John Beech
Biography
Born 1964 Winchester, England
Lives Brooklyn, New York
Education
1986
B.A., University of California, Berkeley, California
Solo Exhibitions
2008
John Beech and Edward Albee: Obscure/Reveal, Peter Blum Gallery, New York, New York, November 6 - January 10, 2009
John Beech: NOHOW, CCNOA, Brussels, Belgium, February 15 - April 13, 2008
2007
John Beech-That and This: New Work, Peter Blum Chelsea, March 17 - May 5, 2007
2006
John Beech New Work, Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco, California
John Beech : Project Space, G Fine Art, Washington D.C., September
Howard Yezerski Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts, October
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
(+ Collaborative Drawings 1998 -2003 with Simon Lee and Christopher Lesnewski)
2002
Charlotte Jackson Fine Art, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2001
Rotating Paintings, Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco, California
2000
John Beech: New Work, 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
2008
American Academy Invitational Exhibition of Visual Arts, The American Academy of Arts and Letters, March 6-April 6, 2008
2007
John Beech und Peter Willen, Galerie Gisele Linder, August 31 - October 12, 2007
Pas de soucis, Non Objectif Sud, La Barralière, Tulette, France (Curator: Petra Bungert CCNOA Brussels).
My Eyes Keep Me in Trouble, Nieuwe Vide, Haarlem, The Netherlands, April, Sydney College of the Arts Gallery, Rozelle, Australia, June 6 - August 1, 2008
The Photograph as Canvas, The Aldridge Museum, Ridgefield, Connecticut, March (Organized by Stephen Maine).
4 from NY, Charlotte Jackson Fine Art, Santa Fe, New Mexico, February
Double Exposure, CCNOA, Brussels, Belgium (November upcoming)
2006
Bird Watching, Rotunda Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
Sculptures, Peter Blum Chelsea, New York, New York
Two Step, (Organized by Petra Bungert) Hertfordshire University Galleries, Hatfield, England
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, Galerie Lelong, New York, New York (Organized by Kate Shepherd).
Painted Objects, PS, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (Organized by Petra Bungert / CCNOA Brussels, Belgium).
I Remain the Same: Changed, Center Gallery, College for Creative Studies, Detroit, Michigan (Curator: Nolan Simon).
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
2004
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, Educational Alliance Gallery, New York, New York (Curator: David Gibson).
Large Format Works on Paper, Smith Andersen Editions, Palo Alto, California
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
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, (Curator: Marion Wild), Galerie Gisele Linder, Basel, Switzerland
Two Step, Video / Sound CCNOA, Brussels, Belgium
Benefit Exhibition, Momenta Art, Brooklyn, New York, New York
2001
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, (Curator: David Borawski), Real Art Ways, Hartford, Connecticut
Art Brussels, CCNOA, Brussels, Belgium
2000
From Idea to Matter. Nine Sculptors, (Curator: Edward Albee), Anderson
Gallery, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia
Minimalism, Then and Now, University Art Museum, Berkeley, California
Trajectories, (Curator: Marian Griffiths), 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 to Haggerty Museum of Art, Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Industry, (John Beech, John Monti, Richard Thatcher) Thatcher Projects, New York,
New York
From Rags To Riches, (Curator: Petra Bungert), Foundation de la Tapisserie des Arts, Tournai, 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, (Curator: Javier Fernandez), 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 (Curator: Marian Griffiths).
Do Paintings Dream of Veronese Green? Elga Wimmer Gallery, New York, New York (Curator: Maia Damianovic).
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, (Curator: Courtenay Smith), The Smart Museum of Art, Chicago, Illinois
Seven Year Itch, Ambrosino Gallery, Miami, Florida
Here & Now, The Sculpture Center, New York, New York (Curator: Marian Griffiths).
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 and to Kunstlerhaus, Vienna, Austria
Pierogi 2000: The Flat File Drawings, (Curator: Joe Amrhein), The Gasworks, London; traveled to Cornerhouse, Manchester, England
Benefit Exhibition, Momenta Art, Brooklyn, New York
Aspects of Space, Trans Hudson Gallery, New York, New York
1996
John Beech & James Hyde, Charlotte Jackson Fine Art, Santa Fe, New Mexico , (Curators: Natalie and Irving Forman).
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 (Curator: Nancy Doll).
1994
20th Anniversary Exhibition, Southern Exposure Gallery, San Francisco, California
Traction, (John Beech, Paul Dickerson, Richard Nonas), Stark Gallery, New York, New York (Curators: Alison Green, Miles Bellamy).
The Gluers, Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, California (Curator: Carrie Lederer).
