Marybeth Rothman

Marybeth Rothman is a contemporary American artist known for her fictional visual biographies and abstract narratives. Her portraits were featured in "Modigliani and the Modern Portrait" at the Nassau County Museum of Art. This historic exhibition, curated by Dr. Kenneth Wayne, Director of the Modigliani Project, showcased the portraiture of Amedeo Modigliani along with works of his renowned contemporaries Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, Gaston Lachaise, and others. Additionally, the exhibition featured the work of contemporary artists including Andy Warhol, David Hockney, Robert Mapplethorpe, Eric Fischl, and more. Rothman was a Smithsonian Institution National Portrait Gallery Semifinalist in the Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition 2022. She exhibited in the Heckscher Museum of Art, Delaware Contemporary Museum, New Jersey State Museum, Bristol Art Museum, Cape Cod Museum of Art, and galleries throughout the US. Her most recent solo exhibition, "Recent Observations and Conjectures Near Madaket Road," was on view at Frederick Holmes and Company Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seattle, WA. Her work can be found in collections throughout the United States and abroad. Rothman was born in Massachusetts and earned a BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design. Her home and studio are in New Jersey.

Statement

I celebrate the subtleties of identity by creating fictional visual biographies from historically marginalized communities and underrepresented voices. Combining abstraction and realism with a focus on metaphor and symbolism, each of these mixed media works is composed of many subtle layers of pigmented beeswax, photographs, and abstract drawings. The photographic elements are a fusion of reclaimed and reimagined vintage photographs, along with my digital photographs that I combine and repurpose to add narrative texture. I manipulate the image by exaggerating, adding and subtracting physical attributes to create illusory detail. I develop a series of paintings by creating an imagined fellowship, community, geographic location, or cultural bond to further enrich the narrative in my work.

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EDUCATION

BFA Rhode Island School of Design

GALLERY AFFILIATIONS

Frederick Homes and Company Gallery, Seattle, WA

Mark Gallery, New York, NY

EXHIBITIONS

SOLO

2023

Frederick Holmes and Company Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seattle, WA, Recent Observations and Conjectures Near Madaket Road

2019

Mark Gallery and Lichtundfire Gallery, New York, NY, Reclaimed and Reimagined

2014

Frederick Holmes and Company Gallery, Seattle, WA, A Curious Collection of Strangers

2008

Treasure Room Gallery, New York, NY, Artifacts of Gains and Losse

GROUP

2024

Edward Hopper House Museum, Nyack, NY

Attleboro Arts Museum, Attleboro, MA

Lichtundfire Gallery, New York, NY, Maximal Minimal

Seattle Chamber Music Society, Seattle, WA

Silvermine Gallery, New Canaan, CT

2023

Nassau County Museum of Art, Roslyn, NY, Modigliani and the Modern Portrait

New Jersey State Museum, Trenton, NJ, 2022 New Jersey Arts Annual: Reemergence

The Delaware Contemporary Museum, Wilmington, DE, Radius, Soft Girl Era

Newark Liberty International Airport, Terminal A, Newark, NJ, Journey of Surprises

Fotofoto Gallery, Huntington, NY, 18th National Photography Exhibition

The Painting Center, New York, NY, Uncommon Narratives

The Gallery Space, Rahway, NJ. Traces

Studio Montclair Gallery, Montclair , NJ, ViewPoints 2023

Silvermine Gallery, New Canaan, CT

2022

Newark Liberty International Airport, Terminal A, Newark, NJ, Journey of Surprises

Smithsonian Institution National Portrait Gallery, Washington, DC, 2022 Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition, Semifinalist.

Bristol Art Museum, Bristol, RI, Putting the Pieces Back Together!

New Jersey State Museum, Trenton, NJ, 2022 New Jersey Arts Annual: Reemergence

Studio Montclair Gallery, Montclair , NJ, ViewPoints 2022

2021

Art Fair 14C, Jersey City, NJ, Rothman, Pressman & Nielsen-Fried

The Painting Center, New York, NY,? One in a Year

2020

The Heckscher Museum of Art, Huntington, NY,?Emerging Artists Series 2020

World Trade Center Oculus, New York, NY, Ad Art 2020

RJD Gallery, Bridgehampton, NY, Shades of Light

The Painting Center, New York, NY,?The Blues

2019

Laura Rathe Gallery, Houston , TX, Ta Da!

