April 2023: Betty Jo in her studio with newly completed Commissioned Oil Painting
Tonga Cave - first free dive: photo credit Charyse Reinfelder © 2019
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EDUCATION
1987 MASTER OF FINE ARTS: Painting & Performance, Mills College, Oakland, CA
1981 BACHELOR OF FINE ARTS: Drawing, California College of Arts & Crafts, Oakland, CA
1981 Certificate in Gallery Management, California College of Arts & Crafts, Oakland, CA
SOLO EXHIBITIONS & PERFORMANCES
2018 Portals: Betty Jo Costanzo - Solo Exhibition, Gray Loft Gallery, Oakland, CA
2016 Betty Jo Costanzo - Water Reflections, a Solo Exhibition, Centennial Center Gallery, Kent, WA
2016 SAM Gallery Presents: Betty Jo Costanzo, Washington Convention Center, Seattle WA
2012 New Paintings from TimeSCAPES, Landscapes in Motion, Georgetown Arts and Cultural Center, Seattle WA
2011-12 The Age of Unfaith, Fourteen Stations of the Cross, Georgetown Arts and Cultural Center, Seattle WA
2010 Three x Three, the Divine Comedy: 3 x performance/installations, PROJECT: Space Available, Seattle WA
2007 Angels & Guardians of the Estuary, Rhythmix Cultural Works: K GALLERY, Alameda CA
2003 Step Drawing, Marin Horizon School, Marin, CA
2001 Oval Tech, Cal State Hayward, Hayward, CA
2000 Hoop Skirt, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA
2000 Divided and United, Monagri Foundation, Centre for Contemporary Art, Monagri, Cyprus
2000 Water Offerings for a Divided Country, Fulbright Center, Buffer Zone, Nicosia, Cyprus
2000 Sand Drawings a butohdrawing performance, Lithica Citadella, Menorca, Spain
2000 Fire, Water and Community, HP Gallery, Northern Nicosia, Cyprus
1999 Jet-Pack Skirts Butohdrawing Performance & Fund-Raiser, California College of Arts & Crafts, San Francisco, CA
1996 The Age of Unfaith, Fourteen Stations of the Cross, SFMOMA Artists Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1994 Secrets Shared, SFMOMA Artists Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1992 My Father Was A Parker Pen Salesman. Cinematheque, San Francisco, CA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS & PERFORMANCES
2024 Among the Trees, Gray Loft Gallery, Oakland CA
2023 Margin Alexander “The Brooklyn Music Exhibition”, Brooklyn, NY
2023 AQUA (Exhibition and Publication), Gallerieum.Art
2022 Jingletown Originals, Gray Loft Gallery, Oakland CA
2022 Winter Salon, Andra Norris Gallery, Burlingame CA
2022 MidSummer Soiree, Gray Loft Gallery, Oakland CA
2022 10th ANNIVERSARY LOVE SHOW, Gray Loft Gallery, Oakland CA
2020 Palm Beach Modern + Contemporary 2020, Steidel Contemporary, Palm Beach, FL
2020 Summer Salon, Gray Loft Gallery, Oakland CA
2019 Texas Contemporary 2019, Steidel Contemporary, Houston, TX
2019 Summer Salon, Gray Loft Gallery, Oakland CA
2018 Metamorphosis, Andra Norris Gallery, Burlingame CA
2018 Magnificent!, Gray Loft Gallery, Oakland CA
2017 Beyond Landscapes, Gray Loft Gallery, Oakland CA
2016 Reflections: Betty Jo Costanzo, Deborah Bell, Dan Hawkins, SAM Gallery, Seattle, WA
2016 Drizl Pop-Up Seattle, Bemis Arts, Seattle, WA
2015 ButohPhoto, an interactive media performance, Gray Loft Gallery, Oakland CA
2015 Kent Summer Exhibition, Centennial Center Gallery, Kent, WA
2014 There is a There THERE, Gray Loft Gallery, Oakland, CA
2014 Flora and Form, Gray Loft Gallery, Oakland, CA
2013 The Big Painting Show: Layers of Abstraction by 8 Bay Area Artists Gray Loft Gallery, Oakland, CA
2012-13 Three Painters at the ALEXIS, Alexis Hotel, Seattle WA
2012-13 Topical Ointment, a video poem @ E4C, E4C Electronic Gallery: Gallery 4 Culture, Seattle, WA
2012 Introductions, SAM Gallery, Seattle, WA
2012 The Love Show, Gray Loft Gallery, Oakland, CA
2010 Guest Artist: Write to Move, Phinney Center Art Gallery, Seattle, WA
2008 Sketchy, Autobody Fine Art, Alameda CA
2006 There is Nothing to See, Lobot Gallery, Oakland, CA
2005 Pentagon verses Hexagon, C.G. Di Arie Vineyard & Winery, Mt. Aukum, CA
