Curriculum Vitae
HIGHLIGHTS
2024 Beth Burstein: “82598”: New England Portfolio Review, Daniel George, LENSCRATCH, October 25, 2024
2024-25 “NJ Arts Annual: Exploring Our Connections”, Group Exhibition sponsored by the NJ State Council on the Arts, Montclair Art Museum, Montclair, NJ
2024 “Human Stories”, ARTDOC Photography Magazine, Online Exhibition, View here
2023 “MELT” SRO Photo Gallery at the Texas Tech University School of Art, Lubbock, TX
2023 “The Female Gaze: On the Unique Vision of Female Photographers Picturing Grief”, Diana Nicholette Jeon, FRAMES Magazine, November 25, 2023
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023 MELT, SRO Photo Gallery at the Texas Tech University School of Art, Lubbock, TX
2023 FLOAT Photo Magazine, “Featured Portfolio”, February 28, View here
2018 The Family Heirloom, Brooklyn Jewish Art Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2018 The Peony Project, LOCAL, Montclair, NJ
2013 The Legacy: A Daughter’s Experience of the Holocaust, Gaelen Gallery East, JCC MetroWest, West Orange, NJ
2013 The Legacy: A Daughter’s Experience of the Holocaust, Gaelen Gallery West, Holocaust Center of MetroWest, Whippany, NJ
2011 The Legacy: A Daughter’s Experience of the Holocaust, Hampshire College Art Gallery, Hampshire College, Amherst, MA, 2011
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024-25 NJ Arts Annual: Exploring Our Connections, sponsored by the NJ State Council on the Arts, Montclair Art Museum, Montclair, NJ
2024 2024 Competition Web Gallery, PhotoReview, Online Exhibition, View here
2024 Human Stories, ARTDOC Photography Magazine, Online Exhibition, View here
2024 Creative Photography, ARTDOC Photography Magazine, Online Exhibition, February, View here
2023 Winter Solstice 2023, Griffin Museum of Photography, Winchester, MA
2023 Viewpoints 2023, Studio Montclair, Juror: Diedra Harris-Kelley Co-director of The Romare Beardon Foundation, Montclair, NJ
2022 Project(ions) 2022, Member’s Projected Exhibit, Griffin Museum of Photography, Winchester, MA
2021 Life, Juror: Alyssa Cooppleman, Amanda A. Smith Gallery, Johnson City, TX
2020-21 JAM at MAM, Jersey Artists’ Marketplace - Fundraiser for the Montclair Art Museum, Montclair, NJ
2019 The 2019 DOG Exhibit, LENSCRATCH, Juror: Shannon Johnstone, Lenscratch Online Exhibitions, View here
2017 Glass, NYC4PA Juried Exhibition, Juror: Traer Scott, Jadite Gallery, New York, NY
2016 Images of Remembrance, Therese A. Maloney Gallery, College of St. Elizabeth, Morristown, NJ, November
2016 Berlin Foto Biennale 2016, The 9th Julia Margaret Cameron Awards, European Month of Photography, Berlin, Germany
2014 Hampshire College Alumni Exhibition, Hampshire College Art Gallery, Hampshire College, Amherst, MA
2014 Expressions: Contemporary Portraiture, (on-line exhibition), The Kiernan Gallery, Lexington, VA
2013 The Prakhin Foundation Annual Award Event, Museum of Jewish Heritage, New York, NY
2013 The 14th Annual Dog Show, Mascot Studio, New York, NY
2011 The 12th Annual Dog Show, Mascot Studio, New York, NY
2010 40th Annual Anniversary Alumni Exhibition, Hampshire College Art Gallery, Hampshire College, Amherst, MA
1990 Acceptable Entertainment, Everson Museum of Art, Traveling Exhibit via Independent Curators Inc., Syracuse, NY
1989 Acceptable Entertainment, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Traveling Exhibit via Independent Curators Inc., Los Angeles, CA
1988 Acceptable Entertainment, Alberta College of Art Gallery, Traveling Exhibit via Independent Curators Inc., Calgary, Canada
1986 Acceptable Entertainment, Bruno Facchetti Gallery, Curators: Paul Laster & Renee Ricardo, New York, NY
PRESS
2024 Beth Burstein: “82598”: New England Portfolio Review, Daniel George, LENSCRATCH, October 25, 2024
2024. Montclair Art Museum Presents 2024 New Jersey Arts Annual: Exploring Our Connections, Georgette Gilmore, Montclair Local, September 25, 2024
2023 “The Female Gaze: On the Unique Vision of Female Photographers Picturing Grief”, Diana Nicholette Jeon, FRAMES Magazine, November 25, 2023
2023 “Montclair Artist Captures Transitory Nature of Objects in ‘Melt’”, Georgette Gilmore, Montclair Local, October 24, 2023
2023 “The Female Gaze: On the Unique Vision of Female Photographers - LACP Exposure Review Edition”, Diana Nicholette Jeon, FRAMES Magazine, September 22, 2023
2021 Baristanet Profile: Beth Burstein”, Baristanet, online publication, February 19
2016. "Honors for Aliza Augustine and Beth Burstein", Maureen Doallas, Writing Without Paper, September 28
2014 “Pawsitively Amazing: Lights, Camera, Adoption!”, The Daily Dog Tag, January 2
2013. “Happy Tails: Peanut”, The Daily Dog Tag, October 24
2012. “Child of Survivor Wraps Herself in Dad’s Legacy”. Robert Wiener. NJ Jewish News, December 5
AWARDS AND HONORS
2019 Honorable Mention, 14th Julia Margaret Cameron Award, “Cell Phone Category”, Jurors: Elizabeth Avedon, Rebecca Robertson , and Analy Werbin
2017 Third Place Recipient, Juried Exhibition: "Glass", Juror - Traer Scott, NYC4PA, New York, NY
2015 Winner, 9th Julia Margaret Cameron Award, “Self-Portraiture Category”
2015 Runner Up, one of three, 9th Julia Margaret Cameron Award, “Documentary and Editorial Category”
PRESENTATIONS AND TALKS
2016 Artists Panel Discussion for Images of Remembrance, Therese A. Maloney Gallery, College of St. Elizabeth, Morristown, NJ
2013 Keynote Speaker, Center for Holocaust, Human Rights & Genocide Education, Brookdale Community College, Lincroft, NJ
2013 Artist’s Talk for The Legacy: A Daughter’s Experience of the Holocaust, Gaelen Gallery East, JCC MetroWest, West Orange, NJ
2013 Artist’s Talk for The Legacy: A Daughter’s Experience of the Holocaust, Gaelen Gallery West, Holocaust Center of MetroWest, Whippany, NJ
2013 Lights, Camera, Adoption! seminar and webinar on photographing shelter pets for adoption, at AWFNJ Conference and online at Petco, sponsored by the Petco Foundation
2011 Artist’s Talk for The Legacy: A Daughter’s Experience of the Holocaust, Hampshire College Art Gallery, Hampshire College, Amherst, MA
PUBLICATIONS
2016 "Emotions and Commotions Across Cultures, 4th Biennial of Fine Art & Documentary Photography", Kehrer Heidelberg Berlin
2013 "The Legacy: A Daughter’s Experience of the Holocaust", Echo River Press
1988 “Acceptable Entertainment”, Independent Curators Incorporated
EDUCATION
1982 BA in Photography, Hampshire College, Amherst, MA