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, (John Beech, Hung Liu, Maria Porges) 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: John Beech, Dawn Fryling, Paul Kos, Gallery Paule Anglim,
San Francisco, California
Selections: San Francisco Bay Area, (Curators: Larry Rinder, Enrique Chagoya),
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, (Gregory Adair, John Beech, Rene de Guzman) XS Gallery,
Carson City, Nevada
Introductions ’89, Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco, California
1988
Chain Reaction IV, San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery, San Francisco California
1986
Graduation Exhibition, (John Beech, Rene de Guzman, Oriane Stender) 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, San Francisco, California
1985
Maybelle Toombs Award for Practice of Art, University of California, Berkeley
Bibliography
2008
Beech, John, “Project Space: Dumpster Drawings,” Art Lies, No. 58, Cover and 6 pages of images, Summer 2008
2006
McQuaid, Cate, “From Ordinary to the Sublime,” Boston Globe, 10.26.2006
Benz, Marion, “Ein Hauch von Sommer,” Baz, Basel, Switzerland 7.20.2006
Baker, Kenneth, “Beech at Anglim,” San Francisco Chronicle, 4.22.2006
Meister, Helga, “Galerie Fricke Dusseldorf,” Westdeutsche Zeitung, 2.7.2006
Dressler, Christiane, “Nicht vergessen!” Rheinische Post, 2.2.2006
Ribas, Joao, “Minimalisms,” Brochure text 1.2006
2005
Gordon, Ann, “Center Galleries: Remaining Changed,” realdetroitweekly.com, 11.2005
Kuspit, Donald, “John Beech at Peter Blum,” Artforum International, 11.2005
Verhagen, Marcus, “John Beech, On Waste and Space,” Modern Painters, 10.2005
Hirsch, Faye, “Abstract Generations,” Art in America, 10.2005
“John Beech at Peter Blum,” The New Yorker, 9.12-18.2005
Nymphius, Friederike, “Minimalpop,” Peinture: Cinq Regards, Editions du Regard,
catalogue essay, Galerie Les Filles du Calvaire, 10.2005
Huntington, Richard, “A Sampling of all Things Abstract - Old and New,”
The Buffalo News, 8.13.2005
Maine, Stephen, “The Photograph as Canvas,” Art on Paper, 9-10.2005
Buhmann, Stephanie, “John Beech Recent Sculpture and Large Scale Drawings,”
The Brooklyn Rail, 7 - 8. 2005
Finch, Charlie, “Buffalo Soldier, Extreme Abstraction,” Artnet 8.2005
Huntington, Richard, “To the Extreme,” The Buffalo News Gusto, 7.15.2005
Johnson, Ken, “John Beech at Peter Blum,” The New York Times, 7.1.2005
“Beech at Blum,” Listing with image reproduced, Modern Painters, 7.2005
Boykoff, Joan and Baron, Reuben M., “The Forman Collection,” Artcritical.com 7.2005
Huntington, Richard, “Blues Clues, The Forman Collection,” The Buffalo News Gusto 6.10.2005
Gassch, Cynnie, “A Meditative Spirit, The Forman Collection,” Buffalo AV, 5.12.2005
Gassch, Cynnie, “Monochromes,” Buffalo AV, 5.5.2005
“The Natalie and Irving Forman Collection,” Albright-Knox Now 5-6.2005
Lorent, Claude, “Les Voies Multiples de l’Abstraction,” La Libre Belgique, 5.4.2005
King, Sarah, “John Beech at Charlotte Jackson,” Art in America, 2.2005
MacAdam, Barbara, “MinimalPop,” ARTnews, 2.2005
Dreher, Sabine, “Subtiler Hinterhof-Charme,” Reutlingen General-Anzeiger, 1.13.2005
Zu Mecklemberg, Christina, “@proximus, bonner initiative verbindet kunstwelten,”
Junge Kunst # 61, 1.2005
Loire, Cedric, “Less is Pop,” L’Art Meme, Paris, 1.2005
2004
Kuebler, Gabriele, “Zwei Kunstler ‘Vor Ort’,” Reutlinger General-Anzeiger, 12.3.2004
Benz, Marion, “Von der Farbe, John Beech und John Meyer in der Galerie Linder,”
Baz, Basel, Switzerland, 11.14.2004
“John Beech from the Collection,” Albright-Knox Now, 3-4. 2004
“The Forman Collection,” Albright-Knox Now, 1-2.2004
2003
Bakke, Erik, “The history of the world vs. your aesthetic,” NY Arts Magazine, 6.2003
Worth, Alexi, “John Beech at Peter Blum,” The New Yorker, 4.21-28.2003
2002
Weiderman, Paul, “Necessary Roughness,” Santa Fe New Mexican Pasatiempo, 10.11.2002
Becker, Helena Kanyar, “Painting on the Move, Basel,” Atelier 16-17, 8.28.2002
Benz, Marion, “Ein Rhythmus sucht sein Bild,” Basler Agenda, 6.6.2002
Bollen, Christopher, “Surfaces and Support Systems,” Time Out New York, 1.3.2002
Pierogi Press, Number 8, image reproduced, Brooklyn, 2002
