Beth Ganz (b. Jersey City, New Jersey) is a multidisciplinary visual artist, who lives and works in New York City. She is interested in the intersection of landscape, digital technology, and abstraction. She works in paint, brush and ink drawing, individually and alongside digital and analog printing techniques, such as photogravure and intaglio printing. She graduated from Pratt Institute with a BFA in Painting, Sculpture and Printmaking with honors.
Ganz’s work has been the subject of numerous solo exhibitions, including; Overview: Prints and Drawings of Sacred Mountains at Planthouse Gallery, Atlas Project at Cynthia-Reeves Gallery, Up Close and Far Away, Grids and Toiles: Beth Ganz at Wave Hill House, Wave Hill, and Geothermal Topographies at Reeves Contemporary. She has also shown in a myriad of group exhibitions, and her work is well represented in many public and private collections, including the 9-11 Memorial Museum, the Library of Congress, New York Historical Society, and the New York Public Library Prints Collection. Ganz teaches workshops in photogravure and intaglio at Manhattan Graphics Center and has been a long-time grantee of the Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts.
Beth Ganz : Atlas Project Catalogue PDF
Beth Ganz : Grids Catalogue PDF
EDUCATION
1983-85 Painting and Drawing Intensive, National Academy, New York City, NY
1972 Bachelor of Fine Arts (with honors), Fine Arts, Pratt Institute, New York City, NY
AWARDS AND RESIDENCIES
2018 Signal: Tri-State Juried Exhibition (2nd Place), Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, New York (Juror: Lumi Tan)
2001 -2014 Studio Program, Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, New York, New York
2005 Johnson & Johnson Purchase Prize, 48th Annual National Print Exhibition, Hunterdon Museum of Art, Clinton, NJ
1999 Prints USA Juror’s Award, Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, MO
1993 37th Annual National Print Exhibition (Honorable Mention), Hunterdon Art Center, Clinton, NJ
1992 Small Impressions 1992 (Juror’s Award), Printmaking Council of New Jersey, NJ
SELECTED SOLO and TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2023 Beth Ganz: Overview, Prints and Drawings of Sacred Mountains, Planthouse Gallery, New York, NY
2017 Atlas Project, Cynthia Reeves Gallery at Mass MoCA, North Adams, MA
2017 Atlas Project Continued, Cynthia-Reeves Gallery, Walpole, NH
2017 Up Close and Far Away, Grids and Toiles: Beth Ganz at Wave Hill House, Wave Hill Arts Foundation, Bronx, NY
2015 Grids: New Paintings and Prints by Beth Ganz, Cynthia-Reeves Gallery, Walpole, NH
2010 Beth Ganz and Jerry Eisenberg, Spheris Gallery, Hanover, NH
2007 Geothermal Topographies, Reeves Contemporary, New York, NY
2007 Beth Ganz, Spheris Gallery, Hanover, New Hampshire
2006 High Latitude, AFP Gallery, New York, NY
2004 Recent Work: Photogravure and Collage, Manhattan Graphic Center, New York, NY
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 Seeing is Realizing There is Always More to See, curated by Sharon Kendrick, January 24 - February 23, EFA Studios Gallery, NY
2023 Art on Paper Fair, , Inky Editions, September 7-10, Pier 35, New York, NY
2023 Baltimore Print Fair, Inky Editons, March 30 - April 2, Baltimore, MD
2022 Photography in Ink, A Look at Contemporary Copper-Plate Photogravure, Penumbra Foundation Gallery, New York, NY
2022 Women’s Printmaking Invitational 2022, Kent State University in Collaboration with Kent State University at Stark, Lemmon Visiting Artists Gallery, North Canton, OH
2021 BWAC Prints 2021, curated by Kim Conaty, BWAC Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
2019 Contested Spaces: 2019 Harnett Biennial, Harnett Museum of Art, University of Richmond, VA
2018 Landscape: Real and Imagined, Site: Brooklyn, Brooklyn, NY
