SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS    

  • 2008, The Nature of Things, curated by Dorothy Cochran, Interchurch Center, New York, NY
  • 2008 Summer exhibition, Blink Gallery, Andes, NY
  • 2008 Ongoing exhibitions, A Square Deal, Philadelphia, PA
  • 2007 Landscapes, National Association of Women Artists Invitational, Longview Museum of Fine Art, Longview, Texas
  • 2007 Moving Forward, Belskie Museum of Art, Closter, NJ
  • 2007 Summer exhibition, Blink Gallery, Andes, NY
  • 2005 Collaboration, 25 Years of Pyramid Atlantic, curated by Jane M. Farmer and Helen C. Frederick, Edison Place
             Gallery    , Washington DC
  • 2004 Women of Woolworth’s, Blink Gallery, Andes, NY
  • 2004 Word and Image Gallery, Treadwell, NY
  • 2004 National Association of Women Artists annual exhibit, NAWA Gallery, NYC
  • 2004 Meditations on War, NAWA Gallery, NYC
  • 2004 Art Explores Jewish Themes, NAWA Gallery, NYC (in association with Yeshiva University Museum)
  • 2002 Inspired by the Land, The Attleboro Museum, Attleboro, MA
  • 2000 Millennium Collection of National Association of Women Artists, Baltimore Convention Center, Baltimore
  • 2000 Space Shaping Space, Women's Caucus for Art-Northwest Region, Phoenix Gallery, NYC
  • 2000 A Women's Space Is, Ben Shahn Galleries, William Patterson University, Wayne, New Jersey
  • 1999 Florence Biennale, Florence, Italy
  • 1998 Pyramid Atlantic: A Study in Collaboration, Federal Reserve Board, Washington, D.C.
  • 1998 Text and Texture, Broome Street Gallery, NYC
  • 1998 From the Earth, Korea Gallery, NYC
  • 1997 A Symbiotic Collection, Pagus Gallery, Norristown, PA
  • 1997 Earthworks, Ant Farm, Otego, NY
  • 1997 Staten Island Institute of Arts and Sciences, Staten Island, NY
  • 1996 Diverse Influences, Chinese Culture Institute, Boston, MA
  • 1995 Artists Select Artists, Viridian Artists, Inc., NYC
  • 1993 Visual Arts Gallery, Henry Street Settlement, NYC (Collaboration piece with Artist & Homeless Collaborative)
  • 1992 Take Action, Westbeth Gallery, NYC
  • 1992 Columbus/Collision/Convergence of Cultures, Westbeth Gallery, NYC
  • 1992 Women Creating Themselves, Eastern New Mexico University, Portales, NM
  • 1990 Sound/Vision, Center on Contemporary Art, Seattle, WA
  • 1989 David Adamson Gallery, Washington DC
  • 1989 Decker & Meyerhoff Gallery, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
  • 1988 Mirrored Images, New York University Graduate Center, NYC
  • 1983 State Museum, Albany, NY
  • 1983 Munson Williams Proctor Institute, Utica, NY
    SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS    

  • 2006 New Work by Bette Alexander, Blink Gallery, Andes, NY
  • 2005 New Works and Mini Retrospective, Autumn Gallery, Oneonta, NY
  • 2002 People and Places, West Kortright Center, East Meredith, NY
  • 2000 The Human Spirit, Quarter Moon Gallery, Delhi, NY
  • 1998 Earth/Memory, 55 Mercer Gallery, NYC
  • 1997 Ancient Figures, Kubiak Gallery, Oneonta, NY
  • 1996 Shrouds & Buried Figures, Viridian Artists, Inc., NYC
  • 1992 Bette Alexander - New Work, Kubiak Gallery, Oneonta, NY
  • 1988 Paper Constructions, Pyramid Atlantic, Riverdale, MD
  • 1988 Oracles, Art Awareness Gallery, Lexington, NY
  • 1988 New Work, Grosvenor Gallery, State University, Cobleskill, NY
  • 1987 Compensation, Loyola College Art Gallery, Baltimore, MD
  • 1986 Oracles 1, Art Awareness Gallery, Lexington, NY
  • 1985 Ritual Connections, Neill Gallery, NYC
  • 1984 New Work, Diane Gilson Gallery, Seattle, WA
    SELECTED COLLECTIONS    

