Rollin Beamish / Biography

Education

2004
MFA Ohio University, Athens, Ohio. Major painting.

2000
BFA Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, Ohio. Major painting.

Solo Exhibitions

2010
«Gorgon», Greusslich Contemporary, Berlin, Germany.

2008
«Pre-Fab and Fortified!», Collaborative exhibition with Andrew Schell, Mahan Gallery, Columbus, OH.
«I’m Hunting Myself. The Unattainable Prize.», Collaborative exhibition with Andrew Schell, Yellowstone Art Museum, Billings, MT.

2007
«(I) are already arriving a question of integrity. or, coping with a corporeal snafu.», Collaborative exhibition with Andrew Schell, Northcutt Steele Gallery, MSU – Billings, Billings MT.

2005
«Alive in the fracture, dreaming of neverwonderland» Semantics Gallery, Cincinnati, OH.
«All of this happened when we were asleep …» Mahan Gallery, Columbus, OH.

Group Exhibitions

2011
«A Glimpse Inward», Charlotte Street Foundation, Kansas City, MO. Curated by Caleb Taylor.
«Painting Coast to Coast», Elaine L. Jacob Gallery, Detroit, MI. Curated by Adrian Hatfield.

2010
«fertilizing utopias», SOIL Gallery, Seattle, WA.

2008
«Urban/Suburban 2008», Epsten Gallery, Overland Park, KS. (Kansas City)
«Painting 2008 », Gallery Project, Ann Arbor MI.

2007
«Urban/Suburban 2007», Epsten Gallery, Overland Park, KS. (Kansas City)
«Splice Art and Technology», Jesse Wilber Gallery, Bozeman MT.
«Bi-annual Faculty Exhibition», Helen Copeland Gallery, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT.

2006
«Beauty, Intensity, and The Sublime», Gallery Project, Ann Arbor, MI.
«The Jo an Mitchell Foundation 2004–05 MFA Grant Recipients», CUE Art Foundation, New York, NY.
«Winners», Kunstverein INGAN e.V., Berlin, Germany.

2005
«Visiting Faculty Exhibition», Bingham Gallery, University of Missouri, Columbia, Columbia, MO.

2004
«Big Dumb Inactive Meat Reaction», Majestic Galleries, Nelsonville OH.
«Group Show», ROY G BIV Gallery, Columbus, OH.
«Invitational», Majestic Galleries, Nelsonville, OH.

2003
«Ohio Art League Annual Fall Juried Exhibition», Juror Helen Molesworth, curator Wexner Center, Columbus, OH. Fort Hayes Gallery, Columbus, OH.
«Already Played», Schopf Gallery on Lake, Chicago, IL.
«Icon», Ohio University Seigfred Gallery, Athens, OH.

2002
«Drawings», Ridges Gallery, Athens, OH.
«First Day, First Year», Ridges Gallery, Athens, OH.

2000
«Recent BFA Graduates», BK Smith Gallery, Lake Erie College, Painesville, OH.
«Collaborations», Coffeehouse Gallery, Cleveland, OH.
«Coffeehouse Show», Coffeehouse Gallery, Cleveland, OH.
«Cadavre Exquise», Coffeehouse Gallery, Cleveland, OH.
«After Skool Speshal», Coffeehouse Gallery, Cleveland, OH.

1999
«Two Illustrators, A Fiber Man, A Complete Bastard and Bruce», Coffeehouse Gallery, Cleveland, OH.

Awards, Honors

2008
Scholarship and Creativity Grant, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT.

2006–07
CAA Block Grant, Montana State University, Bozeman MT.

2005–06
Fulbright Grant, Institute for International Education, New York, NY.

2004
Joan Mitchell Foundation MFA Grant, Joan Mitchell Foundation, New York, NY.

2003
Grace/Foster graduate student scholarship, Ohio University, Athens, OH.

2002
Ohio University travel grant, Ohio University, Athens, OH.

2000
John Paul Wrobbel painting prize, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH.

1995
Excellence Scholarship, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH.

International Travel and Study Experience

2005–06
Residency in Berlin, Germany through the German-American Fulbright Commission.

2002
Summer Study of painting and art history in London, England. Independent Study and travel in Great Britain, Ireland and Germany.

2000–2001
Travel and independent study within Great Britain, Ireland, France, the Netherlands, Germany, Spain and the Czech Republic. Study of the German language at the Goethe Institut Schwaebisch Hall, Germany.

1999
Travel and independent study within Germany and Italy. Study aided by and affiliated with the Kunstseminar Freie Hochschule Metzingen, Metzingen, Germany. (Now Kunsthochschule Schwaebisch Hall, Schwaebisch Hall, Germany.

Other Professional Experience

2008
Guest Lecturer Yellowstone Art Museum, Billings, MT.

2007
Guest Lecturer Emerson Cultural Arts Center, Bozeman, MT.

2004
Visiting Artist and Lecturer Wayne State University, Detroit, MI.








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