Bella Weidner
Born Maria Isabella Echavez, 1993, Modesto, California
EDUCATION
2017 MAT Maine College of Art, Portland, ME
2015 BFA Montserrat College of Art, Beverly, MA
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023 Summer Opening Exhibition | Sea Bird, Searsport, ME
2020 February Featured Artist | Portland Art Gallery, Portland, ME
2019 Heavy Slow | Lavender, Portland, ME
Open Wide | Fore River Brewery, South Portland, ME
Out of Sight | Rising Tide Brewery, Portland, ME
Seascapes | Positive Growth Gardens, Westbrook, ME
Select Works | Float Harder, Portland, ME
2017 Water/Wood | Speckled Ax, Portland, ME
2015 Asi Es Como Yo Lo Veo | Porter Mill Gallery, Beverly, MA
2014 Sea | Lone Gull, New Gloucester, MA
SELECT GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 Trove Pop Up | Sea Bird, Searsport, ME
2023 Art Walk Group Exhibitions | Sea Bird, Searsport, ME
2020 Monthly Rotating Exhibitions | Portland Art Gallery, Portland, ME
2019 Evergreen | Portland Art Gallery, Portland, ME
2017 MAT Cohort Group Show | Maine College of Art, Portland, ME
2015 Senior Thesis Exhibition | Montserrat College of Art, Beverly, MA
Regional Juried Show | Newburyport Art Association, Newburyport, MA
Spring Open Show | Newburyport Art Association, Newburyport, MA
8x8 | Newburyport Art Association, Newburyport, MA
GALLERY REPRESENTATION
2023 Sea Bird | Searsport, ME
2019 Portland Art Gallery | Portland, ME
TEACHING
2023 Youth & Family Art Program Director | Sea Bird, Searsport, ME
2020 Early Childhood Assistant Educator | North Yarmouth Academy, North Yarmouth, ME
2019 Abstract Landscape Painting Workshop for Adults | Artascope, Yarmouth, ME
2019 Art Educator | Lewiston Middle School, Lewiston, ME
2018 Art Educator | Bonny Eagle High School, Standish, ME
2017 Guest Teaching Artist | Portland Museum of Art, Portland, ME
Community Art Coordinator | Greenfest, Portland, ME
2015 OpArt Program Assistant | Opportunity Works, Newburyport, MA
