I photograph in nature, collecting images of trees, grass, dirt, mountains, water, sky, and weather. Environmental peril exists, and as I take pictures, I wonder: am I creating a nature diary or a memorial? My pictures show the natural world, resilient yet fragile. The possibility of finding pristine, unpolluted, undying beauty inspire and encourage me. Within these pictures, there are deeply dark and black areas. These spaces attract close attention to their mysteriousness and splendor, yet elicit scrutiny: What’s in that darkness? My goal is to show more than the pretty landscape or an awe-inspiring and unique land mass that I photographed. The geometric, abstract, structural, and compositional elements of the photograph and each of the components within the landscape convey meaning. How these shapes, colors, and details make you feel and make you think is the point. I want to portray nature sensitively enough to describe its ethereal qualities without relinquishing its verisimilitude. Weather is an essential element in my mostly black and white images about nature: a chilly and wintry December, a deeply frozen snowy season, and summer, a warm nostalgic comfort soon to pass leaving only its memory. I ask myself how the weather feels, and checking daily becomes a fresh reminder signifying the passing of time. Every day risks uncertainty. Yet we can be optimistic about the possibilities even while accepting unpredictability. Each print is unique, one-of-a-kind, edition 1/1Represented in Europe by Karine Lisbonne, KLV Art Projects, Vienna, AustriaRepresented in New York by Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, NY SOLO EXHIBITIONS­2020 Russell Janis, Brooklyn, NY, Winter Light2019-20 The Collector’s Atelier curated by Karine Lisbonne, Vienna, Austria, In Between2018-19 Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, NY, The Space In Between2016 Rafius Fane Gallery, Boston, MA, Landscape is a Verb2011 Carrie Haddad Photographs, Hudson, NY2007 Anelle Gandelman Fine Art, Larchmont, New York 2004-5 Saginaw Art Museum, Saginaw, MI, THROUGH WATER - BETSY WEIS: A SURVEY1997 Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, NY1992 Braunstein/Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA, ACCESSARTIST IN RESIDENCE2024 Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Amherst, VA2016 Arteles, Silence.Awareness.Existence, Haukijårvi, Finland 2005 Saginaw Art Museum, Saginaw, MISELECTED TWO PERSON AND GROUP EXHIBITION2025 Lentos Art Museum, Linz, Austria, Touch Nature2024 Zürcher Gallery, New York, NY, 100 Women of Spirit, CATALOG2023-2024 Austrian Cultural Forum, New York, NY, Touch Nature2022 Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, NY, Bold Little Beauty2021 Zürcher Gallery, New York, NY, Salon Zurcher, 11 Women of Spirit, Part 32020 Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, NY, Winter Nocturne2019 Awagami International MiniPrint Exhibition 2019, Tokushima, Japan2018 Russell Janis Gallery, Brooklyn, New York, Potters and Printmakers2017 Russell Janis Gallery, Brooklyn, New York, Potters and Printmakers2016 Square Peg Gallery, Hastings on Hudson, NY Two Person Show with Andrea Waters2014 Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, NY, In the Black SPACEWOMb, New York, NY, Spring Art Market2013 SPACEWOMb, Long Island City, NY, Adieu September Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, NY, Soft Focus SPACEWOMb, Long Island City, NY, Square2012 OK Harris Works of Art, New York, NY, Arcadia2010 The Embankment Gallery, Jersey City, NY, 365 Days of Print Mining Endangered Print Media2009 Rayko Gallery, San Francisco, CA, Nature/Nurture Betsy Weis and Hiroyo Kaneko 2008-9 Anelle Gandelman Fine Art, Larchmont, New York, Works on Paper 2008 Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, NY, Group Show2006 Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, NY, ELEMENTS2005 New York Hall of Science, Queens, NY, Digital ’05: Exquisite, ASCI's 7th Intl. Print Exhibition2004 Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, NY, Paintings2003 The Painting Center, New York, NY, THE BIG ABSTRACT SHOW 2000 Gallery 402, New York, NY The Art Club Gallery, New York, NY, OIA Y2K-aotic: Uncensored All-Media Salon Show1999 Chittenden Falls Factory, Stuyvesant Falls, NY, IT STUCK IN MY MIND1998 Allan Stone Gallery, New York, NY, TALENT 1998 (also 1997, 1996, 1995)1997 Braunstein/Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA, Gallery Group1996 Reggio Gallery, New York, NY, Exhibition to Benefit New York Foundling Hospital1995 Reggio Gallery, New York, NY, Spirit, Dream, and Form 407 Greenwich Street, New York, NY, Semaphore: Placing the Mark, CATALOG Irvine Fine Arts Center, Irvine, CA, NATURE RE(CONTAINED), CATALOG1994 Gold Hills Gallery, Madrid, NM Gallery 128, New York, NY, Exhibition Against Political Correctness1993 Braunstein/Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA, Holiday Group Show, Paperworks Warren Street Gallery, Hudson, NY, Canapés, Corners and other Minor Constellations1989 80 Washington Square East Galleries, New York University, New York, NYSPECIAL PROJECTS2024 “No Telling What”, LaneCoArts, Dance, Music, Photography Collaboration, Peridance Center, NY, NY2018 BEYOND THE YELLOW TAPE, New York, NY, Collaborative Event and Exhibition2017 BERLINER LISTE 2017, Berlin, Germany 2011-2014 Cherylyn Lavagnino Dance, Guest Visual Artist, Danspace at St. Mark’s Church, New York, NY, Chelsea Art Museum, NY, NY and Monadnock Music Festival, Peterborough, New Hampshire, Guest ArtistEDUCATION1989 New York University, New York, NY, M.A., Painting1981 California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CA, B.F.A., Textiles