recent work
"Aftermath"
Soft pastel on Stonehenge paper
Soft pastel on Stonehenge paper
"To Catch or Carry"
Soft pastel on Stonehenge paper |
"Uncommon Outcasts"
Soft pastel on Stonehenge paper |
"The Fever"
Soft pastel on Stonehenge paper |
"Human Held"
Soft pastel on Stonehenge paper |
PASTELS & DRAWINGS
about artist
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Artist’s Statement
My process begins with a simple line drawing. I just start doodling, much like the automatic drawings of the Surrealists, allowing my unconscious mind to create the content. These sketches are foundational to the development of my work and much of the original lines are retained in the final piece. I tell stories that are not necessarily in a known language; often they appear to me as a puzzle or mystery to be unveiled. When I finish a work I sit and view it, much like the audience would, and let it speak to me. It’s like having a dream, waking up, and trying to understand it. I encourage the viewer to create their own story from my work, and through this process, perhaps uncover their own unconscious mind. At first glance, my work may seem playful, but with a closer look you will often find a darker narrative. Through the use of contrasting elements that project a combination of whimsy and dis-ease, I integrate the conflicts of both my inner and outer world. Information from my dreams, imagination, and memory is gathered and organized, creating new realities and patterns, perhaps more truthful than our commonly recognized ones. Although the iconography is personal, the resulting images tap into a collective unconscious. I’ve always loved drawing, even the way the pencil sounds as it moves across the surface of the paper, or the musical taps of the pastel sticks making marks. Working with soft pastel and pastel pencils on paper allows me to emphasize linear marks, ranging from bold to barely visible, and to build a rich surface of texture and shading. Key to my vision and compositions are palette restriction, layering, and the creation of transparency within forms. Broken shapes and simultaneity reveal cubistic influences, while the frequent use of flat outlined shapes give my work a graphic feel. Each piece reflects my journey, blending representational elements with abstraction, finding unity and harmony in the chaos of fragments. |
"Ascension"
Soft pastel on Stonehenge paper |
current events
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GALEX 54 NATIONAL COMPETITION & EXHIBITION, Galesburg Civic Art Center
Opening Reception Friday March 13, 2020 - 5-7pm View the online exhibition and juror Rose Fratzen's comments here: https://www.galesburgarts.org/galex-54-national-competition-exhibition |
"Hard To Swallow"
Soft pastel on Stonehenge paper Winner of the GALEX54 Blick Purchase Award |
nov. 2019
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The Freeport Art Museum's 16th Annual Regional Juried Exhibition
November 16, 2018 - February 15, 2019 Opening Reception Saturday November 16th, 5-8 PM The Annual Regional Juried Exhibition at the Freeport Art Museum features work by artists living in the tri-state region of Illinois, Iowa, and Wisconsin. Created to encourage contemporary art, this show provides an opportunity for established and emerging artists to debut their latest work. The Regional Juried Exhibition at FAM continues to build momentum each year. A wide variety of media is accepted from traditional materials such as painting and sculpture to conceptual and new techniques including video, interactive media, performance and installation art. FAM has gained the distinguished reputation of displaying a wide range of contemporary art, allowing this exhibition to become a favorite among visitors. Each year, FAM invites a new juror, who selects approximately 50 artworks for inclusion into the exhibition, as well as the artworks to be awarded first, second and third place. Award winners will be announced at the opening reception. This year's juror is Victor Armendariz of Gallery Victor Armendariz in Chicago, Illinois. Launched in 2017, Gallery Victor Armendariz displays compelling contemporary art in a variety of media by an international family of established and emerging artists. Having worked for the venerable Chicago dealer, Ann Nathan, until her retirement in 2016, Victor brings over 20 years of experience creating relationships with artists, collectors and institutions and builds on a reputation for promoting thought-provoking figurative artwork, museum quality works of realism, and studio furniture of exacting detail. |
"Waking the Strangely Overjoyed"
soft pastel on Stonehenge paper (Exhibiting in the 16th Annual Regional Juried Exhibition) |
may 2019
2019 DuMA Biennial
May 18 – September 8, 2019
Founded in 2003, the DUMA Biennial is recognized as a premier juried exhibition opportunity in the heart of the Midwest. The exhibition brings together works by emerging and established artists who are actively producing and presenting new work.
This year’s Biennial offers a fresh survey of 60 new works created by 39 regional contemporary artists. Works in a range of media, including painting, drawing, printmaking, photography, sculpture, and fabric, are on view along with multi-media installations.
A very special thank you to the 2019 DUMA Biennial juror Sarah Humphreville, senior curatorial assistant at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York. Ms. Humphreville has assembled a unified and compelling selection of works that represent current movements in the art of this region but also embody universal and timely themes that reach well beyond our geographic boundaries.
May 18 – September 8, 2019
Founded in 2003, the DUMA Biennial is recognized as a premier juried exhibition opportunity in the heart of the Midwest. The exhibition brings together works by emerging and established artists who are actively producing and presenting new work.
