BIO

Elizabeth (Beth)

Popham

I have circled back to the visual arts after a career teaching Renaissance and Canadian literature – in Alberta, Arizona and Newfoundland, and most recently, at Trent University in Peterborough, Ontario. I work primarily in acrylics – sometimes combined with pen and ink – and photography, and tend to produce “series” as I explore the potential of new subjects, techniques or media. Whether working on botanical studies, portraiture, life drawing or landscapes – and whether striving for high realist detail or abstraction – I am drawn to the elegance of shape and line. My favourite subjects could be called “micro-landscapes” or “natural abstracts.”

Having had no formal arts education, I have benefitted immensely from participation in the community of artists associated with the Meta4 Contemporary Craft Gallery in Peterborough, summer workshops at the Gallery-on-the Lake at Upper Buckhorn Lake, an intrepid group of outdoor artists who carried on painting during the COVID slowdown, and, more recently, two artist collectives – Studio 201 (formerly Kawartha Artists Gallery and Studio) in Peterborough and A Place for the Arts in Bancroft.

Curriculum Vitae

Art Associations

A Place for the Arts, Bancroft
ArtSpace Peterborough
ECOAA (East Central Ontario Art Association)
Kawartha Lakes Arts Council
Society of Canadian Artists (Associate Member)
Studio 201 (Kawartha Artists Gallery and Studio)

Courses & Workshops

drawing (Amber Johnson)
botanical illustration (John Vandenburgh)
life drawing (Anne Hoover)
portraiture (Anne Hoover, Catherine Mills, Stephanie Schirm)
painting (Birgitta MacLeod, John Climenhage)
landscape painting (Lucy Manley, Sam Paonessa, Andrew Cheddie Sookrah, Marissa Sweet)
high realism (Ian Bodnaryk)
gelatin plate mono-printing (Corina Kiefert Chester)
encaustic painting (Susan Fisher)
leatherwork (David Trotter)
scratchboard (Lori Dunn)
block printing / linocut (Jeff Macklin)
abstract and multi-media (Steve Rose, Andrew Hamilton)
master class (Andrew Hamilton)

Exhibitions

December 3-28 – 42nd Annual Juried Show, Art Gallery of Bancroft [2 paintings: "Eleanor" and "Spring Maples"]
December 2024 – The Food Shop Peterborough
October 5, 2024 – September 2025 – Sadleir House (PR Community and Student Association) (Peterborough) [year-long exhibition]
October 5-7, 12, 14 – "Studio 201 @ We Design", Commerce Building, Peterborough [group show]
October 2-27, 2024 – "En Plein Air" [group show], The Annex Gallery, A Place for the Arts (Bancroft)
September 28-29, 2024 – Emerging Artists Hub, Kawartha Autumn Studio Tour, Peterborough Public Library
September 27– October 27 – ECOAA "Mystery of the Park": Exhibition and Sale (Algonquin Park Visitor Centre)
September 8-30, 2024 – ECOAA Juried Show, Serpa Gallery, The Old Town Hall (Newmarket) [1 painting: "Thistles"]
August 17-18, 2024 – Buckhorn Festival of the Arts [Studio 201 group display]
July 31 – August 25, 2024 – "Micro-landscapes", The Annex Gallery, A Place for the Arts (Bancroft)
April 2024 – Sparks Festival at The Food Shop Peterborough [solo show]
January 15 – February 22, 2024 – Cork and Bean (Peterborough)
December 5, 2023 – January 24, 2024 – 41st Annual Juried Show, Art Gallery of Bancroft [2 paintings: "Tangled" and "Poppies!"]
November 2023 – The Food Shop (Peterborough ON)
November 3-19, 2023 – "Micro-landscapes", Peterborough Theatre Guild [solo show]
From October 2023— ECOAA show at Campbellford Memorial Hospital
September 28–October 29, 2023 – ECOAA "Mystery of the Park": Exhibition and Sale (Algonquin Park Visitor Centre)
August 19-20, 2023 – Buckhorn Festival of the Arts [Studio 201 group display]
June 6–July 15, 2023 – "Natural Abstracts" at Gallery 121 (Belleville) [featured artist]
August 2023 – Cork and Bean (Peterborough)
January 2023 – The Food Shop (Peterborough)
November 2022–March 2023 – "En Plein Air" [group show], The Annex Gallery, A Place for the Arts (Bancroft)
September 30-October 30, 2022 – ECOAA "Mystery of the Park": Exhibition and Sale (Algonquin Park Visitor Centre)
May 2022 – “Along the Trail” [solo show], The Annex Gallery, A Place for the Arts (Bancroft)
2021-22 – “Portraits of Resilience”, Art Gallery of Ontario: https://ago.ca/portraits-resilience
2020 & 2021 – “An Outdoor Art Show”, The Gallery on the Lake (Buckhorn)
2018 & 2019 – “Studio Soiree”, Meta4 Contemporary Craft Gallery (Peterborough & Port Perry)

Markets

November 6 — December 22 – "Christmas in the Annex" at A Place for the Arts (Bancroft)
July 20-21, 2024 — The "Made by Me" Market at Millenium Park (Peterborough) [group show]
July 13, 2024 – The Lakefield Jazz, Arts and Craft Festival (Deborah Morris Park, Lakefield)
May 27-28, 2023 – "Made in Kawartha Lakes" at Kawartha Settlers Village (Bobcaygeon)
July 22 & 29, 2023 – "M ade by Me" at Millenium Park (Peterborough) [group show-and-sales with Studio 201's landscape & outdoor painters]
June 24 & July 15, 2023 – The Avant-Garden Shop (Peterborough)
June 17, 2023 & November 5, 2022 – 30 Craft Market (Peterborough Public Library)
December 2-3, 2022 – oHliday Market and Fundraiser (Artspace Peterborough)
September 10, November 5, 2022 – The Artisan Fair (Lions Centre, Peterborough)
June 9, 2022 – The Lakefield Jazz, Arts and Craft Festival (Deborah Morris Park, Lakefield)

Galleries & Showcases

A Place for the Arts: https://www.apfta.ca/beth-popham.html
East Central Ontario Art Association: https://ecoaa.ca/popham-beth.html
Kawartha Lakes Arts Council: https://kawarthalakesartscouncil.com/elizabeth-popham