CURRICULUM VITAE
REESE BETTS
EDUCATION
Expected 2027 M.F.A. in Studio Art
State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY
2024 B.A. in Digital Storytelling with a concentration in Video Art
University of Missouri, Columbia, MO
B.A. in Film Studies with an emphasis in Production
University of Missouri, Columbia, MO
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2026 Words of Encouragement, Scajaquada Creek, Buffalo, NY
2025 The Work on Which Our National Welfare Depends, University at Buffalo Galleries Project Space, Buffalo, NY
2024 Back in the Drink, University of Missouri Campus, Columbia, MO
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2026 _._. ___ _. _._. . ._ ._.. (CONCEAL), Digital Graffiti Festival, Alys Beach, FL
The Stories We Tell, University at Buffalo Galleries Upper Gallery, Buffalo, NY
Rooted in Resilience, University at Buffalo Galleries Project Space, Buffalo, NY
2025 Brood, Mapsion Festival, Jyväskylä, Finland
Incoming M.F.A. Showcase, University at Buffalo Galleries Project Space, Buffalo, NY
Retrospectra, Digital Graffiti Festival, Alys Beach, NY
Layered: An Exploration of Memorialization of Read Hall, Digital Graffiti Festival, Alys Beach, FL
Layered: An Exploration of Memorialization of Read Hall, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO
Layered: An Exploration of Memorialization of Read Hall, University of Missouri Spring Forum, Columbia, MO
2024 Woven Memories, Ellis Library in collaboration the University of Missouri Museum of Art and Archeology with Sofia Ortega
and Hanieh Darvishian, Columbia, MO
All That Remains (And That Which Does Not), Digital Graffiti Festival, Alys Beach, FL
Traces, Digital Graffiti Festival, Alys Beach, FL (Student Artist)
Religion, Heritage, and Emotional Vulnerability in collaboration with Sofia Ortega, Columbia, MO
The Body Remembers, University of Missouri Spring Forum, Columbia, MO
All That Remains (And That Which Does Not), University of Missouri Visual Art & Design Showcase, Columbia, MO
Barter Boat, Performance Art with RADAR Art, True/False Film Fest, Columbia, MO
2023 20th Century Slave: The Horror Story of Dora Jones, University of Kansas Haunting Humanities, Lawrence, KS
The String in the Labyrinth, Digital Graffiti Festival, Alys Beach, FL (Student Artist)
Digital Naiveté, University of Missouri Visual Art & Design Showcase, Columbia, MO
Retrograde, University of Missouri Undergraduate Juried Exhibition at the Bingham Gallery, Columbia, MO
Primordial Grief, University of Missouri Spring Forum, Columbia, MO
Gullible, University of Missouri Art on the Move, St. Charles, MO
2022 Luminescence, Digital Graffiti Festival, Alys Beach, FL (Student Artist)
Look, University of Missouri Inter-Media Showcase, Columbia, MO
Locate You, University of Missouri Undergraduate Juried Exhibition at the Bingham Gallery, Columbia, MO
2021 Blindsided, University of Missouri Art on the Move, St. Louis, MO
Commercial Oasis, University of Missouri Art on the Move, St. Louis, MO
AWARDS
2024 Stealey Merit Scholarship ($1,700), University of Missouri, Columbia, MO
Grand Prize in Artistic Expression ($2,000), University of Missouri Visual Art and Design Showcase, Columbia, MO
First Place in Artistic Expression ($250), University of Missouri Spring Forum, Show Me Research Week, Columbia, MO
2020-2024 Curator’s Award ($20,000), University of Missouri, Columbia, MO
GRANTS
2025 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation ($2,500) for Spring ASH Scholars Research, Columbia, MO
2024 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation ($2,500) for Fall ASH Scholars Research, Columbia, MO
2023 ASH Scholars Art of Death Research Study ($3,000), Columbia, MO
2022 ASH Scholars Art of Death Research Study ($2,000), Columbia, MO
PRESENTATIONS
2026 Art of Research, Buffalo Science Museum, Buffalo NY
2024 ASH Scholars Art of Death Presentation with Ever Cole, University of Missouri ASH Scholars Breakfast, Columbia, MO
Content & Form Lecture, University of Missouri Freshman Interest Group, Columbia, MO
2023 ASH Scholars Art of Death Presentation with Sophie Stevens, University of Missouri English Honors Course, Columbia, MO
ASH Scholars Art of Death Presentation with Sophie Stevens, University of Missouri ASH Scholars Breakfast, Columbia, MO
2022 ASH Scholars Art of Death Presentation with Abby Blenk, University of Missouri ASH Scholars Breakfast, Columbia, MO
PUBLICATIONS
2024 Featured Art, Local Artist Zine (Upcoming) by Ever Cole, Columbia, MO
Media Culture of the Long 1960s (Collaborative Zine), Columbia, MO
Featured Art, 2024 University of Missouri EPIC Literary Magazine, Columbia, MO
Fluke?, Collage in collaboration with Elizabeth Harris
I Want You (To), Illustration
Power Switch, Photo
Rays, Photo
ACHIEVEMENTS
2026 Art Graduate Student Alliance Board Member Alternate
2025-2026 Great Lakes Art and Ecology Research Group, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY
2024 Columbia Art League Mentorship Program, Columbia, MO
2023-2024 Undergraduate Research Ambassadorship, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO
School of Visual Studies Undergraduate Advisory, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO
2022-2025 ASH Scholars Art of Death Research Study, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO
PRODUCTION EXPERIENCE
2024 Untitled Dash Cam Dance (Experimental documentary), Columbia, MO
2023 One Last Drink (Short film), Production Designer, Columbia MO
Heel (Documentary short film), Director, Editor, Columbia, MO
What it Takes (Short film), Camera, Editor, Columbia, MO
Codec (Short film), Co-Director, Editor, Columbia, MO
Patient Patient (Short film), Editor, Columbia, MO
A Void (Short film), Producer, Columbia, MO
Untitled (Short film), Production Design, Paige, AZ
Digital Naiveté (Experimental short film), Director, Editor, Artist, Columbia, MO
Masking (Short film), Director of Photography, Columbia, MO
Birds (Short film), Production Design, Assistant Director, Columbia, MO
Canary in a Coal Mine (Short film), Production Design, Columbia, MO
BURN EVERYTHING (Feature film), Editor, New York, NY
Sheer (Short film), Director, Editor, Columbia, MO
2022 Entropy of a Memory (Experimental Documentary), Audio Engineer, Columbia, MO
NMLdisclosure_case0991.avi (Short film), Director of Photography, Columbia, MO
Untitled Romance Film (Short film), Production Design, Columbia, MO
COMMERCIAL WORK
2024 Cool Attitudes Commercial, Columbia, MO
Director of Photography, Editor
Sanders K9 Promotional Content, Columbia, MO
Director of Photography, Editor
Midwest Fit Fest Promotional Content for the University of Missouri, Columbia, MO
Director of Photography, Assistant Editor
2022 University of Missouri Film Department Posters, Columbia, MO
Graphic Design
2019 Blue Springs Chamber of Commerce Commercial, Blue Springs, MO
Writer, Editor, Producer