EDUCATION
2005-2008
University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
Master of Fine Arts with an emphasis in Expanded Media, with honors
1999-2003
Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI
Bachelor of Fine Arts with an emphasis in Painting, summa cum laude
SOLO EXHIBITIONS & 2 PERSON SHOWS
2019
Boxes - Gestalt Studios @ the Polar Plant, Powell, WY
2017
Betsy & Brian Timmer - Recent Works - Garmin International, Olathe, KS
2016
Past Places, Present Moments: Betsy Timmer & Lisa Wicka – James May Gallery, Algoma, WI
2014
Hitting Home - Betsy Timmer – Lawrence Arts Center, Lawrence, KS
2011
Recent Works - Betsy Timmer – Olin Gallery, Washington & Jefferson University, Washington, PA
2009
Dressed - Betsy Timmer – Arts Incubator Cocoon Gallery, Kansas City, MO
I’ll Show You Mine… Betsy Timmer & Tom Witzofsky – Base Gallery, Kansas City, MO
2008
Embodiment - MFA Thesis Exhibition - Art & Design Gallery, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
Recent Works by Betsy Timmer & Yuri Zupanic – B Gallery, Kansas City, MO
2006
Everyday Ingredients - Works by Betsy Timmer – Olive Gallery, Lawrence, KS
Pins & Needles: Betsy Timmer & Ann Maree Walker – Living Arts Center, Tulsa, OK
2005
Everyday Ingredients - Recent Works by Betsy Timmer – ARC Gallery, Chicago, IL
2003
Pale Preoccupations, a BFA Thesis Exhibition – South Gallery, WMU, Kalamazoo, MI
SELECTED JURIED/GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2018
Is There a Mother in the House? - Woman Made Gallery - Chicago, IL
Women's Works 2018 - Old Courthouse Arts Center - Woodstock, IL
2017
Community Connections - Steeple of Light Gallery in the Community Christian Church - Kansas City, MO
2016
Romeo and Juliet, the Exhibition: An Interplay of Text and Art – Sally Otto Gallery, University of Mount Union Alliance, OH
2014
The Threads That Bind – The Nutting Gallery - West Liberty University, West Liberty, WV **
2013
The Threads That Bind – Coburn Gallery, Ashland University, Ashland, OH**
2011
Coming Out of the Closet: Clothing Art as an Emergent Form – The Brogan Museum, Tallahassee, FL **
Black & White – Signs of Life Gallery, Lawrence, KS**
Love and Things Like Love – Lexington Art League, Lexington, KY*
Let's Talk About Love Baby – Craft Alliance, St. Louis, MO**
2010
Art Prize 2010 – Grand Rapids Museum of Art, Grand Rapids, MI*
Holiday Windows – Kansas City Power & Light District, Kansas City, MO*
Anthropoi – Final Fridays Flash Space - Maurice's, Lawrence, KS**
White Show – Hausmann Millworks Gallery, San Antonio, TX*
KU Faculty Exhibition – Art & Design Gallery, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
2009
White Show – Signs of Life Gallery, Lawrence, KS*
6 x 6 – The Bourgeois Pig, Lawrence, KS**
KU Faculty Exhibition – Art & Design Gallery, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
The Sketchbook Project – Art House Co-op, traveling exhibition across the USA
2008
Unsung – Lawrence Art Center, Lawrence, KS**
Object of Desire – Womanmade Gallery, Chicago, IL*
Black Monday – Teller's Restaurant, Third Floor Gallery, Lawrence, KS
Olio – Red Door Gallery, Kansas City, MO
The Lotus-Eaters – Apex Gallery, Kansas City, MO
Graduate Group Exhibition – Art & Design Gallery, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
Swap Meet – Wichita State University, Wichita, KS
Body/Object – 6 Gallery, Lawrence, KS
