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An original vintage photo etching by American artist Bea Nettles ( b 1946 ) measuring approximately 6 x 18 inches in its original matte measuring approximately 14 x 24 5/8 inches. Each etching measures approximately 6 x 5 3/8 inches. Nettles works appear in various public and private institutions including the Smithsonian. Thanks for looking.Biography and Resume from BeaNettlesdotcom:Bea Nettles has been exhibiting and publishing her autobiographical works since 1970.Since that time, she has had over fifty one-person exhibitions including the International Museum of Photography at the Eastman House, the Museum of Contemporary Photography in Chicago, Light Gallery and Witkin Gallery in NYC. Her works have also been shown internationally in major group exhibitions.Her images are in numerous collections including the Museum of Modern Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the National Gallery of Canada, the Polaroid International Collection, the Phillips Collection in Washington DC, the International Museum of Photography at the Eastman House, and the Center for Creative Photography in Tucson, Arizona. Her artists ?? books can be found in special collections libraries at universities including Yale (Beinecke), Washington, and Virginia.She taught photography and artists ?? books from 1970-2007 at Rochester Institute of Technology, Tyler School of Art, and the University of Illinois where she is currently Professor Emerita.Nettles continues to lecture and teach workshops internationally.TEACHING EXPERIENCEFall 2009 University of Georgia Study Abroad, Cortona, Italy. Teaching Book Arts.1984-2008 University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana. Currently Professor Emerita.1970-1984 Rochester Institute of Technology, Temple University and numerous workshops.GRANTS and AWARDS2005 Visiting Artist, Borowsky Center, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, Pennslvania.2000 Illinois Arts Council Fellowship1988 National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship1986 Polaroid Corporation Artists Program1986 Illinois Arts Council Fellowship1979 National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship1976 New York State Council for the Arts CAPS GrantSELECTED COLLECTIONSMuseum of Modern Art, New York City, New York.International Museum of Photography at Eastman House, Rochester, New York.National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, New York.Center for Creative Photography, Tucson, Arizona.The International Polaroid Collection, Offenbach, Germany.Beinecke Library,Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut.SELECTED ONE PERSON EXHIBITIONSThe Harn Museum, Gainesville, Florida.The Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, Virginia.The Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, Illinois.International Museum of Photography, Rochester, New York.State of Illinois Art Center, Chicago, IllinoisLight Gallery, New York, New York.Lee Witkin Gallery, New York, New York.Focus Gallery, San Francisco, California.SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS ??Six from the Seventies, ? Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York, New York. ??25 Years of Light Gallery, ? International Center for Photography, Midtown, NYC, NY. ??From the Polaroid Collection, ? Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts. ??World History of Women Photographers, ? NY Public Library, NYC, New York. ??Refiguring Nature: Women in the Landscape, ? Camerawork, San Francisco, California. ??Flesh and Blood, ? Friends of Photography, San Francisco, California. ??Self Portraits of Contemporary Women, ? Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography ??Flesh and Blood, ? The Light Factory, Charlotte, NC. ??The Hand that Rocks the Cradle, ? Rose Art Museum, Waltham, Massachusetts. ??Selections 4: from International Polaroid Collection, ? Photokina, Cologne, Germany. ??True Stories & Photofictions, ? Ffotogallery Cardiff, Wales Camerawork, London. ??Through a Pinhole Darkly, ? Fine Arts Museum of Long Island, New York. ??Mothers & Daughters, ? Burden Gallery, Aperture, NYC, New York. ??Alternative Image II, ? J. Seller Inventory # 63907-534
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