CV and Contact Information
Contact information: mtbelitz@yahoo.com
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EDUCATION
2012 Master of Arts with Distinction, Art History, Emphasis in the Arts of the Americas, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico
2010 Master of Fine Arts with Distinction, Emphasis in Drawing and Painting, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico
1978-1981 Bachelor of Arts in Art Education and English as a Second Language, Ludwig-Maximilian-University, Munich, Germany
AWARDS
2022 People’s Choice, Taos Fall Arts, Taos, NM
2022 Second Place, Taos Fall Arts, Taos, NM
2021 Juror’s Award, “Adrift”, Main Street Art Gallery, Clifton Springs, NY
2017 Purchase Award, McNeese National Works on Paper, McNeese State University, Lake Charles, LA
2017 Third Place Award, “Equality Matters”, William Woods University, Fulton, MO
2012 Honorable Mention Award, New Mexico Showcase, ART 516, Albuquerque, NM
2011 New Mexico Art in Public Places Purchase Award, Pasatiempo Senior Center, Santa Fe, NM
2010 Jill Hill Prize, St. Louis Artists’ Guilds and Galleries, St. Louis, MO
2010 Purchase Award, Americas 2010, Minot State University, Minot, ND
2010 Merit Award, Americas 2010, Minot State University, Minot, ND
2009 Purchase Award, City of Albuquerque, NM
2002 Jurors’ Award, 32nd Willamette Valley Juried Exhibition, ArtCentric, Corvallis, OR
2000 Duchess Award, Maude Kerns Art Center, Eugene, OR
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2021 Finding Joy, Wilder/Nightingale Gallery, Taos, NM
2018 The Shape of Sorrow, Frontier-Space Gallery, Missoula, MT
2016 Sanctuary, Metro Gallery, Lincoln, NE
2016 Unseen Realities, CANO Visual Art Center, Oneonta, NY
2015 The History of a Landscape, Delaplaine Art Center, Frederick, MD
2015 New Work, Doane College Library, Crete, NE
2015 *Some Restrictions Apply, Metro Gallery, Lincoln, NE
2015 Forgotten Trails, Lake McConaughy Visitor Center, Ogallala, NE
2014 Gefuehlte Spuren, Rathaus Gallerie, Ebersberg, Germany
2013 Tethered, Rall Gallery, Doane Gallery, Crete, NE
2013 Unfolding Dreams, LCC Gallery, Lane Community College, Eugene, OR
2012 Knitted Gold, Bright Rain Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
2012 Die Weite im Raum. Kunst aus New Mexico, Pinakothek Hallbergmoos, Hallbergmoos, Germany
2011 Shifting Lines, Bright Rain Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
2011 Lost Connections, Las Cruces Museum of Art, Las Cruces, NM
2011 Imagining New Mexico, B. Roberts Triangle Gallery, Sinclair Community College, Dayton, OH
2010 New Work, Bright Rain Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
2010 Thought Lines, John Sommer Gallery, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
2010 Spuren der Vergangenheit, Galerie im Rathaus, Ebersberg, Germany
2009 Migration, The Open Mind Space Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
2009 Sound of Solitude, John Sommer Gallery, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
2007 Neue Heimat/Alte Heimat, Kreissparkasse Ebersberg, Ebersberg, Germany
2006 Moodscapes, Springfield Museum, Springfield, OR
2005 Landscapes/Mindscapes, Wiseman Gallery, Rogue Community College, Grants Pass, OR
2004 The American Northwest, Rathaus Ebersberg, Ebersberg, Germany
2002 Landscapes of the McKenzie Valley, Springfield Museum, Springfield, OR
2002 Old and New Oil Paintings, Giustina Gallery, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR
2001 Studio Conversations, Provenance Gallery, Eugene, OR
2001 They are Alive, The Buzz Gallery, EMU, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR
2000 New Work, Hawaiian Time Café, Eugene, OR
1999 Works by Monique Janssen-Belitz, Temporarily Maude’s, Eugene, OR
1999 Landscapes, Collier House, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR
1997 New Work, Oregon Arts Supply, Eugene, OR
1991 Landscapes and Portraits, Maryhill Museum, Goldendale, WA
1991 Expressionistic Landscapes and Portraits, Jacobs Gallery, Hult Center, Eugene, OR
1990 William Temple House, Portland, OR
1990 The Village Gallery of Arts, Portland, OR
1989 Collier House, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR
1989 Umpqua Valley Art Center, Roseburg, OR
1989 Oregon Graduate Center, Beaverton, OR
1989 Opus 5 Gallery, Eugene, OR
1989 Broadway Travel, Beaverton, OR
1989 Parks, Recreation and Cultural Services Department, Eugene, OR
1988 Erb Memorial Union, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR
1988 Eugene Public Library, Eugene, OR
1988 Collier House, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR
1985 Rathaus Krailling, Krailling, Germany
1984 Sueddeutsche Zeitung, Ebersberg, Germany
1982 Siemens AG, Munich, Germany
1981 Department of Visual Arts, Ludwig-Maximilian-University, Munich, Germany
TWO/THREE/FIVE-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2017 Crossing Paths, with Jennifer Pretzeus, Open Space Center, Albuquerque, NM
2012 Paper Works, with Laurel Lampela, Helen Cozza, KiMo Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
2011 Summer Stock, with Jeffrey Sully, Charmaine Banach, Gallery 1078, Chico, CA
2006 Hidden Fears and Hope, Lane Community College, Eugene, OR
1998 Painterly Approaches, with Jeffrey Sully, Corvallis Art Center, Corvallis, OR
GROUP EXHIBITIONS * juried exhibitions
2023 Cedar Point Artist-in-Residence Exhibition, Resonator Gallery in Turbine Flats, Lincoln, NE
2023 21th Annual Miniature Show and Sale, Millicent Rogers Museum, Taos, NM
2022 Taos Fall Arts, Taos, NM
2022 Neutrality, Rall Gallery, Doane University, NE
2022 Femina 2022, Gallerium.art, Ontario, Canada*
2022 20th Annual Miniature Show and Sale, Millicent Rogers Museum, Taos, NM
2021 Taos Fall Arts, Taos, NM
2021 ArtsThrive, Albuquerque Museum of Art and History, Albuquerque, NM*
2021 Camouflage:Patterns of Disruption, invited, Bailey Contemporary Art Center, Pompano Beach, FL
2021 Library Invitational Exhibit, Questa Public Library, Questa, NM
2021 Adrift, Main Street Arts, Clifton Springs, NY*
2021 Art During Quarantine, New Mexico Cancer Center, Albuquerque, NM*
2020 Contemporary Art/Taos Harwood Museum Benefit, 203 Fine Art, Taos, NM
2020 ArtsThrive, Albuquerque Museum of Art and History, Albuquerque, NM*
2020 Contemporary Art/Taos 2020, Harwood Museum, Taos, NM*
2020 Nests, Magpie Gallery, El Prado, NM
2020 Banners, Questa, NM*
2020 18th Annual Miniature Show and Sale, Millicent Rogers Museum, Taos, NM
2020 Winter in Taos, Ernest Blumenschein Museum, Taos, NM
2019 Taos Fall Arts: Of Heaven and Earth, Taos, NM
2019 Taos Town Hall Exhibition, Taos, NM
2019 Taos Art Insurgency, Wilder Nightingale Gallery, Taos, NM*
2017 Mexico: At a Crossroads, Amos Eno Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, NY*
2017 30th Annual McNeese National Works on Paper, McNeese State University; Lake Charles, LA*
2017 Up/Rooted, Brookline Arts Center, Brookline, MA*
2017 150 Artists, 150 Artworks, 150 Years of Nebraska, Bone Creek Agrarian Museum, David City, NE
2017 Equality Matters, Mildred M. Cox Gallery, William Woods University, Fulton, MO*
2016 Artist and Location, CICA Museum, Samdo-ro, Yangchon-eup, Gimpo-si, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea*
2016 Atypical Topographies, Cloyde Snook Gallery, Adams State University, Alamosa, CO*
2016 31st Tallahassee International, Museum of Fine Arts, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL*
2016 Cut it Out, Gallery One Visual Art Center, Ellensburg, WA*
2016 Nebraska Landscapes, St. Mathew’s Episcopal Church, Lincoln, NE
2016 Alter + Combine, (SCENE) Metrospace, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI*
2016 ARTexchange, College Art Association Conference, Washington, DC*
2016 Faculty Show, Rall Gallery, Doane University, Crete, NE
2014 Invitational to student organized show at Kirkland Gallery, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
2014 Doane Faculty and Alumni, Hot Shops Art Gallery, Omaha, NE
2014 Squared, Cloyde Snook Gallery, Adams University, Alamosa, CO*
2013 WEAD Juried Membership Exhibition, China Brotsky Gallery, The Presidio of San Francisco, CA*
2013 Miniatures and More, Albuquerque Museum, Albuquerque, NM*
2013 Hidden Agendas, Atelier 6000, Bend, OR*
2013 ARTexchange, College Art Association Conference, New York, NY*
