Exhibitions
| 2014 | Eclipse Mill Gallery, North Adams, MA, Hiding in Plain Sight |
| 2012 | Society for Contemporary Craft, Pittsburgh, Bridge 12 |
| 2008 | Charleston Heights Art Center, Las Vegas, NV, Betty Vera: Ephemeral Expressions |
| 2007 | Queens College Art Center, New York, Between: Woven Images by Betty Vera |
| 1998 | Tennessee Technological University, Cookeville, Layers of Meaning: Fiber Art by Betty Vera |
| 1996 | Indigo Gallery, Portland, OR, Weavings and Dreamings: A Celebration of Textile Art |
| 1993 | Bergen Museum of Art & Science, Paramus, NJ |
| 1991 | Westchester Gallery, Westchester, NY Kleinert Arts Center, Woodstock, NY Holden Gallery, Warren Wilson College, Asheville, NC |
Selected Group Exhibitions
| 2014 | Paper City Studios, Holyoke, MA, Texture and Substance: Contemporary Fiber Art |
| 2013 | Procida, Italy, Procidamerica: il Senso di Luogo (A Sense of Place) Queens College Art Center, New York, 25/75 | The Silver+ Diamond Jubilees | Then + Now |
| 2012 | Yeiser Art Center, Paducah, KY, Fantastic Fibers Yavapai College Art Gallery, Prescott, AZ, Life Is Art Is Life: Cohn, Kelsey-Mapel, Friend, Vera |
| 2011 | Ann Street Gallery, Newburgh, NY, Woven Stories: Contemporary Tapestries Courtyard Gallery, World Financial Center, New York, Crossing Lines: The Many Faces of Fiber Hardee Center for the Arts, North Florida Community College, Madison, FL, Silent Spaces Kirkland Art Center, Clinton, NY, Threaded Memorial Art Gallery, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, Fiberart International |
| 2010 | Rochester Contemporary Art Center, Rochester, NY, Northeast Regional Contemporary Fiber Monterey Peninsula College, Monterey, CA, Terra Entwined Pittsburgh Center for the Arts / Society for Contemporary Craft, Fiberart International 2010 Esvelt Gallery, Columbia Basin College, Pasco, WA, Media Mix Harper College, Palatine, IL, Small Works, 33rd Annual National Juried Art ExhibitionConcordia University Ann Arbor, Kreft Center for the Arts, Creative Adaptation in the Visual Arts |
| 2009 | Nightingale Gallery, Eastern Oregon University, La Grande, OR, Environs |
| 2008 | Gallery of Contemporary Art, Sacred Heart University, Contemporary Fiber Clifton Arts Center, Clifton, NJ, Interwoven Influences |
| 2007 | Art House, McAllen, TX, New Frontiers: An Exhibition of Contemporary Fiber Art The Arts Guild of Rahway, NJ, High Fiber Content |
| 2006 | University of Hawaii, Honolulu, traveling through 2008, 9th International Shoebox Sculpture Exhibition |
| 2005 | Catskill Mountain Foundation, Hunter, NY, Pulse: Contemporary Artists Working in Fiber |
| 2004 | A.I.R. Gallery, New York, Textile Study Group of New York, Fiber for the Future Montgomery Center for the Arts, Skillman, NJ, Ingenuity and Diversity in Fiber Arts |
| 2002 | White Box The Annex, New York, Montclair State University M.F.A. Thesis Exhibition |
| 2001 | Yeiser Art Center, Paducah, KY, Fantastic Fibers |
| 2000 | Stone Quarry Hill Art Park, Cazenovia, NY, The Nature of Fiber Phoenix Gallery, New York, The Textile Study Group of New York |
| 1999 | Freundorfer Gallery, New York, The Contemporary Landscape Lancaster Museum of Art, PA, National Crafts 1999 New York State Museum, Albany, Contemporary New York State Crafts |
| 1998 | American Craft Museum, New York, 9x9x3 (traveling exhibition, 1999–2001) American Craft Museum, New York, Urban Textures (Featured Guest Artist) Gayle Willson Gallery, Southampton, NY, The Elements |
| 1997 | Gallery of South Orange, Baird Cultural Center, South Orange, NJ, Visions in Fiber New York State Museum, Albany, Contemporary New York State Crafts Arts Iowa City, Iowa City, IA, Paper/Fiber XX |
