Photograph courtesy of Palazzo Monti
Amy Beager (b. 1988) lives and works from her studio in Chelmsford, UK. She obtained a National Diploma in Art & Design (Distinction) in 2007 and a Bachelor of Arts degree from Nottingham Trent University in 2010. Beager's painterly language has re-imagined figurative painting with her bold colour juxtapositions; figures rendered in a simultaneously classical yet modern style; and compositions, which are exquisitely romantic and poetic. Parallel to the joyous vivid colour palette and swathes of rich paint and brushwork, the figures often appear restless, fervent, and in a complex tension of ecstasy and anguish. Reminiscent of the dramatic poses of the divine saints from the Renaissance period, these figures hover between the classical and the contemporary. Beager's paintings both celebrate and explore the emotional intensity and intimacy of love.
Beager was selected as a winner for the Ingram Prize 2022 and previously The Delphian Gallery Open Call in 2020. In 2024 she exhibited at Glyndebourne as part of ‘From Then to Now: 90 Years of Glyndebourne Posters’ and completed a residency at Palazzo Monti in Brescia, Italy. She has exhibited at a number of London Galleries including the Saatchi Gallery, Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, Huxley Parlour Gallery, Unit London and Wilder Gallery among others. She has also exhibited Internationally in Switzerland (Kutlesa Gallery), Germany (Better Go South Gallery), The Netherlands (Enari Gallery) and USA (Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery) among others. Beager's work has been acquired by The Ingram Collection, Soho House, Noewe Foundation, Gnutti Berretta Collection and placed in multiple private collections globally.
EDUCATION
2020- 2021 Turps Banana Correspondence Course
2007- 2010 BA, Fashion Design, Nottingham Trent University, UK
2006- 2007 BTEC National Diploma Art and Design (Distinction), South Essex College 2005
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024 Salon, Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, West Palm Beach, USA
Slow Blink, Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, London
2023 Paradise, Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, Berlin
Enter Art Fair, solo booth, Kristin Hjellgjerde Gallery, Copenhagen
2022 Swan Maidens, Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, London Bridge, London
London Art Fair, Solo Booth, London
Platform (mini online), Unit London
2021 Dreamers, Wilder Gallery, London
Now | Futures (mini online), Huxley-Parlour Gallery
The Torches Burn Bright (online), Offshoot Arts X Artsy
2019 Blue Woman, BSMT Space, Dalston, London
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 From Then to Now: 90 Years of Glyndebourne Posters, Glyndebourne Opera House, East Sussex, UK
Expo Chicago, Chicago, USA
2023 Moons, Enari Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Papier, Delphian Gallery, Studio La Madeleine, Ligné, France
The Spirit of Adventure, The Ingram Collection, West Horsley Place, Surrey, UK
Eye of the Collector, London, UK
2022 Untitled Art Fair, Miami, USA
The Ingram Prize, Unit 1 Gallery Workshop, London, UK
Spectrum, Better Go South, Stuttgart, Germany
Her, Fir Gallery, Beijing, China
Power of Femininity, Kutlesa Gallery, Switzerland
Arcadia, Curated by OffShoot Arts X A Space for Art, Home House private members club, London, UK
2021 In Momentum, Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, London Bridge, London
A Call Across Rooms, Liliya Gallery, London
Femme-Ate, Soho Revue, Soho, London
Summer Auction, Art on a Postcard, Hoxton Gallery, London
The Top 100, The Auction Collective, The Department store, London
It’s All Relative, Four You Gallery X Artistellar
Mnemysone (online), Purslane Art
Works on Paper 3 (online), Blue Shop Cottage
Fragmented Intimacy, Two-person exhibition, Grove Collective, London
The Everlasting Nude (online), The Curators
Tilted (online), Wilder Gallery X Purslane Art
2020 Original Paper (online) , Wilder Gallery
Winners Exhibition (online) , Delphian gallery Open Call 2020
With Love (online), Paint Talks
Antisocial Isolation, Curated by Delphian Gallery at Saatchi Gallery, London
Painting Persists (online), Offshoot Arts
Works on Paper (online), Blue Shop Cottage
The Sinister Figures (online), BUNKER / BuuBuu Studio
2019 Art Maze, Group Exhibition, The Barge House OXO Tower Wharf, London
AWARDS & RESIDENCIES
2024 Palazzo Monti Residency, Italy
2022 The Ingram Prize, Winner
2022 Clovermill Artist Residency, The Netherlands
2020 Delphian Gallery, Open Call 2020
COLLECTIONS
Gnutti Berretta Collection, Italy
Noewe Foundation, Lithuania
The Ingram Collection
Soho House Collections
Press Links
https://www.villegiardini.it/artissima-2024-lintervista-a-umberta-gnutti-beretta/
https://www.cassart.co.uk/inside-the-studio-with-amy-beager/
https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-amy-beagers-dreamy-paintings-blend-fashion-fairy-tale
https://www.ft.com/content/a74fe98f-9180-41bc-80d1-c64bfb08f2ba
https://www.trebuchet-magazine.com/amy-beager-painterly-romance/
https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-5-artists-radar
https://fadmagazine.com/2021/04/22/the-upcoming-amy-beager/
https://thewickculture.com/spotlight-feature-amy-beager-figurative-arts-fresh-new-voice/
https://tempusmagazine.co.uk/news/interview-artist-amy-beager
https://www.wherestheframe.com/post/antisocial-isolation
https://asiancurator.com/amy-beager/
https://www.she-curates.com/interviews/artists/amy-beager/
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