Beth Davila Waldman is a cross-disciplinary artist using photography, painting, assemblage and installation. Her work explores the impact of socio-political trends on cultural landscapes, often through imagery laden with indicators of economic and social status, presented in a manner that emulates the sheer stress of imposed change. Waldman’s constructed vistas re-conceive the notion of sanctuary amidst the realities of colonization, and invite meditations on civil access. Waldman imbues her work with a unique materiality by printing or transferring photographs on a plethora of materials—from tarp to sails, canvas to paper. She then often makes interventions into her work with paint and other substances.
Maternal Waters 2023
Maternal Waters looks back four generations to her maternal great grandmother and the idea of migration using imagery taken along the Peruvian Mollendo coast of the Pacific Ocean considering unknown memories and the politic nature of relocating for survival
MATERNAL WATERS : BETH DAVILA WALDMAN AND KATIE MURKEN
Maternal Waters No. 1-9, 2023, Ed. 15, Inkjet pigment on Moab Entrada Natural 300 Archival Rag Paper with Acrylic Paint, paper size 10x15in each
BETH DAVILA WALDMAN AND KATIE MURKEN ARTIST TALK AT IDOLWILD LOS ANGELES
Our Flag Was Still There 2023
Our Flag Was Still There No. 1, 2023, Flag, Acrylic Primer and Archival Pigment, 61x36in
Our Flag Was Still There No. 2, 2023, American Flag, Acrylic Primer, Grommets and Archival Pigment on Canvas, 30x22in
Our Flag Was Still There No. 3, 2023, Antique Linen Baby Dress, Acrylic Primer and Archival Pigment on Canvas, 30x22in
Our Flag Was Still There No. 4, 2023, Antique Runner, Acrylic Primer, Grommets, 54x13in
Our Flag Was Still There No. 4, Detail, 2023, Antique Runner, Acrylic Primer, Grommets, 54x13in
Our Flag Was Still There No. 5, 2023, Antique Handkerchief, Acrylic Primer and Archival Pigment, 10x10in
Our Flag Was Still There No. 6, 2023, Antique Handkerchief, Acrylic Primer and Archival Pigment, 10x10in
Our Flag Was Still There No. 7, 2023, Antique Placemat, Acrylic Primer and Archival Pigment, 8x15in
Our Flag Was Still There No. 8, 2023, Antique Placemat, Acrylic Primer and Archival Pigment, 8x15in
Our Flag Was Still There No. 9, 2023, Antique Placemat, Acrylic Primer and Archival Pigment, 8x15in
Our Flag Was Still There No. 10, 2023, Antique Placemat, Acrylic Primer and Archival Pigment, 8x15in
Our Flag Was Still There No. 11, 2023, Antique Placemat, Acrylic Primer and Archival Pigment, 7x13.5in
Our Flag Was Still There No. 12, 2023, Antique Placemat, Acrylic Primer and Archival Pigment, 7x13.5in
Our Flag Was Still There No. 13, 2023, Antique Placemat, Acrylic Primer and Archival Pigment, 8x15in
Divisions 2021-2023
Divisions No. 16, 2023, Acrylic Paint and Acrylic Pigment on Tarp with Canvas and Grommets, 88 x 86 1/2in
Divisions No. 15, 2023, Archival Pigment and Acrylic Paint on Tarp and Canvas with Grommets, 86.5x38.5in
Divisions No. 14, 2023, Archival Pigment and Acrylic Paint on Tarp and Canvas with Grommets, 86.5x39in
Divisions No. 13, 2023, Archival Pigment and Acrylic Paint on Tarp and Canvas with Grommets, 85x39in
Divisions No. 12, 2023, Archival Pigment and Acrylic Paint on Tarp and Canvas with Grommets, 87.5x38.5in
Divisions No. 11, 2023, Acrylic Paint and Acrylic Pigment on Acetate, 40x60in
Divisions No. 10, 2023, Acrylic Paint and Acrylic Pigment on Acetate, 40x60in
Divisions No. 9, 2021, Archival Pigment, Gel and Acrylic Paint on Tarp and Canvas, 60x77in SOLD
Divisions No. 9, 2021, Archival Pigment, Gel and Acrylic Paint on Tarp and Canvas, 60x77in SOLD
