Group Exhibitions

2025

Eye of the Blackbird, The Bo Bartlett Center, Columbus, GA

Inner Sanctums, Entheon, Chapel of Sacred Mirrors, NY

2024

Big Stories, New York Academy of Art, New York, NY

25th Anniversary Exhibition, Miles McEnery Gallery, New York, NY

Celebrating the 1858 Prize for Contemporary Southern Art, Gibbes Museum, Charleston, SC

2023

Big Stories, Bo Bartlett Center, Columbus, GA

Highlighting Contemporary Art in Georgia: Picture This, Albany Museum of Art, Albany, GA.

2022

Competere, An Exhibition of Artist Couples, Bo Bartlett Center, Columbus, GA

Mirror, Mirror. American Self Portraits in an Expanded Field, Bo Bartlett Center, Columbus, GA

Highlighting Contemporary Art in Georgia: Picture This, Lyndon House Art Center, Athens, GA, Illges Gallery, Columbus State University, Columbus, GA

Lineage: Generations of Realism, Salmagundi Club, New York, NY

Epilogue, Bo Bartlett Center, Columbus, GA
2021
"Extra Ordinary, Magic Mystery, and Imagination in American Realism", Georgia Museum of Art
7+7 Established and Emerging Artists of the Chatahoochee Valley, The Columbus Museum, GA

Form as Foundation, Sotheby's, New York, NY

Forget Not Beauty, The Legacy of Arthur DeCosta, Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA

Docere, Studio Incamminati, Philadelphia, PA

Art in Embassies: United States Embassy Azerbaijan, December 2021

2020

“Really.” (curated by Inka Essenhigh & Ryan McGinness), Miles McEnery Gallery, New York, NY
“A Telling Instinct: John James Audubon and Contemporary Art,” Asheville Art Museum, Asheville, NC
Art in Embassies: United States Embassy Hanoi, January 2020

2019
Bo Bartlett and Betsy Eby, Ithan Substation No. 1, Villanova, PA
Person to Person, Forum Gallery, New York, NY
Painting the Figure Now, Wausau Museum of Contemporary Art, Wausau, WI
Innovation and Vitality, Avery Galleries, Byrn Mawr, PA
2018

“Trust the Process,” Gallery 222, Malvern, PA
“The Serious and the Smirk,” Sommerville Manning Gallery, Philadelphia, PA “Objects of Desire,” Bernarducci Gallery, New York, NY
“Artists by Artists: The Artist as Subject,” Forum Gallery, New York, NY
“Belief in Giants,” Miles McEnery Gallery, New York, NY
Philadelphia Antiques & Art Show, Somerville Manning Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