42nd Annual National Drawing & Small Sculpture Show – Del Mar College, Corpus Christi, TX*
Tenderloins – Teller's Restaurant, Third Floor Gallery, Lawrence, KS
2007
Kansas Public Radio Listener Art Show – KPR Studio, Lawrence, KS*
Graduate Exhibition – Art & Design Gallery, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
Rich As Love – Teller's Restaurant, Third Floor Gallery, Lawrence, KS
20"x20"x20": A National Compact Competition – LSU Union Art Gallery, Baton Rouge, LA *
Scholarship Nomination Exhibition – Art & Design Gallery, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS*
2006
Kansas Collegiate Aesthetics 2006 – Birger Sandzen Memorial Gallery, Lindsborg, KS*
Scholarship Nomination Exhibition – Art & Design Gallery, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS*
2005
Inside the Box: A Shoebox Show – Parkland Art Gallery, Champaign, IL*
2004
All Michigan All Media Juried Exhibition 2004 – Rankin Art Gallery, Big Rapids, MI*
2003
Carnegie Center 2003 Juried Fine Arts Competition – Carnegie Ctr. for the Arts, Three Rivers, MI*
Print Swap and Group Show – LO-FI Project Site, Grand Rapids, MI
2002
Three White Girls, three person show – Rotunda Gallery, WMU, Kalamazoo, MI
2001
Salzburg College Open House, Group Show – Salzburg College, Salzburg, Austria
* denotes juried exhibitions ** denotes invitational exhibitions
AWARDS & ACHIEVEMENTS
2018
Women's Works - Artistic Merit Award - Old Courthouse Arts Center
2009
2009 Fiber Artist Grant, International Fiber Collaborative
2008
School of Fine Arts Career Opportunity Award, University of Kansas
Haystack Mountain School of Crafts - Student in Fibers, Deere Isle, ME
2007
Felt School, Harveyville Project Artist Residencey, Harveyville, Kansas
Daniel MacMorris Scholarship, University of Kansas
Graduate Division Honorable Mention-Snyder Book Collecting Contest, University of Kansas
2006
Beatrice Bonine Scholarship, University of Kansas,
Ada Bechtel Heuser Scholarship, University of Kansas
Hollander Family Foundation Scholarship, University of Kansas
2005
Daniel MacMorris Scholarship, University of Kansas
2003
Art Star Award, Western Michigan University
2002
Eleanor DeVries Award, Western Michigan University
2001
Semester abroad studying at Salzburg College, Salzburg, Austria
1999-2003
Dean’s List, Western Michigan University
Member of Lee Honors College, Western Michigan University
1999
Medallion Scholarship, Western Michigan University
Valedictorian, Henry Ford II High School
PRESS/PUBLICATIONS
2016
"Romeo and Juliet, the Exhibition: An Interplay of Text and Art" (catalog) – Sally Otto Gallery, University of Mount Union, Alliance, OH
2011
"Coming Out of the Closet: Clothing Art as an Emergent Form" (catalog) - The Mary Brogan Museum of Art and Science. Drummond Press. Jacksonville, FL.
2009
"Home-made/Hand-Made" KTWU Washburn University Sunflower Journeys #2204 Initial air date: October 22nd, 2009.
"Dressed at First Friday" Midwest Voices http://voices.kansascity.com, September 5th, 2009.
"Parody and Irony Live Together in Perfect Harmony: Betsy Timmer at Cocoon Gallery" http://artkc365.wordpress.com/ September 4th , 2009.
"Domesticity & Darkness" http://www.hellocraft.com July 9th , 2009.
2008
"Undeservingly Unsung" by Lauren Kernes, Review Magazine, June 2008.
2006
"On Pins and Needles" by Claudette Lancaster, Urban Tulsa Weekly, June 1-7, 2006.
"Women's Work Focus of Exhibit" by James. D. Watts, Jr. , Tulsa World, June 1, 2006.
