Artistic Bio
Bethany Collins, originally from Montgomery, Alabama, now lives and works in Atlanta, Georgia.
Collins’ work has been featured in several group exhibitions in Atlanta including the Hammonds House Annual Museum Auction at Mason Murer Fine Art Gallery; Southern Art? at the Welch Gallery; The New Pan-African Ideal and License to ILL at Archetype Gallery; The Blotter Show at Kibbee Gallery; and The America Show at Mint Gallery. Internationally, Collins participated in Arte Vivo 2008 at the Centro de Diseño Alemán in Mexico City where her work, 2:1, was acquired by the Coleccion Jumex.
In 2009, Collins received the Chaffin & Catto Scholarship to attend Anderson Ranch Art Center in Snowmass, Colorado. In 2006, the Alabama Associated Press awarded Collins' the Best Sports Feature & Best Business News Story awards. Collins was recently invited by Arquetopia Inc. to create a public art piece, Between Opposition, in Puebla, Mexico. She has also collaborated on public art projects with international artists such as Francisco Guevara, Raymundo Sesma, and Edith Pons.
Prior to returning to the Southeast, Collins was the Public Art Coordinator for Working Classroom Inc., a non-profit arts organization that promotes contemporary art and provides artistic training for students from historically ignored communities in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Before WC, Collins co-founded The Black Belt 100 Lenses Project, taught at Space One Eleven & the Alabama Prison Arts & Education Project, along with presenting at the 2007 Creativity & Conformity Conference in Cardiff, Wales.
Collins’ work has been featured in several group exhibitions in Atlanta including the Hammonds House Annual Museum Auction at Mason Murer Fine Art Gallery; Southern Art? at the Welch Gallery; The New Pan-African Ideal and License to ILL at Archetype Gallery; The Blotter Show at Kibbee Gallery; and The America Show at Mint Gallery. Internationally, Collins participated in Arte Vivo 2008 at the Centro de Diseño Alemán in Mexico City where her work, 2:1, was acquired by the Coleccion Jumex.
In 2009, Collins received the Chaffin & Catto Scholarship to attend Anderson Ranch Art Center in Snowmass, Colorado. In 2006, the Alabama Associated Press awarded Collins' the Best Sports Feature & Best Business News Story awards. Collins was recently invited by Arquetopia Inc. to create a public art piece, Between Opposition, in Puebla, Mexico. She has also collaborated on public art projects with international artists such as Francisco Guevara, Raymundo Sesma, and Edith Pons.
Prior to returning to the Southeast, Collins was the Public Art Coordinator for Working Classroom Inc., a non-profit arts organization that promotes contemporary art and provides artistic training for students from historically ignored communities in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Before WC, Collins co-founded The Black Belt 100 Lenses Project, taught at Space One Eleven & the Alabama Prison Arts & Education Project, along with presenting at the 2007 Creativity & Conformity Conference in Cardiff, Wales.
