BECKY BEASLEY

1975, Portsmouth (UK). Lives and works in St. Leonards on Sea (UK)

  • EDUCATION

    2000-02
    MA Fine Art (Photography), Royal College of Art, London
    1996-99
    BA (1st Class Hons.) Fine Art/Art History, Goldsmiths College, London

    SOLO EXHIBITIONS

    2013

    SPIKE ISLAND, Bristol, January 2013

    2012

    THE OUTSIDE, ART NOW, Tate Britain, London

    SETTING, Laura Bartlett Gallery, London

    THE MEN NOBODY COULD LIFT, Leal Rios Foundation, Lisbon, Portugal

    2011
    The Outside, Francesca Minini, Milan
    8TH MAY 1904, KINGSTON, Muybridge in Kingston Commissions, Stanley Picker Gallery, Kingston upon Thames, London
    2010
    13 PIECES, 17 FEET, Serpentine Gallery Summer Pavilion Live Event (in collaboration with Chris Sharp)
    P.A.N.O.R.A.M.A, Office Baroque, Antwerp
    2009
    GERMAN SOUP, Solo exhibition, Laura Bartlett Gallery, London
    2008
    MALAMUD, Office Baroque Gallery, Antwerp
    2007
    THREE NOTABLE AMERICAN NOVELLAS, Laura Bartlett Gallery, London
    INDEX OF MALADJUSTMENTS, Present Future, Artissima, Turin, selected by Luca Cerizza
    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

    SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

     

    2012
    THINK TWICE (Part 2- VIRAL RESEARCH), Whitechapel Gallery, London
    DAWN CHORUS- EXHIBITION IN LEEDS, Leeds City Art Gallery 

    THE IMAGINARY MUSEUM, Kunstverein, Munich

    ACCIDENTALY ON PURPOSE, QUAD, Derby

    JE SUIS UN AUTRE, Becky Beasley, Martin Kippenberger, David Meski, Lindsay Seers, Stephen Shore, at at Kunstverein Freiburg Festival Robert Walser, Newcastle Upon Tyne

    2011
    TWO FIGURES IN DENSE VIOLET NIGHT, Becky Beasley with invited artists Anne Hardy, Michael Dean, Claire Scanlon and John Steazaker, Electro Studios, St Leonards-on-Sea
    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 (27-8/08), Michael Dean (3-4/09), Claire Scanlon (10-11/09), John Stezaker (17-18/09), Lido Projects, St Leonards on Sea 
    2010
    SIMULTAN, Becky Beasley, Katinka Bock, Harald Klingelhöller, Fred Sandback, Meyer Riegger, Berlin
    LA CARTE D'APRÈS NATURE, Curated by Thomas Demand, NMNM Villa Paloma, Monaco
    BRITISH ART SHOW 7: IN THE DAYS OF THE COMET, touring Nottingham , London, Glasgow, Plymouth
    MULBERRY TREE PRESS, Cabinets Project, Curated by Laura McLean-Ferris, SE8, Deptford, London
    OUR BLINDSIDES,Becky Beasley & Michael Dean, Laura Bartlett Gallery, London
    HOW TO READ A BOOK, Curated by Michael Wilson, Locust Projects, Miami
    KARAOKE - PHOTOGRAPHIC QUOTES, Fotohof, Salzburg
    EN PRÉSENCE, Centre European d’Actions Artistiques Contemporaines, Strasbourg,
    Curated by Bettina Klein
    A MAN ASLEEP, LM Projects, Los Angeles, Limited Edition Publication
    2009
    PERSONNE, Galerie schleicher+lange, Paris, Curated by Bettina Klein
    Autocenter, Berlin, Curated by Max-Hans-Daniel
    EVIDENCE OF THE PARANORMAL, Klaus von Nichtssagend Gallery, Brooklyn, Curated by Chris Sharp
    THE MALADY OF WRITING, Group exhibition, MACBA, Barcelona, Curated by Chus Martinez
    SHINING BY ABSENCE, Nogueras Blanchard, Barcelona, Curated by Jacqueline Uhlmann,
    KARAOKE LIKE - YOUNG EUROPEAN PHOTOGRAPHY, Group exhibition, 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, American Academy in Rome, Rome, Curated by Francesco Stocchi
    CUI PRODEST?, New Galerie de France, Paris
    2008
    FANTASMATA, Arge Kunst, Bozen, Italy, Curated by Luigi Fassi, November - December
    WHY IS THERE SOMETHING RATHER THAN NOTHING? Galeria Galica, Milan, Curated by Filippa Ramos
    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, 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, Hoxton Distillery, London, curated by Francis Summers
    PRIVATE PROPERTY, Group show, Basement Flat, London
    DON’T START FROM THE GOOD OLD THINGS BUT THE BAD NEW ONES, Whitechapel Project Space,
    London
    FLORA & FAUNA, The Beehive Pub, London, curated by Harry Pye
    2002
    INTERMISSION, The Little Theatre, Brighton
    THE SHOW, Royal College of Art, Degree Show, London
    SLEDGE, Time-based Show, Jam Factory, London, curated by Mel Jackson
    DOMESTIC SPHERE, The ArtHouse, Lewisham Way, London
    MEANTIME, Royal College of Art, London
    2001
    LEAVING THINGS, (with Annabelle Dalby), Hockney Gallery, RCA
    FLIP FLOP, ERBAN, Nantes, France
    PHOTOGRAPHY FROM THE RCA, ByamShaw Gallery, London
    THE INSISTENT IMAGE, RCA Interim Show, London
    1997
    GETTING OUT OF OUR BOX, Words & Pictures event produced by Iain Forsyth & Jane Pollard, ICA London