Patron Gallery
Cadence
March 5 - April 16, 2022The Brooklyn Rail
Angela Davis: Seize the Time
By Jillian RussoArtforum
The Dirty South: Contemporary Art, Material Culture, and the Sonic Impulse
By Natilee HarrenCrystal Bridges Museum of American Art
America: A Hymnal
September 11 - November 29, 2021Frist Art Museum
Evensong
June 18–September 12, 2021
The Star Spangled Banner: A Hymnal Performance
The Art NewspaperThe Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers University
Angela Davis — Seize the Time
September 8, 2021 - June 15, 2022The Phillips Collection
Jacob Lawrence: The American Struggle
June 26 - September 10, 2021Speed Art Museum
Promise, Witness, Remembrance
April 7 – June 6, 2021
Art in America
Hyperallergic
The New York Times
PBS
The GuardianSeattle Art Museum
Jacob Lawrence: The American Struggle
March 5 – May 23, 2021Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
The Dirty South: Contemporary Art, Material Culture, and the Sonic Impulse
May 22, 2021 – September 6, 2021Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts
My destiny is in your hands
February 13 - May 9, 2021MCA Chicago
The Long Dream
Nov 7, 2020–Jan 17, 2021Smart Museum of Art
Take Care
Fall 2020 to Spring 2021The Renaissance Society
Nine Lives
Sep 12–Nov 15, 2020The Chicago Reader
“Anthem” addresses the past and present of voter suppression
By Katie PowersLos Angeles Review of Books
An Interview with Bethany Collins
By Lara SchoorlOklahoma Contemporary
A six-day reading of Emily Wilson's The Odyssey A list of readers.
Van Every / Smith Galleries at Davidson College
From Pandemic to Protests
August 20, 2020— October 04, 2020
In ConversationThe Wall Street Journal
Collector’s Eye: They Built a World-Class Collection of Black Artists’ Work. Who Are They Acquiring Now?
By Kelly Crow
July 15, 2020Simon Lee Gallery
WORDS
22 June – 19 July 2020The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Artists in Quarantine
Peabody Essex Museum
A word with Bethany Collins
By Dinah CardinArtnet
Artist Jacob Lawrences’s ‘Struggle Series’ Offers a Poignant Reminder of Past Challenges America Has Endured
By Caroline Goldstein
March 20, 2020The New York Times
Lost, and Now Found, Art From the Civil Rights Era
By Hilarie M. Sheets
March 10, 2020WBUR
Jacob Lawrence's 'The American Struggle' Commits The Nameless To Canvas
By Julia BarberNXTHVN Inaugural Exhibition
Countermythologies
February 8 – July 19, 2020Peabody Essex Museum
Jacob Lawrence: The American Struggle
January 18, 2020 to April 26, 2020The Musem of Contemporary Art Chicago
Direct Message: Art, Language, and Power
October 26, 2019 – January 12, 2020Institute for Contemporary Art at VCU
Great Force
October 5, 2019 – January 5, 2020The Kalamazoo Institute of Arts
Resilience: African American Artists As Agents of Change
September 14-December 8, 2019Rebecca Camacho Presents
Heritage
Melissa Cody, Bethany Collins and Deborah Roberts
October 4 - November 9, 2019Osilas Gallery at Concordia College New York
Young, Gifted and Black: The Lumpkin-Boccuzzi Family Collection
Curated by Antwaun Sargent and Matt Wycoff
September 19, 2019 – December 7, 2019The Print Center
The Politics of Rhetoric
September 13 — November 16, 2019University of Kentucky Art Museum
Benediction
September 14 - December 8, 2019Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis
Chorus
September 6 – December 29, 2019
Artist Talk2019 Chicago Artadia Awardees
Bethany Collins & Brendan Fernandes
Robert F. Carr Memorial Chapel of St. Savior
America: A Hymnal
April 30, 2019University of North Texas
Visiting Artist: A Platform Public Lecture
April 4, 2019Florida State University
Spring Visiting Artist & Scholar Lecture Series
March 28, 2019University Galleries of Illinois State University
A Pattern or Practice
February 15 - March 31, 2019
A Conversation: Bethany Collins and Duriel Harris on March 23, 2019Smart Museum of Art
Solidary & Solitary: The Joyner/Giuffrida Collection
January 29 – May 19, 2019The Art Institute of Chicago
Society of Contemporary Art : Artist Talk
January 16, 2019MOCAD
PARALLELS AND PERIPHERIES
February 1 – April 14, 2019WLRN Public Radio
Listen To 100 Versions Of 'My Country, 'Tis Of Thee' During Miami Art Week 2018
By Alexander GonzalezMiami New Times
Bethany Collins' America: A Hymnal Offers Refuge From Basel and American Madness
By Celia Almeida
December 5, 2018artnet News
6 Emerging Artists to Seek Out During Art Basel Miami Beach This Week
Vocalo Radio
Bethany Collins Previews Her January Showcase at the Art Institute of Chicago
Galerie Magazine
Miami’s Locust Projects Is Helping Emerging Artists Reach a Global Audience
By Haley Chouinard
December 4, 2018The Wall Street Journal
At Miami’s Art Fairs, a Somber Mood Sets In
By Kelly CrowARTFORUM
By Brian T. Leahy
THE SEEN
BETHANY JOY COLLINS: UNDERSONG // PATRON GALLERY
By Amarie Gipson2018 Efroymson Contemporary Arts Fellows Announced
Efroymson Family Fund Awards $25000 Fellowships to Five Midwest Artists: Bethany Collins, Tirtza Even, José Carlos Teixeira, Alexa Horochowski, and Andres Hernandez.
