John Beech

John Beech is a British-American artist living and working in Brooklyn, New York.

Life and work

John Beech was born in 1964 in Winchester, England. He moved to the United States at a young age and studied at the University of California, Berkeley, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in 1986.

Beech's work across the fields of sculpture, painting, drawing and photography is defined by the use of humble materials such as rubber car floor mats, raw plywood, containers and other overlooked objects, reconfigured into painted and textured assemblages that draw attention to shape and scale. Beech is interested in "the object quality of things", in letting the form and materials demonstrate themselves. A relevant element in his work is his choice of materials. "I'm interested in fusing the visual vocabulary of utility and abstract art", –Kenneth Baker, San Francisco Chronicle

Exhibitions

Solo 2017: "Silent Articles," Daniel Marzona, Berlin, Germany 2011: "The State of Things," Peter Blum, New York, NY 2005: "Recent Sculpture and Large Scale Drawings," Peter Blum, New York, NY

Group 2009: Art Unlimited 10, Art Basel 40, Basel, Switzerland 1995: "Painting outside Painting," The 44th Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. 1991: "Selections: San Francisco Bay Area," The Drawing Center, New York, NY

Awards 1999: The Pollock-Krasner Foundation Award 1998: Chinati Foundation, Residency, Marfa, Texas 1992: SECA Art Award, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art

1985: Maybelle Toombs Award for Practice of Art, University of California, Berkeley

Collections San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, California Albright–Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York Berkeley Art Museum, Berkeley, California The Martin Z. Margulies Collection, Miami, Florida Kunstmuseum, Basel, Switzerland , Rennes, France