Patterson Beckwith

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Patterson Beckwith holds a BFA from The Cooper Union, NY and an M.F.A. from University of California Los Angeles His editorial photography has appeared in Artforum, Details, Index, Jane, and Vice. His photos are featured in Art at the Millennium (Taschen, 2000) and have been exhibited widely throughout North America and Europe. Exhibitions include Museo Carillo Gil, Mexico City, Kerstin Engholm Galerie, Vienna, Austria, Pat Hearn Gallery, NY, Armand Hammer Museum, L.A. He is represented by American Fine Arts, Co., NY. and Daniel Hug Gallery, Los Angeles. He is on faculty at Otis College of Art and Design and the Cooper Union.

He was a member of Art Club 2000 which was founded in 1992 by Gallerist Colin De Land and students from NYC's Cooper Union. Their collaborative projects included muckraking investigations of systems and institutions including the Gap, Ikea, New York real estate, and Fashion. The group was reveiwed in Art Press in an article called "The Salon of 1999: Friends and Enemies: The Fifth International, New York" (January 2000 p. 67-9).


[edit] Selected exhibitions

Exhibition Record (*solo):

  • 2006 Patterson Beckwith. Daniel Hug Gallery, L.A.*
  • 2006 Domino. Air de Paris, Paris
  • 2006 L.A. 25. Skadden Arps, Los Angeles
  • 2006 Second Annual Los Angeles Biennial. Track 16 Gallery, L.A.
  • 2006 Campari (This show was not sponsored by...)Curator: Luciano Perna Park Projects, L.A.
  • 2005 Group Portrait Studio. E.S.L. Projects, L.A.*
  • 2005 Supermarket Bouquets. Counterpoint Harmony, L.A.*g
  • 2004 Home. American Fine Arts co., New York. *
  • 2004 None of the Above. Swiss Institute New York.
  • 2004 Let the Bullsh*t Run a Marathon. Nicole Klagsbrun Gallery, New York.
  • 2003 Bad Time Clocks. Ecart, Basel.
  • 2002 Portrait Studio. Galleria del Cortile, Rome. *
  • 2002 Three Day Weekend. UCLA Hammer Museum, L.A.
  • 2001 Portrait Studio. American Fine Arts co. New York* (Catalog).
  • 2001 The Love of Look. Engholm Engelhorn Galerie, Vienna (Curator: Kirsty Bell).
  • 2000 Sentimental Education. Deitch Projects, New York. (Curator: David Rimanelli).
  • 2000 The Nocturnal Dream Show. Pat Hearn Gallery, New York (Curator: Daniel Reich).
  • 2000 Coal by any Other Name. American Fine Arts, Co. New York.
  • 1999 XXX Dope. American Fine Arts, Co. New York.
  • 1999 Friends and Enemies. The 5th International, New York.
  • 1999 Answer Yes No or Don’t Know. Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York.
  • 1998 Inauguration of The 5th International. The 5th International, New York..
  • 1998 Thriller. 303 Gallery, New York.
  • 1996 Does Television Inform the Way Art is Made? Grazer Kunstverein, Graz, Austria.
  • 1996 100 Photographs. American Fine Arts, Co. New York.
  • 1992-2000 founding member of Art Club 2000, 1992.