Cadence
March 5 - April 16, 2022

Angela Davis: Seize the Time
By Jillian Russo

The Dirty South: Contemporary Art, Material Culture, and the Sonic Impulse
By Natilee Harren

America: A Hymnal
September 11 - November 29, 2021

Evensong
June 18–September 12, 2021
The Star Spangled Banner: A Hymnal Performance
The Art Newspaper

Angela Davis — Seize the Time
September 8, 2021 - June 15, 2022

Jacob Lawrence: The American Struggle
June 26 - September 10, 2021

Promise, Witness, Remembrance
April 7 – June 6, 2021
Art in America
Hyperallergic
The New York Times
PBS
The Guardian

Jacob Lawrence: The American Struggle
March 5 – May 23, 2021

The Dirty South: Contemporary Art, Material Culture, and the Sonic Impulse
May 22, 2021 – September 6, 2021

My destiny is in your hands
February 13 - May 9, 2021

The Long Dream
Nov 7, 2020–Jan 17, 2021

Take Care
Fall 2020 to Spring 2021

Nine Lives
Sep 12–Nov 15, 2020

“Anthem” addresses the past and present of voter suppression
By Katie Powers

An Interview with Bethany Collins
By Lara Schoorl

A six-day reading of Emily Wilson's The Odyssey A list of readers.

From Pandemic to Protests
August 20, 2020— October 04, 2020
In Conversation

Collector’s Eye: They Built a World-Class Collection of Black Artists’ Work. Who Are They Acquiring Now?
By Kelly Crow
July 15, 2020

WORDS
22 June – 19 July 2020

Artists in Quarantine

A word with Bethany Collins
By Dinah Cardin

Artist Jacob Lawrences’s ‘Struggle Series’ Offers a Poignant Reminder of Past Challenges America Has Endured
By Caroline Goldstein
March 20, 2020

Lost, and Now Found, Art From the Civil Rights Era
By Hilarie M. Sheets
March 10, 2020

Jacob Lawrence's 'The American Struggle' Commits The Nameless To Canvas
By Julia Barber

Countermythologies
February 8 – July 19, 2020

Jacob Lawrence: The American Struggle
January 18, 2020 to April 26, 2020

Direct Message: Art, Language, and Power
October 26, 2019 – January 12, 2020

Great Force
October 5, 2019 – January 5, 2020

Resilience: African American Artists As Agents of Change
September 14-December 8, 2019

Heritage
Melissa Cody, Bethany Collins and Deborah Roberts
October 4 - November 9, 2019

Young, Gifted and Black: The Lumpkin-Boccuzzi Family Collection
Curated by Antwaun Sargent and Matt Wycoff
September 19, 2019 – December 7, 2019

The Politics of Rhetoric
September 13 — November 16, 2019

Benediction
September 14 - December 8, 2019

Chorus
September 6 – December 29, 2019
Artist Talk

Bethany Collins & Brendan Fernandes

America: A Hymnal
April 30, 2019

Visiting Artist: A Platform Public Lecture
April 4, 2019

Spring Visiting Artist & Scholar Lecture Series
March 28, 2019

A Pattern or Practice
February 15 - March 31, 2019
A Conversation: Bethany Collins and Duriel Harris on March 23, 2019

Solidary & Solitary: The Joyner/Giuffrida Collection
January 29 – May 19, 2019

Society of Contemporary Art : Artist Talk
January 16, 2019

PARALLELS AND PERIPHERIES
February 1 – April 14, 2019

Listen To 100 Versions Of 'My Country, 'Tis Of Thee' During Miami Art Week 2018
By Alexander Gonzalez

Bethany Collins' America: A Hymnal Offers Refuge From Basel and American Madness
By Celia Almeida
December 5, 2018

6 Emerging Artists to Seek Out During Art Basel Miami Beach This Week

Bethany Collins Previews Her January Showcase at the Art Institute of Chicago

Miami’s Locust Projects Is Helping Emerging Artists Reach a Global Audience
By Haley Chouinard
December 4, 2018

At Miami’s Art Fairs, a Somber Mood Sets In
By Kelly Crow

By Brian T. Leahy

BETHANY JOY COLLINS: UNDERSONG // PATRON GALLERY
By Amarie Gipson

Efroymson Family Fund Awards $25000 Fellowships to Five Midwest Artists: Bethany Collins, Tirtza Even, José Carlos Teixeira, Alexa Horochowski, and Andres Hernandez.

