John Beech

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Born:
1964 Winchester, England

Education:
1986 B.A., University of California, Berkeley, California

Solo Exhibitions:
2002 Charlotte Jackson Fine Art, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2001 “Rotating Paintings,” Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco, California
2000 Stark Gallery, New York , New York
Alexander Nagel, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
"Built on Site,” TD156, San Francisco, California
1999 Petra Bungert Projects / CCNOA, Brussels, Belgium
Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco, California
1998 The Locker Plant, The Chinati Foundation, Marfa, Texas
1997 Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco, California
Smith Andersen Editions, Palo Alto, California
1996 Angles Gallery, Santa Monica, California
1995 Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco, California
1994 Miles Bellamy-113 Crosby Street, New York, New York
1993 Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco, California
1992 “Sculpture Built On The Premises,” Upaya Gallery, San Francisco, California
1991 Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco, California
1990 Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco, California
1989 Southern Exposure Gallery, San Francisco, California

Group Exhibitions:
2003 "Real Red," Charlotte Jackson Fine Art, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2002 The Drawing Center, 25th Anniversary Exhibition, New York, New York
"In a Silent Way," Galerie Gisele Linder, Basel, Switzerland
"Two Step," CCNOA, Brussels, Belgium
Museum of Fine Art, Las Vegas, Nevada
"XXL1" Berkeley Art Museum, Berkeley, California
"Five" Charlotte Jackson Fine Art, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2001 "Surfaces and Support Systems," 123 Watts, New York, New York
"Fifteen Years of Painting," Stark Gallery, New York, New York
“Anymore,” Real Art Ways, Hartford, Connecticut
“Art Brussels,” CCNOA, Brussels, Belgium
2000 “From Idea to Matter. Nine Sculptors,” Curated by Edward Albee.
Anderson Gallery, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia
“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
   - traveled to Haggerty Museum of Art, Marquette University, Wisconsin
“Industry,” (three person show) Thatcher Projects, New York, New York
“From Rags To Riches,” Foundation de la Tapisserie des Arts, Belgium
1999 “Of ten,” Thatcher Projects, New York, New York
“Meaning and Message: Contemporary Art from the Museum Collection,”
The Oakland Museum of California, Oakland, California
"Fetes de Saint Martin. Tourinnes-La-Grosse,” near Brussels, Belgium.
“Into the 21st Century. Selections from the Permanent Collection,”
San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, California
“John Beech & Christopher Lesnewski: Sculpture and Collaborative Drawings,” The Sculpture Center, New York, New York
“Do Paintings Dream of Veronese Green?” Elga Wimmer Gallery, New York
“Horizontal Vertigo,” Rudolph Poissant Gallery, Houston, Texas
“Material Issues: Recent Gifts from the Katherine and James Gentry Collection,” San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, California
1998 "The Art of Collaborative Printmaking,” Smith Andersen Editions, The Nevada Museum of Art, Reno, Nevada
   - traveled to de Saisset Museum, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, California (1999)
Permanent Collection Contemporary Art, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, California (1998-1999)
“9+1,” Petra Bungert Projects, Brussels, Belgium
“All That is Solid,” Socrates Sculpture Park, New York, New York
“Blunt Object,” The Smart Museum of Art, Chicago, Illinois
“Seven Year Itch,” Ambrosino Gallery, Miami, Florida
“Here & Now,” The Sculpture Center, New York, New York
“Escape Velocity,” Socrates Sculpture Park, New York, New York
“The Flat Files: Drawings from Pierogi 2000,”
Vasser College, Poughkeepsie, NY
   - traveled to Bard College, Rheinbeck, NY
   - traveled to Kunstlerhaus, Vienna, Austria
1997 “Pierogi 2000: The Flat File Drawings,” The Gasworks, London,
   - traveled to Cornerhouse, Manchester, England
Momenta Art, Brooklyn, New York
“Aspects of Space,” Trans Hudson Gallery, New York, New York
1996 “John Beech & James Hyde,” Charlotte Jackson Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
1995 The Corcoran Biennial, Corcoran Museum of Art, Washington, D.C.
“Gridluck,” Marge Goldwater, Inc. New York, New York
“Into a New Museum, Part II,” San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, California
“Plastic,” Bernard Toale Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts
1994 “20th Anniversary Exhibition,” Southern Exposure Gallery, San Francisco, California
“Traction,” (three person show) Stark Gallery, New York, New York
“The Gluers,” Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, California
1993 “Edward Albee’s Other Eye, Sculptural Objects from the Edward Albee Collections,” Hillwood Art Museum, Long Island University, Brookville, New York
“Objecthood,” Mills College, Oakland, California
“Still Lives,” Zen Center Hospice Guest House, San Francisco, California
1992 “SECA Award Exhibition,” San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, California
“Re*Generation,” San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, California
1991 “Towards a New Museum,” San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, California
“Gallery II,” (three person show) Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco, California
“Selections: San Francisco Bay Area,” Curated by Larry Rinder, The Drawing Center, New York, New York
   - traveled to Pro-Arts, Oakland, California
“The Store,” Richard Bennett Gallery, Los Angeles, California
“Summer ’91,” Richard Bennett Gallery, Los Angeles, California
“(CON-TEXT),” Richard Bennett Gallery, Los Angeles, California
1989 “Re: Imperfect Affinities,” (three person show) XS Gallery, Carson City, Nevada
“Introductions ’89,” (three person show) Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco, California
1988 “Chain Reaction IV,” San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery, San Francisco California
1986 Graduation Exhibition, The White Room, University of California, Berkeley, California

Awards:
1999 The Pollock-Krasner Foundation Award
1998 The Chinati Foundation, Residency, Marfa, Texas
1992 SECA Award, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, California
1986 Maybelle Toombs Award for Practice of Art, University of California, Berkeley