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1975 Born, United Kingdom
Lives and works in St. Leonard on Sea, East Sussex, UK

EDUCATION

2000-2002 MA Fine Art (Photography), Royal College of Art, London

1996-1999 BA (1st Class Hons.) Fine Art/Art History, Goldsmiths College, London


SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2012
Art Now, Tate Britain, London
Laura Bartlett Gallery, London
Spike Island, Bristol

2011
The Outside 8th May 1904, Kingston, Stanley Picker Gallery, Kingston University, 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, 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, Artissima, Turin. Selected by Luca Cerizza
Eleven Years Later, Office Baroque, Antwerp, Belgium

2006
Decors 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

2011
Voyage Around My Room, (Curated by the artist) Norma Mangione Gallery , Turin
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

2010
How to do the Flowers, Sawako Ando, Becky Beasley, Annabelle Dalby, Jacqui Hallum. Millimetre: project 01 @ House, London. Curated by Jacqui Hallum and Dan Howard-Birt
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 QuotesFotohof, Salzburg
En présence, Curated by Bettina Klein, CEAAC, Strasbourg
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
The Malady of Writing, MACBA, Barcelona, Curated by Chus Matinez
Shining by Absence, Nogueras Blanchard, Barcelona, Curated by Jacqueline Uhlmann
Karaoke Like - Young European Photography, Fotomuseum Winterthur
Don't Expect Anything, Francesca Minini, Milan
Slow Movement or: Half and Whole, Kunsthalle Bern, Bern, Switzerland
À la surface de l'infini, Noisy Le Sec, Paris
Hannah Beyond the Mirror, American Academy in Rome, Curated by Francesco Stocchi
Cui Prodest?, New Galerie de France, Paris

2008
Fantasmata Arge Kunst, Bosen, Italy, Curated by Luigi Fassi
Why is there something rather than nothing?, Galleria Galica, Milan, Curated by Filippa Ramos,
Word Event, Kunsthalle Basel, Basel, Switzerland
Schuttelreime, Office Baroque Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium
In Our World: New Photography from London Galeria Civica di Modena, Italy
Building, Dwelling, Thinking,Laura Bartlett Gallery, London, Curated by John Slyce

2007
Ost Property, Daniel Arnaud, London
Black & White, IBID Projects, London

2006
Group Exhibition, 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 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, Byam Shaw 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


PUBLICATIONS AND REVIEWS

2011
Filipa Ramos, Becky Beasley’s “The Outside”, www.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, review, ArtMonthly, May

2010
McLean-Ferris, Laura, The Year in Review: Best visual arts of 2010, review of In the Days of the Comet, the Independent, 24 December 2010
“La Carte d’après Nature”, ed. MACK, Villa Paloma, Thomas Demand, Christy Lange. Published by Steidl
Slyce, John, review of P.A.N.O.R.A.M.A, Portfolio, No. 52, November
Moody, Graham, The Mystery of Muybridge. Becky Beasley, Muybridge in Kingston Surrey Comet November 19-25
Bonham-Carter, Charlotte, Review of Our Blindsides (Becky Beasley & Michael Dean at Laura Bartlett Gallery) Flash Art, October issue
Prince, Mark, The Art of Literary Art, Art Monthly, No. 338. July/August
Beasley, Becky, Gnommero - Artist’s writings pamphlet, conceived and published by Sarah Tripp
Beasley, Becky, Manifesto, Art Review Issue 41, May
Khazan, Rhama, Review of Personne , Galerie schleicher+lange Curated by Bettina Klein, Flash Art No. 271 March/April

2009
Evidence of the Paranormal, artforum.com, Critics' pick
Christy Lange, Becky Beasley, in Frieze, Issue 127 Nov-Dec 09
Sharp, Chris. "BECKY BEASLEY; Malamud", in ArtReview, December/ January

2008
In Our World: New Photography from Britain, Edited by Filippo Maggia, published by SKIRA.
Future Greats, Art Review, Issue 20
Allsop, Laura. Consumed, in ArtReview, March
Reviews Unedited, by Kristina Johansen, from an, February
Nunez-Fernandez, Lupe. London: Becky Beasley, in Flash Art International, Vol XLI No. 258, Jan.-Feb.

