BETSY YOUNGQUIST

(1965- )

Born: Rockford, IL

Education: North Park University, 1987
Bachelor of Arts, Magna Cum Laude
Chicago, IL

University of WI-Madison, 1992
Masters of Arts, Art Education
Madison, WI

Selected Publications:

Featured Artist, Super Beadwork Magazine, Interweave Press, June/July 2011.
Bead International 2008, Ohio University Press, Cover, 2008.
500 Handmade Dolls, Lark Books, 2007.
“Expressive Treatments of Nature”, Bead and Button Magazine, Spring 2005.
American Style Magazine, Cover, April 2005.
500 Beaded Objects, Lark Books, 2004.
“Dreaming Beaded Creatures”, Bead and Button Magazine, June, 2003.
The Best in Contemporary Beadwork, Interweave Press, 2002.
“Beading Bravura”, St. Louis Homes and Lifestyles Magazine, October, 2001.
Illinois Women Artists: The New Millennium, produced by The National Museum of Women in the Arts, Fall, 1999.

Selected Exhibitions:

Eccentric Insects: The Hine’s Emerald Dragonfly Project, The Racine Art Museum, Racine, WI, 2010.
SOFA, Next Step Gallery, Chicago, IL, 2009, 2010.
Rockford Artists at VIDA, The VIDA Museum, Borgholm, Sweden, 2009.
Crossing Threads, Crossing Boundaries, Northern Illinois University Art Museum, Dekalb, lL, 2009.
Light of the Moon, Solo Exhibition, Rockford Art Museum, Rockford, IL, 2008.
All About Beads, Pismo Gallery, Denver, CO, 2006, 2007, 2008.
Bead International, The Dairy Barn-Southeastern Ohio Cultural Arts Center, Athens, Ohio, 2008.
Invitational Exhibition, The National Liberty Museum, Philadelphia, PA. 2006.
Enchantment, John Kohler Arts Center, Kohler, WI, 2006.
Two Person Show, Mount Mary College, Milwaukee, WI, 2004.
Solo Exhibition, Rock Valley College, Rockford, IL, 2002.
Two Person Show, North Park University, Chicago, IL, 1999.
Illinois Woman Artists: The New Millennium, The National Museum for Women in the Arts, Washington, DC, 1999.
Passionate Obsessions, The Phipps Center for the Arts, Hudson, WI, 1998.

Selected Awards, Honors:

Coconut Grove Art Festival, Coconut Grove, FL, Best of Show, 2009.
The Plaza Art Fair, Kansas City, MO, Invitational Award 2006. Gold Award 2008.
Shared Best of Show 2009. Invitational Award 2010.
Lakefront Festival of the Arts, Milwaukee, WI, Artist Award, 2005, 2008.
New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, New Orleans, LA, Best of Show 2003. Artist Award 2008. Juror 2009.
Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft Show, Philadelphia, PA, 2006-2009.
American Craft Council Show, Baltimore, MD, Award of Excellence, 2007.
St. Louis Art Fair, Saint Louis, MO, First Place 2005. Best of Show 2006. First Place 2009.
Smithsonian Craft Show, Washington DC, 2005.
Cherry Creek Arts Festival, Denver, CO, Merit Award 2000. Second Place 2010.

Selected Collections:

VIDA Museum, Borgholm, Sweden.
Behr Industries, Rockford, IL.
Dr. and Mrs. Timothy Johnson, Marblehead, MA.
Epic Systems, Madison, WI.
North Park University, Chicago, IL.
Rockford Art Museum, Rockford, IL.
The University of Chicago Comer Children’s Hospital, Chicago, IL.
The University of Michigan Hospital, Ann Arbor, MI.