Patterns of winter trees provide inspiration for a new collage.
STATEMENT
I assemble vintage maps, cyanotypes, screen prints, and monotypes into large collages on paper. My collages hang in healthcare, civic, and corporate buildings as well as private homes. I choose natural and humanmade patterns for the calm I experience when mindfully focusing on their arrangement.
I create my collage materials to share a harmony in hue and tone. I screen print simplified, enlarged topographical maps and natural patterns. I alter cyanotypes and vintage maps with monotypes. There is a duality in the work: I crop individual collage elements large enough to recognize and contemplate when up close, while creating a collage that becomes its own pattern at a distance. I invite the viewer to focus on unexpected beauty, and for a moment put aside suffering.
Biography
Elizabeth Busey (b. 1967, Syracuse, NY) creates semi-abstract collages with a dual purpose in mind. These collages can be experienced as a cohesive work from a distance, but also up close as a compilation of related images that encourage reflection and mindfulness. Printmaking processes allow her to create a vast vocabulary of materials for these collages. Her printmaking and collages have been featured in exhibitions including Stand Out Prints (Highpoint Center for Printmaking, MN); National Print Exhibition (Los Angeles Printmaking Society, CA) and the Center for Contemporary Printmaking (CT.). She exhibited her monoprint collages at ArtSpace Vincennes (IN) in 2023 in a dual-artist show. Her work is included in healthcare, corporate and civic collections in the United States. Busey currently lives and works in Bloomington, IN.
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Elizabeth Busey
ebusey@yahoo.com
elizabethbusey.com
812-345-3840
Born 1967, Syracuse NY
Lives and works in Bloomington, Indiana
Solo/Dual Exhibitions
2023 Monoprint & Collages by Amanda Barrow and Elizabeth Busey, Art Space Vincennes, IN
2019 Gretchen Charlton Art Gallery, Kankakee, IL
St. Meinrad Archabbey Library Gallery, St. Meinrad, IN
2017 John Waldron Arts Center, Bloomington, IN
Monroe County Convention Center, Bloomington IN
Incomparable Wonder, Marx Gallery, Tho. Jefferson Unitarian, Louisville, KY
2014 Captive on the Carousel of Time, Bloomington City Hall Atrium, IN
Opening Artist, Columbus Regional Hospital Wellconnect, Columbus IN
2013 Visiting Artist, By Hand Gallery, Bloomington, IN
2012 Connections - Gifts of Art, University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, MI
All Things Great & Small, Hotel Indigo, Columbus IN
2011 Wonderfully Made, John Waldron Art Center, Bloomington IN
Forces of Nature - Wellspring of Life, Bloomington City Hall Atrium, IN
2010 Unexpected Perspectives, The Venue Gallery, Bloomington, IN
Selected Group Exhibitions
2024 Stand Out Prints, Highpoint Center for Printmaking, Minneapolis, MN
Indiana Artist Juried Show, Indianapolis Museum of Art, IN Honorable Mention
2022 22nd National Print Exhibition, Los Angeles Printmaking Society, Los Angeles, CA
Biennial Footprint International Exhibition, Center for Contemporary Printmaking, Norwalk, CT
2021 Indiana Artist Juried Show, Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis IN, First Place
2019 A New Leaf, Momentum Gallery, Asheville NC
Art Reflects Science, Prairie State University, Chicago Heights IL
Dear Earth, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago IL
Indiana Artist Juried Show, Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis IN
2018 Biennial Footprint International Exhibit, Center for Contemporary Printmaking, Norwalk CT
National Print Exhibition. ArtLink, Ft. Wayne IN
Vistas, Governors State University, University Park, IL
Four Rivers Biennial, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL
2018 Delta National Small Prints Exhibition, Bradley Gallery, Arkansas St Univ, AR
Water, Fire, Ice, Earth, Air, Tall Grass Gallery, Park Forest IL
2017 Indiana Artist Juried Show, Indianapolis Museum of Art, IN
2016 Serial and Sequential, Argonne 201 Gallery, Lemont, IL
National Print Exhibition, ArtLink, Ft. Wayne IN
2015 National Print Exhibition, Artlink, Ft. Wayne IN, First Place
Delta National Small Prints, Bradbury Gallery, Arkansas State, AR
Mid-States Art Exhibition, Evansville Museum, Evansville IN
2013 Boston Printmakers North American Biennial, Boston MA
2010 Category: Printmaking, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago IL
Selected Collections
IU Health, Bloomington Hospital
Bloomington/Monroe County Convention Center
Lincoln Financial Group, Ft. Wayne IN
Grants
Individual Artist Grant, State of Indiana, 2012 - 13
Education
2017 – 2023 Intensive workshops Andy Rubin, John Hitchcock, April Flanders (printmaking)
Paolo Arao (textiles)
2004 – 2007 Indiana University, Coursework in Fundamentals, Printmaking
1991 – 1994 MA, Government and MPA, University of Washington, Seattle
1985 – 1989 BA, Government, Magna Cum Laude, Cornell University, Ithaca NY