Cheryle Rome Beatty

1952, Texas, Philadelphia, Chicago, Orlando, USA

currently living and working in Velez de Benaudalla, Granada, Spain

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About:

Cheryle’s artistic development is abstract, characterized by constant change and exploration. Drawing and mark making is an essential element of her vocabulary, often with architectural undertones from her background with interior architecture.

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Born in south Texas, Cheryle studied fine art and education, before settling into a 35 year career in interior architecture and design in Chicago and Philadelphia. Towards the end of this career, Cheryle renewed her interest in fine art and painting working primarily in abstract soft pastel. Upon retiring to southern Andalucia in Spain in 2018 with her husband, Cheryle's work evolved into oil and acrylic painting on paper and linen as her primary working media, where her core work has been influenced by her adopted home´s landscape, culture and music, both thematically and symbolically. Over her design and painting career, Cheryle developed a vocabulary of non-repetitive repetition in which linear elements in repetitious variations of thick and thin, combined with irregular spacing create rhythm and pulsating pattern, hinting at her interest in primitive African art and architectural background.

Her work is constantly evolving, working in series and exploring thematically the compositional elements that characterize her work.

 

 

    

Education:

     1974, BFA, University of Texas, Austin, USA

     1972, Instituto Allende, San Miguel, Mexico

     1973, University of the Arts, Philadelpia, USA

     1975, University of Texas, Edinburg, USA

     1979, Moore School of Art and Design, Philadelphia, USA

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Selected Exhibits:

     2003, The Perfect Pear Gallery, Chicago, IL, group exhibit

     2013, The Gallery at Avalon Island, Orlando, FL, solo show

     2016-2018, juried art fairs

          Maitland, FL

          Winter Park, FL

          Winter Garden, FL

          Vero Beach, FL

          Boca Raton, FL

          Naples, FL

          Sarasota, FL

          Cocoa Beach, FL

          Chicago, IL

     2022, Galeria Toro Brossard, Granada, ES, solo show "Out of the Boxes"

     2021, Ruta del Arte, Frigiliana, ES

     2022, Ruta del Arte, Frigiliana, ES

     2023, Ruta del Arte, Frigiliana, ES

     2024, Galeria Toro Brossard, Granada, ES, solo show "Stix & Stones"

     2025, Galeria Toro Brossard, Granada, ES, solo show "Spirit of Spain"

     2025, Centro Cultural CajaGranada Fundacion, Granada, ES, exhibit       and choral presentation

  

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