UNIVERSITY TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Jan 2013 - May 2013
Lecturer, Art Foundations - Art Principles & Practices, University of Kansas, Art Department, Lawrence, KS
Aug 2011 - Dec 2011
Lecturer, Design I - 2D Design, Washburn University, Art Department, Topeka, KS
Jan 2010 - May 2010
Lecturer, Design I - 2D Design, University of Kansas, Art Department, Lawrence, KS
Aug 2009 - Dec 2009
Lecturer, Drawing II, University of Kansas, Fine Arts Department, Lawrence, KS
Jan 2009 - May 2009
Lecturer, Life Drawing I-IV, University of Kansas, Fine Arts Department, Lawrence, KS
Lecturer, Drawing II, University of Kansas, Fine Arts Department, Lawrence, KS
Lecturer, Design II - 3D Design, University of Kansas, Design Department, Lawrence, KS
Aug 2008 - Dec 2008
Lecturer, Conceptual Approaches: Body and Drawing, University of Kansas, Fine Arts Department, Lawrence, KS
Lecturer, Drawing I, University of Kansas, Fine Arts Department, Lawrence, KS
Aug 2007 - May 2008
Instructor of Record, Drawing I, University of Kansas, Fine Arts Department, Lawrence, KS
Jan 2007 - May 2007
Instructor of Record, Drawing II, University of Kansas, Fine Arts Department, Lawrence, KS
Aug 2006 - Dec 2006
Teaching Assistant at the University of Kansas, Fine Arts Department, Lawrence, KS
Spring 2002 - 2003
Teaching Assistant at Western Michigan University, Fine Arts Department
Teaching responsibilities: Planning course curriculum and designing syllabi; creating innovative projects; providing individual and group instruction to students of all levels; and evaluating student portfolios and progress throughout the semester.
RELATED PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2016
Continuing Education Instructor at Kansas City Art Institute. Class taught “Beginning Needle Felting for Educators”
2011
Art Instructor at the Lawrence Arts Center in Lawrence, KS, teaching 8 week adult continuing education art classes. Courses taught: “Needle Felting - Embellish and Imagine” & “Pushing Boundaries: Painting Studio”
June - July 2011 & June - Nov 2009
Art Assistant at Van Go Mobile Arts in Lawrence, KS, assisting with planning projects and art instruction for 20 at-risk teens through the summer and fall programs.
Aug 2005 - present
Independent Designer & Trade Show Coordinator for Intrepid Control Systems, Inc. in Madison Heights, MI. Responsibilities include designing exhibition displays, product documentation and labels, software icons, etc.; organizing trade show events around the globe; maintaining website; and supporting Intrepid’s growing international offices.
2005-2008
University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
Master of Fine Arts with an emphasis in Expanded Media, with honors
1999-2003
Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI
Bachelor of Fine Arts with an emphasis in Painting, summa cum laude
SOLO EXHIBITIONS & 2 PERSON SHOWS
2019
Boxes - Gestalt Studios @ the Polar Plant, Powell, WY
2017
Betsy & Brian Timmer - Recent Works - Garmin International, Olathe, KS
2016
Past Places, Present Moments: Betsy Timmer & Lisa Wicka – James May Gallery, Algoma, WI
2014
Hitting Home - Betsy Timmer – Lawrence Arts Center, Lawrence, KS
2011
Recent Works - Betsy Timmer – Olin Gallery, Washington & Jefferson University, Washington, PA
2009
Dressed - Betsy Timmer – Arts Incubator Cocoon Gallery, Kansas City, MO
I’ll Show You Mine… Betsy Timmer & Tom Witzofsky – Base Gallery, Kansas City, MO
2008
Embodiment - MFA Thesis Exhibition - Art & Design Gallery, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
Recent Works by Betsy Timmer & Yuri Zupanic – B Gallery, Kansas City, MO
2006
Everyday Ingredients - Works by Betsy Timmer – Olive Gallery, Lawrence, KS
Pins & Needles: Betsy Timmer & Ann Maree Walker – Living Arts Center, Tulsa, OK
2005
Everyday Ingredients - Recent Works by Betsy Timmer – ARC Gallery, Chicago, IL
2003
Pale Preoccupations, a BFA Thesis Exhibition – South Gallery, WMU, Kalamazoo, MI
SELECTED JURIED/GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2018
Is There a Mother in the House? - Woman Made Gallery - Chicago, IL
Women's Works 2018 - Old Courthouse Arts Center - Woodstock, IL
2017
Community Connections - Steeple of Light Gallery in the Community Christian Church - Kansas City, MO
2016
Romeo and Juliet, the Exhibition: An Interplay of Text and Art – Sally Otto Gallery, University of Mount Union Alliance, OH
