John Beard (artist)
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John Beard is a Welsh
artist and painter born in Aberdare, Wales, he is now based in Sydney
, Lisbon
and London
.
and the Royal College of Art
, London
.
In 1965 he won the British Arts Council International Prize and Commission, and has since won many residences and commission at various Universities and establishments around the globe.
After various teaching posts in the United Kingdom
, Beard arrived in Western Australia
in 1983, to become Senior Lecturer
, Head of Painting, Curtin University, Perth
. After resigning in 1989, Beard traveled extensively, living and exhibiting in cities such as New York
, Madrid
, Lisbon
and London
before establishing a Sydney
base in 1997. When the Tate Gallery
opened its St Ives
gallery in Cornwall
, 1998, John Beard was one of the first artists to be offered a residency and exhibition there.
Wales
Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...
artist and painter born in Aberdare, Wales, he is now based in Sydney
Sydney
Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...
, Lisbon
Lisbon
Lisbon is the capital city and largest city of Portugal with a population of 545,245 within its administrative limits on a land area of . The urban area of Lisbon extends beyond the administrative city limits with a population of 3 million on an area of , making it the 9th most populous urban...
and London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
.
Life and art
John Beard won the Welsh National Art Scholarship in 1962 at just 19 years of age. After training at the Swansea College of Art, he completed further studies at the University of LondonUniversity of London
-20th century:Shortly after 6 Burlington Gardens was vacated, the University went through a period of rapid expansion. Bedford College, Royal Holloway and the London School of Economics all joined in 1900, Regent's Park College, which had affiliated in 1841 became an official divinity school of the...
and the Royal College of Art
Royal College of Art
The Royal College of Art is an art school located in London, United Kingdom. It is the world’s only wholly postgraduate university of art and design, offering the degrees of Master of Arts , Master of Philosophy and Doctor of Philosophy...
, London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
.
In 1965 he won the British Arts Council International Prize and Commission, and has since won many residences and commission at various Universities and establishments around the globe.
After various teaching posts in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
, Beard arrived in Western Australia
Western Australia
Western Australia is a state of Australia, occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Great Australian Bight and Indian Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east and South Australia to the south-east...
in 1983, to become Senior Lecturer
Lecturer
Lecturer is an academic rank. In the United Kingdom, lecturer is a position at a university or similar institution, often held by academics in their early career stages, who lead research groups and supervise research students, as well as teach...
, Head of Painting, Curtin University, Perth
Perth, Western Australia
Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia and the fourth most populous city in Australia. The Perth metropolitan area has an estimated population of almost 1,700,000....
. After resigning in 1989, Beard traveled extensively, living and exhibiting in cities such as New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
, Madrid
Madrid
Madrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million and the entire population of the Madrid metropolitan area is calculated to be 6.271 million. It is the third largest city in the European Union, after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan...
, Lisbon
Lisbon
Lisbon is the capital city and largest city of Portugal with a population of 545,245 within its administrative limits on a land area of . The urban area of Lisbon extends beyond the administrative city limits with a population of 3 million on an area of , making it the 9th most populous urban...
and London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
before establishing a Sydney
Sydney
Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...
base in 1997. When the Tate Gallery
Tate Gallery
The Tate is an institution that houses the United Kingdom's national collection of British Art, and International Modern and Contemporary Art...
opened its St Ives
St Ives, Cornwall
St Ives is a seaside town, civil parish and port in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The town lies north of Penzance and west of Camborne on the coast of the Celtic Sea. In former times it was commercially dependent on fishing. The decline in fishing, however, caused a shift in commercial...
gallery in Cornwall
Cornwall
Cornwall is a unitary authority and ceremonial county of England, within the United Kingdom. It is bordered to the north and west by the Celtic Sea, to the south by the English Channel, and to the east by the county of Devon, over the River Tamar. Cornwall has a population of , and covers an area of...
, 1998, John Beard was one of the first artists to be offered a residency and exhibition there.
