Beatrice Wolert - November 2022
Beatrice Wolert in the Hallam Studio. Photo by Hilary Schaffner.
Beatrice Wolert is a first-generation Polish American visual artist. She was raised in Greenpoint, Brooklyn where she lives and maintains her artistic practice. Wolert works between genres to explore concepts of impermanence, essentiality, and serendipity through the transformation of everyday materials and found objects. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Design from Adelphi University and a Master of Fine Arts in Painting from Pratt Institute. She recently had a solo show at Underdonk in Bushwick curated by Melissa Staiger. Her work has been exhibited at venues such as ABC No Rio, A.I.R. Gallery, Artists Space, Denise Bibro, D.U.M.B.O. Art Center, Elizabeth Foundation for the ARTS, Feature, Inc., Ground Floor Gallery, Hudson Guild, HQ, Janet Kurnatowski, Lorimoto, NURTUREart, Park Church Co-Op, Roxbury Art Group, Trestle Contemporary Art Gallery, Trestle Projects, and Exit Art in New York. Nationally and internationally, she has exhibited at Woman Made Gallery in Chicago, Hera Gallery, Wakefield, RI, BLAM Projects in Los Angeles, The Aratoi Wairarapa Museum of Art and History in New Zealand, and Creative Innovation Center CIC, Taunton, England, amongst others. She has installed numerous public outdoor installations, given artist talks and partook in the Elizabeth Foundation for the Art’s shift residency, New York, NY, and the Bridge Residency, Los Angeles, CA. More: beawolert.com, Instagram @beawolert.