Art Visit with Barry Beach.

Barry is an artist, art educator, and college portfolio preparation advisor living in Marin County, California. Materials and how they are used to construct the world fascinates him and inform his art practice The process of making is as important for him as the product; his studio is a place of continual experiments and explorations. Many materials he incorporates into his work are used and reclaimed from the waste stream, particularly wood.

He uses transformational processes creating my work, including deconstruction, reconstruction, carving, accumulating, covering and coating, using combinations of new, used, natural, and industrial materials for their physical and psychological effects. Recent work explores topography, geology, accumulation, removal and renewal.

The natural landscape influences my work through the physicality of materials, natural and human-built structures, geology, natural history, and years of experiencing North American mountains through extensive traveling and hiking. 

The tension of intersecting human and natural landscapes fascinates me, hybrid areas where the human and non-human worlds intersect: protected land, open spaces, urban areas and rural areas. Observing the natural world inspires me, helping me see cycles and patterns: surface/form, order/chaos, organic/synthetic, life/death/renewal.

His work has been exhibited in exhibitions around the United States for 25 years, including the 2019 Croker-Kingsley Art Competition in Roseville, CA, Headlands Center for the Arts in Sausalito, CA, and Root Division in San Francisco, CA.

Learn more about Barry.
http://www.barrybeach.com/

Accomplished Artist

• 25+ Years of Art Practice
• 10+ Prestigious Awards
• Appeared in 15+ Publications

Quality Education

• MFA 2008 San Francisco Art Institute (Full Tuition MFA Fellowship)
• BFA 1995 Rhode Island School of Design

Teaching Art

• Marin Academy, San Rafael, CA
• San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA