Oliver Beer (artist)

Oliver Beer
Oliver Beer, London, 2017
Born1985 (age 38–39)
EducationRuskin School of Drawing and Fine Art, University of Oxford
Known forConceptual art, installation art, video art, sculpture
AwardsMondes Nouveaux

Websiteoliverbeer.co.uk

Oliver Beer (born 1985) is a British artist who lives and works between London and Paris. He makes sculptures, installations, videos, and immersive live performances. [1]

Biography

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Oliver Beer studied musical composition at the Academy of Contemporary Music, London; visual art at the University of Oxford; and theory of cinema at the Sorbonne, Paris.[2]

His background in both music and fine art led to an early interest in the relationship between sound and space, particularly the voice and architecture. He has translated his research into performances in which spectators take part and he makes sculptures and videos that embody the plastic expression of this relationship and the way the human body experiences it. Within and alongside his work with sound, Oliver Beer creates diverse sculpture, installation and film projects.[3]

Beer’s work has been the subject of many solo and group exhibitions, notably at Met Breuer, Metropolitan Museum of Art and MoMA PS1, New York; Centre Pompidou, Opéra Garnier, Fondation Louis Vuitton, Palais de Tokyo and Château of Versailles, Paris; the macLyon, Lyon; Ikon Gallery, Birmingham; WIELS, Brussels and the Sydney and Istanbul biennales. Beer was included in the British Art Show 9 and has also held residencies at the Palais de Tokyo, the Watermill Centre, Sydney Opera House and the Fondation Hermès.[4]

Solo exhibitions

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2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
  • Met Breuer, New York, USA, Vessel Orchestra, 2 July – 11 August 2019
  • Galerie des Arts Visuels, Quebec City, Canada, Recomposition (Baloo Stripped Bare), 16 February – 21 April 2019
  • University of New South Wales Gallery, Sydney, Australia Impossible Composition, 1–23 February 2019
  • Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris, France, Household Gods, 12 January – 16 February 2019
2018
  • Anna Schwartz Gallery, Melbourne Impossible Composition curated by Anaïs Lellouche, 24 March – 21 April 2018 George Eastman Museum, Rochester, NY, USA,
  • Reanimation (Snow White), Video Presentation, 30 October 2018 – 1 January 2019 Ruya Foundation, Baghdad, Iraq[1]
  • Reanimation (Alice Falling), Video Presentation, 16 November – 8 December 2018
2017
2016
  • POMPIDOU CENTRE, Paris Polyphonies curated by Christine Macel 19 October 2016 – 23 January 2017
  • NUIT BLANCHE, Paris, 2016 Live Stream, Pont des Arts, 1 October 2016[4]
  • VG PRIZE EXHIBITION, London August–September 2016[5]
  • FRAENKEL LAB, San Francisco, Reanimation (Snow White), January 2016
2015
  • AOYAMA MEGURO, Tokyo, Life, Death and Tennis. Daiwa Art Prize 2015 solo exhibition November–December 2015
  • ASAKUSA HOUSE, Tokyo, Deconstructing Sound, Daiwa Art Prize 2015 solo exhibition November–December 2015
  • WATERMILL CENTER, New York, Making Tristan, Watermill Center artist in residence September 2015[6]
  • KILIC ALI PASA HAMAM, Istanbul, Call to Sound, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac / Istanbul Biennale September 2015
  • DAIWA ART PRIZE 2015, London, Daiwa Foundation Art Prize Exhibition, 12 June – 17 July 2015
2014
  • Diabolus in Musica, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, (Septembre 2014)[7][8]
  • Rabbit Hole, Oliver Beer, MAC Lyon, (6 Juin – 17 Août 2014) [9]
  • Prospectif Cinéma – Oliver Beer, Pompidou Centre, Paris (22 May 2014)
  • Sunday Sessions, MoMA PS1, New York, (6 April 2014)[10]
2013
  • Composition for Hearing an Architectural space, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Pantin[11]
  • Oliver Beer, Villa Arson, Nice[12]
  • Outside-In, Ikon Gallery, Birmingham (permanent installation)[13]
  • Out of Shot, Silencio, Paris
2012
  • Klang, Palais de Tokyo, Paris[14]
2011
  • Pay and Display, Ikon Gallery, Birmingham, UK
2010
  • Deep and Meaningful, MurmurART, 20 Hoxton Square, London
  • Training, Ikon Gallery, Birmingham (Tower Room)
2009
  • Die Budgie History, Dolphin Gallery, Oxford
2008
  • The Resonance Project, Abbazia di Farfa, Rome, Italy
2007
  • Oliver Beer, La Viande Gallery, London

