Marybeth Rothman is a contemporary American artist known for her reclaimed and reimagined, fictional, visual biographies and abstract narratives. Combining abstraction and realism with a focus on metaphor and symbolism, Rothman explores themes of identity utilizing shapes inspired by nature. Her most recent solo exhibition Recent Observations and Conjectures Near Madaket Road was on view at Frederick Holmes and Company Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art. In July 2023 she will be exhibiting in Modigliani and the Modern Portrait at the Nassau County Museum of Art. In addition to Modigliani, the exhibition will feature works by Picasso, Man Ray, Gaston Lachaise, Jacques Henri-Lartigue, Chana Orloff, Thomas Hart Benton, David Hockney, Rineke Dijkstra, and Eric Fischl. Rothman was a Smithsonian Institution, National Portrait Gallery, Semifinalist in the Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition 2022. Rothman exhibited in Ripped: The Allure of Collage at the Heckscher Museum of Art in Huntington, NY along with Roy Lichtenstein, Miriam Shapiro, Joseph Cornell, among others. She was selected to exhibit in The Billboard Creative among an international group of artists that included Marilyn Minter, Laurie Simmons and Lawrence Weiner. The Billboard Creative transformed 31 Los Angeles billboards into public art spaces creating a citywide exhibition. She has exhibited in the Delaware Contemporary Museum, Bristol Art Museum and New Jersey State Museum. She exhibited at both Cape Cod Museum of Art in Dennis, MA and Hunterdon Art Museum in Clinton, NJ in the exhibition Swept Away: Translucence, Transparence, Transcendence in Contemporary Encaustic.
Her work can by be found in collections throughout the United States and abroad. Rothman’s work is available at Frederick Holmes and Company Gallery, Seattle, WA, and Mark Gallery, New York, NY.
Rothman was born in Massachusetts and earned a BFA from Rhode Island School of Design. Her home and studio are in New Jersey.
- Frederick Homes and Company Gallery, Seattle, WA
- Mark Gallery and Lichtundfire, New York, NY
SOLO
2023
Frederick Holmes and Company Gallery, Seattle, WA
2019
Mark Gallery and Lichtundfire Gallery, New York, NY, Reclaimed and Reimagined
2014
Frederick Holmes and Company Gallery, Seattle, WA, A Curious Collection of Strangers
2008
Treasure Room Gallery, New York, NY, Artifacts of Gains and Losses
TWO PERSON
2023
The Painting Center, New York, NY, Uncommon Narratives
GROUP
2023
Nassau County Museum of Art, Roslyn, NY, Modigliani and the Modern Portrait
New Jersey State Museum, Trenton, NJ, 2022 New Jersey Arts Annual: Reemergence
The Delaware Contemporary Museum, Wilmington, DE, Radius, Soft Girl Era
Newark Liberty International Airport, Terminal A, Newark, NJ, Journey of Surprises
Fotofoto Gallery, Huntington, NY, 18th National Photography Exhibition
The Gallery Space, Rahway, NJ. Traces
Studio Montclair Gallery, Montclair , NJ, ViewPoints 2023
2022
Smithsonian Institution National Portrait Gallery, Washington, DC, 2022 Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition, Semifinalist.
Bristol Art Museum, Bristol, RI, Putting the Pieces Back Together!
New Jersey State Museum, Trenton, NJ, 2022 New Jersey Arts Annual: Reemergence
Studio Montclair Gallery, Montclair , NJ, ViewPoints 2022
2021
Art Fair 14C, Jersey City, NJ, Rothman, Pressman & Nielsen-Fried
Smithsonian Institute, National Portrait Gallery, Washington, DC,
Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition 2022 Semifinalist.
The Painting Center, New York, NY, One in a Year
2020
Oculus at Westfield World Trade Center, New York, NY, Ad Art 2020
RJD Gallery, Bridgehampton, NY, Shades of Light
The Hecksher Museum of Art, Huntington, NY, Emerging Artists Series
The Painting Center, New York, NY, The Blues
2019
Laura Rathe Fine Art, Houston, TX, Ta! Da!
