"Don't come to me for nice pictures, assuming that there must be something wrong with me for painting these images. As an artist, my job is to reflect on the declining culture we live with everyday. If my work bothers you, it's because the lack of numinosity in our culture bothers me."

BIOGRAPHY:

1964 – Born in Des Moines, Iowa

1979 – Begins five-year period of Life-Drawing Workshops at the Southwestern School of Art, Albuquerque, NM.

1982 – Marries first husband Carl Love, thus officially becoming Beth Moore-Love.

1984 – Begins working relationship with Joel-Peter Witkin painting backdrops to be used in studio sets.

1986 – Takes up residence in San Francisco.

1987 – Begins highly influential friendship with artist Monte Cazzaza, working on several projects together.

1988 – Runs the Force-Nordstrom Gallery with Kris T. Force, on Market Street in San Francisco.

1989 – Televised public performance with Boyd Rice on the Charles Manson case in front of San Quentin Penitentiary.

1990 – Relocates back to Albuquerque to live and work.

1993 – Begins correspondence with eNDART, Berlin

1994 – Personal catastrophe sparks important breakthrough in present works.

1995 – Travels extensively in Europe, painting and exhibiting.

2000 – Currently lives and works in Albuquerque New Mexico.

1999 – Solo exhibition at Station Galerie, Kunstlerhaus Mousonturm Frankfurt/Main, Germany.

1999 – eNDART Berlin; "Das Stinkende Winterloch", a group showing of international artists.

1998 – "Recent Works"; a solo exhibition at eNDART, Berlin, Germany.

1998 – "Das Duftende Sommerloch"; a group show by affiliated artists at eNDART,Berlin.

1998 – "A Peekaboo Picnic With Mortality;" La Luz de Jesus, Los Angeles, CA.

1997 – Rita Dean Gallery; Fifth Annual Erotic Art Show; San Diego, CA.

1997 – Public Exhibition; "Three Painters" at Space, San Francisco, CA.

1996 – "Beth Love"; featured artist at Un Regard Moderne, Paris, France.

1996 – Privately funded exhibition at Galerie Ab und Zu, Zurich, Switzerland.

1996 – The Art Factory, Berlin.

1996 – "Deep Inside: The Art of Porn"(Opening exhibition for the Museum of Pornography, Lausanne switzerland.)

1995 – First solo exhibition at eNDART, Berlin, Germany.

1995 – "Paintings & Installation"; Beth Love and Bo Caudill," Rita Dean Gallery San Diego, CA

1995 – "Beth Moore-Love and Rudy Carillo: Paintings and Sculpture" 6 to 9 Gallery Albuquerque, NM.

1992 – Second Annual Erotic Art Show; Rita Dean Gallery, San Diego, CA.

1990 – "Something Wild" at Highlands University and the Antonio Sanchez Cultural Center. Las Vegas, NM.

1988 – Force Nordstrom Gallery, San Francisco, CA.

1987 – Zed Gallery, San Francisco, CA.

1982 – "A Christmas Show"; K.D. Fullerton Gallery, Cedar Crest, NM.



For more information visit: bethmoorelove.com

Beth Love can be contacted at: beth @ unpopart.org