2017
Nelson Shanks and His Influence: Past, Present and Future, Stanek Gallery, PA
Paintguide, Booth Gallery, NY
Uncompromising Visions, Cerulean Gallery, PA
PoetsArtists, Arcadia Contemporary, CA
The New Baroque, Booth Gallery, NY
Big Art. Small Canvas, RJD Gallery, NY
2016
The Things We Carry: Contemporary Art in the South, Gibbes Museum, SC
Rockwell and Realism in an Abstract World, Norman Rockwell Museum, MA
Seattle Art Fair, Ameringer McEnery Yohe
Truth & Vision: 21st Century Realism, Delaware Art Museum, DE
Behind the Easel: The Unique Voices of 20 Contemporary Representational Painters, Somerville Manning Gallery, DE
2015
Art Basel, Miami Beach, Ameringer McEnery & Yohe
American Masters, Somerville Manning Gallery, DE
2014
Art Chicago, Ameringer McEnery & Yohe
2013
Nocturnes: Romancing the Night, National Arts Club, New York, NY
The Philadelphia Story, Asheville Art Museum, Asheville, NC
The Outwin Boochever 2013 Portrait Competition Exhibition, Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, Washington, DC
Best of the Northwest: Selected Paintings from the Permanent Collection, Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA
2012
Perception of Self, Forum Gallery, New York, NY
Not So Silent Benefit, Flux Factory, Long Island City, NY
Texas Contemporary Art Fair, P.P.O.W, Houston TX
2010
Real: Realism in Diverse Media, Imago Galleries, Palm Desert, CA
American Masters, Somerville Manning Gallery, Greenville, DE
Dallas Art Fair, Forum Gallery, Dallas, Texas
Thriving In Seattle: A Retrospective, GAGE Academy of Art, Seattle, Washington
private (dis)play, New York Academy of Art, New York, New York
Figure As Narrative, Columbus State University, Columbus, Georgia
The Figure – Then and Now, Delaware County Community College, Media, Pennsylvania
Solemn & Sublime: Contemporary American Figure Painting, Akus Gallery, Eastern Connecticut State University, Willimantic, CT
2009
Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, Washington
private(dis)play, Center of Creative Arts, St Louis, Missouri
The Armory Show, New York, New York
Art Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
Somerville Manning Gallery, Greenville, Delaware Five Artists of Accomplishment from the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Somerville Manning Gallery, Greenville, Delaware, American Green
Summer Selections, Forum Gallery, New York, New York
Portsmouth Museum of Fine Art, Portsmouth, New Hampshire
PAFA Alumni Invitational: Legacies, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
private (dis)play, The Emerson Gallery at Hamilton College, Clinton, New York
2008
Forum Gallery, Los Angeles, California, Direct Encounters: Essence of Portraiture
Art Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
Los Angeles Art Show, Los Angeles, California
Pulse Miami, Miami, Florida
Sande Webster Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Yesterday and Today PAFA Alumni Invitational
Eby Bartlett: An Exhibition of Works by Betsy Eby and Bo Bartlett, David Floria Gallery, Aspen, Colorado
2007
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia PA
Andrew Wyeth in Context David Floria Gallery, Birmingham, Michigan
Solstice David Floria Gallery, Birmingham, Michigan
Bo Bartlett and Betsy Eby: Recent Paintings
Pulse Miami, Miami, Florida
2004
6th Annual Realism Invitational, Karen Jenkins Johnson Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Not Just Another Pretty Vase: A Comprehensive Exhibition Still Life Painting, Sullivan Goss, Santa Barbara, CA
The Art Show, ADAA, New York, NY
2003
Transforming the Commonplace
Susquehanna Art Museum, Harrisburg, PA
Edie Caldwell Gallery, Sausalito, CA
2002
Aquaria, Traveling Exhibition originating at Aufsttellung in der Ausstellung, Linz, Austria
2000
In the Shadow of the Flag, Tippy Stern Fine Art, Charleston, SC
1999
Indomitable Spirits: The Figure at the end of the Century, The Art Institute of Southern California, Laguna Beach, CA. Curated by Grady Harp (catalog)
Changing Faces: Contemporary Portraiture, Jim Kemper Fine Art, New York, NY
1998-99
Oil Patch Dreams
Art Museum of Southeast Texas, Beaumont, TX
The Museum of the Southwest, Midland, TX
The El Paso Art Museum, El Paso, TX
Austin Museum of Art, Austin, TX
1997
Re-Presenting Representation III, Arnot Art Museum, Elmira, NY
1996
Reality Bites: Realism in Contemporary Art
The Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art and Design, Kansas City, MO
1996-98
Heroic Painting
Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, Winston-Salem, NC
Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, FL
Queens Museum of Art, New York
Knoxville Museum of Art, Knoxville, TN
The Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH
Mississippi Museum of Art, Jackson, MS.
University Gallery, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, Amherst, MA
Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL
Columbia Museum of Art, Columbia, SC
Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ
1995
25 Years
John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Tattoo Your Dog, Greenville County Museum of Art, Greenville, SC
1994
Group Exhibition, F.A.N. Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Too Human, curated by Annie Gawlak, Philadelphia, PA
Points of Interest/Points of Departure, John Berggruen Gallery, San Fransisco, CA
Fallen Idylls: American Figurative Painting P.P.O.W. and Christopher Sweet, Art Miami '94, Miami, FL
1993
Drawing on the Figure, organized by Stanley I. Grand, Carlsten Art Gallery, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, Stevens Point, WI
Twilight Intervals, organized by Christopher Sweet, Patricia Shea Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Preternatural Worlds Center for the Visual Arts, Metropolitan State College of Denver, Denver, CO
1992
Beyond Realism: Image and Enigma, curated by Paul Binai, Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art, Loretto, PA
1991
Three on the Figure, Butler Art Institute, Youngstown, OH
Ex-Patriots, Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, GA
Of Nature and the Human Spirit, Daniel Saxon Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Ten Contemporary Philadelphia Painters, Westmoreland Museum of Art, Greensburg
Art for Your Collection, Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
1990
Salon Show, New York Academy of the Arts, New York, NY
Regarding Art: Artworks About Art, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI
Contemporary Philadelphia Artists, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
1989
Revelation and Devotion: The Spirit of Religion in Contemporary Painting
Sherry French Gallery, New York, NY
Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, CA
Art Gallery at Gustavus Adolphus College, St. Peter, MN
Valparaiso University of Art, Valparaiso, IN
Arnot Museum of Art, Elmira, NY
Love and Charity: The Tradition of Caritas in Contemporary Painting
Sherry French Gallery, New York
Dowd Fine Arts Gallery, SUNY at Cortland, NY
The Noyes Museum, Oceanville, NJ
Roland Gibson Gallery, SUNY at Potsdam, NY
Trains and Planes: The Influence of Locomotion in American Painting
Sherry French Gallery, New York, NY
Roberston Center for the Arts, Binghamton, NY
National Academy of Sciences, Washington DC
Evansville Museum of Arts, Evansville, IL
The Noyes Museum, Oceanville, NJ
Delaware Biennial
Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, DE
Commission: Warner Gateway, Developer: Trammell-Crow, Los Angeles, CA
Commission: LaSalle University, Philadelphia, PA
Art for your Collection, Group Exhibition, Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
Art of Paper, Weatherspoon Art Gallery, Greensboro, NC
1988
New York Inspired: Past and Present, John Szoke Gallery, New York, NY
1987
Fellowship Show, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
1985
Centennial Exhibit, N.C. Bradley Collection
1984
Disdain for False Authorities, Alternative Space, Philadelphia, PA
1983
Fellowship Exhibition, Philadelphia Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Midyear Show, Butler Institute of Fine Art, Youngstown, OH
1981
Group Show, Marian Locks Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Midyear Show, Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH
Eastern Pennsylvania Regional Drawing Exhibition, Beaver College, Glenside, PA
Rutgers National, Rutgers University, Camden, NJ
Cresson Show, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
New Talent, Marian Locks Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1979
Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, GA