Gina Beavers

Gina Beavers is an American artist. She was born in 1974, in Athens, Greece, and lives and works in Newark, New Jersey.[1] She is best known for her bas-relief paintings of food, makeup, and images derived from the internet.[2] The New Yorker describes her paintings as “emphatically physical” and as a vindication of technology.[3]

Gina Beavers
Born1974
Athens, Greece
NationalityAmerican
EducationUniversity of Virginia, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Brooklyn College

Education

Beavers holds a BA in Studio Art and Anthropology from the University of Virginia, an MFA in Painting and Drawing from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and an MS in Art Education from Brooklyn College.[4]

Exhibitions

Beavers' work has been exhibited in solo exhibitions at MoMA PS1 in Queens, NY,[5] CANADA Gallery in New York, NY, Gavin Brown's Enterprise in New York, NY, Cheim and Read Gallery in New York, NY, James Fuentes Gallery in New York, NY, Michael Benevento Gallery in Los Angeles, CA, and GNYP Gallery in Berlin, among other venues. Beavers has participated in numerous group exhibitions including at MoMA PS1, Kentucky Museum of Contemporary Art, the Nassau County Museum of Art, CANADA Gallery, and Night Gallery, Los Angeles. She is represented by Marianne Boesky Gallery in New York City and Carl Kostyál Gallery in London.[5]

The Life I Deserve

The Life I Deserve, Beavers' first solo museum exhibition, opened March 31, 2019 at MoMA PS1 in Queens, NY. This was a survey exhibition that incorporated Beavers' early "food porn" paintings together with her more work focused on subjects such as makeup, bodybuilders, and selfies gleaned from social media.[6][7][8]

World War Me

Beavers' exhibit World War Me showed at the Marianne Boesky Gallery in New York from September to October 2020. The show title was taken from a line from the show Sex and the City and the show grappled with the ways that we are pulled by current events and our preoccupation with ourselves.[9][10]

Recognition

Beavers' work has been discussed in the New York Times,[11] ArtForum,[12] Art in America,[13] ArtNews,[14] Modern Painters, the Los Angeles Times, and other publications.

References
  1. Hauser, E. J. (2020-10-06). "GINA BEAVERS with EJ Hauser". The Brooklyn Rail. Retrieved 2020-12-23.
  2. Green, Sarah Urist. "Artist turns viral images into fine art". CNN. Retrieved 2020-12-23.
  3. "The Artist Who Scours Instagram and the Internet". The New Yorker. Retrieved 2019-03-28.
  4. "About". Gina Beavers. Retrieved 2019-03-28.
  5. "Gina Beavers: The Life I Deserve". The Museum of Modern Art. Retrieved 2019-03-28.
  6. "Gina Beavers: The Life I Deserve". The Museum of Modern Art. Retrieved 2019-03-29.
  7. "Gina Beavers | MoMA PS1 | Art in New York". Time Out New York. Retrieved 2019-03-29.
  8. "Visiting the Studio of Gina Beavers, the Painter of Modern (Instagram) Life". artnet News. 2019-03-29. Retrieved 2019-03-29.
  9. Callaway, Emeline (2020-09-30). "Gina Beavers' Sculptural Paintings Tackle the Formation of Self-Identity Through Social Media". ART SHE SAYS. Retrieved 2020-12-23.
  10. Mellin, Haley (2020-10-09). "Gina Beavers Explores the Complexities of an Online Self". Garage. Retrieved 2020-12-23.
  11. Smith, Roberta (2012-12-06). "Gina Beavers: 'Palate'". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-03-28.
  12. "Elisa Schaar on Gina Beavers". www.artforum.com. Retrieved 2019-03-28.
  13. editors. ""Goulding the Lolly" – Art in America". Retrieved 2019-03-29.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
  14. "Gina Beavers: 'Popography' at Michael Benevento". ARTnews. 2015-12-21. Retrieved 2019-03-29.
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