Selected collections
- Artbank Australia, Australia
- Arts Council of Great Britain, England
- Art Gallery of NSW, Australia
- Art Gallery of Western AustraliaArt Gallery of Western AustraliaThe Art Gallery of Western Australia is a public gallery that is part of the Perth Cultural Centre, in Perth, Western Australia. It is located near the Western Australian Museum and State Library of Western Australia...
, Australia - Centro do Arte Moderna da Fundacao Calouste Gulbenkian, Portugal
- Curtin University, Australia
- Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Australia
- Macquarie University, Australia
- Murdoch University, Sydney, Australia
- National Gallery of AustraliaNational Gallery of AustraliaThe National Gallery of Australia is the national art gallery of Australia, holding more than 120,000 works of art. It was established in 1967 by the Australian government as a national public art gallery.- Establishment :...
, Canberra, AustraliaCanberraCanberra is the capital city of Australia. With a population of over 345,000, it is Australia's largest inland city and the eighth-largest city overall. The city is located at the northern end of the Australian Capital Territory , south-west of Sydney, and north-east of Melbourne... - National Gallery of VictoriaNational Gallery of VictoriaThe National Gallery of Victoria is an art gallery and museum in Melbourne, Australia. Founded in 1861, it is the oldest and the largest public art gallery in Australia. Since December 2003, NGV has operated across two sites...
, Melbourne, AustraliaMelbourneMelbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater... - New Parliament House Collection, Canberra, Australia
- Oxford University, England
- Queensland Art Gallery, Australia
- Robert Holmes a Court Collection, Australia
- Sydney University, Australia
- Tate Gallery, England
- University of Melbourne (Victorian College of the ArtsVictorian College of the ArtsThe Faculty of the VCA and Music is a faculty of the University of Melbourne, in Victoria . VCAM is located near the Melbourne central business district, on two campuses, one - the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music - on the Parkville campus of the University of Melbourne, and the other - the...
), Australia - University of New South Wales, Australia
- University of the Northern Territory, Australia
- University of Western Australia, Australia
- Represented in private collections in America, Canada, England, Wales, Spain, Portugal, France, Italy, Germany, Switzerland, Australia, New Zealand, Hong KongHong KongHong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...
and India.
Selected awards and fellowships
- 2007 Archibald PrizeArchibald PrizeThe Archibald Prize is regarded as the most important portraiture prize in Australia. It was first awarded in 1921 after a bequest from J. F. Archibald, the editor of The Bulletin who died in 1919...
, Art Gallery of NSW - 2006 Wynne PrizeWynne PrizeThe Wynne Prize is an Australian landscape painting or figure sculpture art prize. One of Australia's longest running art prizes, it was established in 1897 from the bequest of Richard Wynne...
(Landscape), Art Gallery of NSW - 1994 Australia CouncilAustralia CouncilThe Australia Council, informally known as the Australia Council for the Arts, is the official arts council or arts funding body of the Government of Australia.-Function:...
, Award to Assist Series of Solo Exhibitions in Europe. - 1989 Australia Council Major Fellowship, Visual Arts & Craft Board.
- 1984 West Australia Invitation Art Award, Fremantle Art Gallery.
- 1983 Pegasus Art Award, Art Gallery of Western AustraliaArt Gallery of Western AustraliaThe Art Gallery of Western Australia is a public gallery that is part of the Perth Cultural Centre, in Perth, Western Australia. It is located near the Western Australian Museum and State Library of Western Australia...
. - 1965 British Arts Council International Prize and Commission, Aberdare Public Library Mural, Wales.
- 1962 Welsh National Arts Scholarship.
Selected reviews, articles and essays
- Beard, John, To Infinity and Beyond! Contemporary Australian Art, Commissioned article by the Official Website of ARCO, Madrid
2002. - Bond, Anthony, Form-Image-Sign, The Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, Essay,1984.
- Brampton, Robin, John Beard - Tate Gallery St Ives, England, The Times & Echo, St. Ives, England, December 1998.
- Carlos, Isabel, John Beard - Solo Exhibition, Galeria Luis Serpa, Lisbon, Portugal, FLASH ART, Review, May-June 1995.
