|
Resume - Gary Beecham
[ Home ] [ Gallery ] [ Bio ] [ Resume ]
|
BORN
1955 IN LADYSMITH, WI
STUDIO IN SPRUCE PINE, NC |
|
|
PERMANENT
MUSEUM AND CORPORATE COLLECTIONS |
|
1979–2003
Purchased, donated and commissioned
Partial List
n
High
Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA
n
Detroit
Institute of Art, Detroit, MI
n
Musee
de Verre, Liege, Belgium
n
Frauneau
Glass Museum, Frauneau, Germany
n
Mint
Museum. Charlotte, NC
n
Kunstmuseum,
Dusseldorf, Dusseldorf, Germany
n
NC
Museum of History, Raleigh, NC
n
J
& L Lobmeyer Collection, Vienna, Austria
n
Capitol
Bank Collection, Houston, TX
n
Southern
Bell
n
Price
Waterhouse
n
Northern
Telecom
n
R J
Reynolds
n
Glaxo,
Inc.
n
Guilford
College, Greensboro, NC
n
Asheville
Art Museum, Asheville, NC
n
Ebeltoft
Glass Museum, Ebeltoft, Denmark
n
NC
Governor’s Western Residence Collection, Asheville, NC
n
Hickory
Museum of Art, Hickory, NC
n
Bergstrom
Mahler Museum, Neenah, WI
n
Washington
and Lee University, Lexington, VA
n
Galerie
Internationale du Verre, Biot, France
n
Bank
of America
n
Milwaukee
Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI
n
SAS
Institute
n
Numerous
private collections worldwide |
|
|
FELLOWSHIPS
AND AWARDS |
|
n
1998
Silver Prize from “International Exhibition of Glass Kanazawa”
Kanazawa, Japan
n
1996-97
NC Visual Arts Fellowship-Grant
n
Three-time
participant in US Art in Embassies Program
n
1986 Judge’s Award, Second Jured Exhibition of NC Crafts, NC History
Museum, Raleigh, NC |
|
| SELECTED
RECENT EXHIBITIONS |
|
1994 to 2003
Partial List
n
Blue
Spiral Gallery, Asheville, NC
n
William
King Regional Arts Center, Abingdon, VA
n
Maurine
Littleton Gallery, Washington DC
n
Galerie
Internationale du Verre, Biot, France
n
International
Exhibition of Glass Kanazawa, Kanazawa, Japan
n
Essener
Glasgalerie, Essen, Germany
n
Glass
Now, Japan Tours
n
Trinity
Fine Arts, Atlanta, GA
n
Penland
Gallery, Penland, NC
n
Salon International de la Sculpture, Della, France |
|
| OTHER
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS |
|
1979 to 1993
Partial List
n
Maurine
Littleton Gallery, Washington, DC
n
Galerie
Internationale du Verre, Biot, France
n
International
Exhibition of Glass Kanazawa, Kanazawa, Japan
n
Essener
Glasgalerie, Essen, Germany
n
Glass
Now, Japan Tours
n
Marx
Gallery, Chicago, IL
n
Riley
Hawk Galleries, Columbus and Cleveland, OH
n
Heller
Gallery, New York, NY
n
Holsten
Gallery, Palm Beach, FL
n
J
& L Lobmeyer, Vienna, Austria
n
Northern
Telecom Annual Exhibition
n
NC
Museum of History, Raleigh, NC
n
Leigh
Yawkey Woodson Art Museum, Wausau, WI
n
Corning
Museum of Glass, Corning, NY
n
Austrian
Crafts Council, Vienna, Austria
n
Isetan
Galleries, Japan
n
North
Carolina Glass Tours, US & Europe
n
Glasmuseum
Frauneau, Frauneau, Germany
n
Habatat
Galleries, Dearborn, MI |
|
| EDUCATION |
|
1980–1985
Assistant to Harvey Littleton
Spruce Pine, NC
1973–1979
Attended University of WI
Madison, WI
n
B.
S. in Art
n
Honor
Student, National Merit Scholar |
|
| PUBLICATIONS |
|
n
Mar.
2000, “Mountain Hands,” Sam Venable, U of Tenn. Press,
photo-illustrated interview of work and process.
n
“International
Exhibition of Glass Kanazawa ’98,” Kanazawa Chamber of Commerce &
Industry, Kanazawa, Japan, p. 14.
n
American
Style Magazine, Summer ’97, pp. 33, 34, 36.
n
1997
“Handcrafted in the Blue Ridge,” Irv Green and Andrea Gross,
Peachtree Pub., Atlanta, pp. 162-63.
n
Blue
Ridge Country Magazine, Summer ’96.
n
1992
“The Survey of Glass in the World, vol. 6 Contemporary Glass,”
ed. by T. Yoshimizu, Kyruydo Art Pub. Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan, p. 10.
n
“International
Exhibition of Glass Kanazawa ’92,” Kanazawa Chamber of Commerce &
Industry, Kanazawa, Japan, p. 38.
n
1988
Glass Art Magazine, July/August 1988, pp. 10-15.
n
1988
Spin-off Magazine, NASA, 1988, p. 79.
n
1988
Southern Magazine, August 1988, “South by Design,” p. 54.
n
1985
“Insight, A Collector’s Guide to Contemporary American Glass,”
Ferdinand Hampson, Eliot Johnson Publishers.
n
1984
American Craft, April/May, 1984, portfolio section, p. 25.
n
1983
Neues Glas, October/December, 1983, pp. 195-199.
|
[ Home ] [ Gallery ] [ Bio ] [ Resume ]
|