Betsy Silverman (Paper)
Artist Statement
Betsy Silverman's works are artistic expressions recreated through fragmented photorealism. She references a photo that she has taken to create a collage. Her art is made entirely of recycled paper and adhesive. No other medium is added.
Betsy has a Master of Architecture degree and graduated from Rhode Island School of Design. Her work combines art with an architectural component. She began using paper in graduate school, creating structural works made entirely of paper. Eventually her interest evolved into creating works that were environmentally friendly and made entirely of recycled paper.
She is passionate about paper's tactile quality, physicality and limitless opportunity for new and intuitive creations. In addition, the medium, recycled magazines, allows the opportunity to produce green art.
She is especially drawn to the challenge of transforming the printed image into a new image while preserving bits and pieces of the memory of the paper's former representation. Each magazine cut is selected for hue, value, saturation and content (both imagery and text) to provide context to the subject. Her work focuses on representing the beauty of New England with an emphasis on Boston.
Awards
Selected Winner Newton Open Studios Fall Juried 2016 Show, jurors Art Scope’s Kaveh Mojtabai, and Brian Goslow
Prize Winner, James K. Bonnar Show, 2016, juror Katherine French
In Vision: 2D/3D Landscape, Juried, Davis Art Gallery, Worcester MA--Work selected as sole image for advertisement of the show)
Exhibitions
Newton Open Studios Award Winners’ Show, NewTV, Newton MA
The School of The Museum of Fine Arts Art Sale, Boston MA
The James K. Bonnar Show, New Art Center, Newtonville MA
Newton Open Studios Juried Fall Show, Newton MA
17th Annual Frances N. Roddy Competition, Concord Art, Concord MA
Newburyport Art Association 19th Annual Regional Juried Show, Newburyport MA
Newton Open Studios Spring Show, Newton MA
Nor’easter: The 46th Annual Juried Exhibit, New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain CT
Sticking Stowe together, (Solo exhibit) Stowe Arts and Crafts Gallery, Stowe VT