Public collections

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  • Centre national des arts plastiques, France[15]
  • FRAC (Fond Régional d'Art Contemporain), Île-de-France, France [16]
  • FRAC, Midi-Pyrénées, Les Abattoirs, Toulouse
  • Musée d'art contemporain de Lyon, Lyon, France
  • Musée National d'Art Moderne, Centre Pompidou, Paris
  • MACVAL, Ivry-sur-Seine
  • Nouveau Musée National de Monaco,
  • Museum of Old and New Art (MONA), Australia
  • Fondation Louis Vuitton, Paris
  • National Museum of Art, Osaka, Japon
  • Museum Voorlinden, Wassenaar, Royaume des Pays-Bas
  • IKON Gallery, Birmingham, Royaume-Uni
  • Zabludowicz 176 Collection, London, Royaume-Uni
  • Kramlich Collection, San Francisco, Etats-Unis d'Amérique

Bibliography

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  • 2014 Rabbit Hall, Oliver Beer, co-edited by Mac Lyon and Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, texts by Thierry Raspail, Jonathan Wattkins, Rebecca Lamarche-Vadel, Isabelle Bertolotti and Matthieu Lelièvre.
  • 2014 Oliver Beer : topologies singulières, 02 magazine, text by Ingrid Luquet-Gad
  • 2013 Oliver Beer, cahier de résidence. Fondation Hermès, text by Clément Dirier, Editions Actes Sud
  • 2013 Voyage en territoires partagés, dir. Charlotte Moth, including a text by Oliver Beer, Editions Cercle d'Art
  • 2013 Expérienz, Art Même No. 58
  • 2013 The Resonance Project, Dante No. 4
  • 2012 Arts Magazine April issue Oliver Beer: Echologiste by Francois Quintin
  • 2012 Palais Magazine No. 16, Composition for tuning an architectural space insert. Editions Palais de Tokyo

References

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  1. ^ Ruya Foundation, 16 April 2019
  2. ^ "Oliver Beer | New Performance and Sculpture". Thaddaeus Ropac.
  3. ^ "Ikon Oliver Beer". ikon-gallery.org. Retrieved 6 March 2018.
  4. ^ "Nuit Blanche 2016: performance d'Oliver Beer". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 6 March 2018.
  5. ^ "Annely Juda Fine Art | Exhibitions | VG Award Exhibition (2016)". www.annelyjudafineart.co.uk. Retrieved 6 March 2018.
  6. ^ "Oliver Beer – The Watermill Center". www.watermillcenter.org. Retrieved 6 March 2018.
  7. ^ Oliver Beer at Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, on Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac's website
  8. ^ About Diabolus in Musica in La Dispute on France Culture, a Podcast on France Culture's website
  9. ^ Oliver Beer at MAC Lyon, on MAC Lyon's website
  10. ^ MoMA PS1 Afternoon Session, MoMA PS1 Afternoon Session
  11. ^ Oliver Beer on Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac
  12. ^ Oliver Beer at Villa Arson, Webpage of Villa Arson, Nice
  13. ^ A permanent installation at IKON Gallery, Brindleyplace's website
  14. ^ Oliver Beer at Palais de Tokyo, on Palais de Tokyo's website
  15. ^ Deep and Meaningful by Pascale Cassagneau, CNAP's website
  16. ^ Nouvelles acquisitions du Frac Ile-de-France, FRAC's website
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