Becky Beasley
1975 Born, United Kingdom
Lives and works in St. Leonards on Sea, East Sussex, UK
EDUCATION
2000-02 MA Fine Art (Photography), Royal College of Art, London
1996-99 BA (1stClass Hons.) Fine Art/Art History, Goldsmiths College, London
AWARDS/PRIZES/SCHOLARSHIPS
2014 Nominated for the Contemporary Art Society Award 2014
2009 Shortlisted for the Max Mara Art Prize for Women 2009-11
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2015
Becky Beasley: Sleep is when you grow, SKUC Gallery, Ljubljana, Slovenia
2014
Fall, Francesca Minini Gallery, Milan
The Walk…in green, Laura Bartlett Gallery, London
A Slight Nausea: An Interior, Live Work, South London Gallery, London
2013
Spring Rain, Leeds City Art Gallery, Leeds
2012
Spring Rain, Spike Island, Bristol
The Man Nobody Could Lift, Leal Rios Foundation, Lisbon
The Outside, Art Now, Tate Britain, London
Setting, Laura Bartlett Gallery, London
2011
The Outside, Francesca Minini, Milan
8th May 1904, Kingston, Stanley Picker Gallery, Kingston University, London
2010
13 Pieces, 17 Feet, in collaboration with Chris Sharp, Park Nights, Serpentine Gallery Summer Pavilion Live Event, London
P. A. N. O. R. A. M. A., Office Baroque, Antwerp, Belgium
2009
German Soup, Laura Bartlett Gallery, London
2008
Malamud, Office Baroque Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium
2007
Three Notable American Novellas, Laura Bartlett Gallery, London
Index of Maladjustments, Present Future, curated by Luca Cerizza, Artissima, Turin
Eleven Years Later, Office Baroque, Antwerp, Belgium
2006
Décors du Silence!, Ubu Gallery, Glasgow
2004
Six Storeys, Millefiori Art Space, Athens, Greece
2003
From the series: Institute of N, Annet Gelink Project Space (The Bakery), Amsterdam
Thru darkly night, Whitechapel Project Space, London
GROUP EXHIBITIONS (SELECTED)
2015
House of Life, curated by Becky Beasley, Project 78 Gallery, St. Leonards on Sea
TOWER, Ibid, London
31st Biennial of Graphic Arts, Ljubljana
The Camera’s Blind Spot II, Extra City Kunsthal, Antwerp
The Promise of Literature, Soothsaying and Speaking in Tongues, Kabitten van de Vleeshal, Middelburg
2014
The Shrink, curated by Simon Dybbroe Møller, Shanaynay, Paris
Soft Matter, curated by Justin Beal, Wallspace, NewYork
Getting Rid of Ourselves, OCAD U, Toronto
2013
Despite Our Differences, curated by Adrienne Drake, Hippocrene Foundation, Paris
The Narrators: works from the Arts Council Collection, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
Women Collectors, Women Artists, Lloyds Club, London
Spring, Stone, Air, Stone. A Digression Via the Arches of Bur tons’ St. Leonards, part of J E R U S A L E M Project, St. Leonards-on-Sea, UK
De Belles Sculptures Contemporaines, (Some Beautiful Contemporary Sculptures), Hab Gallery Nantes, France
Backspace: Becky Beasley, Diana Stigter Project Space (invited by Jimmy Robert), Diana Stigter, Amsterdam
En suspension… a Marc Camille Chaimowicz’s statement, Frac des Pays de la Loire, Carquefou, France
Becky Beasley, Alicja Kwade, Lisa Cooley, New York
Knock, Knock, Jerwood Gallery, Hastings, UK
The Camera’s Blind Spot, curated by Simone Meneguoi, Museo d’Arte Provincia di Nuoro, Italy
Becky Beasley, Alicja Kwade, Lisa Cooley, New York
Knock, Knock, Jer wood Galler y, Hastings, UK
2012
