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Matthew Beall
Artist Statement & Bio
Matthew Beall is an American
painter who has lived in
Germany since 2000. His large
paintings reflect an ongoing
exploration of both abstracted
landscape and color. Emotional
and gestural his work suggests
a world that exists between
the bright neon lights of
California and the shadows of
Germany.
Born in 1962 in California,
essentially self-taught as an
artist, Beall worked for many
years creating custom designs
for the steel exterior of
automobiles. He has had
numerous group and solo
exhibitions (see list below)
of his paintings in both
Europe and the United States.
His work is in many important
private collections.
In his recent work partial
faces and enigmatic eyes
emerge from gorgeous and
sensuous fields of color.
Mysterious and moody these
figurative elements function
as portals, or windows, into
what appears to be a mystical
and primal landscape. These
paintings are large and this
scale creates an alternate
world to enter. This is a
world that references numerous
art historical moments as it
suggests a place that is
solitary, unknown and,
ultimately, lonely. The
paintings are not so much
about individual identity as
they are about a rapidly
altering collective identity
that forms...
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Artist Exhibitions:
Solo Exhibition
Sept 2007
Ott Cucina
Neu Ulm, Germany
Group exhibition
April 06, 2006
Marziart International Gallery
Hamburg, Germany
Solo Exhibition
July 1 - Sept. 30, 2005
Cafeteria Michelsberg
Universitaetsklinikum Ulm
Ulm, Germany
Solo Exhibition
April - July 2005
Perfect Nails
Ulm, Germany...
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Collections:
R&B Carty, Germany
V.Krok, Germany
D&D Waessle, Germany
I&W Eisenmann, Germany
L.Reusche, Germany
J.Rimmele, Germany
P.East, Germany
G.Taurman, Germany
E.Mayer, California, USA
J.Beall, California, USA
A. Rainer, Germany
A. Busch, Germany
M. Krok, Germany
A. Mohr, Ireland
Mr. & Mrs. Mohr, ...
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Graduate Degree |
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| Favorite Artistic Medium |
Painting Acrylic
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| Favorite Arthistory Movement |
Abstract Expressionism - (1940 - 1955)
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| Favorite Visual Artist |
Gerhard Richter, de Kooning, Johns
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Matthew Beall
Artist Statement & Bio
Matthew Beall is an American painter who has lived in Germany since 2000. His large paintings reflect an ongoing exploration of both abstracted landscape and color. Emotional and gestural his work suggests a world that exists between the bright neon lights of California and the shadows of Germany.
Born in 1962 in California, essentially self-taught as an artist, Beall worked for many years creating custom designs for the steel exterior of automobiles. He has had numerous group and solo exhibitions (see list below) of his paintings in both Europe and the United States. His work is in many important private collections.
In his recent work partial faces and enigmatic eyes emerge from gorgeous and sensuous fields of color. Mysterious and moody these figurative elements function as portals, or windows, into what appears to be a mystical and primal landscape. These paintings are large and this scale creates an alternate world to enter. This is a world that references numerous art historical moments as it suggests a place that is solitary, unknown and, ultimately, lonely. The paintings are not so much about individual identity as they are about a rapidly altering collective identity that forms as physical and cultural boundaries change and often dissolve.
Beall has stated that for him painting is a deeply intuitive process and not readily accessible by words. And, indeed, particularly in his recent paintings, there is a suggestion of the physical world dissolving into a shimmering aura that lies just beyond our last thought or breath. The paintings are, as much art is, an articulation of longing. A longing for a place both remembered and not yet discovered.
Beall’s vision, however, is not a romantic or pastoral one; rather it alludes to colliding cultures and an attempt to find solace in the seeming permanence of art history and the past. In ways this work combines this quest with the bright, fast-moving optimism that marked the contemporary California culture in which the artist lived for many years.
Beall`s landscape is a provocative and suggestive one that speaks poignantly to a world that is increasingly open-ended and fluid. It is a place that knows no dominion and is continually being redefined.
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