- Carver, Toni, Tate Triumphant with John WellsJohn Wells (artist)John Wells was an artist and maker of relief constructions, associated with the St Ives group.He was born in London, and trained as a doctor at University College Hospital. He learned to paint at evening classes at St Martin’s School of Art. From 1936 to 1945, he worked as a General Practitioner...
and John Beard, Tate Gallery St. Ives England, - Chanin, Eileen, Contemporary Australian Painting Australian Original, A Sense of Place, Article, Sydney, 1990.
- Cinco Dias, Ed., Solo Exhibition - Afinsa Almirante Galeria de Arte, Madrid, Cinco Dias, Review, 22 May 1992.
- Davis, Wendy, After Image, John Beard at Tate Gallery St Ives (England), Monument, Feature, Issue 30, Sydney, June/July 1999.
- Drury, Nevil, John Beard, New Art II, Craftsman House, Sydney, Article, 1988.
- Escribano, Maria, Solo Exhibition - Afinsa Almirante Galeria de Arte, Madrid, Nuevo Estillo, Preview, June 1992.
- Evans, Louise, Solo Exhibition - William Jackson Gallery, London, Australian Associated PressAustralian Associated PressAustralian Associated Press is Australia's national news agency. The organisation was established in 1935 by Fairfax and The Herald and Weekly Times.AAP employs more than 175 journalists who work in bureaux in all Australian states and territories...
, Article, March 1993. - Fern, Lynette, Solo Exhibition - Macquarie Galleries, Sydney, The Sydney Morning HeraldThe Sydney Morning HeraldThe Sydney Morning Herald is a daily broadsheet newspaper published by Fairfax Media in Sydney, Australia. Founded in 1831 as the Sydney Herald, the SMH is the oldest continuously published newspaper in Australia. The newspaper is published six days a week. The newspaper's Sunday counterpart, The...
, Review, 11 October 1992. - Gibson, Robin, Painting the Century, 101 Portrait Masterpieces 1900-2000, John Beard, Wanganui Heads 1998, National Portrait Gallery, London, Catalogue, 2000.
- Greenberg, Sarah, Solo Exhibition - Tate Gallery St Ives, England, The International Art Newspaper, Review, Vol. IX, No. 82., June 1998.
- Hill, Peter, The Rock and the Head - Boutwell Draper Gallery, Sydney Australia, Review, Sydney.
- Morning Herald, "HeadSpace", 6–12 September 2002.
- Ingram, Terry Sombre Mood in New Collection, Liverpool Street Gallery, Sydney The Australian Financial ReviewThe Australian Financial ReviewThe Australian Financial Review is a leading business and finance newspaper in Australia.Fairfax Media publishes it in a compact format six days a week, Monday to Saturday....
, News Feature, May 2004. - Jackson, Kevin, "A hundred and one conceptions", Painting the Century, National Portrait Gallery, London, The IndependentThe IndependentThe Independent is a British national morning newspaper published in London by Independent Print Limited, owned by Alexander Lebedev since 2010. It is nicknamed the Indy, while the Sunday edition, The Independent on Sunday, is the Sindy. Launched in 1986, it is one of the youngest UK national daily...
, Review, 28 November 2000. - Jacobson, Howard, The Chicago Art Fair, Modern PaintersModern Painters (magazine)Modern Painters is a monthly art magazine published in New York City by Louise Blouin Media. The magazine is published 10 times per year; it includes profiles on two international artists per issue; columns by international contributors; interviews with and articles by contemporary artists and...
Vol. 2, No. 2, Summer 1989. - JN Solo Exhibition - BMG Galleries, Adelaide, The Adelaide Review, Review, June 1994.
- Journal Letras, Ed., Accrochage 3, Galeria Comicos, Lisbon, Journal Letras, Review, 28 September 1993.
- Kerr, Joan, The Possibilities of a National Portrait Gallery, The National Portrait Gallery, Canberra, Art Monthly Australia, Number 118, Review, April 1999.
