… born on July 7, 1977, Rollin Beamish was raised and educated in Ohio in the United States. He now lives and works between Berlin, Germany, and Bozeman, Montana in the U.S. where he is an Associate Professor at the Montana State University School of Art.

Contact Information:

rollinbeamish@gmail.com

rollin.beamish@montana.edu

Education

MFA       Ohio University, Athens, Ohio. major: painting, 2004.

BFA        Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, Ohio. major: painting, 2000.

Solo and Collaborative Exhibitions

2023: - “all for none”, Northcutt-Steele Gallery, Billings, MT.

2022: - “kindred by choice”, 2-person exhibition (with Jim Zimpel), Aunt Dofe’s Hall of Recent Memory, Willow Creek, MT.

2021: - “the situation is excellent”, Eli Ridgway Gallery, Bozeman, MT.

2018: - “phantasy (…) inevitability”, Nathalia Tsala Gallery Ronse, Ronse, Belgium.

2016: - “Still Shadows” Inside Outsider Gallery, Frankfort, KS.

2015:      -"Positive Limits", Graeser-Schmidt Contemporary Art, Cologne, Germany.

                -"Still Shadows" Barrister's Gallery, New Orleans, LA.

                -“Still Shadows” Inside Outsider Gallery, Frankfort, KS.

2014:      -"Ghosts" MMIII, Mönchengladbachner Kunstverein, Mönchengladbach, Germany.

                -"Palliative Measures", Greusslich Contemporary, Berlin Germany.

2013:      -"few people", Greusslich Contemporary, Berlin, Germany.

2010-11: -“Deadly Equilibrium - Gorgon”, Greusslich Contemporary, Berlin, Germany.

2010:      -“Barrier”, Yellowstone Art Museum, Billings, MT. Permanent public installation. Collaboration with Andrew Schell.

2008:      -“Pre-Fab and Fortified!”, 2-person exhibition (with Andrew Schell), Mahan Gallery, Columbus, OH.

                -“I’m Hunting Myself. The Unattainable Prize.”, 2-person exhibition (with Andrew Schell), Yellowstone Art Museum, Billings, MT.

2007:      -“(I) are already arriving: a question of integrity. or, coping with a corporeal snafu.”, 2-person exhibition (with Andrew Schell), Northcutt Steele Gallery, Billings MT.

2005:      -"Alive in the fracture, dreaming of neverwonderland" Semantics Gallery, Cincinnati, OH.

                -"All of this happened when we were asleep…" Mahan Gallery, Columbus, OH.

Selected Group Exhibitions

2021:  -“The Pursuit of Happiness” - Tinworks Art 2021, a group exhibition staged at the former Story Mill facility, Bozeman, MT.

2017:      -“Shortcut to Kettwig” Kunstraum in der Scheidt’schen Halle, Essen, Germany.

                -“Across the Divide, Vol. 2” Holter Museum of Art, Helena, MT.

2016:      -“Portfolio Vol. 1” Schmidt und Schütte Contemporary Art, Cologne, Germany.

- “FUNDAMENTAL”, Kulturbunker Köln-Mühlheim, Cologne, Germany. Curated by Marta Cencillo-Ramirez and Peter Lodermeyer

2015:      -"Across the Divide: Faculty Exhibition", Holter Museum of Art, Helena, MT.

-"Re/Vision", Curated Exhibition by the MA in Curatorial Practice Program, School of Visual Arts, NYC.

                -"Abgrundtief – Abyssal, Rollin Beamish and Nao Nishihara", Greusslich Contemporary, Berlin, Germany.

2012:      -"Upgrade", group exhibition, Greusslich Contemporary, Berlin, Germany.

2011:      -“Painting Coast to Coast”, Elaine L. Jacob Gallery, Detroit MI. Curated by Adrian Hatfield.

                -“A Glimpse Inward”, Charlotte Street Foundation, Kansas City, MO. Curated by Caleb Taylor.

2010:      -“Fertilizing Utopias”, SOIL Gallery, Seattle, WA

2008:      -“Urban/Suburban 2008”, Epsten Gallery, Overland Park, KS. (Kansas City)

                -“Painting 2008”, group exhibition, Gallery Project, Ann Arbor MI

2007:      -“Urban/Suburban 2007”, Epsten Gallery, Overland Park, KS. (Kansas City)

                -“Splice: Art and Technology”, Jesse Wilber Gallery, Bozeman MT.

            - "Faculty Exhibition" Helen Copeland Gallery, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT.

2006:      -"Beauty, Intensity, and The Sublime", group exhibition, Gallery Project, Ann Arbor, MI.

                -"The Joan Mitchell Foundation 2004-05 MFA Grant Recipients", group exhibition, CUE Art Foundation, New York, NY.

                -“Winners”, two person exhibition, Kunstverein INGAN, Berlin, Germany.

Awards and Residencies

 2018: -Artist Residency, Kala Center, Berkeley, CA.

2013:      -Joan Mitchell Center AiR Program, New Orleans, LA, artist residency and fellowhip.

                -Hommes AiR Program, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, guest residency.

2012:      -Virginia Center for the Creative Arts (VCCA), artist residency and fellowship, Amherst, VA.

2005-06: -Fulbright Grant through the German-American Fulbright Commission, Berlin, Germany.

2004:      -Joan Mitchell Foundation MFA Stipendium for Painting.