2018 Signal, Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, New York, NY
2018 Juxtapositions, the Painting Center, New York, NY
2017 Art Fair New York, Cynthia-Reeves Gallery, New York, NY
2017 Iceland-Manhattan Graphics Center, Icelandic Printmaking Association (Islensk Grafik), Reykjavik, Iceland
2016 Small Works, Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts Gallery, New York, NY
2016 Photogravure, Manhattan Graphics Center, New York, NY
2015 Celebrating Print, BNH Gallery, New York, NY
2016 Art Miami, Cynthia-Reeves Projects, Miami, FL
2015 Enchanted Landscapes, German Romantic and Contemporary Prints, curated by Rebecca Michelman, the Curator Gallery, New York, NY
2014 Big Picture Show, 285 Avenue of the Americas Gallery (UBS/ICPNY), New York, NY
2014 Gravure Contemporaine, Gallerie Brun L'eglise, Paris, France
2013 Unbounded, Hollar Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic
2013 Art Southampton, Cynthia-Reeves Gallery Booth, South Hampton, NY
2013 Working It Out, The Painting Center, New York, NY
2013 Connectivity, McColl Center, Charlotte, NC
2013 New Delhi/New York: 4 Artists From New York, New Delhi, India
2012 Conference of The Birds, Mana Contemporary, Newark, NJ
2012 New Prints – Winter, IPCNY, New York City, NY
2012 Multiple Encounters 2, Lalit Kala Akademi, Delhi, India
2011 Art Miami, Cynthia-Reeves Projects, Miami, Fl
2011 Think, Boston Printmakers, Boston, MA
2011 9/11, The Siren’s Song Gallery, Greenport, NY
2011 9/11 Portfolio, Prints from Manhattan Graphics Center, Otterbein University Gallery, Westerville, OH
2011 San Francisco Art Mart, Cynthia-reeves Projects, San Francisco, CA
2011 Groundwork, Storefront Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2010 Selected Artists - EFA Studios, Elizabeth Foundation for The Arts, New York, NY
2010 Think, Boston Printmakers Members Show, Zullo Gallery, Medfield, MA
2010 Out of The Dark, Manhattan Graphics Center Project Space, New York, NY,
2009 Slow News International, The Arts at Mark’s Garage, Honolulu, HI
2009 Works on Paper, Park Avenue Armory, New York, NY,
2009 In the Absence, Spheris Gallery, Hanover, NH
2009 Selected Work, Grafisch Atelier Daglicht, Eindhoven, Holland
2008 52nd Annual Hunterdon Art Museum Print Exhibition, Hunterdon, NJ
2008 Great Rivers Arts Faculty, Spheris Gallery, Hanover, NH
2007 Summer Show, Amy Simon Fine Art, Westport, CT
2006 New Prints/Winter, International Print Center New York, New York, NY
2006 50th Annual National Print Exhibition, Hunterdon Museum of Art, Clinton, NJ
2006 The New Landscape: Alternative Approaches, Danforth Art Museum, Framingham, MA
2005 49th Annual Hunterdon Art Museum Print Exhibition, Clinton, NJ
2005 Boston Printmakers North American Print Biennial, Boston, MA
2005 New Prints/Spring 2005, International Print Center New York, New York, NY
2004 Time Remembered/Time Past, Boston Printmakers, Duxbury, MA
2004 Multiple Encounters, Indira Gandhi National Centre for The Arts, New Delhi, India
2003 9 /11 Portfolio, New York Historical Society, New York City, NY
2002 Reactions, Exit Art, New York City, NY,
2002 Reactions, Witness and Response, Library of Congress, Washington, DC
2002 Life of The City, Museum of Modern Art, New York City, NY
2002 New York City Workshops, New York Society of Etchers, New York City, NY
2002 Recent Acquisitions, The Library of Congress, Washington, DC
2002 Contemporary Prints, St. John’s University, New York, NY
2001 Bharat Bhavan International Biennial of Print Art, Bhopal Arts Center, India
2001 The Hudson River Project, Hudson River Gallery, Dobbs Ferry, NY
2001 9 Grafikow, Z Manhattan Graphics Center, New York, NY; and Wojska Polskiego, Poland
2001 29 Gravures New Yorkais À Paris, Gallerie Delta, Paris, France
2001 31 Prints by Artists of MGC, Russell-Cotes Museum, Bournemouth, England Bibliography: Magazines, Journals, Newspapers, and Online Media
