SUN & SHADOW
Started in mid 2022 and finished in Jan 2023. Reference photo was from my last trip back to village of Wabualu in the East Sepik Province of Papua New Guinea where I grew up. The village is at the edge of a tais (garden of sago palms in the swamp).
MURAL COLLABORATION
I had the opportunity to do a mural with Anthony Peña (the boy) and Weston Thomson (grids and circles). I painted the flowers. This one is located across from the elevators inside Hello Apts. Nov of 2022
“Boy with Dreams” Anthony Peña (boy), Weston Thomson (grid + circles) + Betni Kalk (florals) / at Hello Apts in Omaha
PORTRAITS OF CARING
Portraits of Children and Caregivers: This new series started with a portrait of my mother-in-law and my baby in January of 2022. From an embrace to simply laying next to each other, I aim to create a large body of work that includes mothers, fathers, grandparents and other grownups with the children they care for. If you have a moment you captured in a photo that would like me to consider painting, please email me a photo stating I have your permission to paint it along with the first names of those in the photo. Email me at betni.kalk@gmail.com.
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HELLO APT MURALS
I have a new mural located at Hello Apts for Millwork Commons in Omaha.
I also collaborated with Sarah Rowe and Tyler Emery on these four.
NEW MASTERS EXHIBITION
This painting was accepted in the PACE 2022 New Masters Exhibition.
The Opening Reception will be on Friday, May 27th from 6:30-10:00 pm.
May 27, 2022 – September 30, 2022.
I will have a painting in the Auction that supports Girl Scouts.
March 19, 2022 6:00PM – 10:00PM
See this link for more info on the event.
Recent Painting – Available at Bemis Auction 2021
https://www.bemiscenter.org/events/benefit
Recent Murals
Community Mural Guide Project
The website is meant to be a guide to help both communities and artists collaborate efficiently to create AWESOME murals! If you have been part of a community mural project, please send us content, advice and photos! You may also request a printed guide. Funded in part by The Dr. George F. Haddix President’s Faculty Research Fund through Creighton University
Sawiyano Project Info
https://omahamagazine.com/articles/professor-artist-betni-kalk/
Tumbuna.org– info about the Digital Humanities Project to facility the Capture of Culture
RECENT EXHIBITIONS
“SKIES OF EASTERN NEBRASKA”
Connect Gallery, Omaha
June 2019
“From the Wanderings”
Kimmel Harding Nelson Gallery, Nebraska City NE: November 2018
https://www.khncenterforthearts.org/gallery/exhibitions/wanderings
GALLERY TALK: Thursday, November 15, 2018 – 5:00pm to 7:00pm
“Caught in the Current”
Fred Simon Gallery, Omaha NE: July 27- Sept 21 2018
https://thereader.com/visual-art/caught-in-the-current/
Betni Kalk – Fred Simon Artist Sneak Peak
Artist sneak peak:The Betni Kalk solo exhibition opens soon (July 27), and we thought you might like to know a bit of what you're getting into. Kalk's work comes from a variety of inspirations, and nature is a big one. Here is an excerpt from an interview with Kalk where she shares how her work reflects visual elements she finds in the great outdoors. Fred Simon Gallery is located at 1004 Farnam Street, Lower Level, Omaha.
Posted by Nebraska Arts Council on Tuesday, July 10, 2018
“Search for the Sublime”
Sept 13 – Oct 10, 2017
MCC Gallery of Art and Design
829 N 204th St, Elkhorn, Nebraska 68022
RECENT MURALS
