Occupation: Painter, Sculptor Media: Pastel, encaustic, clay, wax. Born West Palm Beach, Florida, 44.
Education Univ Georgia, Athens, BFA, 67. Wright State Univ, Ohio, 72. Int Inst Experimental Printmaking, California, 74. San Jose State Univ, MA, 76.
Teaching Positions Vis asst professor painting, Antioch Col, Yellow Springs, Ohio, 86-87; adjunct lectr painting, Marist Coll, Poughkeepsie, New York, 99-2005.
Business and Professional Positions Member artists advisor com, Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, 87-88; panelist, Ohio Arts Coun, Columbus, 91, Dutchess Co Arts Coun, New York State Coun on Arts, 97-98; membership director, Women's Studio Workshop, 92-93.
Commissioned Works structure, Divining House, Alan Baer (architect), Contemporary Arts Center, Federal Res Plaza, Cincinnati, 86.
Public Works Samuel Dorsky Mus Art, New Paltz, New York; Cincinnati Art Museum; Wexner Center for Visual Arts, Ohio State Univ, Columbus; Arco Center for Visual Arts, Los Angeles; Women's Studio Workshop, Rosendale, New York.
Exhibitions Solo Exhibs: Montalvo Center for Arts, Saratoga, California, 78; Animal Wishes/Animal Desires, C.A.G.E Gallery, Cincinnati, 1981; Emerging Talent (ten solo exhibs); Wright State Univ, Dayton, Ohio, 82; Chidlaw Gallery, Cincinnati, 88; Nancy Moore Fine Art, New York, 96; Chaosmos, Kleinert/James Arts Center, Woodstock, New York, 2001; Sentient Animals, Gallery at R & F, Kingston, New York, 2005; Bestial Beings (retrospective), Cabaret Voltaire Art Center, Poughkeepsie, New York, 2007; Group Exhibs: Hudson Valley Artists: Myth, Spirituality, and Culture, College Art Gallery, SUNY New Paltz, New York, 1991; Animal-Anima-Animus (traveling), Mus Voor Moderne Kunst, Arhhem, Holland, 98, Porin Taidemuseo, Pori, Finland, 98, PS1 Contemporary Art Center, New York, 99, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Canada, 2000; Making Their Mark, Cincinnati Art Museum, 2003; Ideas Into Objects: Reinterpreting the Notebooks of Leonard da Vinci, Alice F and Harris K Weston Art Gallery, Aronoff Center for Arts, Cincinnati, 2005; Encaustic Works: 2005, Samuel Dorsky Mus, New Paltz, New York, 2005.
Bibliography Linda Weintraub (author), In the Making: Creative Options for Contemporary Art, Art Public, 2003; Paul Smart (author), Painting In The Language of Animals, Ulster Public, 11/17/2005; Linda Weintraub and Marketta Seppala (auths), Animal Anima Animus, Finland, 1998.
Publications Betty Collings (author), Ten Solo Exhibitions (catalog, essay), Wright State Univ, Dayton, Ohio, 1982; The Definitive American Contemporary Quilt, 90; Animal, Anima, Animus, Pori Contem Art Museum, Frame Publ, 98; Arcana Mundi (author), Jan Harrison: Selected Works, Station Hill, Barrytown, New York, 1979-2000; Encaustic Works, Samuel Dorsky Mus, 2005.
Honors and Awards Individual Artist Fels, Ohio Arts Coun, 83, 85 & 88; Ohio Arts Coun New Works Grant, 86; Summerfair Aid to Individual Artist Grant, 89.
Memberships Women's Studio Workshop.
Research Area Contemporary investigation of the animal & human interface.
Areas of Interest Animals, animal communication, philos, ecology & theology.
