SOLO EXHIBITIONS
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2024 Holly Johnson Gallery, Dallas Texas
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2022 Kostuik Gallery, Vancouver, BC
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2018 Kostuik Gallery, Vancouver, BC
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2017 4306 Contemporary, Miami, FL
Holly Johnson Gallery, Dallas, TX
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2016 Margaret Thatcher Projects, New York, NY
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2015 Kostuik Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2012 Plus Gallery, Denver, CO
Robert McClain Gallery, Houston, TX
2011 Richard Levy Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
2010 Devin Borden Hiram Butler Gallery, Houston, TX
Kostuik Gallery, Vancouver, BC
Margaret Thatcher Projects, New York, NY
Holly Johnson Gallery, Dallas, TX
2009 Richard Levy Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
2008 Kostuik Gallery, Vancouver, BC
Devin Borden Hiram Butler Gallery, Houston, TX
Peter Miller Gallery, Chicago, IL
2007 Margaret Thatcher Projects, New York, NY
Devin Borden Hiram Butler Gallery, Houston, TX
Richard Levy Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
2006 Anne Reed Gallery, Sun Valley, ID
Peter Miller Gallery, Chicago, IL
2005 Bentley Projects, Phoenix, AZ
Texas State University, San Marcos, TX
Plus Gallery, Denver, CO
Gallery deSoto, Los Angeles, CA
Holly Johnson Gallery, Dallas, TX
Thomas Werner Gallery, New York, NY
2004 Poissant O’Neil Gallery, Houston, TX
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GROUP EXHIBITIONS
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2023 Paintings, Holly Johnson Gallery, Dallas Texas
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2019 Future Tense, Thatcher Projects, New York City, NY
CCTV Sociedades Vigiladas, Bienal de la Habana, Galaria Teodoro Ramos Blanco, Havana Cuba
Summer Group Show, Rarity Gallery, Mykonos, Greece
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2018 Summer Salon Exhibit, Rarity Gallery, Mykonos, Greece
Peers, Trestle Projects, Brooklyn New York
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2017 Summer Salon Exhibit, Rarity Gallery, Mykonos, Greece
Painted Landscapes: Contemporary Views, Heritage Museums & Gardens Sandwich, MA
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2016 Brave New World, DOX Centre for Contemporary Art, Praha, Czech Republic
2013 Logical Expressions and Variations, Margaret Thatcher Projects, New York
2012 Rasterfahndung (Tracing the Grid), Kunstmuseum Stuttgart
Just Not Yet: Dodging the Vacuum of Meaning, Landmark Gallery, Texas Tech University
2011 SUBstainability, Texas State University, San Marcos, TX
2010 This is not a photo show, Blue Star Contemporary Art Center, San Antonio
appropriate manipulate duplicate, Gallery Joe, Philadelphia, PA
2009 Landscape Affected, University of Dallas, Haggerty Gallery, Irving, TX
2008 Pixilated, Winston Wachter Fine Art, New York, NY
Invisible Omniscience: Seeing and the Seen, Baltimore Art Place
New American Talent 23, Arthouse, Austin, TX
Re-mix, Margaret Thatcher Projects, New York, NY
Group Show, Trinity University, San Antonio, Steven Lam, Curator
Houston Area Show, Blaffer Gallery, University of Houston, Claudia Schmukli, Curator
Under Surveillance, John Michael Kohler Art Center, Sheboygan, WI
Group Show, Spur Projects, Portola Valley, CA
Assistance League Celebrates Texas Art 2008. Dr. Kevin Salatino, LACMA Juror
2007 Collectors Gallery, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY
Chill: Summer Group Show, Margaret Thatcher Projects, New York
B & W, Devin Borden Hiram Butler Gallery, Houston, TX
Texas Biennial, Austin, TX
Fab Ab, Salt Lake City Art Center
2006 Watch it! Television’s Influence in Art. State University of New York, Stony Brook, NY
Baroque Visions and Urban Verities: Seven Houston Painters, Blue Star, San Antonio, curated by Terrie Sultan and Chris French
SUPERvision, Foster Gallery, University of Wisconsin – Eau Claire
Texas Paint, Part Two: Abstraction, Arlington Museum of Art, curated by Anne Allen
Biennial Southwest, Albuquerque Museum, Albuquerque NM, Dr. Neal Benezra, Director of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Juror
OPENDraw, OPENSOURCE Art, Champaign, IL
2006 Works on Paper National Competition, Long Beach, New Jersey, Juror: Carter Foster, Drawing Curator Whitney Museum of American Art
5 Angles on Abstraction, Addison Arts, Santa Fe
Ripped from the Pages, Gallery 125, CACHH, Houston, Texas
Blurring the Line, University of Texas San Antonio, Julie Shipp Curator
Assistance League of Houston Celebrates Texas Art, Houston, Jeffrey D. Grove, Curator of Contemporary Art, High Museum of Art Atlanta
2005 New Texas Painting, Diverseworks, Houston
Clothesline Exhibition, the Hospital, Covent Garden, London
Three Landscape Painters, Morgan Lehman Gallery, Lakeville, Connecticut
Incremental Disruption, NAO Gallery, Boston
20th Annual International Exhibition, University of Texas, Tyler, Texas