2004 Inside/Outside; Pinned; Balance, Burren College of Art, Newtown Castle, Ballyvaughan,Co.Clare, Ireland
2003 Ticker Tape: a butohdrawing performance, Paradise Wood Sculpturegrove, Santa Rosa, CA
2002 Clock Map, Braziers Park, England
1999 Mostra 99, Sette Artisti Italo-Americano, Museo ItaloAmericano, San Francisco, CA
1998 Masque Macabre, Rene di Rosa Preserve, Sonoma, CA
1998 CCAC Alumni Exhibition: My Father was a ParkerPen Salesman, SF Art Commission Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1998 The Age of Unfaith: Fourteen Stations of the Cross, Nika Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1997 Action/Reaction, Impetus & Residue, Dancers Group, San Francisco, CA
1997 Winter Landscape, solo performance, 11 Minna Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1997 Conjured, California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland CA
1997 Visual Aid's Big Deal, Somar Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1996 CCAC: Past Present, & Future, Oliver Art Center, Oakland, CA
1995 Love, Loss, and Renewal: a video screening of Code Blue, San Jose Community Center, San Jose, CA
1993 Code Blue, Mission Cultural Center, San Francisco, CA
1993 Code Blue, Opts Art Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1991 Berkeley Art Center Exhibition '91 Honorable Mention, Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA
1991 White Flag by Minoo Hamzavi Productions: Director ,MissionCulturalCenter, SanFrancisco, CA
1991 Livermore Art Association Exhibition, Wente Winery, Livermore, CA
1990 Center for the Visual Arts Exhibition, Center For The Visual Arts, Oakland, CA
1989 Calgene Competition, Natsoulas/Novelozo Gallery, Davis, CA
1989 New Work-9 Bay Area Artists, Kaiser Center Art Gallery, Oakland, CA
1988 The Game of Seven with composer S. Maxson, Center for Contemporary Music, Oakland, CA
1987 Sister Perpetua's Lie with composer, Teresa Catford, Mills College Art Gallery, Oakland, CA
1986 Children's Furniture & Toys by Artists, an invitational, Limn Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1984 Opening Exhibition ,Virginia Brier Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1984 California Works, Honorable Mention, California State Fair, Sacramento, CA
1983 30th Annual Juried Competition, Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA
1982 11th Annual Juried Show, Corvallis Art Center, Corvallis, OR
1981 Award of Merit, CCAC Awards Exhibition, Heller Gallery, Berkeley, CA
SELECTED PUBLIC and PRIVATE COLLECTIONS
Di Rosa Collection Napa, CA
Monagri Foundation, Centre for Contemporary Art Monagri, CYPRUS
Swedish Medical Center Foundation Seattle, WA
Drinker, Biddle and Reath, LLP Washington, D.C.
Calfo, Eakes & Ostrovsky PLLC Seattle, WA
Van Ness Feldman, LLP Seattle, WA
Pacific Union Residential Brokerage San Francisco, CA
Keytex Corporation San Francisco, CA
Ali and Richard Sale Limassol, CYPRUS
Robert Tichauer Cranberry Township, PA
Theresa and Bob Pierno Annapolis, MD
Loraine and Joe Kelly Matawan, NJ
Julia and Jay Nogueira Annapolis, MD
Tim and Julie Verharen Baimbridge Island, WA
Sheila Smith Seattle, WA
Christopher Pirie Mercer Island, WA
Mark & Carolyn Howley Woodenville, WA
Christiann Howard Coos Bay, OR
Catherine Pyke Larkspur, CA
Patricia Correia Los Angeles, CA
Katherine T. Carter St. Leo, FL
Leah Levy Oakland, CA
Susanne & Marcus Wefers Heidelberg, GERMANY
Helene Black & Yiannis F. Colakides Limassol, CYPRUS
Charles Koehler, PH.D. Murrieta, CA
Rebecca Schumacher San Francisco, CA
Katherine Martin San Francisco, CA
Celeste Connor Oakland, CA
Jeremy & Debbie Bull Palm Beach, FL
William Haney Cotuit, MA
Erika Nguyen Pflugerville, TX
John Gabbert Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
Dan and Natalie Veljovich Mercer Island, WA
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Interview for The Mark Howley Show, EP 26 The Mark Howley Show- SPOTIFY and APPLE Podcasts
