rsum, BETH AVARY Born: Indianapolis, Indiana, 1941 Education: 1957 Summer art program, University of Kansas. 1959-'60 Northwestern University. 1960 Summer program, Chicago Art Institute. 1962 Summer program, U. of California, Berkeley. 1961-'65 California College of the Arts, BFA cum laude. Solo Exhibitions: 1967 Miramastu Gallery, Tokyo, Japan 1974 Gallery 707, Los Angeles, CA 1987-'88 Institute of Noetic Sciences 1999 Who's Who In Art, Monterey, CA 2000 Atelier Gallery, Santa Cruz, CA 2006 Schacknow Museum, Plantation FL (November-January) Select Group Exhibitions and Gallery Representation: 1969 Sausalito Art Center, Sausalito, CA (invitational) 1971 Lakeside Artists, Ajijic, Mexico, (invitational) 1976 Los Robles Gallery, Palo Alto, CA, (gallery representation) 1978 The Will Stone Collection, San Francisco, CA, (gallery representation) 1986 Comet Halley and Space Art Exhibit, Oranges and Sardines Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, (juried) 1987 Whole Life Expo, Northern California Visionary Artists, "Visions Of Peace" Moscone Center, San Francisco, CA Space Fest '87, Lucie Stern Theater, Palo Alto, CA, (invitational) Bridge Of Beauty Gallery, San Francisco, CA, "Summer Of Love, 1987", (invitational) Gallery Sanchez, San Francisco, CA "Creating Symbols Of Feminist Spirituality", (juried) San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery, San Francisco, CA "Retrospectacle", (juried) Collins Gallery, San Francisco, CA "Portraits Of The Soul, A Spiritual Journey", (invitational) Lawrence Hall Of Science, Berkeley, CA, "Art Of The Cosmos", (curator) 1988 Student Union Art Gallery, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA, "The Art Of The Spirit: Contemporary Art And Metaphysics", (juried) Karin Long Gallery, Long Beach, CA, Its Been Surreal, (juried) 1989 Santa Cruz Art League, Santa Cruz, CA, "Art OF The Dreamtime", (invitational)
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1997 1998

1999 2000
Center For Artistic Achievement Moscow, U.S.S.R., "Starway Of Humanity", (juried) Traveling Exhibit, "Dialogues", Planetfest, San Diego, Huntsville, AL, (juried) Orchid Gallery, San Francisco, CA, (invitational) Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, DE, "The Art Of Fantasy And Science Fiction", (juried) Olympia And York, New York, NY, "Into The Future", (juried) Olympia And York, New York, NY, "In Dreams Awake", (juried) Artspace, Raleigh, NC, "The Art Of Fantasy", (invitational) Guzzo Gallery, Mansfield, OH, "First National Science Fiction And Fantasy Exhibit", (juried) Yalta, Crimea, U.S.S.R., "Yalta Space Art Exhibit", (invitational) Traveling Exhibit, "Madrid Space Art Exhibit", Madrid, Barcelona, Seville, and Toledo, Spain, (juried) National Air and Space Museum, Washington, DC, "Art of the Cosmic Age", curated by NASM Rayko Center, San Francisco, CA, "Surrealist Salon", (juried) Traveling Exhibit, "Art of the Cosmos" CONTACT, Cultures Of The Imagination, Palo Alto, CA At The Edge of the World, Native Sons Gallery, San Francisco, CA, (juried) California Academy Of Sciences, San Francisco, CA, (invitational) NASA Ames Visitor's Center, Moffett Field, CA, (invitational) Cleveland Museum Of Natural History, Cleveland, OH, (juried) Space Art Festival, Titusville, FL, (invitational) Quantum Corporation, San Jose, CA, (invitational) Syntex Gallery, Palo Alto, CA, (juried) Show And Tell Gallery, San Francisco, CA, (invitational) 3COM Corporation, Santa Clara, CA, (invitational) NASA Ames Visitor's Center, Moffett Field, CA, (invitational) University Union Gallery, California Polytechnic University, Pomona, CA, (invitational) Four Eagles Gallery, Fremont, CA, (invitational) Synopsis Corporation, Mountain View, CA, (invitational) "Apollo Silver Anniversary Space Art Exhibit", Houston. TX, (juried) Who's Who Gallery, Monterey, CA "Soviet And American Space Art Exhibit", (invitational) Four Eagles Gallery, Fremont, CA Discovery Museum Challenger Center, Sacramento, CA Elegant Earth, Boulder Creek, CA Canton Museum Of Art, Canton, OH, "Pavillions Of Wonder", (invitational) Who's Who In Art, Monterey, CA Mountain Art Center, Ben Lomond, CA Union Street Festival, San Francisco, CA Fillmore Festival, San Francisco, CA Harvest Festivals, San Francisco & San Jose, CA Art Expo NY, NYC, NY Atelier Gallery, "SC Watercolor Society" Santa Cruz, CA, (invitational) Mountain Art Center, Poets and Artists

