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Betye Saar

Betye saar

 

Personal Details:

Name

Betye Saar

Place of birth

born in Los Angeles,America

Date of Birth

July 30, 1926

Nationality

American

Gender

Female

Field

Assemblage

Education

Scripps College, Claremont, California, B.A., 1978; Otis Art Institute, Los Angeles, M.F.A, 1981.

Training

University of California, Los Angeles, Pasadena City College, California State University, Long Beach

Religion

Unitarian

 

BIOGRAPHY:

Early Days Of Betye Saar:

Betye Saar was born in Los Angeles, daughter of Richard Saar. she graduated from the University of California and continued graduate studies at California State University at Long Beach, the University of Southern California and California State University at Northridge. Saar is recognized for her multimedia collages, box assemblages, altars and installations consisting of found resources. She states, “I am intrigued with combining the remainder of memories, fragments of relics and normal objects, with the components of technology.

Betye Saar Mosley Carriers:

Artist and educator, Betye Irene Saar has spent more than five decades creating insightful and touching works of art that analysis all forms of racism, sexism and oppression while at the same time pointing toward a curiosity and a beauty that transcend the artificial categories that divide people. Saar has gained international bad name for her work in printmaking, collage, assemblage and installation art and takes her place among other prominent African American artists such as Elizabeth Catlett and Faith Ringgold. A role model for generations of African-American women, Saar has raised three daughters, two of whom (Alison and Lezley) are talented artists. Saar continues her work and live in Los Angeles.

It’s a way of delving into the past and success into the future concurrently. In her work, Saar voices her following, racial, religious and gender concerns in an effort to “reach across the barriers of art and life, to bridge cultural diversities and forge new understandingsIn 1994, Saar, along with artist John Otterbridge, represented the United States at the 22nd Biennial of Sao Paulo in Brazil.

  • 1949 B.A. University of California, Los Angeles, CA, Graduate Studies at California State University, Long Beach, CA; University of, Southern California; and California State University, Northridge, CA

  • 1974 National Endowment for the Arts Award

  • 1984 National Endowment for the Arts Award

  • 1990 J. Paul Getty Fund for the Visual Arts Fellowship, Malibu, CA

  • 1990 22nd Annual Artist Award, The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, NY

  • 1991 John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, New York, NY

  • 1991 Honorary Doctorate Degree, California College of Arts & Crafts, Oakland, CA

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