Artist Spotlight Betty Jo Costanzo, Centerpiece Philanthropy 2nd edition Feb 2022
Betty Jo Costanzo & Tom White, 2000: Monagri Foundation, Centre for Contemporary Art, Monagri, Cyprus
SELECTED REVIEWS
Danila Rumold Big Painting Show: Layers of Abstraction, Contemplative Process Blog, March 23, 2013
Erica Olsen From Butoh to Boot Camp, CCAC News, Fall/Winter 2002
Simon Grant Butodrawing, London, June 2000
Glyn Hughes In the Hills and On The Line, Cyprus Weekly, May 26-June 1 2000
ΕΚΤΕΛΕΗ ΚΑΙ ΕΚΘΕΣΗ, Buto Drawing©, ΠΛΗΡΟΦΟΡΙΕΣ, May 14 2000
ΕΛενα Παρπα Εικαοτικη Δημιουργιαμεσα απο την κινηση, Atzenta, May 13 2000
Glyn Hughes A Line in the Air at Monagri Foundation, Cyprus Weekly, May 5-11, 2000
M. Morales Mostra 99: Sette Artisti Italo-Americano, San Francisco Fashion & Art News, June 1999
Debra Koppman 'Ritual Ancestry' at Nika Gallery, Artweek, February 1998
Thom Sheeham Nosrat, San Francisco Fashion & Art News, August 1993
Cathy Curtis Four Artist Showcased In Far From Ideal Gallery, Oakland Tribune, August 1981
SELECTED COMMISSIONS
2023 Living Oceans • Chesapeake Bay 1, oil on panel, 40”x60”, Private Collector, Annapolis, MD
2010 La Grand Odalisque, acrylic on canvas 166”x97”, Jennifer LaPierre Design, Sonoma, CA
2008-09 Tree Mural + Cloud Mural: two wall murals 43’ x 7.5’ each, Current Dental, Bremerton, WA
2007 Water Lily Pond Mural: 2 exterior building murals, C.G. Di Arie Vineyard & Winery, Mt. Aukum, CA
1997 Leda & the Swan: 4-panel screen 80” x 72”, Jennifer LaPierre Design, Sonoma, CA
AWARDS & GRANTS
2022 The Keller Prize
2010 Two Month Artist Residency, PROJECT: Space Available, Seattle, WA
2004 Professional Development Grant, California College of the Arts, CA
2000 Invited Artist: Five Month Artist Residency, Monagri Foundation Centre or Contemporary Art, Monagri, Cyprus
2000 Professional Development Grant, California College of Arts and Crafts, CA
1999 Teaching Development Grant, California College of Arts and Crafts, CA
1991 Honorable Mention, Berkeley Art Center Exhibition, Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA
1985-87 Departmental Scholarships, Mills College, Oakland, CA
1984 Honorable Mention: California Works, California State Fair, Sacramento, CA
1981 Award of Merit, Awards Exhibition, Heller Gallery, Berkeley, CA
1980-81 Departmental Scholarship, California College of Arts and Crafts, CA
1980-81 Ford Foundation Scholarship, California College of Arts and Crafts, CA
SELECTED TEACHING
2011-2012 Associate Professor - Drawing & Painting: North Seattle Community College, Seattle, WA
1991-2007 Associate Professor - 1st Year, Media Arts & Individualized: California College of the Arts, SF Bay Area, CA
2004 Butoh Drawing Workshop Instructor: Associació Cultural La Ponderosa, Barcelona, SPAIN
2000 Butoh Drawing Workshop Instructor: Monagri Foundation, Centre for Contemporary Art, Monagri, CYPRUS
1995-1999 Adjunct Professor - Life Drawing: College of San Mateo, San Mateo, CA
1990 Instructor - Basic Design: California State University at Hayward, Hayward, CA
CURATOR & producer of visual arts and performance art exhibitions
2024/2026 Head Curator: “BE PART of the LIVING OCEANS: Educational and Fundraising Museum Exhibition”: TBA
1997 Curator + Producer: two evenings of Performance Art: 111 Minna Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1993 Curator: LIGHTescapes, Artists Working with Light: OPTS ART Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1993 Curator +Producer: Performance Art at LIGHTescapes: OPTS ART Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
JUROR & INVITED QUEST SPEAKER
2012 Fine Arts Juror: League for Innovation Seattle Community Colleges
2011 Guest Artist Speaker for di Rosa Founders Day Di Rosa Preserve, Sonoma, CA
2003 Guest Lecturer Artist: Senior drawing class California College of the Arts, San Francisco
2000 Guest Juror: Interior Design 2nd year Frederick Institute of Technology, Nicosia, CYPRUS