  • Basmat and Stephen Arnoff, Israel
  • Jane Vorhees Zimmerli Art Museum, Rutgers University, NY
  • United States State Department, Washington DC
  • J.P. Morgan Co., NYC
  • Mobil Corporation, NYC
  • Berger Corporation, Seattle
  • Clothiers International, Ltd., NYC
  • Hartwick College, Oneonta, NY
  • Arthur Andersen & Co., Baltimore, MD
  • Vodou Ceremonial Sanctuary, Brooklyn
    SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY    

  • Poetica Magazine, summer edition, "Waiting for a Minyan," front cover, 2008
  • StudioVisit Magazine, Open Studios Press, Fall issue, Invitational, curator, Carl Betz, Rose Art Museum, 2008
  • Catskill Mountain Guide, "Artist Feature Section," March 2007
  • "Landscapes" catalog for exhibition at the Longview Museum of Fine Art, Longview, Texas, 2007
  • Collaboration as a Medium, Pyramid Atlantic (catalog), Silver Spring, MD, pages 2, 67, 88, and back cover, 2005
  • The Daily Star, Oneonta, NY, "Art Show to Feature oil Pastels by Bette Alexander," 2004
  • New York Times, NYC, NY, "How Rutgers Women’s Collection Grows," William Zimmer, Sept. 15, 2002
  • The Observer Dispatch, Utica, NY, "Expect the Unexpected" by Jonas Kover, Aug. 6, 2002
  • The Post Standard, Syracuse, NY, "An Art 'Hall of Fame'," by Kathrerine Rushworth, Aug. 4, 2002
  • Inquiring Mind, Berkeley, CA "Meditation/Art" written and illustrated by Bette Alexander
  • New York Times, NYC, NY, "Text and Texture," works by ten women artists, Aug. 30, Sept. 4, Sept. 11, 1998
  • New York Times, NYC, NY, "Bette Alexander, Earth/Memory," Jan. 25, 1998
  • The New Yorker, art, short list, "Bette Alexander, Earth/Memory," Jan. 25, 1998
  • Who’s Who of American Art, 1998-9
  • New American Painting, Open Studios Press, Wellesley, MA, "Bette Alexander Paintings," 1997
  • The Sun, Baltimore, MD, "Alexander’s Works Evoke Both Seriousness and Humor," John Dorsey, Oct. 29, 1992
    SELECTED AWARDS & GRANTS    

  • 2006 Frank Proctor Whiting Memorial Prize, Cooperstown National Art Exhibition, Cooperstown, NY
  • 2002 Rembrandt Pastel Award, Cooperstown National Exhibition Cooperstown, NY
  • 1991, 1992 Certificate of Outstanding Service, Human Resources Administration, NYC (originating and directing art
               programs in NYC homeless shelters)
  • 1991 Mid-Atlantic Arts Foundation Residency Grant at Pyramid Atlantic, Riverdale, MD. Print & papermaking
  • 1990 Artist's Space Grant, NYC
  • 1987 New York State Council Grant, Installation piece at Art Awareness, Lexington, NY
  • 1984 O'Connor Foundation Grant, Curator, "Works Over Time," Travelling exhibition in NY State
  • 1976-7 CAPS New York State Artists Fellowship
    SELECTED ART WORK ILLUSTRATING PUBLICATIONS AND BOOKS    

  • Inquiring Mind (Buddhist quarterly magazine), Berkeley, CA 2004, art to illustrate three articles
  • Inquiring Mind, Berkeley, CA, "Meditation/Art," written and illustrated by Bette Alexander, Summer, 2002
  • Inquiring Mind, Berkeley, CA, "In Solitary," page 39, Spring 2000
  • Inquiring Mind, Berkeley, CA, "Earth Angels," featured on front and back cover, Spring 1999
  • Abnormal Psychology, John Wiley Sons Inc. NYC, 1998 (art selected to illustrate section of book)
  • Inquiring Mind, Berkeley, CA "Street Wise Zen," p. 10-11, Spring 1996
  • Inquiring Mind, Berkeley, CA, "The Practice of Storytelling in Tibet," p. 8-9, Spring 1994
  • Menninger Perspective, Topeka, KS pp. 9, 14, 1994
    EDUCATION    

  • New School of Social Research, Certificate, Expressive Art Therapy, 1990
  • Vermont College, Master of Arts, 1987 (Ethnographic Art with focus on art and culture of Papua New Guinea)
  • University of Rhode Island, Bachelor of Arts, 1959