Divisions No. 8, 2021, Archival Pigment, Gel and Acrylic Paint on Tarp and Canvas, 38x78in
Divisions No. 8, 2021, Archival Pigment, Gel and Acrylic Paint on Tarp and Canvas, 38x78in
Divisions No. 7, 2021, Archival Pigment, Gel and Acrylic Paint on Tarp and Canvas, 38x77in
Divisions No. 7, 2021, Archival Pigment, Gel and Acrylic Paint on Tarp and Canvas, 38x77in
Divisions No. 6, 2021, Archival Pigment, Gel and Acrylic Paint on Tarp and Canvas, 55 x 83 1/2in SOLD
Divisions No. 6, 2021, Archival Pigment, Gel and Acrylic Paint on Tarp and Canvas, 55 x 83 1/2in SOLD
Divisions No. 5 (cropped), 2021, Archival Pigment, Gel and Acrylic Paint on Tarp and Canvas, 54 1/4 x 79in SOLD
Divisions No. 5, 2021, Archival Pigment, Gel and Acrylic Paint on Tarp and Canvas, 54 1/4 x 79in SOLD
Divisions No. 5 & 6, 2021, Archival Pigment, Gel and Acrylic Paint on Tarp and Canvas SOLD
Divisions No. 3, 2021, Archival Pigment, Gel and Acrylic Paint on Tarp Mounted on Panel, 40x58in SOLD
Divisions No. 4, 2021, Archival Pigment, Gel and Acrylic Paint on Tarp Mounted on Panel, 40x58in
Divisions No. 2, 2021, Archival Pigment, Gel and Acrylic Paint on Tarp Mounted on Panel, 40x58in SOLD
Divisions No. 1, 2021, Archival Pigment, Gel and Acrylic Paint on Tarp Mounted on Panel, 40x58in SOLD
La Ocupación 2018-2023
La Ocupación No. 1, 2018, Acrylic Paint and Acrylic Pigment on Tarp, 60 x 86 1/2in
La Ocupación No. 2, 2019, Acrylic Paint and Acrylic Pigment on Tarp, 60 x 86 1/2inch
La Ocupación No. 4, 2019, Acrylic Paint and Archival Pigment on Tarp, 40x58in
La Ocupación No. 5, 2019, Acrylic Paint and Archival Pigment on Canvas, 39 1/8 x 58 3/8in SOLD
Inevitable Entails 2020-2022
Dan Flanagan: Inevitable Entails for violin and cello PREMIERE, after the art by Beth Davila Waldman
Inevitable Entails No. 1, 2020, Archival Pigment and Acrylic Paint on Canvas, 58x40in.
Inevitable Entails No. 2, 2020, Archival Pigment and Acrylic Paint on Canvas, 40x58in.
Inevitable Entails No. 3, 2020, Archival Pigment and Acrylic Paint on Canvas, 40x58in.
Inevitable Entails No. 4, 2020, Archival Pigment and Acrylic Paint on Canvas, 40x58in.
Inevitable Entails No. 5, 2020, Archival Pigment and Acrylic Paint on Canvas, 40x58in.
Inevitable Entails No. 6, 2020, Archival Pigment and Acrylic Paint on Canvas, 26x40in SOLD
Inevitable Entails No. 7, 2020, Archival Pigment and Acrylic Paint on Canvas, 26x40in
Inevitable Entails No. 8, 2020, Archival Pigment and Acrylic Paint on Canvas, 26x40in
Inevitable Entails No. 9, 2020, Archival Pigment and Acrylic Paint on Canvas, 40x26in
Inevitable Entails No. 10, 2020, Archival Pigment and Acrylic Paint on Canvas, 40x26in
Inevitable Entails No. 11, 2022, Archival Pigment and Acrylic Paint on Canvas, 26x40in
Inevitable Entails No. 12, 2022, Archival Pigment and Acrylic Paint on Canvas, 26x40in SOLD
Inevitable Entails No. 13, 2022, Archival Pigment and Acrylic Paint on Canvas, 26x40in
Inevitable Entails No. 14, 2022, Archival Pigment and Acrylic Paint on Canvas, 26x40in
Displaced 2020
Displaced No. 1, 2020, Acrylic Pigment on Plexiglas and Acrylic Paint on Wood Panel, 30x15in. SOLD
Displaced No. 2, 2020, Acrylic Pigment on Plexiglas and Acrylic Paint on Wood Panel, 30x15in. SOLD
Displaced No. 3, 2020, Acrylic Pigment on Plexiglas and Acrylic Paint on Wood Panel, 30x15in SOLD
Displaced No. 4, 2020, Acrylic Pigment on Plexiglas and Acrylic Paint on Wood Panel, 30x15in SOLD
Displaced No. 5, 2020, Acrylic Pigment on Plexiglas and Acrylic Paint on Wood Panel, 30x15in. SOLD
Displaced No. 6, 2020, Acrylic Pigment on Plexiglas and Acrylic Paint on Wood Panel, 30x15in. SOLD
