Bethany Kepler is a creative and talented Chicago based artist both showing local, regional, and pursing national shows. She has been exhibited in both solo and group shows in the Chicago, Wisconsin, and Michigan area. She had been an artist since 2011 and her work deals with abstraction, color theory, depth, and movement within a 2-D surface with oil and acrylic techniques. Her main concentration is oil painting, however, she investigates other medians as well such as photography, drawing, installations, encaustic, and ceramics. Recently, she has had her first solo gallery show at the Epping Gallery at the McHenry County College. Bethany Kepler is currently situated in Superior, Wisconsin concluding her Bachelor’s degree in Art Therapy.
AWARDS AND GRANTS:
• Finalist- Photographer’s Form Magazine Award of Excellence Finalist- 34th Annual College & High School Photography Contest (2014)
• Runner Up – Cleveland Institute of Art National Art + Design Competition 2D3D, CIA faculty juried by Larry O’Neal, Tommy White, Judith Salomon and Sarah Paul. (2013)
• McHenry County College Art Club MVP, Crystal Lake, Illinois. (2013)
• Award of Merit – Skyway Art Competition at Morton College, Cicero, Illinois.