awards & Honors
2021 Meyer Family Award for Contemporary Art & 18th Annual Betsy Meyer Memorial Exhibition.Philadelphia PA
2017 Honorable Mention for Lift Off Installation, Ashland University Coburn Gallery, Ashland OH
Honorable mention for Arbor Pulse, Baum Art School Group Show, Allentown PA
Residencies
2022 Artist in Residence, Saruya AIR, Fujiyoshida, Japan
Artist in Residence, Buffalo Creek Art Center, Gardnerville, Nevada
2017 Hatching Installation Community Project Thomas Mann Trajectory Heart Residency Project, Guest artist ,Allentown PA
2018 Artist in Residence, Baum School of Art. Sculpture teacher, Roberto Clemente Charter School, Allentown PA
2019 Member Global Arts Project, Group Exhibition “Crossing Borders”, Ghent, Belgium
Artist in Residence, Allentown School District Foundation "What is Sculpture?", Allentown PA
Artist in Residence, Christine Chateau Campadieu, Ille-sur-Tet, France
2018 Artist in Residence, Baum School of Art, Roberto Clemente Charter School, Allentown PA
Bibliography
2022 Blink, Your Art Resource, ADC Fine Art, Cincinnati, Ohio
Onafhankeelijk, Kunstexpositie Geuzenmaand
2021 Artifacts , 10dence platform, "Francis Beaty - USA", Get Out Of Your Skull
2020 Interview with featured artist Francis Beaty, Inspirational Magazine #34
2019 Global Art Project. Crossing Borders. Edited by C. Heyward and R. Weijers. 2019. Exhibition Catalogue.
2017 Foxx, Maxx. “Francis Beaty One Artist One Woman Interview”. Musings, WDIY 88.1. September 2017
