Dorsey
Beth Dorsey - Contemporary Artist
I am a printmaker, my imagery evolves through the process of printing, a synergy resulting from the layering of images, marks, and colors.
The work explores the tension between intentionality and happenstance, often starting with domestic and industrial elements such as blinds, woven scraps, building facades, windows, or corrugated material. The work starts with a plan, the known, often leading to unknown or unanticipated results. The process of printing introduces chance variations and new elements that are mined to develop the image and create a series. Even with careful planning, plans often go awry. How we build on these irregularities and unintended outcomes result in works that are more engaging and creative than the original plan.
Exhibits:
Site Brooklyn: Art on Paper, Juried Exhibition, Brooklyn, NY 1/31/2020
Bloomington Art Center, Juried Exhibition 10/2019
Inspiration Plus Juried Solarplate Exhibition, Southhampton Art Center NY 11/16/2019
Cimarron National Works on Paper Exhibition, juried, Stillwater, Oklahoma 9/9/2019
2019 Mid America Print Council Juried Members Exhibition, Lexington, Kentucky 10/4/2019
Print Matters: Next 2019, Juried Exhibition, Third Place, Houston, Texas 5/2019
Abstract, Minnetonka Art Center, Juried Exhibition, Minnetonka, MN 4/2019
37th Bradley International, Juried Exhibition, Peoria, III 3/9/2019
Site Brooklyn: Art on Paper, Juried Exhibition, Brooklyn, NY 1/18/2019
Bloomington Art Center, Juried Exhibition, Bloomington, MN 10/2018
Near and Far, Juried Exhibition, Silverwood Park, MN 10/2018
Stand Out Prints 2018: International Juried Print Exhibit, Minneapolis MN 9/7/2018
The Printed Image 7: Juried Exhibit, Topeka Kansas, 9/7/2018
Bloomington Art Center, Juried Exhibition, Bloomington MN 10/2017
Abstract, Minnetonka Art Center, Juried Exhibition, Minnetonka MN 9/2017
Minnesota State Fair, 2017, Prints, St Paul MN
Artreach, Solo Exhibit, Stillwater MN 8/2017
The 37th National Juried Print Exhibition, Fort Wayne, Indiana 3/31-5/5/2017
Fairview Ridges Hospital, Solo Exhibition, Burnsville, MN 8/2016
Bloomington Art Center: Juried Exhibition, Honorable Mention, Bloomington, MN 10/16/2015
Boston Printmakers Biennial, Juried Exhibition Boston, MA. 11/2015
Phipps Art Center, Solo Exhibit, Hudson, WI, 8/2015
Hudson Hospital, Solo Exhibit, Hudson WI 2/2015
WARM: Portals and Passage, Juried Exhibition, Phipps Art Center, Hudson, WI 2/27-4/4/2015
Hudson Hospital, Solo Exhibition, Hudson, WI. 2/18/2015
Bloomington Art Center: Juried Exhibition, Honorable Mention, Bloomington, MN 10/15/ 2014
Banfil Locke Art Center Membership Show, Honorable Mention 9/2014, Fridley, MN.
Untitled 10, Juried show, SooVac Gallery, Minneapolis, MN 12/2013
WARM: Celebrating Women Juried show, College of St. Benedict. MN 10/2013
Banfil Locke Art Center, Member Show, 2nd place Drawing and Prints, 10/2013
Tractor Works Building, Solo Exhibit, Minneapolis, MN 4/2013
MCAD Open Edition Juried Show, Minneapolis, MN 3/2013
WARM 30th Anniversary Juried Show, Robbinsdale MN 1/2013
WARM Mentor/Protégé Show, Minneapolis MN 10/2012
Phipps Art Center: Member Show, First Place, Hudson, WI 8/2012
Reader’s Art 12: Longing for Home, Susan Hensel Gallery, Minneapolis, MN 3/2012
Minnesota State Fair: Juried Drawing, First Place, St Paul, MN 8/2011
Residencies:
Grand Marais Arts Colony, Grand Marais, MN 3/2016