Monmouth University, NJ, A Sense of Place in Contemporary Encaustic
Azart Gallery, The Affordable Art Fair, New York, NY
Azart Gallery, Art Market San Francisco
Frederick Holmes & Co. Gallery, Seattle, WA, Summer Group Show
2018
The Billboard Creative, Los Angles, CA
Azart Gallery, The Affordable Art Fair, New York, NY
Frederick Holmes & Co. Gallery, Seattle, WA, Gallery Artists
Laura Rathe Fine Art Gallery, Houston, TX,
The Painting Center, New York, NY, Chain Reaction
2017
Frederick Holmes & Co. Gallery, Seattle, WA, Gallery Artists
Laura Rathe Fine Art Gallery, Houston, TX, Heart of Texas
2016
Laura Rathe Fine Art Gallery, Houston, TX
Caldwell Snyder Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Lanoue Gallery, Boston, MA
Frederick Holmes & Co. Gallery, Seattle, WA
2015
Lanoue Gallery, Boston, MA, Winter Group Show Part I
Frederick Holmes and Company Gallery, Seattle, WA, Encore
Laura Rathe Gallery, Houston, TX, Double Vision
Lanoue Gallery, Boston, MA, Winter Group Show Part II
2014
Hunterdon Art Museum, Clinton, NJ, Swept Away: Translucence, Transparence, Transcendence in Contemporary Encaustic. Curator: Michael Giaquinto
Tria Gallery, New York, NY, In Situ
Lanoue Fine Art, Boston, MA, New Work
Tria Gallery, New York, NY, Summer Cocktail
2013
Frederick Holmes and Company, Seattle, WA. Gallery Artists Group Show
Lanoue Fine Art, Boston, MA. Winter Group Show
Cape Cod Museum of Art, Dennis, MA. Swept Away: Translucence, Transparence and Transcendence in Contemporary Encaustic. Curator: Michael Giaquinto
Laconia Gallery, Boston, MA. The Elephant in the Room: Contemporary Encaustic Work.Curators: Linda Cordner and James Hull
Mark Gallery, Englewood, NJ. Faces and Figures
2012
Tria Gallery, New York, NY, c’est quoi la femme?
Lanoue Fine Art, Boston, MA. Lights, Camera…Click, Photography in Contemporary Art
Mark Gallery, Englewood, NJ. Face It
School House Gallery, Provincetown, MA. Conference Presenters. Curator: Mike Carroll
Castle Hill Gallery, Truro, MA. Merge: Contemporary Encaustic Print Invitational. Curator: Cherie Mittenthal
Panopticon Gallery, Boston, MA. What’s In A Face
Morean Arts Center, St. Petersburg, FL. Wax: Medium Meets Message. Curator: Leslie Neuman
2011
Schiltkamp Gallery, Clark University, Worcester, MA. Kindred Spirits. Curator: Toby Sisson
Kobalt Gallery, Provincetown, MA. Beeline. Curator: Francine D’Olimpio
Heckscher Museum, Huntington, NY. Ripped – The Allure of Collage, with collage works by Jean Arp, Kurt Schwitters, Hannah Hoch, George Grosz, Dali, Romare Bearden, Roy Lichentstein and others. Curator: Kenneth Wayne
Carroll House Gallery, Keene State College, Keene, NH. New Views of Encaustic Art.Curator: Peter Roos
2010
Hewitt Gallery, Mary Mount Manhattan College, New York, NY. Waxing Poetic. Curator: Millie Burns
Mark Gallery, Englewood, NJ. Winter Group Show
Tria Gallery, New York, NY. Identity, Three Artists
G.A.S. Gallery, Maplewood, NJ. Encaustic Group Exhibition
Walter Wickiser Gallery, New York, NY. Confluences of Culture V
Mark Gallery, Affordable Art Fair NYC, New York, NY
NJ New Jersey State Museum, Trenton NJ. New Jersey Arts Annual: Fine Art, Reality and Artifice. Curator: Margaret O’Reilly
Conrad Wilde Gallery, Tucson, AZ
National Association of Women Artists, New York, NY. 121st Annual Exhibition
Bill Lowe Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2009
Conrad Wilde Gallery, Tucson, AZ. Fourth Annual Encaustic Invitational
Walter Wickiser Gallery, New York, NY. Confluences of Culture Part III: Collection of Small Works East & West
Midday Gallery, Englewood, NJ 1969-2009 ARTiversary
Castle Gallery, New Rochelle, New York. Encaustic Works
2009
Bill Lowe Gallery, Atlanta GA
2008
Conrad Wilde Gallery, Tucson, AZ. Third Annual Encaustic Invitational Arts Guild of Rahway, NJ. Beeing, Encaustic Invitational
Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL. 11th International Open
Midday Gallery, Englewood, NJ
2007
Lauryn Taylor Fine Art, Carmel, CA
Broome Street Gallery, New York, NY
Pen and Brush Gallery, New York, NY
Monroe Center for the Arts, Hoboken, NJ
2006
Lowe Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Frost & Reed Gallery, New York, NY
Pleiades Gallery, New York, NY
Pen & Brush Gallery, New York, NY
Harriman Mason Gallery, New York, NY
2005
Fraser Gallery, Bethesda, MD
Pen & Brush Gallery, New York, NY
Fraser Gallery, Washington, DC
Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL
The Salmagundi Club, New York, NY
Red Dot Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM
National Association of Women Artists Gallery, New York, NY
Old Church Cultural Center, Demarest, NJ
New Jersey Bergen Performing Arts Center, Englewood, NJ
Art Center of Northern New Jersey, New Milford, NJ
Manhattan Arts International, New York, NY
2004
Pen & Brush Gallery, New York, NY
Red Dot Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM
Art Center of Northern New Jersey, New Milford, NJ
EDUCATION
BFA, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Swept Away: Translucence, Transparence, Transcendence in Contemporary Encaustic, Cape Cod Museum of Art; introduction by Michael Giaquinto, curator
The Elephant in the Room, Laconia Gallery, Boston; essay by Linda Cordner and James Hull
Nash, Catherine. “Authentic Visual Voices: CP&E.” 2012. Web.Rothman, Marybeth.
