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Bethany Grabert

New Orleans, Louisiana

Grieve is a sculpture of a face with closed eyes, and a stack of four cupped hands below the chin.

Grieve

2024

Weighted is a white female torso sculpture suspended above scattered concrete blocks by multiple red straps pressing into the flesh, in a gallery space with gray floors and white walls.

Weighted

2022

Bottom of The Shower is a sculpture of a fragmented incomplete blue figure with 3 arms wrapped around knees, and another reaching out to touch edge of a shower edge. Another disembodied white hand reaches down to graze the fingers.

Bottom of The Shower

2022

Agony is a figural sculpture of a naked and fragmented seated woman holding their knees. A wincing face has repeated chins stacked like a spine, and red pigment radiates from genitalia.

Agony

2022

Artworks shown are selected from works submitted by the artist in their grant or residency application. All works are copyright of the artist or artist’s estate.

About Bethany Grabert

Bethany Grabert stands in a studio space with body castings on the wall. She has dark wavy hair and medium skin tone, and stands with her hand on hip, wearing a black leather jacket, dark jeans and a red scarf, with tattoos visible on her midriff and arm.

Growing up in South Louisiana, Bethany Grabert began studying art at a young age with a local Cajun painter. She has always found solace in creating something with her hands and art has been her one constant throughout my life. Prior to pursuing her graduate degree at Georgia State University, Grabert received a BFA with a focus in ceramic sculpture at Nicholls State University. Her artwork has been exhibited in cities across the United States including New Orleans, New York City, Rochester, Minneapolis, Atlanta, and Tampa. Her work has also been published in magazines and online exhibitions, and she has been featured on podcasts.

Program Participation

Joan Mitchell Center Residency, 2025

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“ In my most recent work, I explore the multitude of physical reactions and emotions that result when a body lives in pain. I draw my inspiration from my own chronic disease, endometriosis, and from all the people who are stigmatized for living with invisible chronic pain conditions. My work shows the invisible interior experience of extreme pain that can isolate a person from the world and leave them feeling disconnected from their own physical body.”