Bio
Bettina Cousineau received her BA cum Laude in Russian Studies from Hunter College, NYC.
Her work has recently been included in a variety of group, solo, and two person exhibits including: ArtLink, Ft. Wayne, IN; Intersect Arts Center, St. Louis, MO; S. Tucker Cooke Gallery, University of North Carolina, Ashville, NC; South Haven Center for the Arts, South Haven, MI; SITE:BROOKLYN, Brooklyn, NY; Indiana University Gallery, Kokomo, IN; Studio Montclair, Montclair, NJ; Gallery Sabine, Chicago, IL; Muskegon Museum of Art, Muskegon, MI; 440 Gallery, Brooklyn, NY; Apfelbaum RAW, NYC; Jones Center for Contemporary Art, Austin, TX; Abron Ahs Center, New York, NY; Ridge Street Galley, New York, NY; SPACES, Cleveland, OH; Durango Art Center, Durango, CO.
She has been artist-in-residence at: Yaddo, Saratoga Springs, NY; The Ragdale Foundation, Lake Forest, IL; and Belgrade Art Studio, Belgrade, Serbia. She also received a creative arts fellowship from the state of Wyoming.
Ms. Cousineau served from 1998 - 2023 as the Exhibits Manager/Curator at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum and Library, in Grand Rapids and Ann Arbor, MI.
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Residencies and awards
ARTFarm, Marquette, NE. 2023
Belgrade Art Studio, Belgrade, Serbia. Invitational Virtual Residency, 2021.
Ragdale Foundation Residency, Lake Forest, lL., 1996.
Contemporary Art Center Grant, North Adams, MA. 1996.
Yaddo Residency, Saratoga Springs, NY. 1995
Lehigh Group Award, Lehigh, PA.1995
Wyoming Arts Council Fellowship, State of Wyoming,1992.
Exhibitions
2023
WE are TECH, and TECH is US, Agitator Gallery, Chicago, IL. Group exhibit.
Blue Hour, Intersect Arts Center, St. Lois, MO. Group exhibit.
Midwest Regional, ArtLink, Fort. Wayne, IN. Group exhibit.
2022
13th Annual Contemporary Drawing Discourse, University of North Carolina, Ashville, NC. Group exhibit.
2021
The Skin I'm In, South Haven Center for the Arts, South Haven, MI. Group exhibit.
Painting 2011-2021, SITE:BROOKLYN, Brooklyn, NY. Group exhibit.
Survey Midwest, Indiana University Gallery, Kokomo, IN. Group exhibit.
Inspired by an Object, Studio Montclair, Montclair, NJ. Group exhibit.
Representation of Daily Life, Gallery Sabine, Chicago, IL. Group exhibit.
Contemporary Art, Muskegon Museum of Art. Group exhibit.
Great, Crooked Tree Gallery, Petoskey, MI. Juror’s Award.
RE/Art, Charlevoix Center for the Arts, Charlevoix, MI. Juror’s Award.
2018
With (re)Purpose, South Haven Center for the Arts, South Haven, MI. Group Exhibit.
2017
(home), 440 Gallery, Brooklyn NY. Group Exhibit.
Spring Invitational, Apfelbaum RAW, NYC. Group exhibit.
Group Exhibit, Lions and Rabbits, Grand Rapids, MI. Group exhibit.
1999
Luminous Code, Jones Center for Contemporary Art, Austin, TX. Group exhibit.
Kendall Gallery, Kendall College of Art and Design, Grand Rapids, Ml. Group exhibit.
1998
Luminous Code, J. Wayne Stark Galley, Texas A&M University, TX. Group exhibit
Local Color, Abron Ahs Center, New York, NY. Group exhibit.
Quality of Life, Ridge Street Galley, New York, NY. Group exhibit.
1997
Luminous Code, Fine Arts Gallery, Univ. Of Texas - Pan American, TX. Group exhibit.
Faculty and Staff Exhibit, University of Wyoming Art Museum, Laramie, WY. Group exhibit.
1995
Mackey Gallery Artists, Mackey Gallery, Denver, CO. Group exhibit.
SPARK Invites, Denver, CO. Group exhibit.
Manufactured Memory, SPACES, Cleveland, OH. Group exhibit.
Work from Three Sources, Durango Art Center, Durango, CO. Group exhibit.
1994
Last Pioneer, CSPS, Cedar Rapids, IA. Solo exhibit.
4 Sculptors, Mackey Gallery, Denver, CO. Group exhibit.
Look Ma NO Hands, Edge Gallery, Denver, CO. Group exhibit
Invitational Exhibit, Edge, Denver, CO. Group exhibit.
Downtown Sculpture Project, Loveland Museum, Loveland, CO. Group exhibit.
1993
Three Days Only, Ridge Street Gallery, New York, NY. Solo exhibit.
New World, Gallery 234, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY. Solo exhibit.
Stick and Tagged and Remembrance, PIRATE, Denver, CO. Solo exhibit.
Wyoming Arts Council Fellowship Exhibition, Wyoming State Museum, Cheyenne, WY.
1992
Overnight Juried Exhibit, Hassel Haeseler, Denver, CO. Group exhibit.
Ambivalent, UP Gallery, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY. Solo exhibit.
1989
Drawings and Small Sculpture, Hunterdon Art Center, Clinton, NJ. Group exhibit.
1985
Getting Off, Civilian Warfare Gallery, New York, NY. Group exhibit.
Small Works, New York University Gallery, NY, NY. Group exhibit.
Publications
2023
Blue Hour, Intersect Arts Center, St. Lois, MO. Group exhibit.
2022
13th Annual Contemporary Drawing Discourse, University of North Carolina, Ashville, NC. Group exhibit.
1997
catalog, Luminous Code
1995
review, Plain Dealer, Cleveland, OH.
review, Cleveland Free Times, Cleveland, OH.
review, Rocky Mountain News, Denver, CO.
1994
review, Cedar Rapids Gazette, Cedar Rapids, IA.
catalog, Wyoming Arts Council Fellowship
review, Casper Star, Casper, WY.
1992
Interview, Frontiers Magazine, Laramie, WY.