… born on July 7, 1977, Rollin Beamish was raised and educated in Ohio in the United States. He now lives and works in Bozeman, Montana, where he is a Professor and Coordinator for the Studio Art MFA Program 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.

2018-19: - “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.