1976 Born in Canada
2008 Master of Fine Art in Painting, SUNY Purchase, New York, US
2005 Bachelor of Fine Art, Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Halifax, CA
1999 Bachelor of Science, McGill University, Montreal, CA
Lives and works in Berlin, DE
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2021 Beth Letain: Mountain Climbers, L21, Palma de Mallorca, ES
2020 Warm Grey, Patrick De Brock Gallery, Knokke, BE
2019 ultrapath, Peres Projects, Berlin, DE
2018 Signal Hill, Pace Gallery, London, UK
2017 The Company She Keeps, Peres Projects, Berlin, DE
Air Horn, Open Forum, Berlin, DE
Heavyweight, l’Escalier, Montreal, CA
2010 Beth Letain, Fireproof Gallery, New York, US
2005 Nothing’s Notation, Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax, CA
Selected Group Exhibitions
2021 Nothing in particular, Friedrichs Foundation, Weidingen, DE
x_minimal, curated by Friederike Nymphius, Cassina Projects, Milan, IT
De Brock Gallery, Knokke, BE
2020 Kindred Spirits, BJORN & GUNDORPH GALLERY, Aarhus C, DK
2019 What’s Up / London, curated by Lawrence van Hagen, 22 Davies Street, London, UK
Abstract Cabinet, Eduardo Secci Gallery, Florence, IT
Road to the Unconscious, Peres Projects, Berlin, DE
2018 Letain Thurman Wadden, McNamara Art Projects, Hong Kong, HK
Trust Your Brush, Towards, Toronto, CA
Breakfast at Tiffany’s, Galerie Clemens Gunzer, Wädenswil, CH
An Action without Image, curated by Christian Malycha, Kunstverein Reutlingen, Reutlingen, DE
2017 The Second Self, Peres Projects, Berlin, DE
2014 Do It Yourself, curated by Ian White Williams, New York, US
OFFLINE, Radiator Gallery, Long Island City, US
Visceral Integrity, et al Projects, New York, US
2011 The Interconnected World, Hampden Gallery at UMass Amherst, US
Here, There and Everywhere, in conjunction with 2011 Transcultural Exchange Conference, Boston, US
Dexter to Sinister, The Dirty Dirty, New York, US
2010 Group Show, Happy Birthday Homestead!, New York, US
2009 Get My Flash On, Homestead, New York, US
2008 The Mumbler, MFA Thesis Exhibition, The Richard and Dolly Mass Gallery, Purchase, US
Purchase College MFA Thesis Exhibit, curated by Thom Collins, White Box Gallery Annex, New York, US
2007 Valhalla, The Richard and Dolly Mass Gallery, Purchase, US
Place Setting, curated by Thom Collins, Supreme Trading, New York, US
2005 BMO 1st Art! Exhibition, First Canadian Place Gallery, Toronto, CA
Group Show, And Gallery, Halifax, CA
2004 Work is work, Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax, CA
Figure Painting, Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax, CA
2002 Printed Matter, Eyelevel Gallery, Halifax, CA
Anna’s Bash, Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax, CA
Awards and Residencies
2013 Triangle Arts Association Residency, New York, US
2010 Visual Arts Project Grant - Canada Council for the Arts
2009 Vermont Studio Center Full Fellowship supported by the Dedalus Foundation
2007/08 SUNY Purchase College, Graduate Scholarships
2007 Dedalus Foundation Fellowship nominee
2006 SUNY Purchase College, Entrance Scholarship
2005 Regional winner, BMO 1st Art! Invitational National Student Art Award, Canada
2003/04 Nova Scotia College of Art and Design Travel Bursary
Public Collections
Corporate collection, BMO Financial Group