2014
The Threads That Bind – The Nutting Gallery - West Liberty University, West Liberty, WV **
2013
The Threads That Bind – Coburn Gallery, Ashland University, Ashland, OH**
2011
Coming Out of the Closet: Clothing Art as an Emergent Form – The Brogan Museum, Tallahassee, FL **
Black & White – Signs of Life Gallery, Lawrence, KS**
Love and Things Like Love – Lexington Art League, Lexington, KY*
Let's Talk About Love Baby – Craft Alliance, St. Louis, MO**
2010
Art Prize 2010 – Grand Rapids Museum of Art, Grand Rapids, MI*
Holiday Windows – Kansas City Power & Light District, Kansas City, MO*
Anthropoi – Final Fridays Flash Space - Maurice's, Lawrence, KS**
White Show – Hausmann Millworks Gallery, San Antonio, TX*
KU Faculty Exhibition – Art & Design Gallery, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
2009
White Show – Signs of Life Gallery, Lawrence, KS*
6 x 6 – The Bourgeois Pig, Lawrence, KS**
KU Faculty Exhibition – Art & Design Gallery, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
The Sketchbook Project – Art House Co-op, traveling exhibition across the USA
2008
Unsung – Lawrence Art Center, Lawrence, KS**
Object of Desire – Womanmade Gallery, Chicago, IL*
Black Monday – Teller's Restaurant, Third Floor Gallery, Lawrence, KS
Olio – Red Door Gallery, Kansas City, MO
The Lotus-Eaters – Apex Gallery, Kansas City, MO
Graduate Group Exhibition – Art & Design Gallery, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
Swap Meet – Wichita State University, Wichita, KS
Body/Object – 6 Gallery, Lawrence, KS
42nd Annual National Drawing & Small Sculpture Show – Del Mar College, Corpus Christi, TX*
Tenderloins – Teller's Restaurant, Third Floor Gallery, Lawrence, KS
2007
Kansas Public Radio Listener Art Show – KPR Studio, Lawrence, KS*
Graduate Exhibition – Art & Design Gallery, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
Rich As Love – Teller's Restaurant, Third Floor Gallery, Lawrence, KS
20"x20"x20": A National Compact Competition – LSU Union Art Gallery, Baton Rouge, LA *
Scholarship Nomination Exhibition – Art & Design Gallery, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS*
2006
Kansas Collegiate Aesthetics 2006 – Birger Sandzen Memorial Gallery, Lindsborg, KS*
Scholarship Nomination Exhibition – Art & Design Gallery, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS*
2005
Inside the Box: A Shoebox Show – Parkland Art Gallery, Champaign, IL*
2004
All Michigan All Media Juried Exhibition 2004 – Rankin Art Gallery, Big Rapids, MI*
2003
Carnegie Center 2003 Juried Fine Arts Competition – Carnegie Ctr. for the Arts, Three Rivers, MI*
Print Swap and Group Show – LO-FI Project Site, Grand Rapids, MI
2002
Three White Girls, three person show – Rotunda Gallery, WMU, Kalamazoo, MI
2001
Salzburg College Open House, Group Show – Salzburg College, Salzburg, Austria
* denotes juried exhibitions ** denotes invitational exhibitions
AWARDS & ACHIEVEMENTS
2018
Women's Works - Artistic Merit Award - Old Courthouse Arts Center
2009
2009 Fiber Artist Grant, International Fiber Collaborative
2008
School of Fine Arts Career Opportunity Award, University of Kansas
Haystack Mountain School of Crafts - Student in Fibers, Deere Isle, ME
2007
Felt School, Harveyville Project Artist Residencey, Harveyville, Kansas
Daniel MacMorris Scholarship, University of Kansas
Graduate Division Honorable Mention-Snyder Book Collecting Contest, University of Kansas
2006
Beatrice Bonine Scholarship, University of Kansas,
Ada Bechtel Heuser Scholarship, University of Kansas
Hollander Family Foundation Scholarship, University of Kansas
2005
Daniel MacMorris Scholarship, University of Kansas
2003
Art Star Award, Western Michigan University
2002
Eleanor DeVries Award, Western Michigan University
2001
Semester abroad studying at Salzburg College, Salzburg, Austria
1999-2003
Dean’s List, Western Michigan University
Member of Lee Honors College, Western Michigan University
1999
Medallion Scholarship, Western Michigan University
Valedictorian, Henry Ford II High School
PRESS/PUBLICATIONS
2016
"Romeo and Juliet, the Exhibition: An Interplay of Text and Art" (catalog) – Sally Otto Gallery, University of Mount Union, Alliance, OH
2011
"Coming Out of the Closet: Clothing Art as an Emergent Form" (catalog) - The Mary Brogan Museum of Art and Science. Drummond Press. Jacksonville, FL.
