Education
2011 MFA Photography University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI
2004 BA Studio Art Wheaton College, Wheaton, IL
Exhibitions (*denotes solo exhibition)
2016
- The Fine Art of Photography, Plymouth Center for the Arts, Plymouth, MA
2015
Shadow and Light: 2015, Black Box Gallery, Portland, OR
Contemporary Photography in Hawaii 2015, The Arts at Mark's Garage, Honolulu, HI
4th Annual Juried International Exhibition of Contemporary Islamic Art, Luminarte Gallery, Dallas, TX, Curator: Salma Tuqan-Curator of Contemporary Arab Art and Design, Victoria and Albert Museum, UK
2014
The Visitors*, Adams Hall Gallery, Wheaton College, Wheaton, IL
2013
Town and Country*, bambuTwo Cafe + Martini Lounge, Honolulu, HI
2011
Faces of Hawaii, Volcano Art Center, Volcano, HI, Juror: Craig F. Walker
Perpetual Reflections: Identity in Contemporary Art, Gallery of Hawaii Artists, Honolulu, HI
The Visitors*, Hawaii Pacific University Art Gallery, Kaneohe, HI
Artists of Hawaii, Honolulu Academy of Arts, Honolulu, HI
Contemporary Photography in Hawaii 2011: The Third Annual Statewide Survey Exhibition, sponsored by Pacific New Media, Frame Arts Hawaii, Honolulu, HI
The Visitors,* Commons Gallery, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI
Analog Sunshine Recorders: Slow Jams - The Pinhole Edition, ThirtyNineHotel, Honolulu, HI
2010
32nd Annual Graduate Student Exhibition, University of Hawaii at Manoa Art Gallery, Honolulu, HI
Command-Option-Escape, The Arts at Mark's Garage, Honolulu, HI
Body/Mind, The Y Center, Honolulu, HI
For the Fun of It; For the Love of It, Waialua Public Library, Waialua, HI
SELF-SEARCHING: The Art of Self-Portraiture, The Vermont Photography Workplace/Photoplace Gallery, Middlebury, VT
2009
Art Upstairs: Emerging Hawaii Artists, Honolulu Academy Arts Center at Linekona, Honolulu, HI
Scholarships and Awards Show, University of Hawaii at Manoa Commons Gallery, Honolulu, HI
31: MFA Exhibition, University of Hawaii at Monoa Art Gallery, Honolulu, HI
2004
It is for us, the living, Wheaton College Adams Hall Gallery, Wheaton, IL
2003
Something from the Summer, Wheaton College Adams Hall Gallery, Wheaton, IL
Wheaton College Annual Juried Student Art Show, Wheaton College Adams Hall Gallery, Wheaton, IL
Collaborative Projects
2015
Kakaako Pixel Wall, Honolulu, HI (executed as part of .5ppi printmaking co-op)
Bibliography
Bristow, Jessie. "Betsy Curtis: Capturing the Moment." Ka Lamakua, 18 Feb. 2011. Web. 4 Mar. 2011 <http://www.kalamakua.org/2011/02/betsy-curtis-capturing-moment.html>
Morse, Marcia. "Class Creations." Honolulu Weekly 27 Jan. 2010, Entertainment sec.:16. Print.
Oshiro, Joleen. "ARTafterDark Returns." Star Bulletin [Honolulu] 26 Feb. 2010, Hi Life sec.: 6-7. Print.
Padilla, Aaron. "Picture This..." AloHAA. Honolulu Academy of Arts, 22 Jan. 2010. Web. 29 Jan. 2010 <http://blog.honoluluacademy.org/?p=1651>.
Padilla, Aaron. "Power of the Portrait." AloHAA. Honolulu Academy of Arts, 26 Feb. 2010. Web. Mar. 2010. <http://blog.honoluluacademy.org/?p=1718>.
Tolentino, Blaine. “Perpetual Reflections – Gallery of Hawaii Artists Group Show.” Flux Fall 2011: 24-26. Web. Oct. 2011 <http://fluxhawaii.com/archives/perpetual-reflections-upcoming-exhibition-at-goha/>
Awards
2011
Third Place, Faces of Hawaii Photo Portrait Exhibition, curated by Craig F. Walker
2010
Academic Achievement Award, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI
2009
Artistic Achievement in Photography Award, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI
Academic Achievement Award, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI
2008
Academic Achievement Award, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI
2003
Best of Show, Wheaton College Annual Juried Student Art Show, Wheaton, IL
Publications
2011
Laurie Thiery, Waimea Bay Beach Park, Oct. 21, 2010, Photograph, Faces of Hawaii, Volume IV (2011)
2009
The Canoe, Photograph, Paramanu Pentaquark, Issue 03 (February 2010)
2004
Cristel, Photograph, Kodon Literary Magazine (Spring 2004)
2003
Untitled, Watercolor, Arts and Activities (April 2003)
2003
Wound #2, Photograph, Kodon Literary Magazine (Fall 2003)
Collections
Alison & Peter Klein, Kunstwerk Gallery, Nussdorf, Germany
Artist in Residence
2010
- Orvis Artist in Residence at the Honolulu Academy of Arts, Honolulu, HI