December 5, 2018 from 12pm—12:30pm
Podcast Archive

The Litany
November 17 - January 26, 2019
Opening: Friday, November 16, 2018 7-9 pm
Performance: Thursday, December 6th 10am-5pm

Parallels and Peripheries
October 10—December 16, 2018
Curated by Larry Ossei-Mensah

Undersong
September 15 – October 27, 2018

Out of Easy Reach
August 24 - November 14, 2018
Curated by Allison M. Glenn

What We Make
Ohio Wesleyan University
August 22 - October 7, 2018
Curated by Erin Fletcher & Ashley Biser

In the Eye of the Beholder
August 18-December 16, 2018

Artadia announced five Finalists for the 2018 Chicago Awards: Bethany Collins, Daniel Eisenberg, Brendan Fernandes, Leonard Suryajaya, and Derrick Woods-Murrow.

Occasional Verse
April 20 – June 30, 2018
Artist Talk and Reception: June 8, 2018, 6:30 pm

Out of Easy Reach
April 26-August 5, 2018
Curated by Allison Glenn

Artist Talk
Thursday, April 19, 2018
7-9 PM

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.

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.

Wanted: Natural hair, crocheters, a choir, some gossip – for new work at McColl Center
By Vanessa Infanzon
January 17, 2018 12:57 PM

Traduttore, Traditore
Curated by Karen Greenwalt and Katja Rivera
November 3–December 16, 2017

Critics' Pick: Of a piece
1708 Gallery
September 1–October 21

Chronopolitics
Curated by Florence Derieux
September 14-17, 2017
Panel Video

Beyond Boundaries: Feminine Forms
Curated by Laurel McLaughlin & Mechella Yezernitskaya
September 15, 2017 - January 28, 2018

Of a piece
September 1 – October 21, 2017
Artist Talk: September 2, 2017 at 11am

Another Country
Curated by Carla Acevedo-Yates
Aug. 19 –Jan. 7, 2018

Victory Over the Sun: The Poetics and Politics of Eclipse
August 19 - December 3, 2017
WFPL News

Artists Embrace the Grayscale
By Sarah Rose Sharp
July 21, 2017

The Darryl Atwell Collection of African American Art
July 22, 2017 - January 22, 2018

Gray Matters
May 20, 2017–July 30, 2017
Curated by Michael Goodson
ARTnews
C&
Delicious Line
Columbus Alive
Behind the Scenes

Covert Histories | Artists Talk
Featuring Bethany Collins, Xaviera Simmons, and Carmen Winant
Film/Video Theater
May 19, 2017 at 5:30 pm

Lecture
Logan Center, Performance Penthouse
May 8, 2017

Kara Walker, Juliana Huxtable, and More Challenge False White Recordings of Black History
By Antwaun Sargent
March 19, 2017

Richard Gray Gallery
Booth 3E07
March 21 – 25, 2017

Material Fact
Jan 28 – Mar 21, 2017
Opening Reception: January 28th, 2017, 1 - 4PM

Excerpt: Selections from the Permanent Collection
Curated by Adeze Wilford
Jan 26, 2017 - Jul 2, 2017

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.

S/Election: Democracy, Citizenship, Freedom
Los Angeles Municipal Gallery
October 20–January 8

Think about power in a new way at ‘Seeing|Saying’
By Barbara Schreiber
November 16, 2016

In Evidence
Van Every/Smith Galleries
Opening: Thursday, Oct. 20, 6-8 p.m.
Gallery Talk: 6-6:30 p.m.

Exploring The Connection Between Writer And Artist
By Laura Kennedy
Nov 9, 2016

Strange Oscillations and Vibrations of Sympathy
University Galleries
Opening: October 25, 5-7 pm
Artist lecture: October 26 at 12 p.m.

