Beata Wehr – Artist Statement

Most of my work relates to my experience as a European living in the U.S. I came here 22 years ago from Warsaw. Since my connection to Poland is very strong, culturally I am in between the two worlds. This is probably a quite common experience of many immigrants, so I think that although I am talking about myself, it is more universal. In my work I address the problems with complete understanding on both verbal and non-verbal levels, adaptation, nostalgia, isolation, dislocation and identity. I moved many times, I had 12 homes -- so I started to define again the idea and meaning of home. I had to tame the new space in order to make Tucson, which is so different than Warsaw, my new home.

I found artists’ books to be especially useful in talking about the issues of identity, immigration, and dislocation. I like their intimate format, and the fact that many media could be combined on the pages, creating layers of images. My books are usually bilingual, or semi-bilingual and I often mix images with writing, pieces of newspapers, found objects and other elements reflecting the everyday life in Tucson as well as my links to Poland. I try to combine two different experiences from two different worlds in this “in between” situation. I do not know if it is ever possible, as my native life, language, landscape, culture are so different then my life here in Tucson. I want my viewers who will not understand part of the text to experience the difficulties with comprehension. I hope that those who are not from this culture can relate to the problem, and those who are from here will be more aware of it -- especially that It also relates to migration and feeling of dislocation which is an experience many Americans encounter.

I am also interested in recording the passage of time, obsessed by the changes happening in our life, changes of our fragile bodies, our minds. I am curious how the past determines the present and how what is happening now influences our thinking about the past. The rhythm of life is different depending on the place we live, our age, occupation, gender, and role in a family and in a society. I am trying to capture chunks of time comparing different periods of my life, recording transience by creating journal-like books, time lines, letters from the past, calendars. In my work the past is mixed with the present, experiences from Poland with those from here. Some of the materials I am working with are found, so their history is unknown to me, and this mystery creates yet another layer of thinking about the time with all what is unknown and can only be guessed. Time and transience are very important factors in our life, and this why I am choosing them as a subject.

I feel that experiencing influences of the two different cultures -- Polish and American -- shapes my identity and perception of life, and this is what I want to communicate to a viewer.

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Education

1999 M.F.A. in Painting/Combined Media, University of Arizona, Art Department, Tucson, AZ

1982 M.A. in Art History, Warsaw University, Warsaw, Poland

1984-85 Academy of Fine Arts, Warsaw, Poland

Exhibitions

Solo:

• 2010 Joel D. Valdez Main Library, Tucson, AZ, Artist's Books (December)
• 2009 PII Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, Taming the landscapes, Paintings and Books
• 2006 Pima Community College Library, Artist’s Books
• 2000 Pokaz Gallery, Warsaw, Poland, Too Far Away…, Artist’s Books (catalog)
• 1999 Book Art Museum, £ódz, Poland , Artist’s Books
• 1999 The University of Arizona Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ, In Between, MFA Thesis Exhibition
• 1998 Fine Arts Library Gallery, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, In Transit, Artist’s Books
• 1997 Gallery at Rancho Linda Vista, Oracle, AZ, Paintings
• 1996 Artisimo Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ, Paintings
• 1995 The Arts Council of Princeton, Princeton, NJ, Small Paintings from Mexico and Arizona
• 1995 Main Public Library, Tucson, AZ, Recent Paintings
• 1995 Phantom Galleries, Tucson, AZ, New Paintings from the Desert
• 1995 Cochise College, Sierra Vista, AZ, Paintings
• 1994 Book Arts Gallery, Tucson, AZ, Finding Missing Images, Watercolors from Mexico
• 1991 The Arts Council of Princeton, Princeton, NJ, People and Places

Group:

• 2011 Herberger Theater Center, Phoenix, AZ, Sacred Places
• 2010 Atelier Vis-à-Vis, Marseille, France, Book Project International, 13h Book Fair (catalog)
• 2010 Museum of Art , Satu-Mare, Romania, European International Artist's Book Biennale
• 2010 Scuola Internazionale di Grafica, Venezia, Italy, 5th International Artist’s Book Triennial Vilnius
• 2010 Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, CA, International Mail Art Exhibition in Honor and Memory of Judith A. Hoffberg
• 2010 Word and Image Gallery , Bright Hill Literary Center, Book Arts Exhibition, Treadwell, NY
• 2010 Herberger Theater Center, Phoenix, AZ, Identity
• 2010 Conrad Wilde Gallery, Tucson, AZ, Red exhibition
• 2010 Jewish Community Center, Tucson, AZ, Open Studio Tour exhibition
• 2010 Tohono Chul Park Gallery, Tucson, AZ, Encaustic Exhibition - Visions in Wax
• 2010 Davis Dominguez Gallery, Tucson, AZ, Small Things Considered, 18th Small Works Invitational
• 2010 Obsidian Gallery, Tucson, AZ, Group Exhibitions
• 2010 Tohono Chul Park Gallery, Tucson, AZ, Art that Heals
• 2010 Conrad Wilde Gallery, Tucson, AZ, Pick up the Pieces
• 2010 University of Arizona Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ, Memory and Desire: Sculptural Books
• 2009 National Library, Warsaw, Poland, Artist’s Books
• 2009 Atelier Vis-à-Vis, Marseille, France, Book Project International, 12th Book Fair (catalog)
• 2009 International Book Fair, Leipzig, Germany, and Galeria Arka, Vilnius, Lithuania, 5th International Artist’s Book Triennial (catalog)
• 2009 Galerie Kurt im Hirsch, Berlin, Germany, Your Documents, Please, traveling to:
  GALÉRIA Z , Bratislava, Slovakia
  Galería Ajolote Arte Contemporáneo, Guadalajara, Mexico
• 2009 Gracefield Art Centre, Dumfries, UK, Place, Identity and Memory
• 2009 Marin MOCA, Novato, CA, Alchemy: Transmutation from the base to the precious
  Drawing Studio, tucson, Uncharted Teritories: Artist as Explore
• 2009 Iowa Artisans Gallery, Iowa City, IA, Art, Fact & Artifact: The Book in Time & Place, College Book Art Association Members Show
• 2009 Holy Cross, Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Art Gallery, Worcester, MA, Compilation: Three Exhibitions on Books
• 2009 Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ, Arizona Biennial 2009
• 2009 Conrad Wilde Gallery, Tucson, AZ, High fiber
• 2009 Tohono Chul Park Exhibit Hall, Tucson, AZ, Re-Visions: Art Made from reclaimed materials
• 2009 Obsidian Gallery, Tucson, AZ, Paintings (2 person exhibition
• 2009 The Business of Art Center, Manitou Springs, CO, The Book Wide Open
• 2009 Conrad Wilde Gallery, Tucson, AZ, Per square inch
• 2009 University of Arizona, School of Art, Tucson, AZ, Continuum
• 2008 Paradigme Gallery, Marseille, France, Mai du livre d’artiste a la belle de Mai, International Contemporary Artist’s Book Exhibition
• 2008 Museum of Arts and Crafts, Itami, Japan, Your Documents, Please, traveling to:
• 2008 ZAIM, Yokohama, Japan,2008 2B Gallery, Budapest ,Hungary,
• 2008 Museum 25 of May, Belgrade, Serbia, Book-Art Object , International Exhibition (catalog)
• 2008 Cours d’Estienne d’Orves, Marseille, France, Contemporary Creative Books,
  11th International Symposium and Book Fair (catalog) www.atelier-vis-a-vis.org
• 2008 Columbia College Chicago Center for Book and Paper Arts, Chicago, IL, 5th International Book and Paper Triennial (catalog) www.bookandpaper.org
• 2008 Obsidian Gallery, Tucson, AZ, Group shows
• 2008 Abecedarian Gallery, Denver, CO, Intaglio
• 2008 Wedeman Gallery, Lasell College, Newton, MA, Shelter, Juried Book Art Exhibit traveling to:
• 2008 Pyramid Atlantic Art Center, Silver Spring, MD,
• 2008 Fleet Library at Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI,
• 2008 301 Gallery, Montserrat College of Art, Beverly MA,