UNTITLED, ART Podcast
December 5, 2018 from 12pm—12:30pm
Podcast ArchiveLocust Projects
The Litany
November 17 - January 26, 2019
Opening: Friday, November 16, 2018 7-9 pm
Performance: Thursday, December 6th 10am-5pmArtCenter South Florida
Parallels and Peripheries
October 10—December 16, 2018
Curated by Larry Ossei-MensahPATRON Gallery
Undersong
September 15 – October 27, 2018The Grunwald Gallery at Indiana University Bloomington
Out of Easy Reach
August 24 - November 14, 2018
Curated by Allison M. GlennRichard M. Ross Art Museum
What We Make
Ohio Wesleyan University
August 22 - October 7, 2018
Curated by Erin Fletcher & Ashley BiserTarble Arts Center
In the Eye of the Beholder
August 18-December 16, 20182018 Chicago Artadia Awards Finalists
Artadia announced five Finalists for the 2018 Chicago Awards: Bethany Collins, Daniel Eisenberg, Brendan Fernandes, Leonard Suryajaya, and Derrick Woods-Murrow.
The Center for Book Arts
Occasional Verse
April 20 – June 30, 2018
Artist Talk and Reception: June 8, 2018, 6:30 pmDepaul Art Museum
Out of Easy Reach
April 26-August 5, 2018
Curated by Allison GlennMcColl Center for Art + Innovation
Artist Talk
Thursday, April 19, 2018
7-9 PMThe Armory Show 2018
Pier 94 , Booth P25
New York City, NY
PATRON GALLERY will participate in The Armory Show 2018 Presents sector with a two person presentation of Bethany Collins and Alex Chitty.Frieze Magazine
What Can't Be Read
By Evan Moffitt
How Bethany Collins, Steffani Jemison, Adam Pendleton and Kameelah Janan Rasheed are using the tradition of black radical poetry to examine questions of subjectivity and race.The Charlotte Observer
Wanted: Natural hair, crocheters, a choir, some gossip – for new work at McColl Center
By Vanessa Infanzon
January 17, 2018 12:57 PMGallery 400
Traduttore, Traditore
Curated by Karen Greenwalt and Katja Rivera
November 3–December 16, 2017Artforum
Critics' Pick: Of a piece
1708 Gallery
September 1–October 21IN/SITU - EXPO Chicago
Chronopolitics
Curated by Florence Derieux
September 14-17, 2017
Panel VideoPAFA and Bryn Mawr College
Beyond Boundaries: Feminine Forms
Curated by Laurel McLaughlin & Mechella Yezernitskaya
September 15, 2017 - January 28, 20181708 Gallery
Of a piece
September 1 – October 21, 2017
Artist Talk: September 2, 2017 at 11amThe Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum
Another Country
Curated by Carla Acevedo-Yates
Aug. 19 –Jan. 7, 2018KMAC Museum
Victory Over the Sun: The Poetics and Politics of Eclipse
August 19 - December 3, 2017
WFPL NewsHyperallergic
Artists Embrace the Grayscale
By Sarah Rose Sharp
July 21, 2017The Harvey B. Gantt Center
The Darryl Atwell Collection of African American Art
July 22, 2017 - January 22, 2018Wexner Center for the Arts
Gray Matters
May 20, 2017–July 30, 2017
Curated by Michael Goodson
ARTnews
C&
Delicious Line
Columbus Alive
Behind the ScenesWexner Center for the Arts
Covert Histories | Artists Talk
Featuring Bethany Collins, Xaviera Simmons, and Carmen Winant
Film/Video Theater
May 19, 2017 at 5:30 pmUniversity of Chicago
Lecture
Logan Center, Performance Penthouse
May 8, 2017The Creators Project
Kara Walker, Juliana Huxtable, and More Challenge False White Recordings of Black History
By Antwaun Sargent
March 19, 2017Art Basel Hong Kong
Richard Gray Gallery
Booth 3E07
March 21 – 25, 2017PATRON Gallery
Material Fact
Jan 28 – Mar 21, 2017
Opening Reception: January 28th, 2017, 1 - 4PMThe Studio Museum in Harlem
Excerpt: Selections from the Permanent Collection
Curated by Adeze Wilford
Jan 26, 2017 - Jul 2, 2017Hyde Park Art Center
Jackman Goldwasser Residency
October 2016 - September 2017
Situated within the community of the Hyde Park Art Center, the Jackman Goldwasser Residency provides a platform for five international, national, and local artists each year to take creative risks within their practice and expand their professional networks while living and working in Chicago.Artforum Critic's Pick
S/Election: Democracy, Citizenship, Freedom
Los Angeles Municipal Gallery
October 20–January 8The Charlotte Observer
Think about power in a new way at ‘Seeing|Saying’
By Barbara Schreiber
November 16, 2016Davidson College
In Evidence
Van Every/Smith Galleries
Opening: Thursday, Oct. 20, 6-8 p.m.