S/Election
October 16-January 18, 2017

Africa Forecast: Fashioning Contemporary Life
September 15 – December 3, 2016
Curated by Andrea Barnwell Brownlee & Erika Dalya Massaquoi

Richard Gray Gallery
September 22-25, 2016
Chicago | Navy Pier

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.

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.

Galerie Lelong
June 30, 2016 – July 29, 2016
McArthur Binion, Bethany Collins, Samuel Levi Jones, Tony Lewis, John Phillips & Nate Young

Eight Questions with Bethany Collins
Interview / Buzz Spector
June 16, 2016

Prix Canson
June 22-July 1, 2016

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.

Lines of Flight
Columbia University, New York, NY
April 20 - June, 2016

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.

lobby projects: Bethany Collins
April 16, 2016 - August 07, 2016
Opening reception: April 16, 2016, 6:00-9:00 PM
Artist talk: 6:00 PM

Bethany Collins: An Artist Who Performs Historical Erasures
By Courtney Willis Blair
December 19, 2015

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.

In Version After Version
Bethany Collins and Natasha Trethewey
November/December 2015

RICHARD GRAY GALLERY | CHICAGO
September 11–October 31, 2015
By: Lilly Lampe

Nina Simone’s Young, Gifted and Black Inspires an Exhibition in South Africa
By Antwaun Sargent
Oct 29 2015

All Lives Are Black Lives: Examining Race in South Africa
Goodman Gallery Johannesburg, South Africa
September - 11 November 2015

To Be Young, Gifted and Black
Curated by Hank Willis Thomas
Johannesburg, South Africa
26 September - 11 November 2015

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 Collins

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.

lobby projects interview
Birmingham Museum of Art
By Wassan Al-Khudhairi
January 3, 2016

Atlanta Contemporary Art Center
Curated by Daniel Fuller
August 29, 2015-February 26, 2016

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 Stuff of Life, Urgently Altered: Artists in Residence Display Work at Studio Museum in Harlem
By HOLLAND COTTER
August 28, 2014

Venturing Out of the Heart of Darknesss
Curated by Rehema Barber
Feb. 7- June 26, 2015
Creative Loafing Charlotte and Curator's Essay

Bethany Collins in Conversation with Nico Muhly
The Studio Museum in Harlem Theater
September 25, 2014 from 7-9 pm

Theaster Gates Spearheads Artist Retreat in Chicago
September 4, 2014

Curated by Theaster Gates
August 22 - October 4, 2014

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.

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)

Talking Art, Race and Identity with Bethany Collins
City Cafe with John Lemley & Kate Sweeney
September 10, 2013

See Through Walls
Malinda Jolley Mortin Gallery and East Galleries
March 1 - May 17, 2014

30 Under 30
By Stephanie Cash
August 16, 2013

Artist-in-Residence Open Studios
Kevin Beasley, Bethany Collins and Abigail DeVille
Nov 17, 2013 from 1- 6 pm
AIR Studios (3rd Floor)

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

Q & A
May 18, 2015
by Paul Stephen Benjamin

In 200 Words: Bethany Collins at Kibbee Gallery
September 24, 2013
by Tom Berlangero

Best Emerging Visual Artist 2013

Emerging Artist's Intrigue in Dashboard Co-Op's Boom City
by Lilly Lampe

A conversation between Sheila Pree Bright and Bethany Collins

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.

From Cosmology to Neurology and Back Again
curated by Dr. Jerry Cullum
July 6 – August 4, 2012
ArtsATL Review

TALENT LOVES COMPANY
Opening: June 22, 2012 from 7-9 pm
Exhibition: June 22-August 4, 2012
ArtsATL Review

Artists Question Southern Art at Georgia State’s Welch Gallery
By Jerry Collum

Artist Jacob Lawrences’s ‘Struggle Series’ Offers a Poignant Reminder of Past Challenges America Has Endured
By: Caroline Goldstein
March 20, 2020