Born: Decatur, Alabama
Resides: Memphis, Tennessee
 
EDUCATION
1987 Master of Fine Arts , Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana
1982 Bachelor of Fine Arts , Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
 
 
2007
 
Inside Out, (One Person Exhibition)
David Lusk Gallery, Memphis, Tennessee
E Squared: Two Generations (Beth and Larry Edwards)
The University of Mississippi, Oxford, Mississippi
War or Peace: Art that Confronts the Realities of the Present
Centre for the Living Arts, Mobile, Alabama
20th Anniversary Invitational Retrospective
Rosewood Gallery, Kettering, Ohio
Art Chicago, Merchandise Mart, Chicago Illinois
Represented by Tory Folliard Gallery
 
2006
 
Whimsical Muse
Manifest Creative Research Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio
Southeastern Juried Exhibition
Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile, Alabama
Horizon, (Invitational Exhibition)
Arkansas State University, Jonesboro, Arkansas
Art Chicago, Millennium Park, Chicago, Illinois
Represented by David Lusk Gallery
Tooth and Claw (Invitational Exhibition)
Tory Folliard Gallery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
 
2005
 
Something of Our Common Feeling (Invitational Exhibition)
Delta Axis @ Marhsall Arts, Memphis, Tennessee
Whatever Meredyth Wants (Invitational Exhibition)
Gallery NAGA, Boston, Massachusetts
One Person Exhibition (March)
Southeastern Louisiana State University
Hammond, Louisiana
Homegrown: Southeast (July-September)
Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
 
2004
 
American Realism (Invitational Exhibition)
Plus One Plus Two Galleries, London, England
Semi-Precious (One Person Exhibition)
Mitchell Museum at Cedarhurst
Mt. Vernon, Illinois
 
2003
 
Playthings (One Person Show)
David Lusk Gallery, Memphis, Tennessee
 
2002
 
New Paintings (Two Person Exhibition)
Leonard Tachmes Gallery, Miami, Florida
Try It On: Exploring Women's Traditions (Invitational Exhibition)
Clark Gallery, Lincoln, Massachusetts
Side by Side (Invitational Exhibition)
The Brooks Museum, Memphis, Tennessee
New Talent (Three Person Exhibition)
Tory Folliard Gallery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
 
2001
 
The 2001 Brooks Perspective Exhibition
The Brooks Museum, Memphis, Tennessee
 
2000
 
Jed Jackson and Beth Edwards (Two Person Exhibition)
The University of Memphis Art Museum, Memphis, Tennessee
Habitation, (Two Person Exhibition)
Contemporary Art Workshop, Chicago, Illinois
The Object Considered: Contemporary Still Life in Ohio, Illinois & Indiana
(Traveling Exhibition) Columbus College of Art & Design, Columbus, Ohio
 
1999

Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
Southern Ohio Museum, Portsmouth, Ohio

1998

Zeitgeist
San Francisco State University, San Francisco, California
Recent Work, (One Person Exhibition)
Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, Kentucky

1997

What's Rite: Ritual & Experience
SPACES, Cleveland, Ohio
Still Life
Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
Simple Objects, (Two Person Exhibition)
Wilmington College, Wilmington, Ohio
Whitewater Valley Annual Exhibition
Indiana University East, Richmond, Indiana
Water Tower Annual
Louisville Visual Art Association, Louisville, Kentucky

1996

Recent Work , (2 Person Exhibition)
Matrix Gallery, Sacramento, California
Quiet Objects: Still Life Representation and Function
Louisville Visual Art Association, Louisville, Kentucky
Animal, Mineral, Vegetable: A Painting Invitational
University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire
Mid-West Survey: Six Painters
Art Academy of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio
Regional Artists' Biennial
Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne, Indiana

1995

Functioning Objects, (One Person Exhibition)
Second Street Gallery, Charlottesville, Virginia
Still Life: Three Ohio Artists
Denison University, Granville, Ohio
Domestic Disturbance: Running Amok at Home
Delta Axis Contemporary Arts Center, Memphis, Tennessee

1994

Regional Artists' Biennial
Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne, Indiana
Mundane Encounters, (One Person Exhibition)
Alma College, Alma, Michigan
Associations, (Two Person Exhibition)
Elgin Community College, Elgin, Illinois
Parables, Ordinary and Visionary, (Two Person Exhibition)
Vincennes University, Vincennes, Indiana
Fragments of Meaning
Firelands Association for the Visual Arts, Oberlin, Ohio

1993

Low Points of View, (Two Person Exhibition)
Front Street Gallery, Dayton, Ohio
Compass Exchange: Ohio NE/SW Exhibition
Trumbull Art Gallery, Warren, Ohio
Still Life Still
Southern Ohio Museum, Portsmouth, Ohio
Whitewater Valley Annual Exhibition (Merit Award)
Indiana University East, Richmond, Indiana
The 1993 Dog Days Show
Kathleen Ewing Gallery, Washington, D.C.
All Ohio Juried Art Exhibition
Ohio State University at Mansfield, Pearl Conard Art Gallery, Mansfield, Ohio
The Shoe Show (Second Place)
Santa Clara Galleries, Dayton, Ohio

1992

Recent Paintings , (One Person Exhibition)
Trumbull Art Gallery, Warren, Ohio
Working Drawings
Dayton Visual Arts Center, Dayton, Ohio

1991

Life with Larry, (One Person Exhibition)
Hoyt Institute of Fine Arts, New Castle, Pennsylvania
Animal Rites and Wrongs
University Art Gallery, Memphis State University, Memphis, Tennessee
Water Tower Annual
Louisville Visual Art Association, Louisville, Kentucky
Concepts and Dimensions
Trumbull Art Gallery, Warren, Ohio
15th Annual Competitive Exhibition
Arts Consortium, Cincinnati, Ohio
Kunst '91
Augsburg, Germany

1990

Recent Work , (Two Person Exhibition)
Acme Art Gallery, Columbus, Ohio
Life, Flight and Sacrifice , (One Person Exhibition)
Miami Valley Arts Council Gallery, Dayton, Ohio
Showcase '90

Louisville Visual Arts Association, Louisville, Kentucky
Contiguous Elements: Contemporary Ohio Ceramics and Printmaking
Fort Hayes Visual Arts Gallery, Columbus, Ohio
Generation and Regeneration
Parkland College, Champaign, Illinois

1989

Recent Work , (One Person Exhibition)
Northern Kentucky Arts Council, Carnegie Arts Center, Covington, Kentucky
Bird/Dog , (One Person Exhibition)
Rosewood Arts Center, Kettering, Ohio

1988

Recent Work , (One Person Exhibition)
Shippensburg State University, Shippensburg, Pennsylvania
23rd University of Delaware Biennial
University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware

 HONORS
2007

Yaddo Colony Residence, Saratoga Springs, New York

1998

University of Dayton Research Council Grant (also 1997, 1994, 1991, 1989)

1996

Individual Artist Fellowship , Ohio Arts Council

1995

Individual Artist Grant , Montgomery County Regional Arts and Cultural District

1994

MacDowell Colony Residency , Peterborough, New Hampshire
Individual Artist Grant , Montgomery County Regional Arts and Cultural District

1987
 
Research Development Grant , Indiana University
 
1982
 
Graduating Senior Painting Award , Tyler School of Art