BIBLIOGRAPHY: MAGAZINES, JOURNALS, NEWSPAPERS, AND ONLINE MEDIA
2018 Mary Legrand, “A Signal of Invention,” Bedford Record, July 2018
2017 Sara Mintz, “Profile of an Artist: Beth Ganz,” Journal of the Print World, Vol. 40, #4, October 2017
2017 Cate McQuaid, “Critics’ Picks, The Ticket: Music, Theater, Dance, Art and more,” Boston Globe, May 2017 4, 2017
2017 Beth Ganz, “New Prints: Beth Ganz and the Atlas Project Landscape,” Journal of the Print World, I Vol. 40, #3, July 2017
PRESENTATIONS AND WORKSHOPS
2024 My Personal Art Practice and Photogravure, lecture and power-point presentation, April, New School for Social Research, New York, New York
2024 Advanced Photogravure at Manhattan Graphics Center, February - February-March, New York, New York
2024 Printing Copperplate Photogravures - Manhattan Graphics Center, March, New York, New York
2023 Advanced Photogravure at Manhattan Graphics Center, February - March, New York, New York
2023 Photogravure Demonstration, an introduction to the process, Penumbra Foundation, New York, NY - Winter
2022 Collage Materials and Mediums, Manhattan Graphics Center, New York, NY - Fall
2021-22 Photogravure Class at Manhattan Graphics Center, New York, NY - Spring / Fall
2019 Photogravure Class at Manhattan Graphics Center, New York, NY
2017 “Awagami Paper Event,” (Chine Collé presentation and demonstration), Manhattan Graphics Center, New York, NY
1998–pres. “Photogravure,” (Workshop) Manhattan Graphic Center, New York, NY
2001–pres. “Collage Materials & Mediums,” (Workshop) Manhattan Graphic Center, New York, NY
2001–pres. “Chine Colle,” (Workshop) Manhattan Graphic Center, New York, NY
1999 “Spit Bite Technique,” (Workshop) Manhattan Graphic Center, New York, NY
2017 “Up Close and Faraway: Grids and Toiles” (Artist Talk) Wave Hill Arts Foundation, Bronx, NY
2012 “Spanish Moss Toiles,” (Artist Talk) International Print Center of New York, NY
2006 “I Am at Meherabad” (Artist Talk) Meher Pilgrim Retreat, Ahmednagar, MS, India
COMMISSIONS
2019 Soho Myriad for the Nordic Cruise Lines, NCL Encore, Observation Lounge, Atlanta, GA
2019 Karen Calvert Fine Arts through Cynthia Reeves Gallery, Frost Bank, San Antonio, TX
2018 Soho Myriad for the Nordic Cruise Lines, NCL Encore, Observation Lounge, Atlanta, GA
2017 Soho Myriad, for the Nordic Cruise Lines, NCL Bliss, Observation Lounge, Atlanta, GA
2009 NYU/Langone, Five works for Orthopedic Wing, New York, NY
2009 The Dorchester Collection, Bel-Air Hotel, 701 Stone Canyon Road, Los Angeles, CA
2006 Mural for Meher Pilgrim Retreat, Ahmednagar, MS, India
COLLECTIONS
Dorchester Group, Hotel Bel-Air, Los Angeles, CA
Duke Energy, Charlotte, NC
Evelyn Lauder Breast Center at SKMCC, New York, NY
Frost Bank, Houston, Texas
Gabellini Sheppard Associates LLP, New York, NY
Hofstra Museum, Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY
Johnson and Johnson Corporate Collection, New Brunswick, NJ
Legg Mason Management Corporation, Baltimore, MD
Library of Congress, Washington, DC
New York Historical Society, New York, NY
New York Public Library Prints Collection, New York, NY
Norwegian Cruise Lines Corporation, Commission for the BLISS Cruise Ship
NYU Langone Health, New York, NY
Permanent Collection of the US Consulate, Cape Town, South Africa
Squib Corporation Collection, North Brunswick Township, NJ
9-11 Memorial Museum, New York, NY
Tommy Hilfiger Corporate Collection, New York, NY
United States Embassy Permanent Collection, Tbilisi, Georgia
Universal Studios, Los Angeles, CA
US Department of State, Art Bank Program, Washington, DC
Private Collections
FILMOGRAPHY (Visual Art Appears in Film and Television Shows)
Billions (TV Series) Season 3 Episode 5 “Flaw in the Death Star”
You Me Dupree (Feature Film)
The Path (TV Series) Season 3 Episode 11 “Bad Faith”