1975
Born, United Kingdom

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

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

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

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