recent work

"S.O.S."
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"The Attendants"
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"Manipulation Station"
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PASTELS & DRAWINGS
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about artist

Artist’s Statement

Intuitive line drawings are foundational to the development
of my work. As simple sketches evolve into more complex
forms, I explore and uncover my unconscious world.
Themes develop. Shapes communicate and are broken or
rearranged in search of place. Intersecting lines reveal
hidden content, patterns, and possibilities for positive and
negative space.

I tell stories that are not necessarily in a known language;
often they appear to me as a puzzle or mystery to be
unveiled. Through the use of contrasting elements that
project a combination of whimsy and dis-ease, I integrate
conflicts of both my inner and outer world. While the
iconography is personal, the resulting images tap into a
collective unconscious.

Key to my vision and compositions are palette restriction,
layering, and the creation of transparency within forms.
Carbon pencil and pastel on paper allow me to emphasize
linear marks ranging from bold to barely visible and to build
a rich surface of texture and shading.

As each drawing goes through a series of transformations,
I seek to maintain the impulse of the initial sketch by
retaining much of its primitive line--the ancestral source.
A constant underlying theme in my work is the expression
of a synergistic feminism with inclusivity at its core: the
creation of wholeness out of diversity. Thus each final piece
reflects my journey; blending representational elements with
abstraction, finding unity and harmony in the chaos of
fragments.
"Ascension" 
pastel
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current  events

​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) exhibited

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

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

APRIL 2018

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 :
http://www.andersonartscenter.com/

may, 2017

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.
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"Ascension"
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APRIL, 2017

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Hedberg Public Library Hours

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
show card for exhibition

nov/dec
2015

The Annual Winter Juried Exhibition at the Anderson Arts Center in Kenosha, WI is opening soon. Juror Leslie Fedorchuck chose 2 of Victoria's pieces for the show: TOO MANY CARS FOR A CAT and TOUILLE'S CAMOUFLAGE.

Come visit the galleries of this grand old mansion overlooking Lake Michigan!
Exhibit runs November 8th, 2015 - January 10th, 2016.
Opening reception Nov. 8th, 1:30-4pm
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TOO MANY CARS FOR A CAT pastel and carbon pencil
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
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THE THREE FACES OF NINA SIMONE pastel and carbon pencil

june/july 2015

"The Base Line" An Exhibition of Drawing juried by Aron Packer of Packer Schopf Gallery is on view June 24-july 18 at the ARC Gallery in Chicago. Opening reception: Friday, June 26- 6-9pm

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STUDIO CHAOS will be featured in the Exhibition
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!
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MIDWEST TEACUP pastel and carbon pencil