Gallery Talk: 6-6:30 p.m.NPR from Illinois State University
Exploring The Connection Between Writer And Artist
By Laura Kennedy
Nov 9, 2016Illinois State University
Strange Oscillations and Vibrations of Sympathy
University Galleries
Opening: October 25, 5-7 pm
Artist lecture: October 26 at 12 p.m.Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery
S/Election
October 16-January 18, 2017Spelman College Museum
Africa Forecast: Fashioning Contemporary Life
September 15 – December 3, 2016
Curated by Andrea Barnwell Brownlee & Erika Dalya MassaquoiExpo Chicago
Richard Gray Gallery
September 22-25, 2016
Chicago | Navy PierArt and...Social Justice
Cincinnati Art Museum
July 20, 2016 7-9 pm
Cincinnati Art Museum curator Brian Sholis will be joined by a Mark Godsey from the Ohio Innocence Project and artist Bethany Collins to discuss themes of social justice and discrimination that surround many of the works in 30 Americans.Artsy: 15 New York Group Shows You Need to See This July
Chicago Invites Chicago at Galerie Lelong
Paying tribute to the midwestern city as a hotbed for boundary-pushing art, the gallery hosts six Chicago-based artists: McArthur Binion, Samuel Levi Jones, Tony Lewis, John Phillips, Bethany Collins, and Nate Young.Chicago Invites Chicago
Galerie Lelong
June 30, 2016 – July 29, 2016
McArthur Binion, Bethany Collins, Samuel Levi Jones, Tony Lewis, John Phillips & Nate YoungArt Papers Interview
Eight Questions with Bethany Collins
Interview / Buzz Spector
June 16, 2016The Drawing Center
Prix Canson
June 22-July 1, 2016Prix Canson Names 2016 Finalists
Given out annually by the Fonds Canson pour l’Art et le Papier, the prize recognizes an artist who makes works on paper and has contributed to his or her respective field.
Miriam and Ira D Wallach Art Gallery
Lines of Flight
Columbia University, New York, NY
April 20 - June, 2016Video: ART PAPERS Live
On Saturday, January 9, the Birmingham Museum of Art partnered once again with Art Papers to present Art Papers Live. During the event, What the Body Can Say, we hosted a conversation between Natasha Trethewey and Bethany Collins, moderated by Ivy Wilson.
Birmingham Museum of Art
lobby projects: Bethany Collins
April 16, 2016 - August 07, 2016
Opening reception: April 16, 2016, 6:00-9:00 PM
Artist talk: 6:00 PMModern Painters Magazine
Bethany Collins: An Artist Who Performs Historical Erasures
By Courtney Willis Blair
December 19, 2015ART PAPERS Live
Birmingham Museum of Art
January 9, 2016 from 11am-12pm
The BMA and Art Papers will partner once again to present Art Papers Live: What the Body Can Say, a conversation between Natasha Trethewey and Bethany Collins, moderated by Ivy Wilson.Art Papers Magazine
In Version After Version
Bethany Collins and Natasha Trethewey
November/December 2015Artforum Critic's Pick
RICHARD GRAY GALLERY | CHICAGO
September 11–October 31, 2015
By: Lilly LampeThe Creators Project
Nina Simone’s Young, Gifted and Black Inspires an Exhibition in South Africa
By Antwaun Sargent
Oct 29 2015Hyperallergic Review
All Lives Are Black Lives: Examining Race in South Africa
Goodman Gallery Johannesburg, South Africa
September - 11 November 2015Goodman Gallery
To Be Young, Gifted and Black
Curated by Hank Willis Thomas
Johannesburg, South Africa
26 September - 11 November 2015Richard Gray Gallery
Inquiry's End
September 11- October 31, 2015
Opening September 11 from 6-8 pm
Richard Gray Gallery announces Inquiry's End, a solo exhibition of new work by Bethany CollinsPennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts Museum
Since its founding in 1805, PAFA has collected works by leading American artists, as well as works by distinguished alumni and faculty of its school. Skin, 1965 (2014) was recently acquired for PAFA's permanent collection.
