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John Beech (British, 1964)
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John Beech
Dumpster Drawing (orange/berlin) 2005-2006
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John Beech
Dumpster Drawing (pale grey/ germany) 2006
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John Beech
Foam Leaner 2009
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John Beech
Follower 2007
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John Beech
Object of Questionable Logic 2007
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John Beech
Res 5 2009
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Biography |
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1964 |
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Born: Winchester, England |
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1985 |
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Maybelle Toombs Award for Practice of Art, University of California, Berkeley |
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1986 |
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B.A., University of California, Berkeley, California |
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1992 |
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SECA Award, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, California |
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1998 |
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The Chinati Foundation, Residency, Marfa, Texas |
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1999 |
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The Pollock-Krasner Foundation Award |
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Lives and works in Brooklyn, NY |
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Exhibitions |
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2007 |
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“That and This: New Work,” Peter Blum, New York, NY (solo) |
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2006 |
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Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco, CA (solo)
Howard Yezerski Gallery, Boston, MA (solo)
“New Order,” (Curator: Dorothea Strauss), Haus Konstruktiv, Zurich, Switzerland
“Spring Fever,” Charlotte Jackson Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM
“Two Step,” (Organized by CCNOA Brussels/Petra Bungert) Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo, Norway
“Eccentric Abstraction,” Galerie M+R Fricke, Dusseldorf, Germany
“Minimalisms,” Gallery W52, New York, NY
“Painted Objects,” CCNOA, Brussels, Belgium
“Artists for Chinati,” Phillips de Pury, New York, NY
“Spectrum,” Galerie Lelong, New York, NY |
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2005 |
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‘Recent Sculpture and Large Scale Drawings,’ Peter Blum, New York, New York –solo
‘New Sculpture made on Site and Drawings,’ Galerie M+R Fricke, Berlin, Germany -solo
2005 ‘I Remain the Same: Changed,’ (Curator: Nolan Simon), Center Gallery, College for Creative Studies, Detroit, Michigan
‘Extreme Abstraction,’ (John Beech Small Objects, including sculpture selected from the permanent collection by John Beech), (Curators: Louis Grachos, Claire Schneider), Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York
‘The Natalie and Irving Forman Collection,’ Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York
‘Beyond Monochrome,’ Charlotte Jackson Fine Art, Santa Fe, New Mexico
‘MinimalPop,’ Les Filles du Calvaire, Paris, France and Brussels, Belgium
‘Variations on Yellow,’ Charlotte Jackson Fine Art, Santa Fe, New Mexico
‘Drawings,’ (John Beech, Christopher Lesnewski, Tilman), (Selected by John Beech), Smith Andersen Editions, Palo Alto, California |
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2004 |
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‘John Beech Works 1989 – 2004,’ Stiftung fur Konkrete Kunst, Reutlingen, Germany-solo
‘John Beech from the Collection,’ Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York –solo
‘John Beech New Work,’ Charlotte Jackson Fine Art, Santa Fe, New Mexico –solo
‘John Beech – New Sculptures and Paintings’ (with John Meyer – Drawings),Galerie Gisele Linder, Basel, Switzerland -solo
Molti Multipli,’ CCNOA, Brussels, Belgium
‘Von a bis 2: Editionen,’ Galerie Gisele Linder, Basel, Switzerland
‘20 Years: Multiples,’ Galerie Gisele Linder, Basel, Switzerland
“In Focus: Themes in Photography,” Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York
‘John Beech / David Thomas, Foreign Affairs 3,’ Proximus, Bonn, Germany
‘MinimalPop,’ Florence Lynch Gallery, New York, New York (Organized by CCNOA, Brussels, Belgium)
‘Void,’ (Curator: David Gibson), Educational Alliance Gallery, New York, New York
‘Large Format Works on Paper,’ Smith Andersen Editions, Palo Alto, California |
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2003 |
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Peter Blum, New York, New York –solo
Archive Inc. Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada –solo
‘Brooklyn Container,’ Brooklyn Central Public Library, New York –solo
(+ Collaborative Drawings 1998 –2003 with Simon Lee and Christopher Lesnewski)
2003 ‘Multiples,’ Galerie Gisele Linder, Basel, Switzerland
‘Selections from the Natalie and Irving Forman Collection,’ Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York
‘24’, Eugene Binder, Marfa, Texas (Organized by John Beech, Eugene Binder)
‘Modelle des Konkreten,’ (Curators: Manfred Wandel, Gabriele Kuebler), Stiftung fur Konkrete Kunst, Reutlingen, Germany
‘Small Colours,’ (Curator: Christoph Dahlhausen), Galerie Eva Mack, Stuttgart, Germany
‘New Acquisitions,’ Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York
‘Real Red,’ Charlotte Jackson Fine Art, Santa Fe, New Mexico |
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2002 |
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Charlotte Jackson Fine Art, Santa Fe, New Mexico -solo
In a Silent Way, Galerie Gisele Linder, Basel, Switzerland
Two Step, CCNOA, Brussels, Belgium |
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2001 |
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Rotating Paintings, Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco, California -solo
Stark Gallery, New York , New York -solo
Alexander Nagel, Toronto, Ontario, Canada -solo
Built on Site, TD156, San Francisco, California-solo
Fifteen Years of Painting, Stark Gallery, New York, New York
Surfaces & Support Systems, 123 Watts, New York, New York
El Paisano Hotel, Rudolph Projects, Marfa, Texas
Anymore, Real Art Ways, Hartford, Connecticut
Art Brussels, CCNOA, Brussels, Belgium |
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2000 |
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From Idea to Matter. Nine Sculptors, Anderson Gallery, VA Commonwealth U., Richmond
Minimalism, Then and Now, University Art Museum, Berkeley, California
Trajectories, Smack Mellon Studios, Brooklyn, New York
The Art of Collaborative Printmaking: Smith Andersen Editions,
Michael Martin Gallery, San Francisco, California (traveled to Flanders Graphics,
Minneapolis, Minnesota, and Haggerty Museum of Art, Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Industry, (three person show) Thatcher Projects, New York, New York
From Rags To Riches, Foundation de la Tapisserie des Arts, Tournai, Belgium |
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1999 |
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Petra Bungert Projects / CCNOA, Brussels, Belgium -solo
Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco, California -solo |
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1998 |
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The Locker Plant, The Chinati Foundation, Marfa, Texas -solo |
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1997 |
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Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco, California -solo
Smith Andersen Editions, Palo Alto, California -solo |
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1996 |
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Angles Gallery, Santa Monica, California -solo |
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1995 |
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Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco, California -solo |
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1994 |
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Miles Bellamy-113 Crosby Street, New York, New York -solo |
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1993 |
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Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco, California -solo |
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1992 |
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Sculpture Built On The Premises, Upaya Gallery, San Francisco, California -solo |
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1991 |
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Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco, California -solo |
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1990 |
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Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco, California -solo |
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1989 |
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Southern Exposure Gallery, San Francisco, California -solo |
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Public Collections
Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, California
Manfred Wandel/Stiftung fur Konkrete Kunst, Reutlingen, Germany
Oakland Museum, Oakland, California
San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, California
University Art Museum, Berkeley, California
Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, California
Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
de Saisset Museum, Santa Clara University, California
Microsoft Corporation, Seattle, Washington
Sidley and Austin, New York, New York
Pfizer Corporation, New York, New York
Bank of America, Los Angeles, California
Robertson Stevens & Co., San Francisco
Swiss Re, New York, New York
KFW Bank, Frankfurt/Berlin, Germany |
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