2007
Becky Beasley – Three Notable American Novellas, in MOUSSE, Issue 11, November Slyce, John and Beasley, Becky. American Letter - Catalogue, Published by Laura Bartlett Gallery, Designed by Avni Patel
Artist's interview: Becky Beasley, in MOUSSE, Issue 8
Beasley, Becky. Of Other Potentialities: The Inhabitable Inhospitable Object, in MATERIAL Journal, Inaugural issue, Autumn
Herbert, Martin. Review: Becky Beasley, in Time Out, London, Dec. 5-11
Eleven years later, Becky Beasley, September-October
Artist Pension Trust - Website, 2007
Ost Property, produced to accompany the exhibition Ost Property, May

2006
Bytheway, Bev and Daly, Eileen. Bloomberg New Contemporaries, New Contemporaries
Mottram, Jack. Becky Beasley: Decors du Silence!, The List, June 8 - 22

2004
Miracles and Mysteries, Museum of Photography, Thessaloniki, Greece

2003
Dark Set Piece, in SOURCE Journal of Photography, Winter

1997-2000
Beasly, Becky. Measurement of Prolixity, in Inventory Journal
Forsyth, Iain and Pollard, Jane. Becky Beasley: Words & Pictures, (Artist's postcard Limited edition artists multiples box) March 1997


PUBLISHED WRITING

2008
"Of Other Potentialities: The Inhabitable Inhospitable Object", in MATERIAL Journal, Inaugural Issue, Autumn

2007
The Man Without References, Royal College of Art (Fine Art Photography Department) commissioned essay for the publication
Reference: A Book The Photograph as half Empty Glass, Commissioned essay on Alessandra Spanzi for HotShoe (Crude Metaphors)
Mind Altering Emotions, Hannah Starkey exhibition review for Source Journal of Photography, Spring
Letter to the Sighted (Part 1), The Part of Light, Commissioned essay on Isidro Ramirez, HotShoe (Crude Metaphors), April
Ticklish Spots & Weak Spots, Commissioned essay on the work of Ricardo Alcaide, HotShoe (Crude Metaphors), March
No Foreign Matter Unconsumed: Eccentric Work in the Time of Kate Atkin, essay to coincide with Atkin's solo exhibition at Museum 52, London
Ticklish Spots and Weak Spots, essay for HotShoe (Crude Metaphors) on Ricardo Alcaide
Letter to the Sighted (Part 1): The Part of Light, essay for HotShoe (Crude Metaphors) on Isidro Ramirez

2006
The Manipulated Living - New Work by Danny Treacy, Commissioned short essay for Portfolio Photography Journal, Summer 2006

2005
I'm Too Dead to Tell You: Withdrawing Rooms and other Breathing Spaces: On the work of Axel Antas, a catalogue essay for his solo exhibition at Galeria Heino, Finland
Actually, however, life begins less by reaching upward, than by turning in upon itself: On the work of Thomas Kellner, commission for HotShoe (Crude Metaphors) October
Chemical Encounters: Space Over Time in the Fragments of Nigel Green's Last Trip, Exhibition
THE SITTERS: The Necessities of Verticality and The Absurd in Life: The Work of Ricardo Alcaide, Essay commissioned by Platform 25, Glasgow
To be continued... Jatkuu..., British Council commissioned catalogue essay on the work of Danny Treacy for exhibition "To be continued... Jatkuu..." in Finland, 2005 (in conjunction with Helsinki Photography Festival)
Parables of Death and Technology, Essay commissioned by Moth House for HotShoe

2004
Intimating Immensity and Parables of Death and Technology, essay commissioned by Moth House for HotShoe
The Grey Skim Between Us: On the Intensely Exteriorized Inner World of Danny Treacy, to coincide with the exhibition "The Room in The Middle" at Eastbourne Gallery, East Sussex

2003
How to Stay Hungry, an Interview with Hannah Collins, June, Grey Area Books, London
When I create pain I create beauty: A letter to a Young Poet, catalogue essay for Joe Duggan solo exhibition at Hirschl Contemporary Art, London

2002
The Adventures of Photographers; Two Impromptu Dialogues, 2002 Conceived and edited series of two published discussions between RCA Photography Department Students

2001
I Once Played the Saddest Game of Peek-a-Boo in a Crooked House, Catalogue essay for Edgar Martins