Curator Chat
lobby projects interview
Birmingham Museum of Art
By Wassan Al-Khudhairi
January 3, 2016This is how the myth repeats
Atlanta Contemporary Art Center
Curated by Daniel Fuller
August 29, 2015-February 26, 2016The 2015 Hudgens Prize Announced
The Hudgens Prize is intended to elevate the importance of the arts in Georgia and offer a transformational opportunity for one Georgia artist. Collins will receive $50,000 and a solo show at Hudgens Center for the Arts.
The New York Times Review
The Stuff of Life, Urgently Altered: Artists in Residence Display Work at Studio Museum in Harlem
By HOLLAND COTTER
August 28, 2014The Harvey B. Gantt Center for African American Arts + Culture
Venturing Out of the Heart of Darknesss
Curated by Rehema Barber
Feb. 7- June 26, 2015
Creative Loafing Charlotte and Curator's EssayThe Artist's Voice
Bethany Collins in Conversation with Nico Muhly
The Studio Museum in Harlem Theater
September 25, 2014 from 7-9 pmArtsy Editorial
Theaster Gates Spearheads Artist Retreat in Chicago
September 4, 2014Richard Gray Gallery & Valerie Carberry Gallery
Curated by Theaster Gates
August 22 - October 4, 2014The Studio Museum in Harlem
Material Histories
Curated by Lauren Haynes
Jul 17, 2014 - Oct 26, 2014
Material Histories is the most recent in a series of exhibitions featuring work of Kevin Beasley (b. 1985), Bethany Collins (b. 1984) and Abigail DeVille (b. 1981), three emerging artists who have been awarded eleven-month residencies at the Studio Museum in Harlem.Studio Museum in Harlem
Artists-in-Residence Open Studios
Kevin Beasley, Bethany Collins and Abigail DeVille
Apr 27, 2014 1:00 PM - 6:00 PM
AIR Studios (3rd Floor)WABE Interview
Talking Art, Race and Identity with Bethany Collins
City Cafe with John Lemley & Kate Sweeney
September 10, 2013Zuckerman Museum of Art
See Through Walls
Malinda Jolley Mortin Gallery and East Galleries
March 1 - May 17, 2014ArtsATL
30 Under 30
By Stephanie Cash
August 16, 2013Studio Museum in Harlem
Artist-in-Residence Open Studios
Kevin Beasley, Bethany Collins and Abigail DeVille
Nov 17, 2013 from 1- 6 pm
AIR Studios (3rd Floor)Studio Museum in Harlem Announces 2013-2014 Artists-in-Residence
Sculptor Kevin Beasley, conceptual chalk artist Bethany Collins, and installation artist Abigail DeVille will be the Studio Museum in Harlem’s artists-in-residence for 2013-14. The museum announced the winning trio on Wednesday. It has run an artist-in-residence program since its founding in 1968, and has hosted more than 100 artists over the last 45 years. The Gallerist
Burnaway
Q & A
May 18, 2015
by Paul Stephen BenjaminBurnaway Review
In 200 Words: Bethany Collins at Kibbee Gallery
September 24, 2013
by Tom BerlangeroCreative Loafing: Best of Atlanta 2013
Best Emerging Visual Artist 2013
ArtsATL Review
Emerging Artist's Intrigue in Dashboard Co-Op's Boom City
by Lilly LampeTemporary Art Review
A conversation between Sheila Pree Bright and Bethany Collins
Drain Magazine
BLACK Issue
Drain calls for an exploration of black as a superordinate concept, a natural kind, a material, a force, a virtual reality, a place of rest, a place of beginning, a fear, a celebration.Whitespace Gallery
From Cosmology to Neurology and Back Again
curated by Dr. Jerry Cullum
July 6 – August 4, 2012
ArtsATL ReviewBarbara Archer Gallery
TALENT LOVES COMPANY
Opening: June 22, 2012 from 7-9 pm
Exhibition: June 22-August 4, 2012
ArtsATL ReviewBurnaway Review
Artists Question Southern Art at Georgia State’s Welch Gallery
By Jerry CollumArtnet
Artist Jacob Lawrences’s ‘Struggle Series’ Offers a Poignant Reminder of Past Challenges America Has Endured
By: Caroline Goldstein
March 20, 2020