Artist Lindsay Bentis

Lindsay Bentis – Artist Statement

My work has been a constant process of change and exploration that began with love and admiration for the beauty and ugliness of the natural world. While painting landscapes, I gradually became more intrigued with the many tiny pieces that made up the landscape rather than with the whole vast space. The underlying structure of nature became the focus of the paintings, breaking down the forms to creatures and associations of the landscape until these abstract ideas became the entire picture themselves. I have been working with oil paint on wood for many years, but recently have begun involving other materials such as ink, yarn, string, wax and encaustic paint (beeswax and pigment). The materials themselves inspire much of the work, and with their own innate beauty, I try to express the textures, colors, and contours of our environment.

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Education

2001 MFA, Painting, With Distiinction, American University, Washington D.C.

1999 BFA, Painting, Magna Cum Laude, Boston University, Boston, MA

1998 Visiting Scholar, University College London, England Slade School of Art

Exhibitions

2008 The Diptych Project-A Collaboration in Wax, Brian Marki Fine Art, Portland, OR, Whitney Art Works, Portland, ME
2008 The Luminous Landscape, Lynn Arts, Lynn, Ma
2008 The Luminous Landscape, Dickinson Gallery, Weymouth, Ma
2007 Galletly Gallery, NEW Hampton School, New Hampton, NH
2007 Mack B Gallery, Sarasota, Fl
2006 12x12 Show, Bromfield Gallery, Boston, Ma.
2006 Yamawaki Art and Cultural Center Gallery, Newton, Ma
2005 12 x 12 Show, Bromfield Gallery, Boston, MA
2001 Passages, Studio 7 Warehouse, Washington D.C.
2001 Lindsay Lafferman & Elise Richman, Watkins Gallery, Washington D.C.
2000 Lindsay Lafferman Paintings and Sculpture, Gudelsky Gallery, Maryland College of Art and Design, Silver Spring, MD
2000 Group Show of Paintings, Drawings, and Sculpture, Project Space, Washington D.C.
1999 First Sight, Watkins Gallery, Washington, D.C.
1999 Fuller Gallery, Boston University, Boston, MA
1998 Fuller Gallery, Boston University, Boston, Ma
1998 Small Works Show, The Copley Society of Boston, Boston, MA

Awards

2007-08 New England Wax
2005-07 SOWA Artists Guild
2005-08 United South End Artists
1999-00 American University Graduate Merit Scholarship

Collections

The Hebrew Rehabilitation Center for Aged, Boston, Ma.

Professional Experience

2002-06 Lasell College, Newton, Massachusetts
2002 Professor of Fine Art, Boston Center for Adult Education, Boston, Massachusetts, Fine Art Instructor
2000 Professor of Fine Art, Maryland College of Art and Design, Silver Spring, Maryland



	Lindsay Bentis – Artist Statement My work has been a constant process of change and exploration that began with love and admiration for the beauty and ugliness of the natural world. While painting landscapes, I gradually became more intrigued with the many tiny pieces that made up the landscape rather than with the whole vast space. The underlying structure of nature became the focus of the paintings, breaking down the forms to creatures and associations of the landscape until these abstract ideas became the entire picture themselves. I have been working with oil paint on wood for many years, but recently have begun involving other materials such as ink, yarn, string, wax and encaustic paint (beeswax and pigment). The materials themselves inspire much of the work, and with their own innate beauty, I try to express the textures, colors, and contours of our environment. Resume Education 2001 MFA, Painting, With Distiinction, American University, Washington D.C. 1999 BFA, Painting, Magna Cum Laude, Boston University, Boston, MA 1998 Visiting Scholar, University College London, England Slade School of Art Exhibitions 2008 The Diptych Project-A Collaboration in Wax, Brian Marki Fine Art, Portland, OR, Whitney Art Works, Portland, ME 2008 The Luminous Landscape, Lynn Arts, Lynn, Ma 2008 The Luminous Landscape, Dickinson Gallery, Weymouth, Ma 2007 Galletly Gallery, NEW Hampton School, New Hampton, NH 2007 Mack B Gallery, Sarasota, Fl 2006 12x12 Show, Bromfield Gallery, Boston, Ma. 2006 Yamawaki Art and Cultural Center Gallery, Newton, Ma 2005 12 x 12 Show, Bromfield Gallery, Boston, MA 2001 Passages, Studio 7 Warehouse, Washington D.C. 2001 Lindsay Lafferman & Elise Richman, Watkins Gallery, Washington D.C. 2000 Lindsay Lafferman Paintings and Sculpture, Gudelsky Gallery, Maryland College of Art and Design, Silver Spring, MD 2000 Group Show of Paintings, Drawings, and Sculpture, Project Space, Washington D.C. 1999 First Sight, Watkins Gallery, Washington, D.C. 1999 Fuller Gallery, Boston University, Boston, MA 1998 Fuller Gallery, Boston University, Boston, Ma 1998 Small Works Show, The Copley Society of Boston, Boston, MA Awards 2007-08 New England Wax 2005-07 SOWA Artists Guild 2005-08 United South End Artists 1999-00 American University Graduate Merit Scholarship Collections The Hebrew Rehabilitation Center for Aged, Boston, Ma. Professional Experience 2002-06 Lasell College, Newton, Massachusetts 2002 Professor of Fine Art, Boston Center for Adult Education, Boston, Massachusetts, Fine Art Instructor 2000 Professor of Fine Art, Maryland College of Art and Design, Silver Spring, Maryland





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