Betsy Byers holds a Master of Fine Arts in Visual Studies with an emphasis in painting from the Minneapolis College of Art and Design. She received her B.A. from St. Olaf College and her k-12 Art Education Licensure from St. Catherine University. Byers is currently an Associate Professor and Chair of the Art and Art History at Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter, MN. Betsy’s work has been shown both nationally and internationally. She has exhibited at the National Gallery of Scotland, Minnesota Museum of American Art, De Vos Art Museum, Hillstrom Museum of Art, University of Connecticut, Intermedia Arts, Guilford Art Center, The Soap Factory, Burnet Gallery in the Le Méridien Chambers Hotel, Augsburg College, and University of Minnesota Morris. Byers was awarded a 2021 Kolman & Pryor Project Space Grant, a 2018 McKnight Mid-Career Artist Grant, and a 2015 and 2009 Minnesota State Arts Board Artist Initiative Grant. She is represented by the Kolman & Pryor Gallery and Rosalux Gallery in Minneapolis.