Monmouth University, NJ, A Sense of Place in Contemporary Encaustic

Azart Gallery, The Affordable Art Fair, New York, NY

Azart Gallery, Art Market San Francisco

Frederick Holmes & Co. Gallery, Seattle, WA, Summer Group Show

2018

The Billboard Creative, Los Angeles, CA, Citywide Exhibition, among an international group of artists that included Marilyn Minter, Laurie Simmons and Lawrence Weiner.

Azart Gallery, The Affordable Art Fair, New York, NY

Frederick Holmes & Co. Gallery, Seattle, WA, Gallery Artists Group Show

Laura Rathe Fine Art, Houston, TX,

The Painting Center, New York, NY, Chain Reaction

2017

Frederick Holmes & Co. Gallery, Seattle, WA, Gallery Artists

Laura Rathe Fine Art, Houston, TX, Heart of Texas

2016

Laura Rathe Fine Art, Houston, TX

Caldwell Snyder Gallery, San Francisco, CA

Lanoue Gallery, Boston, MA, Winter Group Show

Frederick Holmes & Co. Gallery, Seattle, WA

2015

Lanoue Gallery, Boston, MA, Winter Group Show Part I

Frederick Holmes and Company Gallery, Seattle, WA, Encore

Laura Rathe Fine Art, Houston, TX, Double Vision

Lanoue Gallery, Boston, MA, Winter Group Show Part II

2014

Hunterdon Art Museum, Clinton, NJ, Swept Away: Translucence, Transparence, Transcendence in Contemporary Encaustic. Curator: Michael Giaquinto

Tria Gallery, New York, NY, In Situ

Lanoue Fine Art, Boston, MA, New Work

Tria Gallery, New York, NY, Summer Cocktail

2013

Frederick Holmes and Company, Seattle, WA. Gallery Artists Group Show

Lanoue Fine Art, Boston, MA. Winter Group Show

Cape Cod Museum of Art, Dennis, MA. Swept Away: Translucence, Transparence and Transcendence in Contemporary Encaustic. Curator: Michael Giaquinto

Laconia Gallery, Boston, MA. The Elephant in the Room: Contemporary Encaustic Work. Curators: Linda Cordner and James Hull

Mark Gallery, Englewood, NJ. Faces and Figures

2012

Tria Gallery, New York, NY, c’est quoi la femme?

Lanoue Fine Art, Boston, MA. Lights, Camera…Click, Photography in Contemporary Art

Mark Gallery, Englewood, NJ. Face It

School House Gallery, Provincetown, MA. Conference Presenters. Curator: Mike Carroll

Castle Hill Gallery, Truro, MA. Merge: Contemporary Encaustic Print Invitational. Curator: Cherie Mittenthal

Panopticon Gallery, Boston, MA. What’s In A Face

Morean Arts Center, St. Petersburg, FL. Wax: Medium Meets Message. Curator: Leslie Neuman

2011

Schiltkamp Gallery, Clark University, Worcester, MA. Kindred Spirits. Curator: Toby Sisson

Kobalt Gallery, Provincetown, MA. Beeline. Curator: Francine D’Olimpio

Heckscher Museum of Art, Huntington, NY. Ripped: The Allure of Collage, with collage works by Jean Arp, Kurt Schwitters, Hannah Hoch, George Grosz, Dali, Romare Bearden, Roy Lichtenstein and others. Curator: Kenneth Wayne

Carroll House Gallery, Keene State College, Keene, NH. New Views of Encaustic Art.

