Beth Grabowski



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Stella Elizabeth Grabowski


Education

University of Wisconsin-Madison.................. Department of Art, MFA, 1985

University of Virginia....................................... McIntire Department of Art, BA, with High Distinction, 1978

University of Virginia, ..................................... School of Architecture, 1974-1975

Corcoran School of Art ................................... Summer Studies, 1974

Academic Appointments 

Current Position: Professor of Art, Assistant Chair and Director of Graduate Studies,  University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Department of Art

Awards/Honors/Fellowships/Grants

Professional Awards

Artists Fellowship, North Carolina Arts Council, 1998-2000

Artists Fellowship, North Carolina Arts Council, 1990-1991

La Napoule Residency Program, La Napoule, France, North Carolina Arts Council, 1990 (declined).

Artist's Project Grant, North Carolina Arts Council, 1988-89

University Research Awards

Provost’s Award for Creative Activity in the Fine Arts, Frans Masereel residency, 2009-10

Academic Leadership Award, UNC Institute for the Arts and Humanities, spring, 2008

Provost’s Award for Creative Activity in the Fine Arts (Kollwitz Project), 2005

Research Grants, University Research Council, UNC- Chapel Hill, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1996, 2004, 2005, 2007

Chapman Fellowship, Institute of the Arts and Humanities, UNC-Chapel Hill. Fall 2004

UNC East and Southeast Asia Course Development Committee Award, Carolina Asia Center, to support visiting Beijing artist Zheng Xue Wu

Research and Study Leave, Department of Art, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, Spring, 2004, Spring 2010

Teaching Awards                                            

UNC-Chapel Hill Academy of Distinguished Teachers and Scholars, April 2000

Bowman and Gordon Gray Professorship for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching, UNC-Chapel Hill, 94-97

Johnston Teaching Award, Excellence for inspirational teaching of undergraduate students. UNC-CH,  1992.

Exhibition Record (2000-present)

u  solo or 2-person exhibition                         ¤ invitational group shows                           ¡ juried exhibition                    awards in italics at end of entry

2009

¤  National Print Invitation, curated by John Gall, Theatre Art Galleries, High Point, NC  November

¤  A Book About Death, Emily Harvey Foundation Gallery, New York, NY

¤  Sketchbook to Suspension,  Mitchell Gallery, St. John's College, Annapolis, MD, Helen C. Frederick, Curator, May 2009

¤  Due Process, Gallery 5, Richmond, VA, March 2009

¤  International Print Biennial, Guanlan China, organized by China Artists Association Shenzhen Federation of Literary and Art Circles, Shenzhen Bao’an District People’s Government, March-April, 2009

¤  Vox Pop Portfolio, Columbia College Library, Chicago IL, Curated by Elizabeth Klimek, Corcoran School of Art,  March 2009

¤  International Portfolio The Birth Experience, Traveling:

    ¤ Handwerker Gallery, Ithaca College, Ithaca, New York, March 2009

    ¤ Centre for International Health, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Canada, in conjunction with the 7th Annual Global Health Research Conference: Convergence of Maternal & Child Health-Global Perspectives, April 28

¤  Zou Ba, Navarro Lobby  Gallery, Southwest School of Art and Craft, San Antonio TX, January 29 - March 28 2009

2008

¤  Perfect with Pixel, Dorothy Uber Bryan Gallery, Bowling Green State University, OH, Sept 9- Oct 5

¤  Print by Numbers, Digital Prints, Richmond, VA

¤  Discovery:  The Tradition of New Tools, SUNY Potsdam, April

¤  International Portfolio The Birth Experience, Traveling

     ¤ Clinton House's Mural Lounge Gallery, Ithaca, New York April

     ¤ Tucker Cooke Gallery, University of North Carolina, Ashville, North Carolina - October

¤  20/20, Firehouse Gallery, LouisvilleGeorgia, January

¤  Zou Ba, Prints from China, VirginiaCommonwealthUniversity March,

¤  Rivalry VirginiaCommonwealthUniversity,  March

¤  Printed, GreenHillCenter for Art, Greensboro, North Carolina. January

¤  Identity The InkShopPrintCenter, IthacaNew York, January

2007

   ¡  Prints Pow Wow; a Conversation in Print, TurchinCenter for the Visual Arts, Boone, NC, September-October

   ¡  5th Graphic Biennial, Novosibirsk State Art Museum, Novosibirsk, Russia. July

¤  Practicing Contemporaries, UNC Faculty Exhibition, Ackland Art Museum, June

¤  International Portfolio The Birth Experience, International Print Exchange, Paragon Studios Project Space  Belfast, Northern Ireland 

