Battlefield Project
Jeff Beekman
BIOGRAPHY:
Jeff Beekman, is a multidisciplinary artist whose artwork since early-2000 has explored the interrelationships between land, memory and human activity. His work has been exhibited across the U.S., and internationally at venues in New Zealand, Australia, China, Vietnam, England, Italy, Hungary and South Korea.
Jeff Beekman is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Art at Florida State University, where he serves as Director of the Foundations and B.A. Programs.
LINKS:
Interview with curator Hye-youn Choi
Prints for Sale at Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead, UK
ARTIST VITAE:
EDUCATION
University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, M.F.A. 2005
University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, B.F.A. 2000
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS (solo & two-person shows marked by asterix)
2018
*If their Lungs Receive our Air (invited), Permanent Professors Gallery, United States Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, CO
*Battlefield Project, Polaris Hall, War, Literature & the Arts Conference, Colorado Spring, CO
Landscape Revisited, Sarah Silberman Art Gallery, Montgomery College, Rockville, MD
Portraiture, Specto Art Space, Bridgewater, VA
2017
The Portrait, Praxis Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
Fieldwork: Shadow & Light, Black Box Gallery, Portland, OR
*Exploring the Historical and Vintage (2-person exhibition w/ Wayne Bertola), Flora Kirsch Beck Gallery, Alma University, Alma, MI
*Battlefield Project, West Gallery, Ormond Memorial Art Museum, Ormond, FL
*Battlefield Project, East Library, Atlanta, GA
Landscape, Grand and Personal, SE Center for Photography, Greenville, SC
Contemporary South, VAE, Raleigh, NC
2016
Exquisite Corpse of the Unknown Veteran, San Francisco Arts Commission Main Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Chicago Artists' Month, Morpho Gallery, Chicago, IL
*Battlefield Project, Margaret Martin Gehman Art Gallery, Eastern Mennonite University, Harrisonburg, VA
*Battlefield Project (selected works), Gettysburg Lincoln Railway Station, Gettysburg, PA
Moments, ph21, Budapest, Hungary
Lens 2016, Perspective Gallery, Evanston, IL
Untitiled.jpg, Pierro Gallery, Newark, NJ
Branches, Brambles and Roots, View Arts Center, Old Valley Forge, NY
New Artists, Morpho Gallery, Chicago, IL
2015
Located Place, Lyon College, Batesville, AR
National 2D Competition, Armstrong Atlantic University, Savannah, GA
Contemporary Photography, CICA Museum, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea
2014
New Prints 2014/Winter Artists, International Print Center, New York, NY
New Prints 2014, Christie’s Auction House Gallery, New York, NY
Collage, (SCENE) Metrospace, East Lansing, MI
International Contemporary Art Exhibition, Art Gallery Le Logge, Assisi, Italy
2013
*Polychrome, Hole Editions Press, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, England
From Rembrandt to Pollock to Atget: Celebrating a Collection, UNM Art Museum, Albuquerque, NM
ART Now, City Arts Center, Oklahoma City, curator Louise Siddons
2012
Shifting Margins, traveling exhibition: Red Poppy Art Space, San Francisco, CA & Aggregate Space, Oakland, CA
Works in Graphite, Brunswick Street Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
Numerical Notations, Sechrest Art Gallery at High Point University, High Point, NC
Space Race (permanent mural), Yes Space, Beijing, China
Open House Exhibition, Red Gate Artist Residency, Beijing, China
Scape Exhibition, Village Gallery, Montgomery, AL
23rd National Print & Drawing Exhibition, Gormley Gallery at Notre Dame of Maryland University, Baltimore, MD
2011
Cerebral Departures, Space Camp Gallery, Indianapolis, IN, juror Flounder Lee
Mapable, Space Camp Gallery, Indianapolis, IN, juror Paul Brian Miller
Art. Science. Body: How art and science merge to create identity narratives, Stoop Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
North Braddock Meeting Center & Community Garden Construction, North Braddock, PA
* Recent Drawings, at Embree Art Studio, Oklahoma City, OK
7AP7A, Christopher West Presents, Indianapolis, IN
2010
Sustain, Gallery at the University of Illinois Springfield, Springfield, IL, juror: Terry Tempest Williams
Forest, Atrium Gallery, Waiariki Institute of Technology, Rotorua, New Zealand -directed collaborative gallery intervention
2009
Dispersal/Return, University Art Museum, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