Viral Research, Think Twice – Part 2, Whitechapel Gallery, London
The Imaginary Museum, Kunstverein Munich, Munich
The Camera’s Blind Spot, Museo d’Arte Provincia di Nuoro, Nuoro, Italy
From Stavanger with Love, curated by Chris Sharp, Galleri Opdahl, Stavanger, Norway
Accidentally on Purpose, QUAD Gallery, Derby
Dawn Chorus, Arts Council Collection Exhibition, Leeds City Art Gallery, Leeds
Apropos of The Kissing of a Hand, Festival Robert Walser, Newcastle Upon Tyne
“Je Suis Un Autre”, Becky Beasley, Martin Kippenberger, David Meski, Lindsay Seers, Stephen Shore, at Kunstverein Freiburg, Germany
2011
Voyage Around My Room, curated by the artist, Norma Mangione Gallery, Turin
Two Versions of the Imaginary, Curated by Maria Barnas, Annet Gelink Gallery, Amsterdam
La Carte d’Aprés Nature, Curated by Thomas Demand, Matthew Marks Gallery, New York
Structure and Material, Becky Beasley, Karla Black, Claire Barclay, Longside Gallery, Wakefield, Yorkshire, touring to Spike Island, Bristol and New Art Gallery, Walsall
British Art Show 7: In the Days of the Comet, Touring Nottingham, London, Glasgow, Plymouth
Two Figures in Dense Violet Night, Becky Beasley with invited artists Anne Hardy, Michael Dean, Claire Scanlon, John Stezaker, Lido Projects, St Leonards on Sea
Predictable Feelings, Dan Peterman, Becky Beasley, Matthew Brannon, Office Baroque, Antwerp
2010
How to do the Flowers, Sawako Ando, Becky Beasley, Annabelle Dalby, Jacqui Hallum, curated by Jacqui Hallum and Dan Howard-Birt, Millimetre: project 01, London
La Carte d’après Nature, Curated by Thomas Demand, NMNM Villa Paloma, Monaco
Simultan, Becky Beasley, Katinka Bock, Harald Klingelhöller and Fred Sandback, Meyer Riegger Gallery, Berlin
Mulberry Tree Press, Becky Beasley, Ruth Beale, Anthony McCall, Jamie Shovlin, Hollis Framton, SE8 Deptford
Our Blindsides, Becky Beasley & Michael Dean, Laura Bartlett Gallery, London
How to Read a Book, curated by Michael Wilson, Locust Projects, Miami
Karaoke Like – Young European Photography, Fotohof, Salzburg
En Presence, curated by Bettina Klein, Centre Europeen d’Actions Artistiques Contemporaines, Strasbourg
A Man Asleep, LM Projects, Los Angeles
2009
Personne, curated by Bettina Klein, Galerie schleicher+lange, Paris
Group Show, curated by Max-Hans-Daniel, Autocenter, Berlin
Evidence of the Paranormal, curated by Chris Sharp, Klaus von Nichtssagend Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
The Malady of Writing, curated by Chus Martinez, MACBA, Barcelona
Shining by Absence, curated by Jacqueline Uhlmann, Nogueras Blanchard, Barcelona,
Karaoke Like – Young European Photography, Fotomuseum, Winterthur
Don’t Expect Anything, Francesca Minini, Milan, Italy
Slow Movement: or Half and Whole, Kunsthalle Bern, Switzerland
À la surface de l’infini, Noisy-le-sec, Paris, France
Hannah Beyond the Mirror, curated by Francesco Stocchi, American Academy in Rome, Rome
Cui Prodest?, New Galerie de France, Paris
2008
Fantasmata, curated by Luigi Fassi, Arge Kunst, Bozen, Italy
Why is there something rather than nothing?, curated by Filippa Ramos, Galeria Galica, Milan
Schuttelreime, Office Baroque Gallery, Antwerp
W, Kate Atkin & Becky Beasley, Museum 52, New York
Word Event, Kunsthalle Basel, Basel
In Our World: New Photography from London, Galeria Civica di Modena, Italy