| 1996 | Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA, Craft Forms ’96 Academy of the Arts, Easton, MD, Fiber Arts Invitational: A New Look at an Old Craft |
| 1995 | Meadows Gallery, Greater Denton Arts Council, Denton, TX, Materials: Hard & Soft Gallery North, Setauket, NY, Textile ’95 (Third Place Award) Silvermine Guild Arts Center, New Canaan, CT, Craft America ’95 |
| 1994 | Adams Art Gallery, Dunkirk, NY, Chautauqua International for Fiber Art |
| 1993 | Mitchell Museum (IL) & Evansville Museum (IN), Past & Present: Ongoing Traditions in American Craft Art |
| 1992 | Manchester Institute of Arts and Sciences, NH, Fiber Arts / New Directions for the ’90s |
| 1991 | Society of Arts and Crafts, Boston, The Fabric of Life |
| 1990 | The Berkshire Museum, Pittsfield, MA, Handmade for the ’90s Hunterdon Art Center, Clinton, NJ, Fiber As Art The Center for Tapestry Arts, New York, New York Tapestry Artists Craft Alliance, St. Louis, Perspective: A View of Things in the Craft Media |
Collections and Commissions
| Hotel Kitano, New York |
| Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston |
| Walbro Corporation, Cass City, MI |
| Palisades Presbyterian Church, Palisades, NY |
| Private collections: New York; Boston; Philadelphia; San Francisco; Pittsburgh; Washington, DC; Scottsdale, AZ; Westport, CT; Deer Isle, ME; Princeton, NJ; Cohasset, MA |
Awards, Grants and Residencies
| 2012 | New York Foundation for the Arts, NYFA MARK 12 |
| 2010 | Artist Residency, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts (VCCA) Director’s Award, Fiberart International 2010 Silvio and Eugenia Petrini Grant, Handweavers Guild of America |
| 2009 | Strategic Opportunity Stipend, New York Foundation for the Arts and New York State Council on the Arts |
| 2004 | Best in Show, Fiber for the Future |
| 2002 | Excellence in Sculpture Award (Graduate Student), Montclair State University |
| 1997 | Ruth Chenven Award, Ruth Chenven Foundation New York State Craft Artist Grant, Empire State Crafts Alliance |
| 1996 | Jurors’ Award, Craft Forms ’96 |
| 1994 | Artist Residency, Vermont Studio Center Handweavers Guild of America Award, Fiber at the End of the Century |
| 1991 | New York State Craft Artist Grant, Empire State Crafts Alliance Project Grant, Artists Space, New York |
| 1990 | Artists Space |
| 1998 | New York State Craft Artist Grant, Empire State Crafts Alliance |
Publications
| 2011 | Fiber Art Today, by Carol K. Russell, Schiffer Books |
| 2007 | Surface Design Journal, Summer 2007, “Informed Source” |
| 2002 | Fabrics: A Guide for Interior Designers and Architects, by Marypaul Yates, W.W. Norton, New York |
| 2001 | Surface Design Journal, Fall 2001, work illustrated in “Interactions,” by Virginia Davis |
| 1999 | Fiberarts Design Book Six, Altamont Press, Asheville, NC |
| 1998 | Shuttle Spindle & Dyepot, Spring 1998, “Gallery” American Craft, Feb/Mar 1998, “Acquisitions” |
| 1997 | Surface Design Journal, Spring 1997, work illustrated in “Exposure” |
| 1996 | Fiberarts, Nov/Dec, “Betty Vera Commissioned by Japanese Hotel” Interiors, February, commissioned tapestry illustrated in “The Kitano New York Hotel” |
| 1995 | Fiberarts Design Book Five, Altamont Press, Asheville, NC |
| 1993-94 | International Tapestry Network Journal, Winter, “Bojana Leznicki & Betty Vera: Recent Tapestries.” Shuttle Spindle & Dyepot, Winter, tapestry illustrated in “Gallery” Section |
| 1993 | International Tapestry Network Journal, Spring, “Let’s Talk More About Tapestry” (co-author) |
| 1992-93 | Shuttle Spindle & Dyepot, Winter, work illustrated in “Fiber Arts/New Directions for the Nineties” |
| 1991 | Fiberarts, Sept./Oct., “Betty Vera: The Woven Record of an Inner Landscape” |