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Biographical Notes Betty Branch earned both her BA and MA in Studio Art from Hollins University. Proficient in both Painting and Sculpture, Ms. Branch received excellent academic training, served as an apprentice to acquire technical skills (Miles and Generalis Sculpture Services in Philadelphia), and embarked on periods of independent study to expand and reinforce her knowledge of art history and art techniques, including: Greece, Italy, and The Bahamas. One such independent study earned her a Citation Report from Hollins University for her interdisciplinary research on the image of women in Ancient Greece. She has spent a portion of many years working at Nicoli Studios in Carrara, Italy. And notably, she was the only American Exhibitor invited to the first Salon International de la Sculpture Contemporaine in Paris, 1990. Over a thirty-year period, she has focused on the female form and has defined female rites of passage in both traditional and unorthodox media-bronze, stone, fiber, ceramic, terra cotta, earthenware, and straw. Branch’s award winning art has been exhibited internationally and has been the subject of television documentaries. Her works, from small to monumental, are in many private, corporate, university, and museum collections. She has produced a number of commissioned works, has had solo and group exhibitions, operates her own studio and gallery, has been included in many national and international publications including most recently ‘Sculpture Review’ and ‘National Sculpture Society’ and has exhibited in prestigious exhibitions including New York’s Annual International Art Exposition, and the Brookgreen Gardens Invitational, SC. See and View More
1974-1979 1979 1982 1983-1987 1987 2002 Selected Publications 2005 2005 2002 1985-2001 1999 1993 1987 1987 1986 1986 1986 1985 1985 1985 1984 1979 Selected Public Collections Taubman Museum of Art Roanoke Public Library City of Roanoke, VA Jefferson Center North Cross School Planned Parenthood Office Hollins University Radford University City of Radford, VA David Lipscomb College Brookgreen Gardens Phieffer College Chapel Hill Public Library Suntrust Bank American Infrastructure Photographers Richard Boyd Foundries 1980-87 Joel Meisner, Long Island, NY |