Betye Saar

Page 1 | Biography

Born: 1926
Lives: Los Angeles

Education
1949 B.A. University of California, Los Angeles, CA
1958-62 Graduate Studies at California State University, Long Beach, CA;
University of Southern California; and California State University, Northridge, CA

Solo Exhibitions
2011 �Betye Saar: Red Time� Roberts & Tilton, Los Angeles, CA
�Betye Saar: Cage� California African American Museum, Los Angeles, CA
�Exhibition Artist-Walk-Through with Betye Saar� California African American Museum, Los
Angeles, CA
2010 �Betye Saar: Cage� Michael Rosenfeld Gallery, New York, NY
2006 �Betye Saar: Migrations/Transformations� Michael Rosenfeld Gallery, New York, NY
�Betye Saar: Extending the Frozen Moment�, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts,
Philadelphia, PA
2005 �Betye Saar: Extending the Frozen Moment� University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann
Arbor, MI
�Betye Saar: Extending the Frozen Moment� Norton Museum of Art, West Palm, Beach, FL
�Betye Saar: Extending the Frozen Moment� Crocker Museum of Art, Sacramento, CA
2003 �Betye Saar: Personal Icons� Kirkland Fine Art Center, Millikin University, Decatur, IL
2002 �Betye Saar: Personal Icons� Merrill Lynch & Co, Inc., Princeton, NJ
�Betye Saar: Colored � Consider the Rainbow� Michael Rosenfeld Gallery, New York, NY
�Betye Saar: Colored � Consider the Rainbow� The Columbus Museum Uptown, Columbus,
GA
2000 �Betye Saar: As Time Goes By�1591-1951� Pinnacle Galleries, Savannah College of Art and
Design, Savannah, GA
�In Service: A Version of Survival� Michael Rosenfeld Gallery, New York, NY
1999 �Personal Icons� The University Art Museum, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
�Personal Icons� Anderson Ranch Art Center, Snowmass, Village, CO
1998 �Workers + Warriors: The Return of Aunt Jemima� Michael Rosenfeld Gallery, New York, NY
�Workers + Warriors: The Return of Aunt Jemima� Greenville County Museum of Art,
Greenville, SC
�Workers + Warriors: The Return of Aunt Jemima� The Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI
�Crossings� Jan Baum Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
�A Woman's Boat: Voyages� Saddleback College Art Gallery, Mission Viejo, CA
1997 �Ritual and Remembrance� The Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA
�Ritual and Remembrance� California Afro-American Museum, Los Angeles, CA
1996 �Visual Journey� Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, IA
�Bearing Witness� Spelman College, Atlanta, GA
�Tangled Roots� The Palmer Museum of Art, Penn State College, PA
1995 �Personal Icons� de Saisset Museum, Santa Clara, CA
�Personal Icons� Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, NE
�Personal Icons� The University Art Museum, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
�Personal Icons� Anderson Ranch Art Center, Snowmass Village, CO
1994 �Limbo� Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, CA
1993 �Betye Saar: The Secret Heart� Fresno Art Museum, Fresno, CA
1992 �Signs of the Times� Hypo Square, Hypo-Bank, New York, NY
�The Ritual Journey� Joseloff Gallery, University of Hartford, West Hartford, CT
1991 �Sentimental Souvenirs� Objects Gallery, Chicago, IL
1990 �Sanctified Visions� Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
1989 �Connections: Site Installations�/USIA
�Illusions� Wellington City Art Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand
�Fragments of Fate� Auckland, New Zealand
1988 �Connections: Site Installations�/USIA
�Voyages: Dreams & Destinations� Taichung Museum of Art, Taichung, Taiwan
�Shadow Song� Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
�Betye Saar: Resurrection: Site Installations� 1977 to 1987, Main Art Gallery, Visual Arts
Center, California State University, Fullerton, Fullerton, California
�House of Fortune� Manila, Philippines
1987 �Sentimental Sojourn: Strangers & Souvenirs� Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts,
Philadelphia, PA
�Mojotech� List Visual Arts Center, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA
1984 �In Context� Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
�Secrets & Revelations� Georgia State University Art Gallery, Atlanta, GA
1983 �Betye Saar: Collages & Installations� Woman's Art Movement, Adelaide, Australia
�Uneasy Dancer� Canberra School of Art, Canberra ACT, Australia
1982 �Betye Saar: Collages� Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1981 �Betye Saar: New Work� Baum-Silverman Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
�Betye Saar: New Collages� Monique Knowlton Gallery, New York, NY
1980 �Rituals� The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, NY
1979 �Betye Saar: New Work� Baum-Silverman Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
�Betye Saar: Collages� Gallery 62, National Urban League, Inc., New York, NY
1977 �Betye Saar� San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
�Ritual� Baum-Silverman Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1976 �Matrix 22: Betye Saar� Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, CT
�Betye Saar� Monique Knowlton Gallery New York, NY
1975 �Betye Saar� Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
1973 �Betye Saar� California State University, Los Angeles, CA
1972 �One Woman Exhibit� Multi-Cul Gallery, Los Angeles, CA