2001 2002

Santa Cruz Art League, Millennium, Santa Cruz, CA, (juried) Art Expo NY, NYC, NY Art Expo NY, NYC, NY Gallery 299, Tucson, AZ, (gallery representation) Art Expo NY, NYC, NY Santa Cruz Art League, American Landscape, A national Survey, Santa Cruz, CA, (national juried) Indiana Wildlife Artists, Inc., Nineteenth Annual Fine Art Exhibit, Walbash, IN, (national, juried) Art Expo NY, NYC, NY Palm Springs International Art Fair, Palm Springs, CA American Landscapes, Maryland Federation of Art, Annapolis, MD (national juried) American Landscape and Still-Life, The Studio Gallery, Hays, KS (national juried) Art Expo NY, NYC, NY 74th Annual Statewide Exhibit, Santa Cruz Art League, Santa Cruz, CA (juried) Mother Lode National Art Exhibition, Placerville, CA (juried) Art Expo Ny, NYC, NY Central Coast National Fine Art Competition, Morro Bay Art Association, Morro Bay, CA, (juried) Landscape In The Post Modern, Brad Cooper Gallery, Tampa, FL, (juried) 40th Mother Lode National Art Exhibition, Placerville Arts Association, Placerville, CA, (juried) Blossom-Art of Flowers,Houston Museum of Natural Science and traveling show, Houston, TX (juried) First Friday Art Walk, Headwaters Environmental Center, Ashland, OR, (juried) Angeles, CA, Best of Show Jose, CA, 1st Place Show and Public Favorite Santa Cruz Art League,
Awards: 1986 Halley Space Art Exhibit, Los 1988 New Age Renaissance Fair, San 1989 Silicon, San Jose,CA, Best of 2004 74th Annual Statewide Exhibit, Honorable Mention
Publications: 1987 Magical Blend, San Francisco, CA, July issue, illustration for The High Priestess Visions Of Space, David A. Hardy (Paper Tiger Publications, England), reproduction of Blue Planet, Together and Twin Universes 1990 In The Stream Of Stars, Ron Miller and William K. Hartmann (Workman Publishing, New York), reproduction of Together and Twin Universes 1993 Final Frontier, June CD Rom Visions Of Mars, The Planetary Society and the Russian Space Research Institute (IKI), (Time Warner Interactive Group) 1994 Chaos In Wonderland, Clifford Pickover (St. Martins Press, New York) CG World, October Asteroid Exploration 1995 Astral Sea, LTD, Sacramento, CA

1996 2005

Apprentice To Power, (Acacia Publishing) cover illustration The Natural God, Tom Phillips, publisher, cover illustration
Lectures: 1987 Nothern California Visionary Artists, members presentation 1988 Institute Of Noetic Sciences, invited speaker, Creativity And Consciousness lecture series Bay Con science fiction convention, slide presentation Nolacon, world science fiction convention, slide presentation 1989 Rotary Club, Fremont California, slide presentation 1991 San Diego Comic Con, San Diego, CA, slide presentation Chicon, Chicago, IL, slide presentation 1992 YLEM, invited speaker Art Of The Cosmos 1995 YLEM, invited speaker, slide presentation 1999 Whos Who Gallery, Monterey, CA, slide presentation Murals: 1992 Alco Print, Hayward, CA Hayward Fisheries, Hayward, CA 1993 San Jose Employee Training Center, San Jose, CA 1996 MacGaraghtys Jewelry, Menlo Park, Ca