Jeff Beall

Lives and works in Santa Monica, CA, USA

Artist statement

Artist Statement : The best way to make positive change in these uncertain times is to look deeply, with compassion and curiosity, and to embrace the reality before us. I make work that wants to be seen in person. Small gestures matter. Jeff Beall is an artist whose work has taken a variety of forms over the years, exhibiting in an irregularly regular fashion since 1987. While formally varied, Beall’s conceptually driven work consistently uses techniques of veiling/revealing to heighten the experience of looking. Beall’s most recent solo exhibition was entitled Unsolved: LA Uprising @ 25 Years. Its presentation, timed to coincide with the 25th anniversary of the LA riots in April 2017 at Gallery 169 in Santa Monica, CA, served as a memorial honoring the 23 unsolved riot-related homicide victims who lost their lives during the uprising. Carolina Miranda wrote about this work for the LA Times: https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/miranda/la-et-cam-la-riots-jeff-beall-los-angeles-uprising-20170427-htmlstory.html Public collections include the Berkeley Art Museum, Oakland Museum of Art, Orange County Museum of Art, Carnegie Art Museum, Laguna Art Museum, Portland Museum of Art, and the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia. Beall is co-publisher of X-TRA Contemporary Art Journal (https://www.x-traonline.org) and has served on the board of Project X Foundation for Art and Criticism since 2002. He also currently serves on the Advisory Council of social justice organization, Liberty...

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