Building, Dwelling, Thinking, curated by John Slyce, Laura Bartlett Gallery, London
2007
Oh a rhinoceros!, Ubu Gallery, Glasgow
Ost Property, Daniel Arnaud, London
Black & White, IBID Projects, London
2006
Encosta Galeria, Group Exhibition, Lisbon, Portugal
Bloomberg New Contemporaries 2006, Liverpool, London
PLUG, Royal College of Art Alumni exhibition, White Space, County Hall, London
INTERIM, Royal College of Art, London
2005
Button Up NY, Group exhibition curated by Michael Wilson, DUMBO, NY
The Instant of My Death, Text and works selected by Turner-Nominated artist Hannah Collins, Galeria dels Angels, Barcelona, Spain
FATA MORGANA, Museum of Photography, Thessaloniki, Greece
2004
PILOT LONDON: I, London
2003
Animal, Vegetable, Mineral, curated by Francis Summers, Hoxton Distillery, London
Private Property, Basement Flat, London
Don’t start from the good old things but the bad new ones, Whitechapel Project Space, London
Flora & Fauna, curated by Harry Pye, The Beehive Pub, London
2002
Intermission, The Little Theatre, Brighton
The Show, Royal College of Art, London
Sledge, curated by Mel Jackson, Jam Factory, London
Domestic Sphere, The Art House, Lewisham Way, London
Meantime, Royal College of Art, London
2001
Leaving Things, with Annabelle Dalby, Hockney Gallery, Royal College of Art, London
Flip Flop, E R B A N , Nantes, France
Photography from the RCA , ByamShaw Gallery, London
The Insistent Image, Royal College of Art Interim Show, London
1997
Getting Out of Our Box, Words & Pictures event produced by Iain Forsyth & Jane Pollard, ICA London
CATALOGUES
2014
Getting Rid of Ourselves, Helena Reckitt, Exhibition Publication
RE– Auction Catalogue, published by the Contemporary Art Society
2013
Spring Rain, Becky Beasley, published by Spike Island, Bristol | Leeds City Art Gallery | Laura Bartlett Gallery, London | Francesca Minini, Milan
2012
The Imaginary Museum, published by Kunstverein München, text by Sven Lütticken, Bart van der Heide, Anja Lückenkemper
2010
La Carte d’après Nature, published by Steidl, edited by M AC K , Villa Paloma, Thomas Demand, Christy Lange
2009
Thomas Bernard Malamud — Artist book with essays by John Slyce, Becky Beasley, Simone Menegoi, Chris Sharp and Lydia Davis, published by Laura Bartlett Gallery and Office Baroque, designed by Arnoud Verhaeghe
VO I D S : A Retrospective, Pompidou Centre/Kunsthalle Bern catalogue, published by JRP Ringier
Slow Movement or: Half & Whole, Kunsthalle Bern, Exhibition publication
2008
In Our World: New Photography in Britain, edited by Filippo Maggia, published by SK I R A Esther Leslay, In which Annette is Mistaken for Georges’ Mother, Ost Property publication
2007
American Letter — Artist book with essays by John Slyce and Becky Beasley, published by Laura Bartlett Gallery, designed by Avni Patel
1997 – 2000
Jane Pollard, Becky Beasley: Words & Pictures, (Artist’s postcard limited edition artists multiple boxes)
PRESS
2015
Kate Sutton, Becky Beasley, Galerija Skuc, September
Marco Tagliafierro, Becky Beasley, Artforum, January
2014
Artist’s Diary, Becky Beasley, Art Texts Pics, www.atpdiary.com, curated by Matteo Mottin, 25th October
Matt Packer, Becky Beasley, Spring Rain, SOURCE, The Photographic Review, Winter 2014, Issue 77
Laura McLean-Ferris, Becky Beasley, Frieze, May 2014, Issue 163
