Education:
1985-1989 Watercolor, Drawing, Sculpture, Pottery, Mixed Media- Instructors: Renzo Faggioli,
Rosemary Geseck, Dana Van Horn, Thomas Unger- Baum School of Art, Allentown, PA
1988 Advanced Watercolor- Instructor: Judith Kissinger- private class - Bethlehem, PA
1986-1987 Beginner and Advanced Watercolor- Instructor: Lee Everett- private class- Allentown, PA
1985 AAS Interior Design, Northampton Community College, Bethlehem, PA 18020
1971 BA Elem Ed & French, Wilkes University, Wilkes- Barre, PA
Other Experience: 30 yr. Kitchen & Bath Designer/ Substitute Teacher
Solo Shows:
2022 Articulated Movement. - Mill Studios Main Gallery, Philadelphia PA
2021 Installation: Suspension. InLiquid.org, Commerce Square #2, Philadelphia PA
2020 FLUX - Mill Studios Main Gallery, Philadelphia PA
2017 Breaking New Ground - Gallery 724, Allentown PA ( Includes “Hatching” Installation)
2017 One Artist One Woman - Civic Theater Gallery 514, Allentown PA
2017 Variations on the Square - Fox Optical, Bethlehem PA
2017 Paintings – Pita King, Allentown PA
2016-2017 Portal Installation- Gallery 724, Allentown PA
2016 Square on Grid Outdoor Exhibition – City Center Park, Allentown PA
2016 Building Textures and Dimension – Blink Optical, Allentown PA
2016 Environments – Gallery 724, Allentown PA
2015 Installation: New Textures – Cigar Factory Allentown PA
2015 Spring Show – Cigar Factory, Allentown PA
2000 Petro’s Solo Show Allentown PA
1999, 1997 Installations Baum School, Allentown PA
1994 Fox Optical, Bethlehem PA
1993 Touchstone Theater, Bethlehem PA
1992 Acorn Gallery, Allentown PA
1992 Technicolor Salon, Bethlehem PA
Group Shows:
2024 "hearth, frame, foundation". InLiquid. Park Towne Center, Phila. PA
2023 Kindred. Hook Project. Oxford PA
2023 Member Exhibition. Mainline Art Center. Haverford PA
2023 Christine Chateau Campadieu Residency, Ille–sur-Tet, France
2023 Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition. Mainline Art Center. Haverford PA
2022 Exhibition. Saruya AIR, Fujiyoshida, Japan
2022 Santa Fe Art Fair with ADC Fine Art, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2022 Art Comes Alive, ADC Fine Art, Cincinnati, Ohio