• 2008 The String Room Gallery, Wells College, Aurora, NY
• 2008 Abecedarian Gallery, Denver, CO, Transparent/Opaque
• 2008 Conrad Wilde Gallery, Tucson, AZ, Book Forms
• 2008 Obsidian Gallery, Tucson, AZ, Dia de los Muertos
• 2008 Joel Valdez Main Library,Tucson, AZ, Mainly Books, PaperWorks: The Sonoran Collective for Paper and Book Arts
• 2007 Park Chanot, Marseille, France, Contemporary Creative Books, 10th International Symposium and Book Fair (catalog) www.atelier-vis-a-vis.org
• 2007 VACA, Russi, Italy, Libri mai mai visti, XIII edizione
• 2007 The City Art Gallery, £ódz, Poland , "Time" 8th International Book Art Festival, (catalog) www.bookart.pl, traveling to:
• 2007 National Print Museum, Dublin, Ireland,
• 2007 Main Library, Bremen, Germany (2008), and multiple venues in Poland, Bornholms Kunstmuseum, Helligdommen, Gudhjem, Denmark, Polish Book Art
• 2007 Donna Seager Gallery, San Rafael, CA, Narrative Thread: Artist's Books Involving Stitching, Sewing and String
• 2007 University Art Gallery, California State University, Chico, CA, Conceptually Bound 3, traveling to:
• 2007 Mohr Gallery, Community School of Music and Art, Mountain View, CA, (catalog)
• 2007 Special Collections, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, WI, Books and Death: Book Artists' Construction of Death,Mourning and Memory
• 2007 ArtWorks!, New Bedford, MA, Here and There, Stories of Immigration
• 2007 Conrad Wilde Gallery, Tucson, AZ, Per square inch
• 2007 Main Library, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, Book as Art
• 2007 Joseph Gross Gallery, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, Adjunct Faculty Exhibition
• 2007 Obsidian Gallery, Tucson, AZ, Midsummer Night's Dream
• 2007 Oro Valley Library, Oro Valley, AZ, Artists' Books Exhibition
• 2006 Biblioteca Alexandrina, Alexandria, Egypt, Second International Biennial for the Artist’s Book (catalog)
• 2006 Park Chanot , Marseille, France, Contemporary Creative Books, 9th International Symposium and Book Fair (catalog)
• 2006 Noosa Regional Gallery, Tewantin, Australia, Books ’06
• 2006 Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius, Lithuania, 4th International Book Triennial (catalog), traveling to:
• 2006 Leipzig Book Fair, Leipzig, Germany
• 2006 King St. Stephen Museum, Szekesfehervar, Hungary, 4th International Artists’ Book Exhibition (catalog)
• 2006 San Francisco Public Library, San Francisco, CA, Bookworks 2006
• 2006 University Art Gallery, University of the South, Beyond Words: Artists' Books, International exhibition, Sewanee, TN (catalog) www.sewanee.edu/gallery/artistsbooks/
• 2006 Darcy Falk Gallery, Flagstaff, AZ, Art and Word II , Artist’s Books
• 2006 Davis Dominguez Gallery, Tucson, AZ, 14th Small works Invitational
• 2006 Dinnerware Gallery, Tucson, AZ, Telling Time
• 2006 Platform Gallery, Tucson, AZ, Group Exhibition
• 2006 Obsidian Gallery, Tucson, AZ, Persona
• 2006 Kachina Lounge Gallery, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, Mimesis Eleven, U of A Printmakers Show
• 2005 Columbia College Chicago Center for Books and Paper Arts, Chicago, IL, 4th International Columbia Book and Paper Triennial
• 2005 Kaire Desine Gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania, 2nd International Collage Exhibition (catalog)
• 2005 Danish Museum of Art and Design, Copenhagen, Denmark, Contemporary Polish Book Design
• 2005 Park Chanot , Marseille, France, Contemporary Creative Books, 8th International Symposium and Book Fair (catalog)
• 2005 Noosa Regional Gallery, Tewantin, Australia, Books ’05, Image as Text as Image
• 2005 Polish Institute, Budapest, Hungary, Polish Book Art
• 2005 Pacific Center for the Book Arts, San Francisco, CA, Calendars 2005
• 2005 ARC Gallery, Chicago, IL, Artists in Times of War
• 2005 Steamboat Springs Arts Council, Steamboat Springs, Colorado, The Intensive Spirit
• 2005 Tohono Chul Gallery, Tucson, AZ, Bound and Unbound: Artists’ Books and Other Paper Constructions
• 2005 Platform Gallery, Tucson, AZ, December Salon
• 2005 University of Arizona Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ, Faculty Exhibition
• 2005 Obsidian Gallery, Tucson, AZ, Recuerdos,
• 2005 Tohono Chul Gallery, Tucson, AZ, Re-Visions
• 2004 Kaire Desine Gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania, 1st International Collage Exhibition (catalog) traveling to:
• 2004 Art Center, Jonava and Print Gallery “E.R”, Kaunas, Lithuania
• 2004 Park Chanot , Marseille, France, Contemporary Creative Books, 7th International Symposium and Book Fair (catalog)
• 2004 Noosa Regional Gallery, Tewantin, Australia, Books ’04, Works of Imagination
• 2004 Cuyahoga Community College, Cleveland, Ohio, Open Book (catalog on CD)
• 2004 Obsidian Gallery, Tucson, AZ, Here I am
• 2004 La Jolla Fiber Arts, La Jolla, CA, Imagine That, Book Arts, (catalog)
• 2004 Bright Hill Center, Treadwell, 3rd North American Juried Book Arts Competition Exhibit
• 2004 Transition Gallery, Idaho State University, Pocatello, Idaho, West of 105’ traveling to
  Spori Gallery, BYU Idaho
• 2003 National Library, Warsaw, Poland, International Exhibition of Artists’ Books, 7th edition (catalog) traveling to 12 galleries in Poland and to Sweden and Denmark
• 2003 Park Chanot - Hall 7, Marseille, France, Contemporary Creative Books
  6th International Symposium and Book Fair (catalog)
• 2003 Wexford Art Centre, Wexford, Ireland, 9th Wexford Artist’s Book Exhibition
• 2003 Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius, Lithuania, 3rd International Book Triennial (catalog),
• 2003 Museum of Contemporary Art, Tucson, AZ, Drawn
• 2003 The Society for Contemporary Crafts, Pittsburgh, PA, Home/Land, Immigration, Artists, Identity (catalog) traveling to: The Houston Center for Contemporary Crafts, Houston, TX(2004)
• 2003 The Fuller Museum, Brockton, MA (2004)
• 2003 Buddy Holly Center, Lubbock, TX, Artists Made Books (catalog)
• 2003 The University of Arizona Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ, Love and/or Terror, Invitational
• 2003 The University of Arizona Special Collections Library, Tucson, AZ, Book as Art
• 2002 Pyramid Atlantic, Riverdale, MD, Built by Hand: Book as Art, International Juried Exhibition
• 2002 Gallery Lux, San Francisco, CA, [re]Readings : Artist’s Books Now
• 2002 School of Architecture, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, Faculty Exhibition
• 2002 Jordan River Art Center, East Jordan, MI, International Book Arts Exhibit
• 2002 Center for Book and Paper Arts, Chicago, IL, 3rd National Columbia book and Paper Arts Biennial (catalog)
• 2002 Park Chanot - Palais des Congres, Marseille, France, Contemporary Creative Books,
  5th International Symposium and Book Fair (catalog)
• 2002 Northwest Bookfest, Seattle, WA, Artists’ Books traveling to: Collins Gallery, Portland, OR
• 2002 Bright Hill Center, Treadwell, NY, Bright Hill Press National Book Arts Juried Exhibition (catalog)
• 2002 PKiN, Warsaw, Poland, 47th International Book Fair (catalog)
• 2002 Cuesta College Art Gallery, San Luis Obispo, CA, Artists’ Books 2002
• 2002 Mobilivre, traveling artists’ book exhibition, multiple venues, Canada, USA
• 2002 The New Art Forum, Kingston, MA, Book Explorations 2002
• 2001 Turku Fair Center, Turku, Finland, Turku International Book Fair
• 2001 Eastern Edge Gallery, St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada, Transactions, Artists’ Books
• 2001 Muzeum Piastow Slaskich, Brzeg, Poland, Artists' Books
• 2001 MatrixArts Gallery, Sacramento, California, Artists' Books
• 2001 The New Art Forum, Kingston, MA, Book Explorations 2001
• 2000 Park Chanot - Palais des Congres, Marseille, France, Contemporary Original Books,3rd International Symposium
  and Book Fair (catalog)
• 2000 Dom Artysty Plastyka, Warsaw, Poland, Contemporary Polish Book Art 2000 (catalog),
  traveling to: Stockholm, Umea, Sweden; Helsinki, Tampere, Mikkeli, Iyvaskyla, Finland, (2001)
• 2000 City Gallery, Szekesfehervar, Hungary, 3rd International Artists’ Book Exhibition (catalog)
• 2000 Dom Artysty Plastyka, Warsaw, Poland, Integrart ’99 (catalog), traveling to:
• 2000 Zamek, Lublin, Galeria Chlodna 20, Suwalki, Muzeum Alfonsa Karnego, Bialystok, Poland; Minsk, Byelorussia
• 2000 Milano Gallery, Warsaw, Poland, group show
• 1999 The Arts Council of Princeton, Princeton, NJ, 11th Annual Juried Small Works Show
• 1999 The New Art Forum, Kingston, MA, Book Explorations ’99
• 1999 Obsidian Gallery, Tucson, AZ, Group Exhibition
• 1998 FACET, Taos, NM, The Artist Book II, National Juried Exhibition
• 1998 Tucson-Pima Arts Council, Tucson, AZ, Modern Narratives Reconstructing the Book
• 1998 Lionel Rombach Gallery, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, Persistent Scent of Time, 2 person
• 1998 Northwest Bookfest, Seattle, WA, Juried Book Exhibition
• 1998 Davis Dominguez Gallery, Tucson, AZ, Tucson Collection ’98
• 1997 Obsidian Gallery, Tucson, AZ, Group Exhibition
• 1997 Davis Dominguez Gallery, Tucson, AZ, Tucson Collection ’97
• 1996 The Arts Council of Princeton, Princeton, NJ, 8th Annual Juried Small Works Show
• 1996 Tucson Jewish Community Center, Tucson, AZ, Color My World, 2 person show
• 1996 Davis Dominguez Gallery, Tucson, AZ, Gallery Mix
• 1996 Local 803 Gallery, Tucson, AZ, Wehr, Cleary, Chassels Jr., 3 person show
• 1996 Davis Dominguez Gallery, Tucson, AZ, Tucson Collection ’96
• 1996 Oregon Book Arts Guild, Forest Grove, OR, Endangered, The 4th Oregon Book Biennial (catalog)
• 1996 Seattle Arts Festival, Exhibition Hall, Seattle, WA, Bambershoot Bookfair
• 1995 Biblioteca Provincial, La Coruna, Spain, Libros de Artista, Book Art Project (catalog)
• 1995 Artisimo Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ, Artescapes, National Juried Exhibition
• 1995 Davis Dominguez Gallery, Tucson, AZ, Tucson Collection ’95
• 1995 Temple Gallery, Tucson, AZ, Tucson Museum of Art Faculty Show ’95
• 1995 Sierra Art Foundation, Reno, NV, By the Book, Book Arts Exhibition
• 1995 Casa Grande Art Museum, Casa Grande, AZ, Watercolor Invitational
• 1994 Temple Gallery, Tucson, AZ, Tucson Museum of Art Faculty Show ’94
• 1994 Davis Gallery, Tucson, AZ, Tucson Collection ’94
• 1994 The Arts Council of Princeton, Princeton, NJ, Art of the Gardens
• 1994 Casa Grande Art Museum, Casa Grande, AZ, Small Wonders
• 1994 New Doors of the Arts Gallery, Tucson, AZ, Celebration of the Senses
• 1994 Book Arts Gallery, Tucson, AZ, Artists’ Books
• 1993 Shane House Gallery, Tucson, AZ, Women’s Invitational
• 1992 Trenton City Museum, Trenton, NJ, Ellarsie Open XI
• 1992 The Arts Council of Princeton, Princeton, NJ, 4th Annual Juried Small Works Show
• 1992 Printmaking Council of New Jersey, Somerville, NJ, 8th Small Impressions 1992 (traveling show)
• 1991 The Arts Council of Princeton, Princeton, NJ, 3rd Annual Juried Small Works Show
• 1991 Mercer County Community College, Trenton, NJ, Mercer County Artists ’91
• 1991 The Arts Council of Princeton, Princeton, NJ, Angels II, Invitational Show
• 1990 Artworks, Trenton, NJ, Juried Members Show
• 1990 The Arts Council of Princeton, Princeton, NJ, 2nd Annual Juried Small Works Show
• 1990 Mercer County Community College, Trenton, NJ, Mercer County Artists ’90
• 1990 Del Bello Gallery, Toronto, Canada, 5th International Exhibition of Miniature Art

Professional Experience

• 2010 Adjunct instructor, Art Center Design College, Tucson, AZ
• 2004-10 Art instructor, Tucson Museum of Art School, Tucson, AZ
• 2007, 2005 Adjunct instructor, University of Arizona, School of Art, Tucson, AZ (Advanced/Graduate Contemporary Drawing, Watercolor, Non-figurative Drawing)
• 2006, 2001 Adjunct instructor, Pima Community College, Art Department, Tucson, AZ (Bookmaking, Basic Design)
• 2000-03 Adjunct lecturer, University of Arizona, School of Architecture, Tucson, AZ (Foundation Studio)
• 1997-99 Teaching assistant, University of Arizona, Department of Art, Tucson, AZ (Color and Design - 7 semesters , instructor of record, Painting –1 semester)
• 1994-96 Art instructor, Tucson Museum of Art School, Tucson, AZ
• 1995 Art instructor, Parks and Recreation, Tucson, AZ
• 1995 Art Instructor, The Arts Council of Princeton, Princeton, NJ
• 1982-83 Assistant, Warsaw Historical Museum, Department of Works on Paper, Warsaw, Poland

Awards

• 2009 Alchemy: Transmutation from the base to the precious, Marin MOCA, Novato, CA, Honorable Mention
• 2005 Tucson/Pima Arts Council, Travel Grant
• 2003 Tucson/Pima Arts Council, International Exchange Grant
• 2002 Northwest Bookfest, Seattle, Washington, Honorable Mention
• 1999 University of Arizona Final Project Financial Aid Award
• 1999 Albert M. Haldeman Scholarship, University of Arizona, Tucson

Public Collections

• Athenaeum, La Jolla, CA
• Atlanta College of Art, Artists’ Book Collection, Atlanta, GA
• Biblioteca Alexandrina, Alexandria, Egypt
• Boise State University, Montana
• Bokartas, Vilnius, Lithuania
• Book Arts Museum, £ódz, Poland
• Center for Creative Photography, Rare Books, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
• Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, CA
• Cleveland Art Institute Library, Cleveland, OH
• Duke University, Durham, NC
• Flaxman Library, School of Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
• Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
• Indiana University, School of Fine Arts Library, Artists’ Books Collection, Bloomington,
• International Collection of Contemporary Artists’ Books, Marseille, France
• Libros de Artista, Book Art Project Collection, La Coruna, Spain
• Long Island University, Brooklyn, NY
• Maryland Institute of College of Art, Decker Library, Baltimore, MD
• Mobilivre Book Collection, Canada
• Museum of Art , Satu-Mare, Romania
• National Collection of Polish Artist's Books, Warsaw, Poland
• National Museum, Warsaw, Poland
• Newark Public Library, The Special Collection Division, Newark, NJ
• Otis School of Art and Design, Los Angeles, CA
• Princeton University, Princeton, NJ
• Proctor Arts Institute, Utica, NY
• Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY
• State University of New York, Samuel Dorsky Museum, New Paltz, NY
• Texas Tech, Architecture Library, Lubbock, TX
• The King St. Stephen Museum, Artists’ Book Collection, Szekesfehervar, Hungary
• Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library, Topeka, KS
• University of Arizona, Special Collections, Tucson, AZ
• University of Denver, Penrose Library Special Collections, Denver, CO
• UC Berkeley, Environmental Design Library, Berkeley, CA
• UCLA Research Library, Los Angeles, CA
• UC San Diego, La Jolla, CA
• UC Santa Barbara, Davidson, CA
• University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
• University of North Carolina, Sloan Art Library, Chapel Hill, NC
• University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
• University of Vermont, Special Collections, Burlington, VT
• University of Washington, Department of Special Collections, Seattle, WA
• University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
• Wadsworth Athenaeum Museum of Art, Hartford, CT
• Walker Art Center, Library Collection, Minneapolis, MN
• Yale University, Arts of the Book Collection, New Haven, CT

