Biography
Education
1989, MFA, University of Pennsylvania
1988, Full fellow Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture
1983, BFA, Western Carolina University
Selected
Exhibitions
2017 Drawing in Place, Daura Gallery, Lynchburg College, Lynchburg, VA
2011 New Work, Gallery Artists, J. Ferguson Gallery, Farmville, VA
2010 Following Seas: From Pretty Marsh to Great Head, Atkinson Museum,
Hampden-Sydney College, Hampden-Sydney, VA
2008 First Traces, Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockport, ME
2006 Beverly Rhoads, New Work, Callen McJunkin Gallery, Charleston, WV
(Re)Connect, CMJArchitects, 10th & Main Street, Lynchburg, VA
2005 Beverly Rhoads, Recent Paintings and Works on Paper, Callen McJunkin Gallery,
Charleston, WV
2004 Autobiography--Desire: Recent Work by Beverly Rhoads & Robert Godfrey,
Daura Gallery, Lynchburg College, Lynchburg, VA, curated by George Hildrew
Small Works Invitational, Blue Mountain Gallery, NYC
New Works in the Gallery, Callen McJunkin Gallery, Charleston, WV
Catch & Release, Esther Thomas Atkinson Museum, Hampden-Sydney College,
Hampden-Sydney, VA; West Virginia Wesleyan College, Buckhannon, WV (solo)
2003 This Land is Your Land, Longwood Center for the Visual Arts, Farmville, VA
Lynchburg College Faculty Exhibition, Daura Gallery, Lynchburg College, VA
2002 Small Works on Paper Invitational, Blue Mountain Gallery, NYC
The Tidewater Series, Daura Gallery, Lynchburg College, VA (solo)
1999 Drawing From Perception, University Art Galleries, Wright State University, OH
1998 Aspects of Representation, Belk Gallery, Western Carolina University, NC
1997 Small Works Invitational '97, Blue Mountain Gallery, NYC
Marshall University Graduate College Permanent Collection Exhibition,
Marshall University Gallery, WV
Lynchburg College Faculty Exhibition, Daura Gallery, Lynchburg College, VA
1996 Small Works Invitational '96, Blue Mountain Gallery, NYC
On the Horizon, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL
Remote Sensing Invitational, Monogahela Arts Center, Morgantown, WV
1995 Small Works Invitational '95, Blue Mountain Gallery, NYC
One Up/One Down, The Cultural Center, Charleston, WV (solo)
Black & White: Drawing in West Virginia, Arts and Letters Series,
Governor's Mansion, Charleston, WV, curated by Robert Hutton
Moving is Mapping: Drawings and Paintings by Beverly Rhoads, Sleeth Gallery,
West Virginia Wesleyan College, curated by Jeanne Nugent (solo)
1994 Metamorphosis, Women and Creativity: Changing Lives
West Virginia University; West Virginia State Museum, The Cultural Center, Charleston, WV,
curated by Alison Helm
1993 The Seventies and Eighties: Invitational, Belk Gallery, Western Carolina University,
curated by Tilley Reidmiller
Resident Invitational, Chester Springs Studio, Chester Springs, PA
1992 New Faculty Exhibition, Sleeth Gallery, West Virginia Wesleyan College
Group Exhibition, 479 Gallery, Inc., Phila., PA
1991 Identities, The Atrium Gallery, Moore College of Art and Design, PA,
curated by Jeanne Nugent D'une Serie de Tableau de Nus, 479 Gallery, PA
1990 All But the Obvious, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles, CA,
curated by Pam Gregg
The Self As Other, Waterworks Visual Arts Center, Salisbury, NC;
Belk Gallery, Cullowhee, NC; Westminster College, PA, curated by Robert Godfrey
1989 Beverly Rhoads: Recent Work, Asheville Art Museum, NC (solo)
Selected
Collections
Centra Health Corporate Collection, Lynchburg, VA
Hampden-Sydney College, Hampden-Sydney, VA
Marshall University Graduate College, Charleston, WV
Lynchburg College, Lynchburg, VA
A.K. Hinds University Center, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
West Virginia Wesleyan College, Buckhannon, WV
Selected
Bibliography
Hildrew, George. "Autobiography/Desire: Recent Work by Beverly Rhoads and Robert Godfrey,"
(catalogue essay), Lynchburg College, 2004.
Warn, Emily. "Catch & Release," (catalogue essay), Hampden-Sydney College, 2004.
Sophrin, Diane."Women Figurative Artists, Contemporary Voices and Visions." 1999 Lecture Series.
Thomas Wood Art Gallery, Vermont College, Montpelier. 22 Jan. 1999.
Duncan, Katherine. "Painting the Real World." Asheville Citizen Times. 26 July 1998.
Sophrin, Diane. "Women Figurative Artists, Contemporary Voices and Visions." College Art
Association Annual Conference, Toronto. 21 Feb. 1998; "Tradition, Who Names it,
Who Claims it?" Women's Caucus for Art, Philadelphia. Feb. 1997; "Women Artists and
“Figuration: Transforming Tradition." The Contemporary Figurative Forum, Albany. 1997;
“Reconstructing a Feminist Figuration." Woman's Caucus for Art Conference, Boston. Feb. 1996.
Jeanne Nugent, “Mapping Subjectivity in the Work of Beverly Rhoads,” (catalogue essay),
Moving is Mapping: Drawings and Paintings by Beverly Rhoads, Sleeth Gallery, WV, 1995.
Victoria Brownworth, “Gala 91 Art Show,” PGN, May 30, 1991.
Robin Rice, “A New Identity,” City Paper, June 7, 1991.
Edward Solzanski, “On Galleries,” Philadelphia Inquirer, May 3, 1991.
Jeanne Nugent, “Identities,” (catalogue essay), Moore College of Art & Design, 1991.
Pam Gregg, “All But The Obvious,” (catalogue essay), LACE, 1990.
Robert Godfrey, “The Self As Other,” (catalogue essay), Waterworks Visual
Arts Center, 1990.
Barbara Latini, “Beverly Rhoads: Recent Work,” (catalogue essay), 1989.