Born in Moncton, New Brunswick in 1983, Jared Betts earned a BFA from NSCAD
University in May 2010. In his senior year he studied under Garry Neill Kennedy. Since
2007, he has exhibited in over 40 group and solo shows in Atlantic Canada and inter-
nationally in several cities in Iceland. In the summer of 2010, Jared was an artist-in-
residence at NES Artist Residency in Skagaströnd in the north of Iceland for three
months. For 2011, Jared completed an artist residency in Ciudad Colon, Costa Rica.
He has been invited to return to Costa Rica in 2012 for a 4 month artist residency in
the Rainforest and to have a juried solo exhibition at The National Gallery of Costa Rica
in San Jose. Jared works out of a studio in Aberdeen Cultural Centre in Moncton, New
Brunswick and is currently an artist-in-residence at Centre des Arts et de la Culture
de Dieppe for three months. He is currently represented by Ingrid Mueller Art +
Concepts in Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada.