Birgit Blyth - The Concord Art Association

Birgit Blyth

The Veil Series
The Veil Series is an ongoing series of unique chromo-skedasic prints which are composed, painted, and drawn on black and white multi-grade RC photographic paper, using color photo chemicals as well as standard black and white developer and fixer. (The term “chromo-skedasic”, derived from Greek roots, means color by light-scattering.) I was introduced to this procedure a few years ago when a friend showed me an article published in Scientific American by Dominic Man-Kit Lam and Alexandra J. Boran on chromoskedasic painting. I was fascinated by the process because it requires a combination of discipline, experimentation, and imagination, making possible a wonderful balance between control and surprise. The prints are mounted on aluminum with a protective UV coating. BIRGIT BLYTH
Resume	989 Memorial Drive, #291 Cambridge MA 02138 Tel: (617) 354-4305 (home) (617) 254-7207 (studio) e-mail: birbly@aol.com Fax: (617) 491-5658
Born:	Kousted, Denmark Resident in U.S.A. since 1963
Education:	Denmark and U.S.A. Project, Inc., Cambridge MA (Photography) DeCordova Museum School, Lincoln MA (Printmaking) Maine Photography Workshop, Rockport ME (Photography) Boston Museum School (Photography and Printmaking)
Member of:	Cambridge Art Association Concord Art Association Photographic Resource Center, Boston MA Rugg Road Artists, Allston MA Rugg Road Artists open studios, 1994- Concord Art Association, Distinguished Artist Member since 1988
Co-founder of CAMERADA (Critique group of 6 photographers), 1978-
Shows with CAMERADA:	University Place, Cambridge, 1998 University Place, Cambridge, 1994 Cornelius Wood Gallery, Middlesex School, Concord, 1993 Concord Art Association, 1989 Juliani Gallery, MBCC, Wellesley, 1988 Newton Free Library, 1987 Cambridge Art Association, 1984 Concord Library, 1982 Project, Inc., Cambridge, 1980
Group Shows:	New England Photographers 2001, Danforth Museum, Framingham, 2001 Federal Reserve Bank, Boston, December 2000 Cambridge Art Association, National Invitational show, 2000 Fuller Museum, Brockton, 9th Triennial, 1999 Cambridge Art Association, members’ show (1st prize, prints), 1998 Cambridge Art Association, National Invitational show (1st prize, prints), 1998 Spazi Gallery, Housatonic MA, 1994 New England Photographers 1994, Danforth Museum, Framingham, 1994 Cambridge Art Association (Juror’s citation), 1994 Albany Center of the Arts, Albany, N.Y., 1990 Cambridge Multicultural Arts Center (4 person show), 1986 Cambridge Art Association (4 person show), 1984 Cambridge Art Association, 1983 Project, Inc., Cambridge, 1981 Cambridge Art Association, 1979 Pratt Institute, N.Y., 1979 Museum School, Boston, 1978 Project, Inc., Cambridge, 1976 Panopticon Gallery, New England Photographers, 1976
Teaching:	Artist in Residence, Darwin, Australia, 2001 Visiting Artist, alternative photography, Interlaken School of Art, Mass., 2001 Visiting Artist, alternative photography, School of the MFA Boston, 2000 Artist in Residence, Guatemala City, “Out of the Dump” Project Artist in Residence, Artists Proof Studio, Johannesburg, South Africa, print making, 2000 Artist in Residence, Artists Proof Studio, Johannesburg, South Africa, photography and waterless lithography,1998 Visiting Artist, alternative photography, Art Institute of Boston,1998 Artist in Residence, Artists Proof Studio, photography and silkscreen,1997 Artist in Residence, Artists Proof Studio, pinhole and alternative photography,1996 Visiting Artist, alternative photography, Museum School,1996 Teaching Assistant to Laura Blacklow, Museum School,1993-94
	Also workshops at her studio in Allston MA
Publications:	Speaking of Galbraith, by Peggy Lamson. Boston, 1991 The Mothers’ Book, ed. Ronnie Friedland and Carol Kort. Boston, 1981