CHRIS BEAS
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CHRIS BEAS
Born in Sierra Madre, CA
Lives and works in Los Angeles.
EDUCATION
MFA, University of California, San Diego
BA, University of California, Los Angeles
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2010
Tamburello, Martha Otero Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2004
L.A., David Kordansky Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2008
Anthology, Otero Plassart, Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles Confidential, Curated by Sandra Patron and Allyson
Spellacy, Parc Saint Leger Centre D’Art Contemporain, Pougues-les-
Eaux, France
Scene/ Seen: Recent Acquisitions from the Luckman Fine Arts Complex Permanent Collection, 1979 – 2006, Luckman Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2007
One Foot High and Rising, Curated by Pentti Monkkonen, The Balmoral,
Venice, CA
Free Paris: A Los Angeles celebration of Bastille Day (or Liberty Leaving
the People), Curated by Allyson Spellacy, Jail, Los Angeles,
CA
Milieu, curated by Martha Otero, Lizabeth Oliveria Gallery, Los Angeles,
CA
What Went Wrong, Curated by Andrea Bellini, Prague Biennale3,
Prague, Czech Republic
Designomite, Black Dragon Society, Los Angeles, CA
2006
The Beautiful Game: Contemporary Art and Fútbol, Curated by Trevor
Schoonmaker & Franklin Sirmans, Roebling Hall, New York, NY
2004
Art needs an operation, Casey Kaplan Gallery, New York, NY
Fall Out Site, High Desert Test Sites 4, Joshua Tree, CA
2003
Deserted, The Projects, Yucca Valley, CA
Word Works, Adam Baumgold Gallery, New York, NY
High Desert Test Sites 2, Joshua Tree, CA
Group Show, organized by Clarissa Dalrymple, Grant Selwyn Fine Art,
Beverly Hills, CA
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2007
Prague Biennale 3 Glocal and Outsiders: Connecting Cultures in
Central Europe, 2007, p. 56-60
Casavecchia, Barbara, “PRAGUEBIANNALE3”, Flash Art, July – Sept. 2007,
p. 69, 76
LaPierre, Sheldon, Artnet Design, Artnet Magazine, May 25th, 2007
Gray, Emma, “L.A. Confidential”, Artnet Magazine, June 23rd, 2007
Knight, Christopher, “Living friskily is Best Revenge”, LA Times, August 3rd,
2007, p.E29
2006
Cover of the Choices section of The Village Voice, June 2006, p. 47
Bollen, Christopher “The Art of the Game”, V Man, Spring/Summer
2006, p.90, 91
2005
Casadio, Mariuccia "The Next Frontier", Vogue Italia, January 2005, p.49,
52
2003
Israel, Nico “Under the sun”, ArtForum, September 2003
High Desert Test Sites 2, 2003, p. 14