Texas Biennial, Austin, Texas
Assistance League of Houston Celebrates Texas Art, Houston, Texas, Dominic Molon, Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago Curator
DPI:2004 Competition, Kellogg University Art Gallery Cal Poly, Pomona, California
2004 The Big Show, Lawndale Art Center, Houston
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SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
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Painted Landscapes: Contemporary Views, Heritage Museums & Gardens Sandwich, MA
The Creators Project, June 2016
Politiken, Københagen, Photo Essay, March 28, 2016
Kinetic, Art from Polsinelli Art Collection, Privately Published 2015
Victoria Machmudov, Under övervakningsradarn, Konstperspektiv, Limhamm, Sweden, June, 2014
Rasterfahndung (Tracing the Grid), Kunstmuseum Stuttgar (Show Catalog)
Just Not Yet: Dodging the Vaccum of Meaning, Landmark Gallery, Texas Tech University (Show Catalog)
Painted Landscapes, Lauren P. Della Monica, Schiffer Books. 2013
Iris Mclister, WIlliam Betts Review: Terminal at Richard Levy Gallery, THE Magazine, 2011
Douglas Britt, Confronting Beauty - And The Ugly Truth - In A Mirror, Houston Chronicle, 11.07.2010
The Southwest’s Top Ten Exhibition Picks for 2010, Huffington Post, 12.30.2010
Charissa N. Terranova, William Betts at Holly Johnson, ARTLIES, Issue 65, Winter 2010
Manon Slome, The Aesthetics of Terror, Charta
Claudia Schmukli, Houston Area Show, Blaffer Gallery, University of Houston (Show Catalog)
Sharon Brock, Looming threats spark art, Palo Alto Daily News, February 28, 2008
Alan Artner, Chilling surveillance-camera images tap into fears, Chicago Tribune, January 18, 2008.
New American Paintings - Western Region Edition No. 72, Nick Capasso, juror
Kelly Klaasmeyer, Retinal Redux, Houston Press, April 19, 2007
Elaine Wolff, Reading Between the Pixels, San Antonio Current, March 13, 2007
Nikki Moore, Bi-ology, Austin Chronicle, March 1, 2007
Brian Staker, Abs, Tracked, Salt Lake City Weekly, April 18, 2007
Texas Biennial 2007, Austin, Texas, Show Catalog
Theresa Downing, SUPERvision, Foster Gallery, University of Wisconsin, Eau-Claire (Show Catalog)
Margery Gordon, Art Basel Miami: Pulse Beats Sophomore Slump, ARTINFO.com, December 9, 2006
Dan R. Goddard, Houston, in the eyes of the artists, San Antonio Express-News, December 3, 2006
Nancy Salem, Biennial Southwest, Albuquerque Tribune, October 5, 2006
Biennial Southwest, Albuquerque Museum, Show Catalog
Bill Davenport: Ripped from the Pages at CACHH, Glasstire.com, May 15, 2006
Bill Davenport: William Betts Makes Art and a Profit, Houston Chronicle, Sunday Zest Magazine cover story, May 7, 2006
Alan Artner, Review: William Betts at Peter Miller, Chicago Tribune, March 10, 2006
Lauren Weinberg, William Betts at Peter Miller, Time Out Chicago, March 3, 2006
Fred Camper, Slices of Light, Chicago Reader, March 3, 2006
Kelly Klaasmeyer, Grab Bag: Diverseworks surveys Texas Painting, Houston Press, December 2005
Charissa N. Terranova, William Betts at Holly Johnson, ARTLIES 48, Fall 2005
New American Painting, Volume 60, Open Studios Press, 2005, Fereshteh Daftari, Assistant Curator, Museum of Modern Art, Juror
Michael Paglia, Formal Ware, Westword Weekly, May 13, 2005
D’Lynne Plummer, Destination Nao, South End News, April 2005
Cate McQuaid, Incremental Disruption, The Boston Globe, April 15, 2005
Jeanne Claire van Ryzin, Brushed With Greatness, Austin American-Statesman, March 8, 2005
Elaine Wolff, Digital-induced Angst and Sensory Overload, San Antonio Current, March 10, 2005
J R Compton, The 2005 Texas Biennial: The Illusive 3rd Dimension, Dallas Arts Revue, March, 2005
Tyler Green, ArtLA Faves, Artsjournal.com, February 2, 2005
Kelly Klaasmeyer, Capsule Reviews, Houston Press, October 21, 2004
Tim Moloney, The Line on William Betts, 002 Magazine, November 2004
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AWARDS & HONORS
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2013 1800 Tequila Essential Artist Project
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2010 Individual Artist Grant, New Works Fellowship Award, Houston Arts Alliance
Finalist, Hunting Art Prize
2008 Finalist, Hunting Art Prize
First Place, Assistance League Celebrates Texas Art 2008. Dr. Kevin Salatino, Curator of Drawings and Prints LACMA, Juror
2007 Finalist, Hunting Art Prize
2006 Best in Show, Biennial Southwest, Albuquerque Museum, Albuquerque NM, Neal Benezra, Director of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Juror and Curator
Third Place Prize, Assistance League of Houston Celebrates Texas Art, Jeffrey D. Grove, Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art, High Museum of Art Atlanta Juror
2005 Individual Artist Grant, Cultural Arts Council of Houston and Harris County
Third Place Prize, Assistance League of Houston Celebrates Texas Art, Dominic Molon, Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago Juror and Curator
EDUCATION
1991, Arizona State University, Bachelor of Arts, Studio Art - Cum Laude
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