Displaced No. 7, 2020, Acrylic Pigment on Plexiglas and Acrylic Paint on Wood Panel, 30x15in SOLD
Displaced No. 8, 2020, Acrylic Pigment on Plexiglas and Acrylic Paint on Wood Panel, 30x15in
Displaced No. 9, 2020, Acrylic Pigment on Plexiglas and Acrylic Paint on Wood Panel, 30x15in SOLD
Intermittence Series 2018-2019
Intermittence No. 1, 2018, Monotype on Hahnemuhle Paper, 22x15in
Intermittence No. 2, 2018, Monotype on Hahnemuhle Paper, 22x15in
Intermittence No. 3, 2018, Monotype on Hahnemuhle Paper, 22x15in
Intermittence No. 4, 2018, Monotype on Hahnemuhle Paper, 22x15in
Intermittence No. 5, 2018, Monotype on Hahnemuhle Paper, 22x15in, Framed
Intermittence No. 6, 2018, Monotype on Hahnemuhle Paper, 15x11in SOLD
Intermittence No. 7, 2018, Monotype on Hahnemuhle Paper, 22x15in
Intermittence No. 8, 2018, Monotype on Hahnemuhle Paper, 22x15in, Framed
Intermittence No. 9, 2018, Monotype on Hahnemuhle Paper, 22x15in, Framed
Intermittence No. 10, 2018, Monotype on Hahnemuhle Paper, 22x15in
Intermittence No. 11, 2018, Monotype on Hahnemuhle Paper, 15x11in
Intermittence No. 12, 2019, Monotype on Hahnemuhle Paper, 30x22in
Intermittence No. 13, 2019, Monotype on Hahnemuhle Paper, 30x22in
Intermittence No. 14, 2019, Monotype on Hahnemuhle Paper, 30x22in
Intermittence No. 15, 2019, Monotype on Hahnemuhle Paper, 30x22in
Intermittence No. 16, 2019, Monotype on Hahnemuhle Paper, 30x22in SOLD
Intermittence No. 17, 2019, Monotype on Hahnemuhle Paper, 30x22in SOLD
Intermittence No. 18, 2019, Monotype on Hahnemuhle Paper, 30x22in, Framed
Intermittence No. 19, 2019, Monotype on Hahnemuhle Paper, 30x22in SOLD
Intermittence No. 20, 2019, Monotype on Hahnemuhle Paper, 30x22in
Intermittence No. 21, 2019, Monotype on Hahnemuhle Paper, 30x22in
Intermittence No. 22, 2019, Monotype on Hahnemuhle Paper, 30x22in
Intermittence No. 23, 2019, Monotype on Hahnemuhle Paper, 30x22in
Intermittence No. 24, 2019, Monotype on Hahnemuhle Paper, 30x22in SOLD
Intermittence No. 25, 2019, Monotype on Hahnemuhle Paper, 30x22in, Framed
Playa Institute, Summer Lake, Oregon
Ancestral Construct No. 1, 2018, Ed. 5, Archival Pigment Print on 66lb Red River Polar Pearl Metallic Paper, 22x 14 2/3in
Ancestral Construct No. 2, 2018, Ed. 5, Archival Pigment Print on 66lb Red River Polar Pearl Metallic Paper, 22x 14 2/3in
Ancestral Construct No. 3, 2018, Ed. 5, Archival Pigment on Ancestral Construct No. 1, 2018, Ed. 5, Archival Pigment Print on 66lb Red River Polar Pearl Metallic Paper, 22x 14 2/3in
Ancestral Construct No. 4, 2018, Ed. 5, Archival Pigment Print on 66lb Red River Polar Pearl Metallic Paper, 14 2/3 x 22in
Merging Grounds 2017-2018
Merging Grounds No. 1, 2017, Aquatint, Line Etching and Chine Colle on Hahnemuhle Etching Paper, 22x15in
Merging Grounds No. 2, 2018, Aquatint, Line Etching and Chine Colle on Hahnemuhle Etching Paper, Framed: 26 1/4 x 28 3/4in
Merging Grounds No. 3, 2018, Aquatint, Line Etching and Chine Colle on Hahnemuhle Etching Paper, 15x22in
Merging Grounds No. 4, 2018, Aquatint, Line Etching and Chine Colle on Hahnemuhle Etching Paper, 15x22in
Merging Grounds No. 5, 2018, Aquatint, Line Etching and Chine Colle on Hahnemuhle Etching Paper, 15x22in
Merging Grounds No. 6, 2018, Aquatint, Line Etching and Chine Colle on Hahnemuhle Etching Paper, Framed size 19x25 5/8in
Merging Grounds No. 7, 2018, Aquatint, Line Etching and Chine Colle on Hahnemuhle Etching Paper, 15x22in
Merging Grounds No. 8, 2018, Aquatint, Line Etching and Chine Colle on Hahnemuhle Etching Paper, 15x22in
In the permanent collection of Kala Institute
Merging Grounds No. 9, 2018, Photo Polymer and Chine Colle Etching on Hahnemuhle Etching Paper, 31x22in