¤  2007 China Sanbao International Printmaking Exhibition, Sanbao Ceramics Institute, Jingdezhen, China.   May-June

¤  Heroes, Bryce’s Barbershop, Olympia, WA, May

¤  Dashangzi Art Festival, HuanTieInternationalArtsCenter, Beijing, China, April-May 2007

¤  International Print Biennial, Guanlan China, organized by China Artists Association Shenzhen Federation of Literary and Art Circles, Shenzhen Bao’an District People’s Government, March-April, 2007

¤  Echo, Kansas City Art Institute, Southern Graphics Council, March
Traveling:

     ¤ GrandValleyStateUniversity, Allendale, Michigan August

2006

u  Nostomanic, ShawCenter for the Arts, LouisianaStateUniversity – October-November

¤  Re-Turn, Memorial Union Gallery, University of Wisconsin-Madison, March-April

¤  Birthing, Mid America Print Conference, Athens, Ohio, October

2005

¤  A Tribute to Käthe Kollwitz, Kollwitz Museum, Berlin, Germany, September

¤  Cultural Transport/Moving Targets,  Universität der Künste Berlin, Academy of Fine Art, Poznan, September

u  Purge, an exhibition of recent work, Firefly Gallery, Raleigh, NC, June

¤  Domestic Policy, District Fine Arts, Gallery, Washington, D.C. March-May
Traveling venues:

     ¤ Jewett Arts Center Galleries, Wellesley college, Wellesley, MA, June

     ¤ Glass Gallery, University of Texas at El Paso,  July-August

     ¤ Phoebe  Conley Gallery at CaliforniaStateUniversity, Fresno , CA , October, November

     ¤ MarianGravesMugarArtGalleryColbySawyerCollege, New London, New Hampshire (Jan-Feb, 2006)

¤  International Artists, SujiacunArtVillage, BeijingChina, April-May

¤  Paper Under Pressure, McDougleMediaCenter, Carrboro, NC, April-June

¤  Dictionary Project, curated by Annie Silverman, Brickbottom Gallery, Somerville, MA, April

¤  Artist/Educator, Kathleen Ewing Gallery, Washington D C, February-March

¤  Digital Images Annual, International Digital Artists Association, Melbourne, Australia, February

¤  Catfish PressExchange HuntsvilleMuseum of Art, HuntsvilleAL, February

¤  Bi Annual Faculty Exhibition, AcklandArt Museum, UNC-Chapel Hill, January-March

2004                                                

¤  Penland 75th Anniversary Exhibition, Wellington B GrayGallery, EastCarolinaUniversity, Greenville, NC

¤  Faculty ExhibitionPenlandSchool of Craft, Penland, NC, July

¤  She Said, Susan Teller Gallery, 568 Broadway, New York, NY March

¤  Catfish Press Portfolio Exchange
Traveling Exhibition Venues:

     ¤ USMMuseum of Art, University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS October-November

     ¤ LaurenRogersMuseum of Art, Laurel, MS - Exhibition: December 2003 February 2004

     ¤ McComasArtGallery, Mississippi State University, Miss. State, MS, March-April

     ¤ The Harry Wood Gallery, ArizonaStateUniversity, Tempe, AZ - Exhibition: January-February

     ¤ The Second Floor Gallery, Department of Art and Art History, University of Texas at Austin, spring 2004

     ¤ Concourse Gallery, University of Tennessee,

¤  Deux, Maison de la Culture de Trois Rivie’res, Trois Riveres, Quebec, Canada.  March

2003

¤  Violent Violence, Matschappij Arti et Amicitae, Amsterdam, June-July

u  Propinquity, University of Northern Iowa, Gallery of Art, Cedar Falls, Iowa, February

¤  Women in Print, University of Tulsa, January

¤  Bi Annual Faculty Exhibition, Ackland  Art Museum, University of North Carolina  at Chapel Hill,  January

2002

¤  Taboo, FineArtsAcademy, Poznan, Poland, October/November

¤  Taboo X, Carrol Gallery, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, April

¤  Exquisite Voodoo, Southern Graphics Council Conference viewing,  New Orleans, LA, April 
Traveling Exhibition venues:

     ¤ Bradley University, Peoria Il, May

¤  Bite Me: A Mordacious Visual Rumination, Southern Graphics Council Conference viewing, New Orleans, LA, April  Traveling Exhibition venues:

     ¤ Washington University, St Louis, MO, May-June.

  ¤ Women’s National Art Invitational, Rudolph E. Lee Gallery, Clemson University, Clemson, SC   March-April.

2001