Nettles, Bea, 1946-

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Bea Nettles has been exhibiting and publishing her autobiographical works since 1970. Since that time, she has had over fifty one-person exhibitions including the International Museum of Photography at the Eastman House, the Museum of Contemporary Photography in Chicago, Light Gallery and Witkin Gallery in NYC. Her works have also been shown internationally in major group exhibitions. Her images are in numerous collections including those of the Museum of Modern Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the National Gallery of Canada, the Polaroid International Collection, the Phillips Collection in Washington DC, the International Museum of Photography at the Eastman House, and the Center for Creative Photography in Tucson, Arizona. Her artists' books can be found in special collections libraries at universities including Yale (Beinecke), Washington, and Virginia. She taught photography and artists' books from 1970-2007 at Rochester Institute of Technology, Tyler School of Art, and the University of Illinois where she is currently Professor Emerita. Nettles continues to lecture and teach workshops internationally.

From the description of Bea Nettles artwork, 1969-1992. (RIT Library). WorldCat record id: 768434095

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Role Title Holding Repository
creatorOf Nettles, Bea, 1946-. Artist file. Brooklyn Museum Libraries & Archives
referencedIn Fogg Art Museum 20th-century history of photography collection, 1900-1984 (inclusive). Harvard University Art Museum
creatorOf Nettles, Bea, 1946-,. Bea Nettles teaching collection, 1972-2007. University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
creatorOf NETTLES, BEA. Artist file : miscellaneous uncataloged material. Museum of Modern Art (MOMA)
creatorOf Nettles, Bea, 1946-. Bea Nettles artwork, 1969-1992. RIT Library, Wallace Library
creatorOf Nettles, Bea, 1946-. Office files of The American Poetry Review, 1973. University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library
creatorOf Bea Nettles Papers, 1970-2011 University of Illinois Archives
creatorOf NETTLES, BEA, 1946-. Franklin Furnace artist file : miscellaneous uncataloged material. Museum of Modern Art (MOMA)
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Art Department
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Family life
Feminism in art
Photography
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Photography, Artistic
Women
Women artists
Women photographers
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