Betty T. Kao

Betty T. Kao


About

Betty T. Kao is available for commissions: inquire at beatrixx at gmail dot com

Betty Taopat Kao is an artist and writer, integrating both mediums as tools for storytelling. She is interested in how artists use images to voice the collective subconscious. Betty is a visual storyteller, her major influences include anthropomorphic objects, toys, packaging, metaphysics, religious mythology, Asian culture, sacred plants, environmentalism, and medicine. Her work explores the mythologies and memes of our culture. The mixed-media nature of her work relates to how she interprets her surroundings in relation to herself. She was raised in New York City, a place where global culture prevails, and a single neighborhood is fused with dozen of cultures. Her award winning art and writing have been featured in various publications including The NuyorAsian Anthology: Asian American Writings About New York City.Betty Taopat Kaos is a visual storyteller whose major influences and investigations include anthropomorphic objects, religious mythology, metaphysics, sacred plants, and Asian culture. Her work explores the mythologies and memes of our culture. Read More
Location
New York, United States
Website
http://www.beatrixxx.deviantart.com/gallery
Education
Betty T. Kaos has exhibited artwork in The Queens Museum of Art, The Amherst Museum, 3rd Ward, Ad Hoc Art, Housework, and the Billyburg Film Festival, among many other venues. Her award winning art and writing have been featured in various publications including The NuyorAsian Anthology: Asian American Writings About New York City. , Read More

Frog mutation
Apples and figs
Shelf
Flight
Two cats and death
Explosive dragon
White deer spirit
No-bodies
Multicolored universe
Light and Alchemy
Lady Gaga as Queen Elizabeth I
Green Lion eats the Sun
Untitled
Ponder bunny

Events & Exhibitions

Events

Future Shows: Artshows: Camp at Art Strauss 2010, Circle Arts at Jeffrey's Essex Street Market 2010, Bronx Art Space 2010, Clemente Soto Gallery 2010, Reconstruct Arts 2010, Wonderland LLC 2010, Hudson Terrace 2010, Alchemy at Sunset Park 2010, Chashama Film Festival 2009, Figment at Governor's Island 2009, Luminous Flux at Galapagos 2009, Hope Lounge 2009, Rock Star Gallery Bar 2009, Art Synthesis with Bronx Council of the Arts 2006-10, Mermaid Parade 2004-09, NYC Halloween Parade 2005-09, Superior Concept Puppets 2008-09, Great Small Works at Judson Memorial Church 2009, Circle Arts at The Vod Time's Up 2009, Southside Speakeasy 2007-08, Sutra Lounge 2008, Feminist League at Marymount College 2007, The Queens Museum 2007, Circle Arts at Governors Island 2007, Horizons at Judson Memorial Church 2007, Femme Fatales at Ad Hoc Art 2006, Billyburg Short Film Festival 2006, NY Public Library 2006, Young Architect's League 2006, Art for Change 2005-06, Antagonist Movement 2006-07, Burning Man 2004-05, House Work 2005, The Change You Want to See Gallery 2005-06, Earth Celebration's Rites of Spring 2003-04, Insider her at Hampshire College Main Gallery 2001, Digital Design Showcase 2000-01, Tavern 2001, Lemelson Center 1997-2001, Amherst Museum 1999, Adverse Possession Gallery with More Gardens at Casa del Sol 1999, Centrum Gallery 1998.
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