2013
Rich Jevons, Becky Beasley: Spring Rain, Digyorkshire, August
Robert Clarck, Becky Beasley: Spring Rain, The Guardian, www.theguardian.com, August
Laura McLean Ferris, Becky Beasley: Spring Rain, Art Monthly, Issue 364, March
2012
John Slyce, P.A.N.O.R.A.M.A., Portfolio, Issue 52, October
2011
Kate Sutton, Voyage Around My Room, Artforum, December
Filipa Ramos, Becky Beasley’s “The Outside”, w w w.art- agenda.com, December
Ayla Lepine, A Walk in the Park, The Market, October
Karen Rosenberg, Out- Magritting Magritte, or at Least Coming Close, The New York Times, August
Structure and Material, Art Monthly, No 346, May
2010
British Art Show 7: In the days of the Comet, Art Review, Issue 46, December
Laura McLean- Ferris, The Year in Review: Best visual arts of 2010, review of In the Days of the Comet, The Independent, 24 December
Graham Moody, The Mystery of Muybridge. Becky Beasley, Muybridge in Kingston, Surrey Comet November 19–25
Charlotte Bonham- Carter, Review of Our Blindsides (Becky Beasley & Michael Dean at Laura Bartlett Gallery), Flash Art, October issue
Mark Prince, The Art of Literary Art, Art Monthly, No. 338. July/August
Becky Beasley, Gnommero — Artist ’s writings pamphlet, conceived and published by Sarah Tripp
Becky Beasley, Manifesto, Art Review Issue 41, May
Rhama Khazan, Review of Personne, Galerie schleicher+lange curated by Bettina Klein, Flash Art, No. 271, March/April
2009
Christy Lange, Becky Beasley: Frieze Focus, Frieze Magazine, Issue 127, November
Chris Sharp, Ouverture: Becky Beasley, Flash Art International, May/June
Chris Sharp, Becky Beasley; Malamud, ArtReview, Issue 30 December /January
Blind Spot, New York, Issue 39, January
Wouter Davidts, Review of “Malamud” at Office Baroque, Artforum.com
2008
Becky Beasley, The Man Without References, Bedeutung, Issue No. 2
Becky Beasley, Of other Potentialities: The Inhabitable Inhospitable Object, Material
Time Out, London’s 40 Best Artists
Succour Journal, The Animal Issue, Artist’s pages
Kristina Johansen, American Letter by Becky Beasley, Reviews United, February
Becky Beasley, In which Annette is Mistaken for George’s Mother, Ost Property
Laura Allsop, Consumed, Art Review, Issue 20, March
Lupe Nunez- Fernandez, London: Becky Beasley, Flash Art International, Vol XLI No. 258, January / February
2007
Becky Beasley — Three Notable American Novellas, MOUSSE, Issue 11, November
Martin Herbert, Review: Becky Beasley, Time Out, London, December 5 –11
Eleven years later, Becky Beasley, September / October
Artist Pension Trust — Website
Oh a Rhinoceros!, Ubo, July
Danielle Arnaud, Ost Property, May-June
Alessio Ascari, Artist’s interview, Becky Beasley, MOUSSE, Issue 8, April
Liste 07 Magazin, pp.14
2006
Bev Bytheway and Eileen Daly, Bloomberg New Contemporaries, New Contemporaries
Jack Mottram, Becky Beasley: Décors du Silence !, The List, June 8 –22
2004
Lupe Nunez-Fernandez, Laura Bartlett Gallery Re-location, The Saatchi Gallery Online, Daily Magazine, November
Hit List, Visual Art, The Best Exhibition, 8-22 June
The List, Scotland, 8-22 June
Miracles and Mysteries, Museum of Photography, Thessaloniki
2003
Dark Set Piece, SOURCE Journal of Photography, Winter
1997-2000
Becky Beasley, Measurement of Prolixity, Inventory Journal, Forsyth, Iain and Jane Pollard, ICA London