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Artist Exhibitions:
Exhibitions
2001 “Letters From Afar”,
Diggs Gallery, Winston-Salem
State University, NC
2001 “Saints & Goddesses”,
Irving Art Center, Irving, TX
2001 “Import /Export”, Woman
Made Gallery, Chicago, IL
2001 “Kindred Spirits: A
Visual Journey”, Quorum
Gallery, Dallas, TX
2001 “Beyond and Behind the
Mask”, Pittsburgh Center for
the Arts, Pittsburgh, ...
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Artist Galleries:
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Artist Reviews:
Bibliography (selected)
2002 “French artist will
speak....”, The Chronicle,
Winston-Salem, Vol.28 No.25,
Feb 21
2001 “Artists of the Mask”,
The International Review of
African American Art, Volume
17
2001 Eve Modzelewski, “Face
to face”, Pittsburgh
Post-Gazette, May 3
2000 Mike Daniel, “Critic’s
Choice”, The Dallas ...
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Collections:
Collections (Selected)
University of Texas at Dallas.
President ‘s Office
Kansas Community College,
Kansas City, MO
Methodist Hospital, San
Antonio, TX
Dr. Celeste Bonsignore, San
Antonio, TX
Mrs. Cordova, Mexico
Mr. Jacobson, Brookline, MA
Mr. & Mrs. Hemminghaus, San
Antonio, TX
Mr.& Mrs. Mc Nary, Dallas, TX
Mrs. Robbins, Orlando, FL
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Commissions:
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Artist Statement for Beatrice Lebreton
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Celebrating life in its eternal transformation, rediscovering the idea of the
"Divine Feminine" , and investigating the female psyche are the leading motifs in my work. I like to examine women’s roles in society’s power structures and their access to spiritual power in different domains.
We are what our stories and cultural beliefs make us. In Western culture woman has often been defined from an overbearing male perspective. I now revise these myths in order to pull out new patterns in our consciousness, as women’s experience cannot be diminished anymore. The new images of the Divine carry more softness, vulnerability and tenderness, as I want to embrace the sensual as part of our spiritual nature. My goddesses are personifications of the energies that inform life.
I use the rich vocabulary of my blended cultural heritage and I draw my inspiration from the wealth of traditions found in the myths of past societies, especially African Societies.
My quest is to weave a visual story through metaphorical use of symbols tying the past to the present.
Patterns are part of the traditional quilting language. Here they also make a statement, express visions and add essential information to the meaning. They lead to a narrative to be completed by the viewer, thus creating an ongoing dialogue. The combination of imagery and the written word create visual poetry. Textures and designs let me explore the diverse possibilities of the surface of the canvas or paper.
“Art is important for it commemorates the seasons of the soul, or a special or tragic event in the soul’s journey. Art is not just for oneself, not just a marker of one’s own understanding. I t is also a map for those who follow after us” says Clarissa Pinkola Estés in “Women Who Run With the Wolves”.
Painting allows me to express myself spiritually in a way that is open to interpretation , is thought provoking and also fight stereotypes.
I am a storyteller whose goal is to inspire, stimulate, captivate and lift up the Soul.
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