Beth Rubel

From Austin Texas, Beth Consetta Rubel is a California transplant currently living and working

as a full time artist in Sacramento. Recently, Beth’s “Paper Bag Test: Obama” was published in POLITICO Magazine “Imagining Obama” issue and she was also featured in Complex Magazine’s “These Young Austin Artists Will Soon Be Household Names.” Beth’s latest mural work can be seen in person at Facebook’s Headquarters in Austin Texas or online through the Facebook AIR Instagram:

https://instagram.com/p/BdyIG3Vhsvo/

Paper Bag Test Series is an expansive portrait collection featuring people of African or African-American decent, created between 2013-2017. Beth’s latest work, “Higher Learning: Educational Toys” introduces movement and incorporates pop culture or current events, with historic and iconic children’s toys.


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EDUCATION

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS: BACHELOR OF FINE ARTS – 2012
TEXAS STATE: EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION CERTIFICATION - 2012–2013

RESIDENCIES & FELLOWSHIPS

FACEBOOK — AUSTIN, TX — 2017-2018
Artist in Residence: 1 of 4 artists selected. Installed large scale mural promoting creativity, innovation, openness, diversity and connectivity within our community through art and design.

BLUE STAR CONTEMPORARY ARTS COMPLEX — SAN ANTONIO, TX — 2010-2011
MOSAIC Art Education Intern Fellowship: Taught and assisted gifted students in producing public art projects; murals and large scale corporate commissioned art installations.

SOLO EXHIBITIONSGEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER MUSEUM — APRIL 20–JUNE 26, 2017
Beth Consetta Rubel: “Higher Learning: Educational Toys”

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS, CENTER FOR ART OF AFRICA & ITS DIASPORAS — APRIL 16, 2016
Leadership Transforms Conference Exhibit; Beth Consetta Rubel: “Paper Bag Test Series”

R GALLERY, SAN ANTONIO, TX — JANUARY 10–MARCH 15, 2015
Beth Consetta Rubel: “Paper Bag Test Series”

SALVAGE VANGUARD THEATRE, AUSTIN, TX — OCTOBER 2014
Beth Consetta Rubel: Select Works for “Am I White?”

NEW EAST ARTS GALLERY, AUSTIN, TX — JUNE 13–AUGUST 5, 2013
Beth Consetta Rubel: “Works on Paper”

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

BETTI ONO GALLERY, OAKLAND, CA — SEPTEMBER 16–OCTOBER 22, 2016
“Viral:25 Years from Rodney King”

ANACOSTIA ART CENTER, WASHINGTON, DC — MAY 15–JUNE 19, 2016
“Unapologetic Négritude”

TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY, SAN MARCOS, TX — SEPTEMBER 9–OCTOBER 7, 2015
“Y No Se Lo Trago La Tierra (And the Earth Did Not Devour Him”

MUSEUM OF SCIENCE + INDUSTRY, CHICAGO, IL — JANUARY 19, 2015
Juried Selection Honorable Mention- “Paper Bag Test: Michael Brown”

TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY, SAN MARCOS, TX — SEPTEMBER-DECEMBER 2014
“Black White Integration”