Galleries and Exhibits - Surface Structures
Christensen Center Art Gallery, Augsburg College
January 22 – February 26, 2010
Opening reception: Friday, January 22, 5:30 – 7:30 p.m.
Artist Talk: Tuesday, January 26, 1:30 p.m.
Minneapolis Room, Christensen Center
Betsy Byers’ abstract oil paintings, featured in her most recent series entitled “Surface Structures,” are psychological landscapes that explore the permeable boundaries between body and environment. Recalling her own moments of sensual awareness in nature, she creates ethereal landscapes to reflect on how self is linked to exterior surroundings.
Byers actively engages with her six-foot square canvases; she drips, scratches, and spreads translucent paint in overlapping layers. These multiple surface layers combine with sharply fragmented forms and contrasting colors to create mystifying compositions.
Byers has a Bachelor of Arts degree from St. Olaf College, a PreK-12 education license, and a Master of Fine Arts in Visual Studies from the Minneapolis College of Art and Design. Byers has participated in a number of solo and group exhibitions and has an upcoming solo exhibition in 2011 at the Chambers Burnet Art Gallery, Minneapolis. Currently, she teaches at St. Cloud State University and St. Catherine University.
All events are free and open to the public.
Christensen Center Art Gallery
Main floor, Christensen Center
22nd Ave. S. at 7 ½ St.
Minneapolis, MN 55454
612-330-1524
www.augsburg.edu/galleries
Gallery Hours: Monday – Friday, 8 a.m. – 8 p.m.; Saturday & Sunday, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Image caption: “Extend,” oil on canvas, 72” x 72”
