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Michael Beatty

SELECTED WORKS
Inside Out
2020
Birch plywood, resin, welded steel and paint

15 x 16 x 10 inches (38.1 x 40.6 x 25.4 cm)
Signed and dated on bottom in ink
(Inventory #31481)

Luster
2019
Wood, stainless steel with bronze and wax

11 1/2 x 6 x 5 inches (29.2 x 15.2 x 12.7 cm)
Stamped, signed and dated on bottom in ink
(Inventory #31482)

Scaffold
2019
Birch plywood, resin and paint

15 x 40 1/2 x 10 1/2 inches (38.1 x 102.9 x 26.7 cm)
Stamped, signed and dated on reverse in ink
(Inventory #31487)

Equipoise
2018
Birch plywood, nylon and paint

17 x 9 x 9 inches (43.2 x 22.9 x 22.9 cm)
Signed and dated on reverse in ink
(Inventory #31488)

Flipside
2018
PLA print, plaster, plywood, and milk paint

10 x 5 1/2 x 5 inches (25.4 x 14 x 12.7 cm)
Signed, titled, and dated on bottom in ink
(Inventory #30846)

Samedifference
2011
Welded steel and laminated wood with milk paint

57 x 31 x 5 1/2 inches (144.8 x 78.7 x 14 cm)
(Inventory #24048)

 

Untitled
2011
Birch plywood with milk paint and wax

13 x 10 1/4 x 5 inches  (33 x 26 x 12.7 cm)
(Inventory #24291)

Untitled
2009
Birch plywood with milk paint and wax

14 x 9.5 x 5 inches
(35.56 x 24.1 x 12.7 cm)
(Inventory #21749)

Untitled
2009
Birch plywood with milk paint and wax

12 1/2 x 9 1/2 x 5 inches
(31.75 x 24.1 x 12.7 cm)
(Inventory #21751)

CP24.5
2008
Graphite, gouache and watercolor on Fabriano paper

14 1/2 x 20 3/8 inches  (36.8 x 51.75 cm)
(Inventory #19829)

Untitled (encounter)
2007
Baltic birch plywood, wax finish

10 x 7 1/2 x 7 1/2 inches  (25.4 x 19 x 19 cm)
(Inventory #18949)

The Trouble with Painting
2005
Plywood, maple veneer, steel

54 x 72 x 38 inches (137 x 183 x 96.5 cm)
(Inventory #17074)

Blip #15
1997
Graphite on wood

Edition of 3
7 1/2 x 4 x 4 inches (19.1 x 10.2 x 10.2 cm)
(Inventory #25734)

Michael Beatty: Polysemy
Additional Information

Education
Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MFA in Sculpture 1995
University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, BFA 1980

Solo and Collaborative Exhibitions

2020
Polysemy, Krakow Witkin Gallery, Boston, MA

2008
Perimeter, Barbara Krakow Gallery, Boston, MA

2005
IN • tangle, Boston Sculptors Gallery, Boston, MA.

2003
Low Fat, Barbara Krakow Gallery, Boston, MA.
Recent Work, Nesto Gallery, Milton Academy, Milton MA.

2001
WALL-TO-WALL, Presidents Gallery, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, in collaboration with Mike Newby.
MIX, The Gallery @ Green Street, Boston, MA , in collaboration with Mike Newby.

Selected Group Exhibitions

2018
SUMMA, Cantor Art Gallery, College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA

2016
Block Parts, Krakow Witkin Gallery, Boston, MA

2015
Pulse, Cantor Art Gallery, College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA
Nature, Askew, Suffolk University Gallery, Boston, MA

2012
Arise, Krakow Witkin Gallery, Boston, MA

2011
Viewpoint, Cantor Art Gallery, College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA
Woodwork, Schiltkamp Gallery, Clark University, Worcester, MA

2009
Opening Lines, New Art Center, Newton, MA

2008
Bridge Art Fair, Cerrito Contemporary, Miami, FL

2007
Crossroads, Cantor Art Gallery, College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA
Inscribere, Chandra Cerrito Contemporary, Oakland, CA
Art Site, Bedford Gallery, Oakland, CA
Celebrating MacDowell, Brickbottom Gallery, Somerville, MA

2006
360 Degrees , Fitchburg Art Museum, Fitchburg, MA
DWELLING: Memory, Architecture and Place, Forest Hills Cemetery, Boston, MA
Off the Wall , Attleboro Art Museum, Attleboro, MA

2005
B-Side, Boston Sculptors Gallery, Boston, MA
Art for the Garden, private residence, Newton, MA

2004
More than One, Cantor Gallery, College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA
WOODwork, Anthony Grant Gallery, New York, NY

2003
Collection Connection, Duxbury Art Complex, Duxbury, MA

2002
Non-Salon Salon, Barbara Krakow Gallery, Boston, MA
More than One: Prints from Center Street Studio ,
Butler Institute of American Art, Trumbell Branch, Warren, OH

2001
The Garden and the Map , FPAC Gallery, Boston, MA
Imaging Time, Cantor Gallery, College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA
New Works, Barbara Krakow Gallery, Boston, MA.
Beneath the Surface , Montserrat College of Art, Beverly, MA.

2000
New England/ New Talent , Fitchburg Art Museum, Fitchburg, MA
Curator: Marianne Menger

Grants and Awards

2010
Artist Resource Trust Grant, funded by the Berkshire Taconic Community Trust
Great Barrington, MA

2007
Research and Publication Grant, College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA

2004
St. Botolph Foundation Award in Sculpture, St. Botolph Club, Boston, MA
Visiting Artist Program, American Academy in Rome, Rome, Italy
Finalist in Drawing, Artist Grants Program, Massachusetts Cultural Council

2003
Residency Grant, MacDowell Colony, Peterborough, NH

2002
Artist Resource Trust Grant, funded by the Berkshire Taconic Community Trust
Great Barrington, MA

1999
Residency Grant, MacDowell Colony, Peterborough, NH
Research and Publication Grant, College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA

Commissions and Public Projects

2006
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