betty jo bolivar
EDUCATION
• School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
+ Fifth Year Master’s Certificate and Exhibit
+ BFA
+ Making Art in Cuba, Havana Cuba
• Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, studies in business and design
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, professional studies in Graphic Design
• Oregon College of Art and Craft, Portland, OR
• Celebration Barn, Paris, ME, Mime Studio

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
• Women's Caucus for the Arts, Boston, MA
• Nature Printing Society US
• Orchid Street Studio Artists, Sarasota, FL
• Towles Court Artist Association, Sarasota, FL
• Sarasota Council for the Arts, Sarasota, FL
• Brickbottom Artists Association, Somerville, MA


EXHIBITIONS, GALLERIES and DESIGN WORK
2012
• Brickbottom Gallery, Written and Rendered Exhibit, Somerville, MA

2011
• Museum of Fine Arts, Boston - SMFA Holiday Show, Boston, MA
• Brickbottom Artist Open Studios, Somerville, MA
• Beginning to End Interiors, My American Gothic, Sarasota, FL
• Gallery owner representing local contemporary artists, Sarasota, FL

2010
• Art Center Sarasota, The Fiber of our Being-Honorable Mention, Sarasota, FL
• Ashby Art and Antiques, Sarasota, FL
• Parkland Gallery, Sarasota, FL
• Museum of Science and Industry, 'Unseen', Tampa, FL
• Solo exhibit, L'Atelier F., Sarasota, FL
• Transformation-Women Contemporary Artists, Wild Child Gallery, Matlache, Pine Island, FL

2009
• Solo exhibit, L'Atelier F, Sarasota, FL
• Solo exhibit: LOCAL Coffee & Tea Cafe, Siesta Key, Sarasota, FL
• Green: The Primary Color, juried exhibition, Sarasota Art Center, Sarasota, FL
• Masquerade, Mystery & Mischief, juried exhibition, Sarasota Art Center, Sarasota, FL

2008
• Americorp/VISTA-Cambridge Cares About Aids. graphic design
• Harvard University, Outings & Innings, graphic design
• A Women's Place, Bromfield Gallery, Boston, MA, Women's Caucus for Art

2007
• Word of Mouth, as part of Miami Biennual, Miami, FL
• Color and Design Consultant
• MIT Community Services Office. graphic design
• Harvard University, Outings & Innings, graphic design

2006
• PURE: This is not a coincidence, Brighton, MA
• Tufts University Summer Show, Medford, MA
• Texas National, Stephen F. Austin University, Nacogdoches, TX
• Quirk Gallery, Richmond, Va
• Vital Voices: Women's Visions, Women's Studies Research Center, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA
• ArtFutura: Transformation, Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
• Naked Exhibition, exit - a gallery space, Kent, Ohio

2005
• School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, Annual Holiday Sale
• bfANNEX, Boston, MA, Archive Project
• 1939: The Missing Year, New Art Center, Newton, MA
• Word of Mouth/Works on Paper, Rhys Gallery, Boston, MA
• Fifth Year Competition and Exhibition, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
• MIT Excellence Awards Ceremony, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA
• Artists Behind the Desk, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA

2004
• Graduating Exhibition, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA

2003
• Flux Concert (with Larry Miller), The Art Interactive, Cambridge, MA
• Do-It-Yourself Fluxus, The Art Interactive, Cambridge, MA
• Bags in the Bag Gallery, Bag Gallery, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
• The Bathroom Skit, Celebration Barn, South Paris, ME

2002
• Panties Performance, Part III, group performance at laundromat in Boston, MA
• The Object of My Reflection, site-specific performance at Forest Hills Cemetery, Jamaica Plain, MA

2001
• The Mad Tea Party, performance at Revere Beach, Revere, MA
• Realist Painting Exhibit, Bag Gallery, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
• Recuerdos de Cuba, Grossman Gallery, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA

2000
• Shockoe Bottom Art Center, Richmond, VA
• Johnson’s Restaurant, Richmond, VA
• 1708 Gallery, Richmond, VA

PRIVATE COLLECTIONS: My art is in many private art collections