About
For 30 years, this Santa Fe artist has focused on surface detail and texture in her work, applying acrylic, oil, pastel, rice paper and beeswax to Masonite panel. Given her background in ceramics and textiles, it's not suprising that her work has a highly tactile quality. Her richly textured color-field paintings have reminded viewers of rock formations, flowing water, fire embers, a butterfly's wing, and the transition of a cloud as it shifts. She connects the audience to their owns inner fires, fertile valleys, and cool still waters. |
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Bio
Born 1943
Worcester, Massachusetts
EDUCATION :
Winthrop College, Rock Hill, SC, BA 1965
New School for Social Research, New York City, NY
Simmons College, Boston, MA
University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
Notable Collectors:
Paul Allen
Earl Potter
Corporate Collections:
Bank Plus, Jackson, MS
Irwin, Fritchie, Irquhart, and Moore, LLC, New Orleans, LA
First National Bank, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Bonness Enterprises Inc., Washington, D.C.
Academia de Patricia Medrado, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Escola Anglo Latino, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Promotion Sports, San Diego, CA
Berkshire Securities, Pittsburgh, PA
First National Bank, Santa Fe, NM
Engel and Lofton, Sante Fe, NM
Como Su Casa LLC, Santa Fe, NM
Canyon Foundation, Santa Fe, NM
SOLO EXHIBITIONS :
2003 Solitude, Karan Ruhlen Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2001 Standing Stones, Karan Ruhlen Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
1998 Impermanence, Karan Ruhlen Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
1996 Prayer Series, Karan Ruhlen Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
1995 Chests, Drawers and Other Secret Places, Santa Fe Contemporary Art, Santa Fe, NM
New Works, First National Bank, Santa Fe, NM
The Contemporary Landscape , Church of Religious Science, Santa Fe, NM
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS:
2007 Guthrie Contemporary, Houston, TX
2006 The Power of Red, Karan Ruhlen Gallery, Santa Fe. NM
Inner Space, Karan Ruhlen Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
ARTScottsdale, Scottsdale,AZ
AAF, Metropolitan Pavilion, New York
2006 Guthrie Contemporary, New Orleans, LA
2005 AAF Contemporary, New York, NY
2005 Guthrie Contemporary, New Orleans, LA
2005 Shadows and Heiroglyphs, Karan Ruhlen Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2003 Amour del Rojo, Karan Ruhlen Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Art Santa Fe, Santa Fe, NM
2002 Heart of Winter Karan Ruhlen Gallery
Palm Springs International Art Fair , Palm Springs, CA
Affordable Art Fair, Pier 92 , New York, NY
2001 SITE Unseen II, James Kelly Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM
Invitational, Joyce Robins Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Gallery Artists , Karan Ruhlen Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2000 Postcard Love Letters to the Land, Munson Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Fair and Square, The Governor’s Gallery, Museum of Fine Arts, Santa Fe, NM
Red, Invitational, Karan Ruhlen Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
A Show with Heart , Joyce Robins Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
1999 Hot Wax-The Encaustic Tradition, Karan Ruhlen Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Milliflori, Karan Ruhlen Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Words: The Writen Word as Art , curated, Riha Rothberg, Albuquerque, NM
A Show with Heart, Joyce Robins Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Passionate Pairs , Karan Ruhlen Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
1998 Friends of Contemporary Art Juried Exhibition, LewAllen Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM
Faces of Women , Las Vegas Arts Council, Las Vegas, NM
Rape Crisis Art Collection , Santa Fe, NM
A Show with HeART , Joyce Robins Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Sacred Arts Exhibition , Guadalupe Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM
1997 Monathon, Site Santa Fe, Santa Fe, NM
A Show with HeART, Joyce Robins Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Red, Karan Ruhlen Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Love Letters (Literary Allusions) , Santa Fe Contemporary Art, Santa Fe, NM
International Juried Exhibition of Encaustic Work , Juror: Steven Haller, The Gallery at R&F, Kingston, NY
101 Cups- 101 Artists , Karan Ruhlen Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Contemporary ’97 , Albuquerque United Artists Juried Exhibition, Curator: Louis Grachos, Albuquerque, NM
Object – Surface , Karan Ruhlen Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Albuquerque Artist Alliance Exhibition , Harwood Art Center, Albuquerque, NM
Photography – Image: Without Boundaries , Karan Ruhlen Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Monotypes: Foreign and Domestic , Karan Ruhlen Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Artists and Friends , Santa Fe Contemporary Art, Santa Fe, NM
Art with Heart , Cline LewAllen Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM
1996 101 Cups- 101 Artists, Karan Ruhlen Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Christ in the Desert, Zaplin-Lampert Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Primavera Painting, Brandywine Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
Love on Paper, Santa Fe Contemporary Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Art with Heart, Horwitch LewAllen Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Artists and Friends, Santa Fe Contemporary Art, Santa Fe, NM
1995 Christ in the Desert, Zaplin-Lampert Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Saints, Counterpoint, Santa Fe, NM
Small Works, Santa Fe Contemporary Art, Santa Fe, NM
AWARDS AND HONORS:
1997 Wingspread Award for Outstanding Contemporary Art, Juror: Louis Grachos,
Albuquerque, NM
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:
2003 Dottie Indyke, “Blaire Rice Bennett” ARTnews, June 2003
Mokha Laget, “Blaire Rice Bennett Review,” THE Magazine, May 2003
Nate Gutierrez, “Art Matters,” Pasatiempo, New Mexican, March 21, 2003
1998 Craig Smith, “Alcehemy and Subtle Colors.” Pasatiempo, the New Mexican, October
1997 Michael Koster, “Object Surface.” Pasatiempo, The New Mexican, August.
Richard Tobin, “Short Reviews.” THE Magazine, March.
Diana Armitage, “Critical Reflections.” THE Magazine, June.
Gussie Fauntleroy, “Demonstrations Reveal Artists in the Cups.” Pasatiempo, The New Mexican , December 28.
1995 Emily Van Cleve, “Bennett takes trips into non-ordinary reality.” Pasatiempo, The New Mexican , June 22.
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