PUBLICATIONS

• Handmade Books, Lark 2010
• 500 Handmade Books, Lark 2008
• Gwen Diehn, The Decorated Page, Lark Books 2002
• M. Regan, "Darkness and Magic", Tucson Weekly, August 16-22, 2007
• M. Regan, "True Characters, Obsidian displays works with the theme: 'Persona'", Tucson Weekly, July 6, 2006
• M. Regan, “Found Art“, Tucson Weekly, August 11, 2005
• C. Imperatore, “Beata Wehr: Telling Time”, in Ampersand, Vol.22, No. 3, Spring 2005
• N. Solomon, Beata Wehr -- “The Artist in Between”, Artists’ Books Reviews#17, Autumn 2004
• C.Burch, R.Wagner, “Sept.11 Sinking in”, Arizona Daily Star, September 11, 2003, E 1-2
• M. Hull Webster, San Francisco, CA, “[re]Readings : Artist’s Books Now” at Gallery Lux, Artweek, April 2003, p.1
• M. Zaborowska, “The Best View is from the Top: Autobiographical Snapshots, Engendered  Communist monuments, and Some Thoughts on (Post)Totalitarian Homelessness” in Framing the Polish Home , ed. B. Shallcross, Indiana University, 2004
• A. Kowalska, “Tozsamosc pomiedzy“, Gazeta Wyborcza, Warszawa, March 15, 2000
• Interview, Warsaw TV, Warsaw, Poland, March 14, 2000
• J.P., “Tesknota w willi Grohmana“, Gazeta Wyborcza, £ódz, December 6, 1999
• M. Tifft, “There’s no place like home, ”Scent of time” persists at Rombach Gallery“, Catalyst 10/ 29, 98
• K. Nystedt, “From a Different Place“, Desert Leaf, May 1996, 18-19
• M.Regan, “Disparate Measures“, Tucson Weekly, March 14-20, 1996, vol.13, no.1, 32-3

RESIDENCIES

• 1999 Integrart '99, International Granite sculpture open-air event, Mackowa Ruda, Poland

Public Presentations

• 2007 Slide lecture, Llotja, Escola Superior de Disseny i Art, Barcelona, Spain
• 2007 Lecture and workshop, Santa Fe Book Art Group, Santa Fe, NM
• 2005 Visiting artist lecture and workshop, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, CO
• 2004 Artist’s books and immigration, lecture, MOCA, Tucson, AZ
• 2003 Artist’s books, Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius, Lithuania
• 2003 In between, artist’s books, slide lecture, Paperworks, Tucson, AZ
• 2003 International book art exhibitions in Poland and Lithuania, slide lecture, University of Arizona Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ
• 2000 Gallery talk, Pokaz Gallery, Warsaw, Poland
• 1998 Home/Less: the Polish Experience, lecture, Conference at Indiana University, Bloomington, IN

Exhibitions Curated

• 2005 American Artist’s Books, Park Chanot , Marseille, France, Contemporary Creative Books,8th International Symposium and Book Fair (catalog)
• 1998 Tucson-Pima Arts Council, Tucson, AZ, Modern Narratives Reconstructing the Book
• 1994-5 Abstraction and Small Works Show I and II, Eclectic Gallery, Tucson, AZ
  

GALLERY AFFILIATION

• Obsidian Gallery, Tucson, AZ, paintings, www.obsidian.com
• Vamp and Tramp, Birmingham, AL, books, www.vampandtramp.com
• Abecedarian Gallery, Denver, CO, books, www.abecedariangallery.com