2012 Miniatures and More, Albuquerque Museum, Albuquerque, NM*
2012 New Mexico Showcase, Juror: Peter Frank, 516 ARTS Gallery, Albuquerque, NM*
2011 Act in Response: Santa Fe Speaks, Santa Fe Art Institute, Santa Fe, NM
2011 Specific Environments: Landscape as Metaphor, Lincoln Center, Fort Collins, CO*
2011 Altered Ground, invitational,WORK Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, MI
2011 Miniatures and More, Albuquerque Museum, Albuquerque, NM*
2011 9 x 12 Budapest Exhibition, Ferencvarosi Pince Gallery, Budapest, Hungary*
2011 Inside/Outside, Juror: Bruce Samuelson, Goggleworks Center for the Arts, Reading, PA*
2011 18 Days, Muñoz Wax Gallery at the Center for Contemporary Arts, Santa Fe, NM*
2011 Art on Paper, MFA Circle Gallery, Annapolis, MD*
2011 12 x 12 Works of Art, Todd Hall Gallery, Middle Tennessee State University, Mursfreeboro, TN*
2011 32nd Annual Paper in Particular National Exhibition, Columbia College, Columbia, MO*
2011 40th Anniversary Exhibition, LCC Art Gallery, Lane Community College, Eugene, OR
2010 25th Tallahassee International, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL*
2010 23rd McNeese Works on Paper Exhibition, McNeese State University, Lake Charles, LA*
2010 Artist/Educator Exhibition, Masley Gallery, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
2010 Wanted: Wall Work, 1078 Gallery; Chico, CA*
2010 Graphomania, Garbageman/Astronaut Project Space, Portland, OR
2010 Americas 2010 Paperworks, Northwest Art Gallery, Minot State University, Minot, ND*
2010 Shifts in Perspective: Migrating Viewpoints, St. Louis Artists’ Guild, St. Louis, MO*
2009 Jesus Show, Open Mind Space Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
2009 Artist/Educator Exhibition, Masley Gallery, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM*
2009 2nd Annual Juried UNM Art Exhibit, VSA N4th Gallery, Albuquerque, NM*
2009 Summer Group Show, The Open Mind Space Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
2008 At First Sight, Jonson Gallery, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
2008-2010 Judicial Notice III, Bernalillo County Metropolitan Court, Albuquerque, NM*
2007 Annual Faculty Show, Lane Community College, Eugene, OR
2007 By Land and by Sea, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR*
Tillamook County Pioneer Museum, Tillamook, OR*
White Sturgeon Art Gallery,Vancouver, WA*
Coos Art Museum, Coos Bay, OR*
Gordon House, Silverton, OR*
2007 Road Trip, an Oregon/Minnesota Artists’ Book Exchange, Minnesota Center for Book Arts, Minneapolis, MN*
2007 Dog and Pony Show, Gallery at the Airport, Eugene, OR*
2006 Claylane, Lane Community College, Eugene, OR *
2006 Art on the Rogue, Wiseman Gallery, Rogue Community College, Grants Pass, OR *
2006 All Around Oregon, ArtCentric, Corvallis, OR *
2005 Lane Community College Faculty Show, DIVA, Eugene, OR
2004 Annual Faculty Show, Lane Community College, Eugene, OR
2003 Annual Juried Exhibition, Art Association of Ebersberg, Ebersberg, Germany*
2002 Monique’s Painting Class, LaSells Stewart Center, OSU, Corvallis, OR
2002 32nd Willamette Valley Juried Exhibition, LaSells Stewart Center, Corvallis, OR *
2002 Animals, Animals, Animals, Corvallis Art Center, Corvallis, OR *
2002 Fresh Works 2002, Red Brick Center, Aspen, CO *
2001 Monique’s Painting Class, Erb Memorial Union, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR
2000 Monique’s Painting Class, Canyon Moon Gallery, Eugene, OR
1988 Women’s Group Show, Gallerie Schunn, Lechbruck, Germany
1996-2000 Membership Show, Maude Kerns Art Center, Eugene, OR
1991 Batik und Serigraphie, Gallerie Schunn, Lechbruck, Germany
1990 Ninth Lane County Juried Exhibition of Art, Eugene, OR *
1988-89 Mayor’s Art Show, Eugene, OR *
1988-91 Annual Juried Exhibition of the Art Association Ebersberg, Ebersberg, Germany *
1981-85 Annual Juried Exhibition of the Professional Artists’ Association, Munich, Germany *
1981-85 Annual Juried Exhibition of the Art Association Ebersberg, Ebersberg, Germany *
1982 Annual Juried Exhibition of the Art Association Gauting, Gauting, Germany *
1981 Grosse Kunstausstellung Muenchen, Munich, Germany *