This year’s Biennial offers a fresh survey of 60 new works created by 39 regional contemporary artists. Works in a range of media, including painting, drawing, printmaking, photography, sculpture, and fabric, are on view along with multi-media installations.
A very special thank you to the 2019 DUMA Biennial juror Sarah Humphreville, senior curatorial assistant at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York. Ms. Humphreville has assembled a unified and compelling selection of works that represent current movements in the art of this region but also embody universal and timely themes that reach well beyond our geographic boundaries.
mar. 2019
37th Bradley International Print and Drawing Exhibition
March 9- April 12, 2019
Bradley University, Peoria, IL.
Opening reception: March 9th, 2019, 4-8:30pm
The Bradley International Print and Drawing Exhibition is the second-longest running juried print and drawing competition in the country. Every two years it features the best contemporary graphic artwork from around the globe. The 37th Bradley International will be juried by Janet Ballweg. Ballweg is currently a Professor of Creative Arts Excellence and the head of the Printmaking program at Bowling Green State University in northwest Ohio.
March 9th – April 12th - This year’s exhibition will be held at seven prominent Peoria Illinois Galleries: Heuser Art Gallery, Hartmann Center Gallery, Illinois Central College Performing Arts Center, Peoria Art Guild, Prairie Center of the Arts, Contemporary Art Center of Peoria, and Studios on Sheridan.
March 7th - Lecture, Janet Ballweg - Bradley International Juror
5pm - Horowitz Auditorium, Caterpillar Global Communications Center
March 9th - Reception, staggered between all venues in the Peoria Community
4:00-5:30pm – ICC, Performing Arts Center
4:30-6:30pm – Heuser Art Center & Hartmann Center Gallery on campus
5:00-8:00pm – Studios on Sheridan
5:30-7:30pm – Prairie Center of the Arts
6:00-8:00pm – Peoria Art Guild
6:30-8:30pm – Contemporary Art Center of Peoria
March 9- April 12, 2019
Bradley University, Peoria, IL.
Opening reception: March 9th, 2019, 4-8:30pm
The Bradley International Print and Drawing Exhibition is the second-longest running juried print and drawing competition in the country. Every two years it features the best contemporary graphic artwork from around the globe. The 37th Bradley International will be juried by Janet Ballweg. Ballweg is currently a Professor of Creative Arts Excellence and the head of the Printmaking program at Bowling Green State University in northwest Ohio.
March 9th – April 12th - This year’s exhibition will be held at seven prominent Peoria Illinois Galleries: Heuser Art Gallery, Hartmann Center Gallery, Illinois Central College Performing Arts Center, Peoria Art Guild, Prairie Center of the Arts, Contemporary Art Center of Peoria, and Studios on Sheridan.
March 7th - Lecture, Janet Ballweg - Bradley International Juror
5pm - Horowitz Auditorium, Caterpillar Global Communications Center
March 9th - Reception, staggered between all venues in the Peoria Community
4:00-5:30pm – ICC, Performing Arts Center
4:30-6:30pm – Heuser Art Center & Hartmann Center Gallery on campus
5:00-8:00pm – Studios on Sheridan
5:30-7:30pm – Prairie Center of the Arts
6:00-8:00pm – Peoria Art Guild
6:30-8:30pm – Contemporary Art Center of Peoria
nov. 2018
15th Annual Regional Juried Exhibition
Nov. 17, 2018 - Feb. 16, 2019
Freeport Art Museum
121 N. Harlem Ave., Freeport, IL
OPENING RECEPTION: Saturday, Nov 17th, 5 - 8pm, 2018
"Queen of Outrageous Fortune" selected for the show.
Nov. 17, 2018 - Feb. 16, 2019
Freeport Art Museum
121 N. Harlem Ave., Freeport, IL
OPENING RECEPTION: Saturday, Nov 17th, 5 - 8pm, 2018
"Queen of Outrageous Fortune" selected for the show.
Annual Winter Juried Show
Nov. 11, 2018 - Jan. 5, 2019
Anderson Arts Center
6603 3rd Ave, Kenosha WI
OPENING RECEPTION: Sunday, Nov 11th, 1:30 - 4pm, 2018
"The Attendants" and "Manipulation Station" selected for the show.
Nov. 11, 2018 - Jan. 5, 2019
Anderson Arts Center
6603 3rd Ave, Kenosha WI
OPENING RECEPTION: Sunday, Nov 11th, 1:30 - 4pm, 2018
"The Attendants" and "Manipulation Station" selected for the show.
July 6, 2018
victoria bein: solo exhibition
Pastels & drawings
July 6 - 27, 2018 Beloit Art Center
520 E. Grand Ave., Beloit, WI
OPENING RECEPTION: Friday, July 6th, 5 - 8pm, 2018
may, 2018
61st Annual Beloit &Vicinity Exhibition
Wright Museum of Art
Beloit College, 700 College St.