2022 CFEVA Art in the Open Gallery Exhibition, Phila, PA
2022 Member Exhibition. Mainline Art Center. Haverford PA
2022 Juried Exhibition. Powell Lane Arts. Collingswood NJ
2022 Mixture. CFEVA Members Exhibition. Philadelphia PA
2021 Women & Modernism. Woman/ O - DBS Gallery. Philadelphia PA
2021 REEMERGENCE. 18th Annual Betsy Meyer Memorial Exhibition. Mainline Art Center. Haverford PA
2021 Sculpture in the Glen III, InLiquid.org. Gladwyn, PA
2021 Immersion. The Art Trust, West Chester, PA
2021 Rough Around the Edges- The Artist Alliance Online Exhibition
2021 Get Out of Your Skull Project- Museum Vlaardingen, Netherlands
2021 Black, Grey and White- The Art House Gallery March Online Exhibition
2021 Geuzenmaand Exhibition, World Art Delft, Museum Vlaardingen, Netherlands.
2020 Crossing Borders 2, Global Art Project, JPG Gallery, Lafayette, CA
2020 Growth Determined -HOT•BED Gallery, Philadelphia PA
2020 Spring Up - PII Gallery, Philadelphia PA
2019 Christine Chateau Campadieu Residency, Ille–sur-Tet, France
2019 Crossing Borders – Global Art Project, Ghent, Belgium
2019 Invisible Landscapes- NoBa Artspaces, Bala Cynwyd, PA
2018 Contemporary Renaissance Women - Banana Factory, Bethlehem PA
2018 Reviewing the 35MM Slide - Lafayette College, Easton PA
2017 Time Will Tell – Ashland University Coburn Gallery, Ashland OH
2017 Works on Paper- Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts & Sciences, Long Beach Island NJ
2017 IF (International Fusionism) – Bank Street Easton PA
2017 Compendium – Banana Factory, Bethlehem PA
2016 Love Is in the Air – Gallery 724, Allentown PA
2016 Bethlehem House Winter Show - Bethlehem House Contemporary Gallery, Bethlehem PA
2015 Open Studios - Cigar Factory, Allentown PA
2003-1994 Marywood College Juried Show, Scranton PA; Installation crew for Artist Nora Johnson Sculpture, Peoria Illinois;
Art in the Park West Park, Allentown PA; Phillipsburg Outdoor Festival, Phillipsburg NJ; Rose Garden Group Show,
Bethlehem PA; Lehigh Art Alliance Juried Group Shows, Allentown & Bethlehem PA
1991-95 Open Space Gallery Solo & Group Shows Allentown PA, Maria Feliz Gallery & Sculpture Garden Jim Thorpe PA
Awards:
2021 Meyer Family Award for Contemporary Art & 18th Annual Betsy Meyer Memorial Exhibition. Philadelphia PA
2017 Honorable Mention for “Lift Off” Installation. Ashland University Coburn Gallery, Ashland OH
Honorable mention for “Arbor Pulse”. Baum Art School Group Show, Allentown PA
Collections:
Urbanity - Martin Vecellio. Pittsburgh, PA
The Dance - Laura Cambiotti. Bethlehem, PA
L'Inizio - Mr. & Mrs. Michael Fannin. Pittsburgh, PA
Healing Stick No. 1 - John Michael/Gayle Michael. Hilton Head, South Carolina
Healing Stick No. 3 - IF (International Fusionism) Museum, Easton PA
Primordia 5&6 - Gallery 415, Catasauqua, PA Exterior sculpture
Commissions:
Primordia 8 - Re:Find / Jon Clark & Ron Sussman Proprietors, Allentown, PA Exterior sculpture
Other:
2022 Artist in Residence, Saruya AIR, Fujiyoshida, Japan
2022 Artist in Residence, Buffalo Creek Art Center, Gardnerville, Nevada
2019 Member Global Arts Project, Group Exhibition “Crossing Borders”, Ghent, Belgium
2019 Artist in Residence, Allentown School District Foundation What is Sculpture? Spring and Fall Semesters
2019 Artist in Residence, Christine Chateau Campadieu, Ille-sur-Tet, France
2018 Artist in Residence, Baum School of Art. Sculpture teacher, Roberto Clemente Charter School, Allentown PA
2017 Hatching Installation Community Project
Thomas Mann Allentown PA Trajectory Heart Residency Project, Guest artist.
Bibliography:
ADC Fine Art. Blink Your Art Resource. "Francis Beaty". Cincinnati, Ohio. 2022. p.72
Onafhankeelijk Kunstexpositie Geuzenmaand. "Francis Beaty - USA". 2022 pp 16-17
Artifacts - 10dence platform. "Francis Beaty - USA". Get Out Of Your Skull an international collaborative art project. 2021
Foxx, Maxx. “Francis Beaty One Artist One Woman Interview”. Musings, WDIY 88.1. September 2017
Foxx, Maxx. “Francis Beaty Portal Interview”. Musings, WDIY 88.1. January 2017
“Francis Beaty.” Bethlehem House Gallery. January 2016. Mixed Media. 23 August 2016
Global Art Project. Crossing Borders. Edited by C. Heyward and R. Weijers. 2019. Exhibition Catalogue.
Higgins, Tim. “A Mesmerizing Sculpture ‘Hatched’ From Books”. Sunday Arts, Morning Call. 17 Dec 2017
Hopper, John. "Francis Beaty". Inspirational Magazine, 34, February 2020, pp. 8-18
Piccione, Steve: “Art| Francis Beaty”, Lehigh Valley Style (review), vol. 17, issue 7, July 2016, p. 16
Silliman, Marian: “Dichotomy: The Work of Francis Beaty”, The Easton Irregular, March 2017, p. 10