Biography
Beth DeWit is an artist of diverse experience and is primarily self-taught. Her focus is portraiture as a means to find human connections through the vehicle of the body and the gaze. She has worked as a Decorative Painter for 24 years in the New York Metro area.
Beth is a recipient of a 2023 Arts Alive Individual Artists Grant through Artswestchester and the New York State Council on the Arts.
She has exhibited at ArtsWestchester Gallery in White Plains, NY, Riverside Gallery in Yonkers, NY, NRCA Rotunda Gallery, New Rochelle, NY. Arc Of The VIral Universe Notebook Project: traveling exhibition (Tompkin County Public Library, Ithica, NY, HV MOCA, Peekskill, NY, Chappaqua Library, Chappaqua, NY, The Ottinger Room, Croton on Hudson, NY). The Ossining Public Library Gallery, Ossining, NY, Peekskill Open Studios and Field Library in Peekskill, NY, Beacon Open Studios, Beacon, NY, Hendrick Hudson Library, Montrose, NY, Mahopac Library in Mahopac, NY, Chappaqua Public Library, Chappaqua, NY, Tompkins Corners and Peekskill Arts Alliance Virtual Exhibits on Zoom.
Currently a board member of Peekskill Arts Alliance, Beth holds a Bachelor’s Degree in English Literature from the University of Iowa. She is also a ERYT (Experienced Registered Yoga Teacher). She lives in Peekskill, NY.
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Solo Exhibition
- "Shelter": August 1-30, 2023 Ossining Public Library Gallery, Ossining, NY
“What happens when the roof over our head disappears?
Where do we go to seek shelter when the shelter won’t hold?
How do we protect each other when the ocean has come into our living room, bedrooms, clinics, courts and all the sanctuaries that are rightfully ours?
Where is the safe house for our fragile hearts when the house is on fire?” ~Beth DeWit
ArtsAlive Grant Recipient Beth DeWit presents her Solo Art Exhibit “Shelter” opening August 1st at the Ossining Public Library Gallery. A reception and artist talk will be held August 5th 2-4 pm. The exhibit extends through August 30th during library hours.
This project is made possible with funds by the Statewide Community Regrants Program, a regrant program of the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature and administered by ArtsWestchester.
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2024 Duo Exhibition: Beth DeWit & Tony Jefferson, Chappaqua Library, Chappaqua, NY, Feb-Mar, 2024
2023 Shelter: Ossining Public Library, Ossining, NY August, 2023
2022 A Bird in the Hand: The Field Gallery, Peekskill, NY, June 2022
Selected Group Exhibitions
2022
Beacon Open Studios, Beacon, NY, July, 2022
2019-present
ArtsWestchester Gallery, White Plains, NY,
Riverside Gallery, Yonkers, NY,
NRCA Rotunda Gallery, New Rochelle, NY,
Arc Of The VIral Universe Notebook Project- traveling exhibition: Tompkin County Public Library, Ithica, NY, HV MOCA, Peekskill, NY, Chappaqua Library, Chappaqua, NY, The Ottinger Room, Croton on Hudson, NY).
Peekskill Open Studios, Peekskill, NY
Field Gallery, Peekskill, NY, Mahopac Library, Mahopac, NY, Hendrick Hudson Library, Montrose, NY
Tompkins Corners and Peekskill Arts Alliance Virtual Exhibits, on Zoom.
2012
Artswestchester Gallery, White Plains, NY