Curator: Peter Roos

2010

Hewitt Gallery, Mary Mount Manhattan College, New York, NY. Waxing Poetic. Curator: Millie Burns

Mark Gallery, Englewood, NJ. Winter Group Show

Tria Gallery, New York, NY. Identity, Three Artists

G.A.S. Gallery, Maplewood, NJ. Encaustic Group Exhibition

Walter Wickiser Gallery, New York, NY. Confluences of Culture V

Mark Gallery, Affordable Art Fair NYC, New York, NY

New Jersey State Museum, Trenton NJ. New Jersey Arts Annual: Fine Art, Reality + Artifice. Curator: Margaret O’Reilly

Conrad Wilde Gallery, Tucson, AZ, Group Show

National Association of Women Artists, New York, NY. 121st Annual Exhibition

Bill Lowe Gallery, Atlanta, GA, Group Show

2009

Conrad Wilde Gallery, Tucson, AZ. Fourth Annual Encaustic Invitational

Walter Wickiser Gallery, New York, NY. Confluences of Culture Part III: Collection of Small Works East & West

Midday Gallery, Englewood, NJ 1969-2009 ARTiversary

Castle Gallery, New Rochelle, New York. Encaustic Works

Bill Lowe Gallery, Atlanta GA, Group Show

COLLECTIONS

Novo Nordisk Corporation, Copenhagen, Denmark

Rockefeller Family

Private collections: United States, Hong Kong, Denmark, Cayman Islands

LECTURES AND GALLERY TALKS

2024

Silvermine Gallery, New Canaan, CT,

2023

Nassau County Museum of Art, Roslyn, NY

Frederick Holmes and Company Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seattle, WA

The Gallery Space, Rahway, NJ

The Painting Center, New York, NY

2020

Emerging Artists Series

Heckscher Museum of Art, Huntington, NY

2019

Mark Gallery and Lichtundfire Gallery, New York, NY

2014

Hunterdon Art Museum, Clinton, NJ

2013

Wax Collage: Beyond Technique, 7th International Encaustic Conference, Provincetown, MA

2012

Heckscher Museum of Art, Huntington, NY

Morean Arts Center, St. Petersburg, FL

Wax Collage: Beyond Technique, 6th International Encaustic Conference, Provincetown, MA

2011

Schiltkamp Gallery, Clark University, Worcester, MA

Hewitt Gallery, Mary Mount Manhattan College, New York, NY

2010 Tria Gallery, New York, NY

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Modigliani and the Modern Portrait. Nassau County Museum of Art, Roslyn, NY. Kenneth Wayne, PhD. 2023.

New Visionary Magazine, Issue 4, October 2022, USA

Photo Trouvee Magazine, Issue 7, April 2022, USA and Brazil

Swept Away: Translucence, Transparence, Transcendence in Contemporary Encaustic, Cape Cod Museum of Art; introduction by Michael Giaquinto, curator

The Elephant in the Room, Laconia Gallery, Boston; essay by Linda Cordner and James Hull

Nash, Catherine. “Authentic Visual Voices: CP&E.” 2012. Web.Rothman, Marybeth.

“Portraits of Strangers.” EA Magazine, June 2012 <a href="http://www.eainm.com/magazine/.
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Mattera, Joanne. Encaustic Works 2012: A Biennial Exhibition in Print Selected by Joanne Mattera. Kingston, NY 2012. rfpaints.com.Fifth Annual International Encaustic Conference Blog, Featured Artist. Web.Best of Worldwide Portrait & Figurative Artists Vol. 1, 2011 Kennedy Publishing, Williamsburg, VA. Print.

Shiels, Darlene. “The Drooel Collection.” Drooel Contemporary Paintings From Around the Web. January 2011.

Web.Reality + Artifice. New Jersey State Museum, Trenton, NJ, 2010; essay by Margaret O’Reilly, Curator of Fine Arts.

Fourth Annual Encaustic Invitational. Conrad Wilde Gallery, Tucson, AZ, 2009.

Encaustic Works ’09. The College of New Rochelle, Castle Hill Gallery New Rochelle, NY, 2009; essay by Heather Hutchinson. Third Annual Encaustic Invitational. Conrad Wilde Gallery, Tucson, AZ, 2008.

Womack, Linda. Embracing Encaustic, 2nd Edition. Portland, OR. 2008. Print.

WomanMADE Gallery, Her Mark, Chicago, IL, 2006. Print.

State

NJ

Country

USA