Beloit, WI 53511
May 26th - July 26, 2018
OPENING RECEPTION:
May 26, 4:30-6:30pm
"Manipulation Station" (winner of People's choice Award).
Wright Museum of Art
Beloit College, 700 College St.
Beloit, WI 53511
May 26th - July 26, 2018
OPENING RECEPTION:
May 26, 4:30-6:30pm
"Manipulation Station" (winner of People's choice Award).
june, 2018
The Rockford Midwestern Biennial 2018
June 8th - Sept. 30th, 2018
Rockford Art Museum, 711 N. Main St., Rockford, IL
OPENING RECEPTION: June 8th, 2018 ,5-7:30pm (for members and artists) 7:30-8:30pm (free and open to public)
"The Attendants" exhibited
June 8th - Sept. 30th, 2018
Rockford Art Museum, 711 N. Main St., Rockford, IL
OPENING RECEPTION: June 8th, 2018 ,5-7:30pm (for members and artists) 7:30-8:30pm (free and open to public)
"The Attendants" exhibited
july, 2018
victoria bein: solo exhibition
Pastels & drawings
July 6 - 27, 2018
Beloit Art Center
520 E. Grand Ave., Beloit, WI
OPENING RECEPTION:
Friday, July 6th, 5 - 8pm, 2018
520 E. Grand Ave., Beloit, WI
OPENING RECEPTION:
Friday, July 6th, 5 - 8pm, 2018
APRIL 2018
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Victoria Bein's solo show at the Anderson Arts Center in Kenosha, Wi opens soon!
Opening reception: April 8th, 1:30 -4 pm. |
nov. 2017
Two of my drawings, Waxing Pebble Pincher, and Ascension have been accepted into the Anderson Arts Center's Annual Winter Juried Exhibition.
Opening reception is Sunday, November 12 from 1:30-4:00pm. I'LL BE THERE!
The Show ends on January 7th and the gallery is closed Nov. 20-24. Gallery hours are Tuesday-Sunday 1-4 pm.
The Anderson Art Center is located in Kenosha, WI in a very cool Victorian Mansion on Lake Michigan. Hope to see all you art lovers there.
Check out their website :
Opening reception is Sunday, November 12 from 1:30-4:00pm. I'LL BE THERE!
The Show ends on January 7th and the gallery is closed Nov. 20-24. Gallery hours are Tuesday-Sunday 1-4 pm.
The Anderson Art Center is located in Kenosha, WI in a very cool Victorian Mansion on Lake Michigan. Hope to see all you art lovers there.
Check out their website :
may, 2017
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My pastel drawing "Ascension" has been accepted into the 60th Annual Beloit and Vicinity Exhibition.
Reception: Saturday May 27th 4:30-6:30pm, Wright Museum of Art, Beloit College, 700 College St, Beloit, Wisconsin Beloit & Vicinity is an annual juried show that attracts many artists from the surrounding region, with more than thirty artists coming to Beloit to participate in the two month long exhibition. The Beloit & Vicinity Exhibition has been recognized as one of the oldest regional juried art shows in Wisconsin and is made possible with support from the Friends of the Wright Museum. This year marks the 60th anniversary, and will be judged by two prominent figures in the Arts: Graeme Reid, Director of Collections & Exhibitions at the Museum of Wisconsin Art (West Bend, WI), and Josie Osborne, a visual artist and Senior Lecturer and Director of the First Year Program in Art and Design at UW-Milwaukee, Peck School of the Arts. Also, to celebrate the 60th, the North Gallery will feature a Beloit & Vicinity Retrospecitve curated by student Hannah Yee'19. The show will feature past participants of Beloit & Vicinity from local collections, as well as from the artists. |
"Ascension"
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APRIL, 2017
April-july 2016
CARBON, COLOR, & CALLIGRAPHY: UNCOVERING THE UNCONSCIOUS
Opening reception: April 15/16th, 2016 during Spring Gallery Night/Day in Milwaukee, WI
http://www.historicthirdward.org/events/gallerynight.php
http://www.historicthirdward.org/events/gallerynightparticipants.php
Opening reception: April 15/16th, 2016 during Spring Gallery Night/Day in Milwaukee, WI
http://www.historicthirdward.org/events/gallerynight.php
http://www.historicthirdward.org/events/gallerynightparticipants.php
show card for exhibition
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nov/dec
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TOO MANY CARS FOR A CAT pastel and carbon pencil
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The12th Annual Regional Juried Exhibition at the Freeport Art Museum, Freeport, IL will have it's opening reception Friday, Nov. 13th from 5-8pm.
Three of Victoria's recent works have been juried into the show including THE THREE FACES OF NINA SIMONE. The exhibit will run through Jan 23, 2016 |
THE THREE FACES OF NINA SIMONE pastel and carbon pencil
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The 58th Annual Beloit and Vicinity Exhibition is on view at the Wright Museum of Art, Beloit College, Beloit, Wi.
July 13 -July 24th. MIDWEST TEACUP is in the show! |
MIDWEST TEACUP pastel and carbon pencil
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