2001
Carel, Sari, “John Beech at Stark Gallery,” Zingmagazine Issue 15, 6.2001
Knepp, Gregorio, “From Idea to Matter,” Sculpture Magazine, 5.2001
Chinati Foundation newsletter Volume 6, image reproduced, 2001
2000
Levin, Kim, “John Beech at Stark Gallery,” The Village Voice, 12.26.2000
Everett, Deborah, “Trajectories, Brooklyn,” New York Arts Magazine, 11.2000
McLeod, Deborah, “Running on Empty,” Richmond Virginia Style Weekly, 10.31.2000
Rand, Harry, Catalogue essay “From Idea to Matter,” 10.2000
Bonetti, David, “Charting 35 years of California Art,” San Francisco Examiner, 1.6.2000
1999
Vandendries, Jean, “L’art et les matieres de Fernandez,” Le Soir (Belgium), 11.4.1999
McFadden, Sarah, Text, “Tourinnes-La-Grosse” exhibition catalogue, 11.1999
Baker, Kenneth, “John Beech at Paule Anglim,” ARTnews, 6.1999
Hickson, Patricia, “Into the 21st Century: San Jose Museum of Art,” Catalogue essay, 5.1999
Johnson, Ken, “John Beech & Christopher Lesnewski,” New York Times, 4.30.1999
Smith, Roberta, “Upper East Side,” New York Times, 4.30.1999
Newhall, Edith, “Texas Two-Step,” New York Magazine, 4.19.1999
Maclay, Catherine, “Material Issues,” San Jose Mercury News, 4.11.1999
Bakke, Erik, “Studio Visit: John Beech,” New York Arts Magazine, 4.1999
Everett, Deborah, “Beech & Lesnewski,” New York Arts Magazine, 4.1999
Bonetti, David, “Bay City Best,” San Francisco Examiner Magazine, 3.14.1999
Scherr, Apollinaire, “Stranded in Marfa,” Oakland East Bay Express, 2.19.1999
Baker, Kenneth, “Sculptures With Delayed Punch Lines,” San Francisco Chronicle, 2.5.1999 Chinati Foundation newsletter Volume 4, image reproduced, 1999
1998
Estep, Jan, “Blunt Object”, New Art Examiner, 12.1998
Big Bend Sentinel, Marfa, Texas, 10.1998
Smith, Courtenay, “Blunt Object” Exhibition Catalogue essay, 9.1998
Sillen, Kim, “Here & Now,” New York Arts Magazine, 6.1998
Freedman, Matt, “Here & Now,” Exhibition Catalogue essay, 4.1998
1997
Damianovic, Maia, “Painting Beyond Limits,” Tema Celeste, 4.1997
1996
Bensley, Lis, “John Beech & James Hyde,” Santa Fe New Mexican Pasatiempo, 6.7.1996
1995
Smith, Roberta, “Corcoran Biennial,” New York Times, 12.1995
Baker, Kenneth, “Details Know Their Importance,” San Francisco Chronicle, 12.5.1995
Bonetti, David, “John Beech at Paule Anglim,” San Francisco Examiner, 12.1.1995
Kelley, Jeff, text for Corcoran Biennial Catalogue, 12.1995
Sultan, Terrie, “Off the Wall and Beyond the Frame,” Catalogue essay “44th Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting, The Corcoran Gallery.” 11.1995
Taplin, Robert, “John Beech at Miles Bellamy,” Art in America, 2.1995
1993
Baker, Kenneth, “Sculpture With Poise and Humor,” San Francisco Chronicle, 11.10.1993
Roby, Dianne, “Beech at Anglim,” Artweek, 11.4.1993
Baker, Kenneth, “Things Good From Spectator’s View,” San Francisco Chronicle, 3.14.1993
Bonetti, David, “Mills College,” San Francisco Examiner, 3.12.1993
1992
Watten, Barrett, “Cultural Strategists: 1992 SECA Art Award at SFMOMA,” Artweek, 11.5.1992
Bonetti, David, “SFMOMA SECA Exhibit,” 10.1992
Baker, Kenneth, “John Beech at Upaya,” ARTnews, 9.1992
Baker, Kenneth, “SECA Award Show,” San Francisco Chronicle, 9.27.1992
Caldwell, John and Bishop, Janet, essay and interview, SECA Art Award Catalogue,
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 9.1992
Zyzzyva Literary Journal, cover + 27 pages of drawings reproduced, summer 1992
Fazzolari, Bruno, “Auto Conceptual,” Artweek, 5.21.1992
Baker, Kenneth, “John Beech Builds a Show at Upaya,” San Francisco Chronicle, 4.27.1992
1991
Porges, Maria, “San Francisco Fax,” Artissues, 11.1991
Bonetti, David, “Door-Opening Readymade,” San Francisco Examiner, 9.17.1991
Levi-Strauss, David, “John Beech,” California Magazine, 9.1991
Tin Nyo, Paula, “No Pencils, Selections Bay Area Drawing,” Artweek, 5.1991
LaPalma, Marina, “(Con-Text),” New Art Examiner, 3.1991
1990
Levy, Mark, “Evans,” Art International, Winter 1990
1989
Baker, Kenneth, “Promising Debut of John Beech,” San Francisco Chronicle, 7.29.1989
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, California
Swiss Re, New York, New York
KFW Bank, Frankfurt / Berlin, Germany