Paperworks, University Art Gallery at the University of West Florida, Pensacola, FL
* Here Be Monsters, Legends Gallery, Averitt Center for the Arts, Statesboro, GA
’09 Faculty Show, Lightwell Gallery, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
2008
Dogearred, Perdue University, West Lafayette, IN
Love/Hate, Southern Illinois University – Edwardsville & Hole Editions Press, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, England
Unfamiliar Ground, Gallery RFD, Swainsboro, Georgia juror: Paula Katz, Assistant Curator of Art at the Columbus Museum of Art
* Recent Drawings, Legends Gallery, Averitt Center for the Arts, Statesboro, GA
Recent Acquisitions, University of New Mexico Art Museum, Albuquerque, NM
21st Annual McNeese National Works on Paper Exhibition, McNeese State University, Lake Charles, LA, juror’s mention award
Intervals, Dimensions Gallery, Savannah, GA, two-person show with Travis Linville
2007
Enkaiko: Works in s Encaustic, Legends Gallery, Averitt Center for the Arts, GA
Visiting Exhibition, Saigon Open City, Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam
2006
* Stand Still, Machina Gallery, Gallup, NM
* Tracings, Harwood Art Center, Albuquerque, NM
2005
Transitions: Albuquerque Contemporary, 512 Art Space, Albuquerque, NM juror: Laura Steward Heon (Director/Curator of Site Santa Fe), juror’s choice & merit award
* Meditation on the Pain of Others, John Sommers Gallery, UNM, Albuquerque, NM
2004
Hallowed (work about the sacred), John Sommers Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
Fecund, Trevor Lucero Studio, Albuquerque, NM
Dream of Pavlov’s Dog, ASA Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
2003
Land Arts 2002 Exhibition, Traveling Exhibition: John Sommers Gallery, UNM, Albuquerque, NM and Creative Research Lab, UT-Austin, TX
2002
8th Annual Juried Graduate Exhibition, Jonson Gallery, Albuquerque, NM, juror: Lucy Lippard
Art About the Invasion, Harwood Art Center, Albuquerque, NM
2001
Kite Show, Magnifico Art Center, Albuquerque, NM
2000
Senior Ceramics BFA Exhibition, J.Wayne Reitz Union at the UF, Gainesville, FL
Arnold Palmer’s Balls: video exhibition Putt-Putt Gallery, Gainesville, FL
1999
Annual Student Juried Art Exhibition, University Gallery, UF, Gainesville, FL, juror Akio Takamori, received honorable mention
1998
The Sex Show, The Depot Art Space, Gainesville, FL
President’s Skybox, Ben Hill Griffith Stadium at the UF, Gainesville, FL
VISITING LECTURES
2017
Battlefield Series, Flora Kirsch Beck Gallery, Alma University, Alma, MI
Battlefield Series, Jimmy Carter Presidential Library, Atlanta, GA
Artist Talk, Clemson University, Clemson, SC
A Macro Perspective, at FATE Conference, Kansas City, MO
2016
Artist Talk, Eastern Mennonite University, Harrisonburg, VA
2015
Artist Talk, FSU Museum of Fine Arts, Tallahassee, FL
Drawing Now, at FATE Conference, Indianapolis, IN
2012
Graduate meetings with students at Concordia University, Montreal, Canada
Artist Talk, Renmin University, Beijing, China
U.S. Art Foundation Pedagogical Models, Renmin University, Beijing, China
2011
Television Interview on KSBI’s “Oklahoma Live”
2010
Artist Talk, Waiariki Institute of Technology, Rotorua, New Zealand
2009
Artist Talk, Southern Illinois University – Edwardsville, Edwardsville, IL
2008
Artist Talk, Center for Art & Theatre, Statesboro, GA
2007
Artist Talk, Sai Gon Thanh Pho Mo/Saigon Open City, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
2006
Jeff’s Problem: A Hyper-interactive Approach to Multidisciplinary Education, at NMHEAR Conference, Las Cruces, NM
State of the Arts, Radio Interview on KGLP (Gallup Public Radio) Arts Program
2005
Artist Talk, Magnifico Art Space, Albuquerque, NM lecture requested for Transitions: Albuquerque Contemporary juror’s choice award
COLLECTIONS
Averitt Center for the Arts, Statesboro, GA
Florida State University Museum of Fine Arts
Georgia Southern University
Pueblo Isleta Indian Reservation, NM
Southern Illinois University – Edwardsville
University of Florida
University of New Mexico Art Museum
University of New Mexico – Gallup
SELECTED SHOWS CURATED
2017
Broken Ground: New Directions in Land Art, Florida State University Museum of Art, Tallahassee, FL
2010
Simultaneous Perspective, Lightwell Gallery, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, works by Julie Anand, Damon Sauer, & Romy Owens
2009
Legends: Michael Braz, Averitt Center for the Arts, Statesboro, GA
2007
Re:Visioning Vietnam, Legends Gallery, Averitt Center for the Arts, GA
