education:
1986 b.a., university of california, berkeley, california

solo exhibitions:

2012	‘the space surrounding,’ peter blum soho, new york, new york
2011	85-87 fgb. st. martin (with galerie les filles du calvaire), paris, france ‘door to the window,’ haus der kunst, solothurn, switzerland john beech, ‘a selection of recent work,’ elizabeth leach gallery, portland, oregon john beech, portland art museum, (curator: bruce guenther) portland, oregon ‘the state of things,’ peter blum chelsea, new york, new york
2010	‘john beech: works for a wall,’ galerie gisèle linder, basel, switzerland
2009	'incidents: drawings and sculpture,’ galeria la caja negra, madrid john beech & john zurier, gallery paule anglim, san francisco, california
2008	‘obscure / reveal,’ peter blum soho, new york, new york ‘nohow,’ ccnoa, brussels, belgium
2007	‘that and this: new work,’ peter blum chelsea, new york, new york galerie gisèle linder, basel, switzerland
2006	gallery paule anglim, san francisco, california ‘john beech : project space,’ g fine art, washington d.c. howard yezerski gallery, boston, massachusetts
2005	‘recent sculpture and large scale drawings,’ peter blum, new york, new york ‘new sculpture made on site and drawings,’ galerie m + r fricke, berlin, germany
2004	‘john beech works 1989 – 2004,’ stiftung fur konkrete kunst, reutlingen, germany ‘john beech from the collection,’ albright-knox art gallery, buffalo, new york ‘john beech new work,’ charlotte jackson fine art, santa fe, new mexico ‘john beech – new sculptures and paintings’ (with john meyer – drawings), galerie gisele linder, basel, switzerland
2003	peter blum, new york, new york archive inc. gallery, toronto, ontario, canada “brooklyn container,” brooklyn central public library, new york (incl. collaborative drawings 1998-2003 with simon lee & christopher lesnewski)
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:

2012	‘pink,’ charlotte jackson fine art, santa fe, new mexico ‘virtual insanity,’ fiedler taubert contemporary, berlin, germany ‘drawing a line in the sand,’ peter blum, new york, new york ‘eretai (john beech, lael marshall, david rabinowitch, michael voss),’ riverside art museum, riverside, california
2011	‘fifty years of bay area art: the seca awards,’ san francisco museum of modern art, san francisco, california ‘the long curve. 150 years of visionary collecting at the albright-knox art gallery,’ the albright-knox art gallery, buffalo, new york ‘carte blanche à clare kenny: odds and ends,’ galerie gisèle linder, basel, switzerland ‘paper variables,’ dieu donné, new york, new york john beech & kathrin kunz, galerie gisèle linder, basel, switzerland
2010	'human rites' the bass museum of art, miami beach, florida 'thirty years of collecting: a recent gift to the scottsdale museum of contemporary art', scottsdale, arizona. ‘the artist & the photograph,’ (curator: clare kenny), ausstellungsraum klingental, basel, switzerland ‘metropolis,’ galerie m & r fricke, berlin, germany ‘reflection,’ peter blum soho, new york, new york ‘my eyes keep me in trouble,’ (organized by ccnoa, brussels), la station, nice, france ‘quantos queres,’ marz-galeria, lisbon, portugal
2009	‘des mondes voisins,’ galerie gisèle linder, basel, switzerland ‘common ground: color,’ charlotte jackson fine art, santa fe, new mexico ‘glissements de terrain,’ galerie les filles du calvaire, paris ’30 x 30 cm project,’ mcnay art museum, san antonio, texas ‘yellow,’ galerie gisèle linder, basel, switzerland ‘projet 25 une exposition pour gisèle,’ (curator: friederike stangier), galerie gisèle linder, basel, switzerland art unlimited 10, art basel 40, basel, switzerland ‘ps 1999-2009,’ ps, amsterdam, the netherlands ‘prints,’ galerie gisèle linder, basel, switzerland
2008	‘begin again right back here,’ (curator: b.wurtz), white columns, new york, new york ‘works on paper: the natalie and irving forman collection,’ albright-knox art gallery, buffalo, new york ‘my eyes keep me in trouble,’ (organized by ccnoa brussels), sydney college of the arts gallery (sca), sydney, australia - traveled to: the physics room, christchurch, new zealand howard yezerski gallery, boston, massachusetts ‘+ de réalité,’ école régionale des beaux-arts de nantes, nantes, france ‘annual invitational exhibition of visual art,’ the american academy of arts and letters, new york, new york
2007	‘ahnlichkeiten – hommage å fortuny,’ stiftung für konkrete kunst, reutlingen, germany ‘rückblick review: 10 years berlin,’ m & r fricke, berlin, germany ‘summertime,’ galerie gisèle linder, basel, switzerland ‘pas de soucis…,’ (curator: petra bungert, ccnoa brussels), non-objectif sud, tulette, france ‘remix: small sculpture,’ (curator: claire schneider), albright-knox art gallery, buffalo, new york ‘der zweite blick,’ stiftung für konkrete kunst, reutlingen, germany ‘pierogi flatfiling,’ artnews projects, berlin, germany ‘off the wall,’ charlotte jackson fine art, santa fe, new mexico ‘remix: robert therrien,’ albright-knox art gallery, buffalo, new york ‘march madness,’ charlotte jackson fine art, santa fe, new mexico ‘4 from new york,’ (organized by john beech) charlotte jackson fine art, santa fe, new mexico ‘dumpster,’ (video in collaboration with einar westerlund), screen 1, ccnoa, brussels, belgium ‘the photograph as canvas,’ (organized by stephen maine) the aldrich contemporary art museum, ridgefield, connecticut ‘my eyes keep me in trouble,’ (organized by tilman) nieuwe vide, haarlem, the netherlands ‘additiv parallel synchron werke der sammlung,’ stiftung für konkrete kunst, reutlingen, germany ‘minimalpop,’ arti et amicitiae, amsterdam, holland
2006	wihnachtsausstellun,’ galerie gisèle linder, basel, switzerland ‘double exposure,’ ccnoa, brussels, belgium ‘bird watching,’ rotunda gallery, brooklyn, new york ‘sculptures,’ peter blum chelsea, new york, new york ‘summertime,’ galerie gisele linder, basel, switzerland ‘ststs : rack 1 – 2006 brussels,’ ccnoa, brussels, belgium ‘ordnung und verfuhrung,’ (curator: dorothea strauss), haus konstruktiv, zurich, switzerland ‘spring fever,’ charlotte jackson fine art, santa fe, new mexico ‘two step,’ (organized by ccnoa brussels/ petra bungert) kunstnernes hus, oslo, norway ‘eccentric abstraction,’ (john beech, senta connert, wolfgang ploeger), galerie m+r fricke, dusseldorf, germany ‘minimalisms,’ gallery w52, new york, new york ‘painted objects,’ ccnoa, brussels, belgium ‘artists for chinati,’ phillips de pury, new york, new york
2005	‘spectrum,’ (organized by kate shepherd), galerie lelong, new york, new york ‘painted objects,’ (organized by petra bungert / ccnoa brussels, belgium), ps, amsterdam, the netherlands ‘i remain the same: changed,’ (curator: nolan simon), center gallery, college for creative studies, detroit, michigan ‘extreme abstraction,’ the small sculpture gallery, including sculpture selected from the permanent collection by john beech, 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
2004	‘molti multipli,’ ccnoa, brussels, belgium ‘von a bis 2: editionen,’ galerie gisele linder, basel, switzerland ‘20 years: multiples,’ galerie gisele linder, basel, switzerland ‘john beech / david thomas, foreign affairs 3,’ proximus, bonn, germany ‘minimalpop,’ florence lynch gallery, new york, new york (organized by ccnoa, brussels, belgium) ‘void,’ educational alliance gallery, new york, new york ‘large format works on paper,’ smith andersen editions, palo alto, california
2003	“multiples,” galerie gisele linder, basel, switzerland “selections from the forman collection,” albright knox art gallery, buffalo, new york “24”, eugene binder, marfa, texas (organized by john beech and eugene binder) “modelle des konkreten,” stiftung fur konkrete kunst, reutlingen, germany “small colours,” galerie eva mack, stuttgart, germany “new acquisitions,” albright knox art gallery, buffalo, new york “real red,” charlotte jackson fine art, santa fe, new mexico
2002	“las vegas collects,” goodman-duffy collection, las vegas art museum, nevada drawing center 25th anniversary exhibition, new york, new york “five,” charlotte jackson fine art, santa fe, new mexico “xxl1,” university art museum, berkeley, california “in a silent way,” galerie gisele linder, basel, switzerland “two step, video / sound” ccnoa, brussels, belgium “benefit exhibition,” momenta art, brooklyn, new york, new york
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