“Portraits of Strangers.” EA Magazine, June 2012 www.eainm.com/magazine/.
Mattera, Joanne. Encaustic Works 2012: A Biennial Exhibition in Print Selected by Joanne Mattera. Kingston, NY 2012. rfpaints.com.Fifth Annual International Encaustic Conference Blog, Featured Artist. Web.Best of Worldwide Portrait & Figurative Artists Vol. 1, 2011 Kennedy Publishing, Williamsburg, VA. Print.
Shiels, Darlene. “The Drooel Collection.” Drooel Contemporary Paintings From Around the Web. January 2011.
Web.Reality + Artifice. New Jersey State Museum, Trenton, NJ, 2010; essay by Margaret O’Reilly, Curator of Fine Arts.
Fourth Annual Encaustic Invitational. Conrad Wilde Gallery, Tucson, AZ, 2009.
Encaustic Works ’09. The College of New Rochelle, Castle Hill Gallery New Rochelle, NY, 2009; essay by Heather Hutchinson.Third Annual Encaustic Invitational. Conrad Wilde Gallery, Tucson, AZ, 2008.
Womack, Linda. Embracing Encaustic, 2nd Edition. Portland, OR. 2008. Print.
WomanMADE Gallery, Her Mark, Chicago, IL, 2006. Print.
COLLECTIONS
Novo Nordisk Corporation, Copenhagen, Denmark
Rockefeller Family
Private collections: United States, Hong Kong, Denmark, Cayman Islands
LECTURES AND GALLERY TALKS
2020
Emerging Artists Series
Heckscher Museum of Art, Huntington, NY
2019
Reclaimed and Reimagined, Mark Gallery and Lichtundfire, New York, NY
2014
Hunterdon Art Museum, Clinton, NJ
2013
Wax Collage: Beyond Technique, 7th International Encaustic Conference, Provincetown, MA
2012
Heckscher Museum of Art, Huntington, NY
Morean Arts Center, St. Petersburg, FL
Wax Collage: Beyond Technique, 6th International Encaustic Conference, Provincetown, MA
2011
Schiltkamp Gallery, Clark University, Worcester, MA
Hewitt Gallery, Mary Mount Manhattan College, New York, NY2010Tria Gallery, New York, NY
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2001–2005, 2008–2010 Resident, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
1981–1993 Illustrator, New York, NY.
New Illustrators Merit Award, Society of Illustrators, New York, NY
Portfolio Show, Society of Publication Designers, Inc., New York, NY
HONORS & AWARDS
2011
Juror’s Award, Fifth International Encaustic Conference
2005
First Prize, All Brush Exhibition, Pen & Brush Inc., New York, NY
Third Prize, Ninth Annual Georgetown International Art Competition, Fraser Gallery, Washington, DC
Artist of the Month, ManhattanArts.com, February 2005
Artist’s Profile Award, Manhattan Arts International Small Works 2005, Manhattan Arts International, New York, NY. Juror: Nancy di Benedetto, art historian and author.
Award of Excellence, Sixteenth New Jersey Small Works Show, Old Church Cultural Center, Demarest, NJ. Juror: Bruce Weber, Director of Exhibitions and Research at Berry-Hill Gallery, New York, NY
2004
Two Awards of Honorable Mention, Thirteenth National Juried Art Exhibition, Art Center of Northern New Jersey, New Milford, NJ
Award of Merit,
2000
Ninth Annual Cover Art Competition, Manhattan Arts International Magazine, New York, NY