Full Circle: Works by Julie Anand and Damon Sauer, Ingham Chapman Gallery, UNM – G, Gallup, NM
2006
Bodies at Rest, Bodies in Motion, Ingham Chapman Gallery, UNM– G, Gallup, NM, exhibition of eleven figurative artists
Invisible Invaders: Works by John Hitchcock, Ingham Chapman Gallery, UNM –G, Gallup, NM
2005
Nizoni: Works by Glory Tacheenie-Campoy, Ingham Chapman Gallery, UNM-G, Gallup, NM
PUBLICATIONS & BIBLIOGRAPHY
2018
Landscape Revisited (exhibition catalog), Montgomery University, Rockville, MD
2017
Field Work: Shadow and Light (exhibition catalog), Black Box Gallery, Portland, OR
Battle of Atlanta Commemoration Late Update for July (magazine article), Porch Press, August 2017, text & images, front page
Art show at Atlanta library showcases Civil War battlefield sites (newspaper article), Atlanta Journal Constitution, June 8, 2017, text & images
Broken Ground: New Directions in Land Art (exhibition catalogue), FSU Museum of Fine Arts Press (I wrote the curatorial essay)
50: University of New Mexico Art Museum, 50th Anniversary, (Highlights from the Collection) (book), UNM Art Museum, Albuquerque, NM
2016
New Media Art 2017: Back to Nature (book), CICA Museum Press, Seoul, South Korea
Dialogist, Vol. III, Issue IV (online journal)
Battlefield Project, Riverblood Magazine (Quarterly), Issue no. 4, Riverblood Press, Kansas City, MO, feature article w/ images & text
Artist Jeff Beekman Makes Projections on Gettysburg Landscape (newspaper article), 72 Hours, June 26, 2016, pgs. 16-17, text & images
Jeff Beekman Memorializes Fallen Soldiers... (newspaper article), Frederick News-Post, June 30, 2016, text & images
Special Projection Event During Reenactment Weekend (newspaper article), Gettysburg Times, June 23, pg. B8, text & images
C.A.N. People: Jeff Beekman's Battlefield, online interview with curator Hyeyoun Choi, hosted by CICA Museum, Seoul, South Korea
2014
News of the Print World, Art in Print, Vol. 3, #5, pg. 41, text & image (magazine article), these 9 pgs also showcase projects by Tacita Dean, Julie Mehretu, Jim Dine, Peter Doig, Chris Ofili, Lorna Simpson, Richard Serra, & Tracey Emin
2011
Q&A Jeffrey Beekman (article), Norman Transcript, Nov. 11 edition, pg. 13 with text and image
2010
LAND/ART: New Mexico (book), essays by Lucy Lippard, William Fox, Kathleen Shields & Bill Gilbert, Radius Books, pg. 112, w/ images & text
2009
Land Arts of the American West exhibition catalog, University of New Mexico, w/ images and text
2008
LOVE/HATE, a small-run book of ten printmakers, printed by Master Lithographer Lee Turner of Hole Editions Press, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK & Todd Anderson, Asst. Professor of Printmaking at Southern Illinois University –Edwardsville
Jeff Beekman (article), by Eric Whitaker, in “This, That and the Other” magazine, November issue
21st Annual McNeese National Works on Paper Exhibition, catalog, pg. 9, image of work
2007
Water Library, by Basia Irland, University of New Mexico Press, pg. 172
2006
Bodies in Motion, Bodies at Rest, Gallup Independent Newspaper article
GRANTS RECEIVED
2017
FSU COFRS Grant ($14,000), to support Battlefield Project: USCT
2016
FSU AHPEG Grant ($19,800), catalogue publication for Broken Ground exhibit
2015
FSU Planning Grant ($13,000), to support Battlefield Project, at Fredericksburg & Spotsylvania National Military Park, VA
2014
FSU First Year Assistant Professor Award ($20,000), to support Assisi Project, at Studio Arte Ginestrelle, in Assisi, Italy
2013
OU Junior Faculty Grant ($4,146), to support Hole Editions Project, in Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, England
2012
OU Presidential International Travel Fellowship ($1,650), visiting scholar at Renmin University, Beijing, China
2011
OU Over $1200 Grant ($7,000), to support Braddock Project, in collaboration with Transformazeum Artist Group, Braddock, PA
2010
OU Over $1200 Grant ($4,679.36), to support Forest, Waiariki Institute of Technology, in Rotorua, NZ
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2013 – present
Assistant Professor, Director of Foundations & BA Programs, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL
2009 - 2013
Assistant Professor of Foundations, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
2006 - 2009
Temporary Assistant Professor, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA
2005 - 2006
Visiting Lecturer, University of New Mexico-Gallup, Gallup, NM
2003 - 2005
Adjunct Instructor, University of New Mexico-Gallup, Gallup, NM
2002 - 2005
Instructor of Record, University of New Mexico in Albuquerque, NM