- Klaushofter, Alex, There's no place... New StatesmanNew StatesmanNew Statesman is a British centre-left political and cultural magazine published weekly in London. Founded in 1913, and connected with leading members of the Fabian Society, the magazine reached a circulation peak in the late 1960s....
, London, England, Article, 26 June 1998. - Lindsay, Robert, The Shell Collection, Melbourne, Australia, Catalogue Essay, 1995.
- Lynn, Elwyn, Nobody's Man is Powerful Painter, Solo Exhibition - Macquarie Galleries, Sydney, The Weekend AustralianThe AustralianThe Australian is a broadsheet newspaper published in Australia from Monday to Saturday each week since 14 July 1964. The editor in chief is Chris Mitchell, the editor is Clive Mathieson and the 'editor-at-large' is Paul Kelly....
, Review, 26 January 1985. - Lynton, Norbert, Portraits from a Pluralist Century, Painting the Century, 101 Portrait
- Masterpieces 1900-2000, National Portrait Gallery, London, Catalogue, 2000.
- Mannix, Ian, Solo Exhibition - William Jackson Gallery, London, Australian Broadcasting, Interview, February 1993.
- McDonald, John Solo Exhibition - Macquarie Galleries, Sydney, The National Times, Review, 9 November 1986.
- Mc Ewen, John, Critic's Choice, The Rock and the Head - Solo Exhibition, Stephen Lacey Gallery, London, The Sunday TelegraphThe Daily TelegraphThe Daily Telegraph is a daily morning broadsheet newspaper distributed throughout the United Kingdom and internationally. The newspaper was founded by Arthur B...
, Feature, 31 December 2000. - McGillick, Paul, Exhibitions Overseas- Preview, Monument Magazine, Sydney, Australia 2002.
- Mc Namara TJ, Power of working with the grain - Solo Exhibition - Jensen Gallery, Auckland, The New Zealand HeraldThe New Zealand Herald- External links :* * *...
, 26 September 2000. - Maloon, Terence, Solo Exhibition - Macquarie Galleries, Sydney, The Sydney Morning Herald, Review, 26 January 1985.
- Marcon, Marco, Solo Exhibition - Galerie Düsseldorf, Praxis M , No. 13, July/August 1986.
- Millard, RosieRosie MillardRosie Millard is a British journalist.Millard has written for national newspapers and magazines, including The Sunday Times, The Times, The Independent, The Daily Mail, and New Statesman. She writes the Mr and Mrs Millard marital column in the Body and Soul section of the Saturday Times. She was...
, Cutting Edge, Tate Gallery St Ives, England, Art Review, June 1998. - Nazare, Leonor, John Beard Galeria Luis Serpa, Solo Exhibition, Lisbon, Portugal, Expresso, Review, 21 January 1995.
- Packer, William Solo Exhibition - Tate Gallery St Ives, England, The Financial Review, May 1998.
- Perez de Azor, J., Solo Exhibition - Afinsa Almirante, Madrid, El Punto, Review, 15–21 May 1992.
- Pinharanda, Joao, John Beard - Solo Exhibition - Galeria Luis Serpa, Lisbon, Portugal, Publico, Review, 21 January 1995.
- Simpson, Peter, Masterstroke in minding his own beeswax - Solo Exhibition - Jensen Gallery, Auckland, Sunday Star Times, 24 September 2000.
- Serraller, F., Calvo Suntuosa Madurez (Sumptuous Maturity) Solo Exhibition - Afinsa Almirante, Madrid, El Pais, Review, 1 June 1992.
- Smith, Terry, Solo Exhibition - Macquarie Galleries, Sydney, The Sydney Morning Herald, Review, 14 August 1988.
- Tunnicliffe, Wayne, John Beard Heads Phase III, Solo Exhibition - Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, LOOK - AGNSW Magazine, Article, Australia 1998.
- Watson, Bronwyn, Solo Exhibition - Macquarie Galleries, Sydney, The Sydney Morning Herald, Review, 26 June 1987.
- Y. A., Solo Exhibition - Afinsa Almirante, Madrid, ABC Cultural, Review, 19 June 1992.