Focusing on the implications of colours, Letain’s vivid compositions feature dissonant yet harmonious lines and geometric structures that explore themes of logic, system and shape. 

Beth Letain (b. 1976, Canada) earned a BS from McGill University, Montreal, in 1999; a BFA from Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Halifax, in 2005; and an MFA in painting from SUNY Purchase, New York, in 2008. One-artist exhibitions of her work include Nothing’s Notation, Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax (2005); Beth Letain, Fireproof Gallery, Brooklyn (2010); Heavyweight, L’escalier, Montreal (2017); Air Horn, Open Forum, Berlin (2017); and most recently The Company She Keeps, Peres Projects, Berlin (2017). Awards and residencies include a full fellowship supported by the Dedalus Foundation from the Vermont Studio Center in 2009; a Visual Art Project Grant from the Canada Council for the Arts in 2010; and a Triangle Arts Residency, Brooklyn, in 2013. Letain lives and works in Berlin.