2009
"Home-made/Hand-Made" KTWU Washburn University Sunflower Journeys #2204 Initial air date: October 22nd, 2009.
"Dressed at First Friday" Midwest Voices http://voices.kansascity.com, September 5th, 2009.
"Parody and Irony Live Together in Perfect Harmony: Betsy Timmer at Cocoon Gallery" http://artkc365.wordpress.com/ September 4th , 2009.
"Domesticity & Darkness" http://www.hellocraft.com July 9th , 2009.
2008
"Undeservingly Unsung" by Lauren Kernes, Review Magazine, June 2008.
2006
"On Pins and Needles" by Claudette Lancaster, Urban Tulsa Weekly, June 1-7, 2006.
"Women's Work Focus of Exhibit" by James. D. Watts, Jr. , Tulsa World, June 1, 2006.
UNIVERSITY TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Jan 2013 - May 2013
Lecturer, Art Foundations - Art Principles & Practices, University of Kansas, Art Department, Lawrence, KS
Aug 2011 - Dec 2011
Lecturer, Design I - 2D Design, Washburn University, Art Department, Topeka, KS
Jan 2010 - May 2010
Lecturer, Design I - 2D Design, University of Kansas, Art Department, Lawrence, KS
Aug 2009 - Dec 2009
Lecturer, Drawing II, University of Kansas, Fine Arts Department, Lawrence, KS
Jan 2009 - May 2009
Lecturer, Life Drawing I-IV, University of Kansas, Fine Arts Department, Lawrence, KS
Lecturer, Drawing II, University of Kansas, Fine Arts Department, Lawrence, KS
Lecturer, Design II - 3D Design, University of Kansas, Design Department, Lawrence, KS
Aug 2008 - Dec 2008
Lecturer, Conceptual Approaches: Body and Drawing, University of Kansas, Fine Arts Department, Lawrence, KS
Lecturer, Drawing I, University of Kansas, Fine Arts Department, Lawrence, KS
Aug 2007 - May 2008
Instructor of Record, Drawing I, University of Kansas, Fine Arts Department, Lawrence, KS
Jan 2007 - May 2007
Instructor of Record, Drawing II, University of Kansas, Fine Arts Department, Lawrence, KS
Aug 2006 - Dec 2006
Teaching Assistant at the University of Kansas, Fine Arts Department, Lawrence, KS
Spring 2002 - 2003
Teaching Assistant at Western Michigan University, Fine Arts Department
Teaching responsibilities: Planning course curriculum and designing syllabi; creating innovative projects; providing individual and group instruction to students of all levels; and evaluating student portfolios and progress throughout the semester.
RELATED PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2016
Continuing Education Instructor at Kansas City Art Institute. Class taught “Beginning Needle Felting for Educators”
2011
Art Instructor at the Lawrence Arts Center in Lawrence, KS, teaching 8 week adult continuing education art classes. Courses taught: “Needle Felting - Embellish and Imagine” & “Pushing Boundaries: Painting Studio”
June - July 2011 & June - Nov 2009
Art Assistant at Van Go Mobile Arts in Lawrence, KS, assisting with planning projects and art instruction for 20 at-risk teens through the summer and fall programs.
Aug 2005 - present
Independent Designer & Trade Show Coordinator for Intrepid Control Systems, Inc. in Madison Heights, MI. Responsibilities include designing exhibition displays, product documentation and labels, software icons, etc.; organizing trade show events around the globe; maintaining website; and supporting Intrepid’s growing international offices.