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ABOUT
I am a multidisciplinary artist, primarily a painter and sculptor. I enjoy working with organic shapes, patterns, and colors. Most of my artwork is abstract. I strive to create a strong visual impact using simple structures. I want the pieces to be balanced, energized, and compelling. I’m experimenting with flat forms morphing into three dimensions–a drawing or painting that extends out into space. In my stop motion videos, I explore movement, sound, and story telling.
STUDIO
My studio is in the attic of my home, in Tewksbury, New Jersey, USA, an hour's drive from NYC. Windows look out on trees, farmland, and hills, and bring in natural light. Stanley the dog is my studio companion.
Tewksbury is in Lenapehoking, the homeland of the Nanticoke Lenni-Lenape People. I respectfully acknowledge their past and present connection to the land.
BIO
Beth O'Grady was born in 1960, raised in Princeton, and lives with her husband and two children in Tewksbury, New Jersey.
She earned a BFA from Parsons School of Design/The New School, NYC, and a BS from The Pennsylvania State University.
O'Grady formerly worked as an editorial illustrator for magazines and newspapers, and as a graphic designer.
She shows her artwork locally and internationally. Most recently, at the 2021 Biennale internationale d'art nonobjectif in Grenoble; with the IFcollectif in Sete, Nîmes, and Perpignan, France; at
GLOAM Gallery, Sheffield, UK, in 2022; and in 2023 at Whittemore, in Oldwick, NJ, and the Hunterdon Art Museum, Clinton, NJ.
UPCOMING SHOWS
To Palestine with Love, Green Door Studio, Millburn, NJ,
February 3–28, 2024.
Reshaping Abstraction, Concord Art Center, Concord, MA,
March 23–May 12, 2024.
SELECT EXHIBITIONS
Mama’s Grace, Solo Exhibition, Chester, NJ (2011)
Mountain Art Show, Bernardsville, NJ (2012, 2014)
Lancaster Museum of Art, Artful Dining, Lancaster, PA (2013)
The Hive, Three Women, Three Voices, Chester, NJ (Sept 2014)
Expressions, Mountainville, NJ (Feb. 2015–June 2015)
Tewksbury Public Library, Oldwick, NJ (July 2015–Oct 2015)
New Century Artists, 530 W 25th St, NYC (Aug 2015)
New Century Artists, Central Booking, 21 Ludlow St, NYC (October 2016)
Hunterdon Art Museum, Members Exhibition, Clinton, NJ (Sept 2016–Jan 2017)
Whittemore, Dreaming in Color, Oldwick, NJ (June–Sept 2017)
Whittemore, Art Grab, Oldwick, NJ ( October 2017)
A Maker’s Circle, Gladstone, NJ (Sept 2018, Dec 2018, May 2019)
Riverside Studio, Pottersville, NJ (May–June 2019)
PRANDFRIENDS, Elegel Gallery, Puerto Rico (May 2020)
Cross Gallery, Paper Bag Show, Bundaberg, Australia (2020)
Divisible Projects, Monochrome Postcards, Dayton, Ohio (2020)
Ca va le faire, IFcollectif, Georges Cazenove, Sete, France (November 2020)
Covimetry, Curated by Mark Starel, Poland, Ely Center, CT (January 2021)
ANYWAY, IFcollectif, Espace Etant Donne, Nîmes, France (Feb 2021)
Anyone Can Do Anything, IFcollectif, Perpignan, France (May 2021)
Play Bouy/Global Project, Gina Hyunjoo Sohn, Seoul, Korea (July 2021)
6th Biennale internationale d'art nonobjectif, Grenoble, France (Sept–Nov 2021)
An Expanding Field, GLOAM Gallery, Sheffield, UK, (June–July 2022)
Then & Now, Whittemore CCC, Oldwick, NJ (May–July 2023)
Hunterdon Art Museum, Members Exhibition, Clinton, NJ (Oct 2023–Jan 2024)
PUBLICATIONS & INTERVIEWS
A6 Murals Worldwide, Curated and published in NL, Lydia Wierenga (2020)
Vasari 21, The Fine Art of Recycling: Part Two, NYC, Ann Landi (Feb 24, 2020)
Vasari 21, art and recycling, NYC, Ann Landi (Feb 22, 2020)
The Kiosk of Democracy, Poetic Formations, Germany, Sascha Windolph (2020)
L'iMPOSSiBLeu, iJNDZN, France, Georges Cazenove, IFcollectif (May 2021)
Art Presence, Artist Interview #26, Paris, France, Penelope Roland (March 2021)
