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Ann Beam
Born in Brooklyn, New York, 1944
Ann Beam currently lives and
works in West Bay Ojibwa Reserve, Manitoulin Island, Ontario.
In addition to painting and printmaking, she also works in ceramics and has published
three books.
Ann Beam's works exhibit images of the spiritual power of women, using complex sets of
representations and roles that characterize womanhood and motherhood. ... We shape
ourselves and our destiny through the images we hold ...,
Education
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| 1968 |
Bachelor of Arts,
State University of New York, Buffalo |
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Etching and Lithography, Open Studio, Toronto |
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Selected Collections
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| Art Gallery of
Algoma, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario |
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| Art Gallery of Peterborough, Ontario |
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| Canada Council Art Bank, Ottawa, Ontario |
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| Carleton University Art Gallery, Ottawa, Ontario |
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| College of the North Atlantic, Grand Falls, Newfoundland and
Labrador |
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| Cornwall Art Gallery, Cornwall, Ontario |
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| MacLaren Art Centre, Barrie, Ontario |
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| Red River Community College, Winnipeg, Manitoba |
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| Saskatchewan Indian Federated College, Regina Saskatchewan |
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| Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C. |
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| Thomas Fisher Rare Books Collection, University of Toronto,
Ontario |
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| Truo College, Truo, Nova Scotia |
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| White Mountain Academy of Art, Elliot Lake, Ontario |
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Selected Exhibitions
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| 2003 |
Mothers and
Daughters Continuing, Carleton University Art Gallery, Ottawa, Ontario |
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| 2002 |
Figure Out,
Group Show, Ingram Art Gallery, Yorkville, Toronto, Ontario |
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Shaman and
Ravens, DeLeon White Gallery, Toronto, Ontario |
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Steel City Gallery,
Group Show, Hamilton, Ontario |
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| 2001 |
Novak Graphics, Shanghai, China |
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Studies for the Motherline, V. MacDonnell Gallery,
Toronto, Ontario |
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| 2000 |
Subdivision Suite/Earthbuilders' Narrative, Struts
Gallery, Saskville, New Brunswick |
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Phase II Art Gallery, London, Ontario |
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Novak Gaphics Studio, Shen Szhen Fine Arts Intitute, China |
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| 1994 |
Nellie and Mary and Related Works, La Parete Gallery,
Toronto, Ontario |
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| 1992 |
East of the Diamond Lightning, Art Gallery of
Peterborough, Ontario |
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Carl Beam and Ann Beam, Ufundi Gallery, Ottawa, Ontario |
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| 1990 |
Artspace, Peterborough, Ontario |
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| 1986 |
The Brignall Gallery, Toronto, Ontario |
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| 1985 |
Northern Crafts Gallery, Manitoulin Island, Ontario |
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| 1983 |
Indians and Angels, Laurentien University Museum,
Sudbury, Ontario |
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| 1982 |
Painted Pottery of Ann and Carl Beam, The Maxwell
Museum, Albuquerque, New Mexico |
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| 1977 |
Prints from Open Studio, Queen's Park, The Macdonald
Block, Toronto, Ontario |
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| 1976 |
Prints from Open Studio, Glenbow Museum, Calgary,
Alberta |
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| 1975 |
Prints from Open Studio, Pollock Gallery of Ontario,
Toronto, Ontario |
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Artist's
Books
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| 2000 |
At the Animal
Dance (West Bay, Ontario: Corona Borealis) |
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| 1980 |
At the Animal Dance (32 colour lithographs,
hand-printed, edition of 4) |
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| 1979 |
The Navel Adjustment |
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| 1977 |
Naples Yellow meets Rose Doré |
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Awards
and Grants
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| 2000 |
Second Prize, Phase
II Juried Art and Text Exhibit, London, Ontario |
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| 1996 |
Ontario Arts Council Visual Arts Grant (also awarded in 1994,
1988, 1977, 1976) |
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| 1976 |
Honourable Mention, Edition One, Printmaking Competition,
Toronto, Ontario |
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| 1976 |
Best in Show, Allenown Arts Festival, Buffalo, New York |
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Selected
Bibliography
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| 2000 |
Diedre Hanna,
"Ann Beam's Miracle", NOW Magazine (Toronto), 13-19 January, 2000. |
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| 2000 |
Lisa Toye, "The Way of the Artist: Ann Beam's
Motherline," Acent Magazine, (Winter 2000). |
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| 1999 |
"Ann Beam at V. MacDonnell Gallery," Canadian Art,
(Winter 1999) |
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| 1996 |
Jim Moodie, "Adobe House," Harrowsmith/ Country
Life, (December 1996) |
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| 1992 |
Ann Beam, East of the Diamond Lightning, Art Gallery of
Peterborough, Ontario |
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| 1992 |
Charles Kopan, "Beam's East of the Diamond Lighting'
Shines," Peterborough Examiner, 3 April 1992. |
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