BIO

Exploring natural and social histories through photographs, books, paintings, objects and film, Betsy Stirratt creates multiple layered narratives about the interactions of humans and nature. She is Director Emeritus of the Grunwald Gallery of Art at Indiana University Bloomington where, since 1987, she curated exhibitions and published catalogs. Exhibiting her own work widely since 1983, solo exhibitions include La Maladie at The Mütter Museum in Philadelphia and the International Museum of Surgical Science in Chicago and Veiled Taxonomies at the Center for Book Arts in New York among others. Her work has been included in group exhibits at the National Museum of Women in the Arts, Indianapolis Museum of Art, and White Columns and Art in General in New York. She is the recipient of several grants, including a Visual Artist Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts and awards from the Indiana Arts Commission and the American Craft Council.