Beatrice Modisett

Beatrice Modisett grew up moving back and forth between the imposing and structured architecture of Washington, DC and the powerful, rocky riptides and pummeling Nor'easters of a tiny island in New England. Early and even exposure to both of these disparate places carved the synapsis that lead to her current research and obsessions. She lives and works in Queens but delights in the fact that she feels equally at home in New York City as she does building a campfire and pitching a tent in the deep woods of upstate New York. Modisett earned her BFA in Painting and Drawing from Montserrat College of Art and her MFA in Painting and Printmaking from Virginia Commonwealth University. She has had solo and group exhibitions at Maier Museum of Art (Virginia); Eastern Connecticut State University (Willimantic, CT); HallSpace (Dorchester, MA); Queens Museum (Queens, NY); and Assembly Room (New York, NY) among others. She has participated in residency programs including Wave Hill Winter Workspace (Bronx, NY); Palazzo Monti (Brescia, Italy); Hambidge Center (Rabun Gap, GA) among others. In 2020 she was nominated for a Rema Hort Mann Foundation Emerging Artist Grant and was named by Artsy’s Alina Cohen as one of “11 Emerging Artists Redefining Abstract Painting”.