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 Phoebe Beasley  (1943 - )

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Lived/Active: California/Ohio      Known for: African-American themed collage, figure and genre painting
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Phoebe Beasley, Lost Reading Room, 2008, collage on canvas, 36 x 36   inches
"Lost Reading Room," 2008, collage on canvas, 36 x 36 inches
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This biography from the Archives of AskART:
When President Clinton presented the Ambassadors of the Diplomatic Corps with one of Beasley's monoprints entitled Clinton Inaugural in 1993, it was the second time she received the coveted Presidential Seal on her artwork.  The first time was in 1989 when she was commissioned to do the "Official Artwork" for the inauguration of President Bush - thus, making her the only artist to twice receive the honor.

Phoebe has had numerous solo and group exhibitions in the United States and abroad, and was honored by the State Department for her participation in the Arts in Embassies Program.

Beasley's collage artwork was part of two museum exhibitions including, a group show mounted by the Smithsonian Institution entitled "In The Spirit of Martin", honoring the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and a touring exhibition, "Something All Our Own: The Grant Hill Collection".  A four month long exhibition at the Kansas African American Museum and a solo exhibition at the M. Hanks Gallery, accompanied by a comprehensive catalogue, capped the artist's 2005 season.

Phoebe's work will be included in an upcoming touring museum exhibition entitled Portraying Lincoln: Man of Many Faces based on the life and work of President Lincoln, scheduled to open in 2008. Solo exhibitions in 2008 include the Hearne Fine Art Gallery in Little Rock and the M. Hanks Gallery in Santa Monica.

Beasley completed a collaboration with Dr. Maya Angelou in which she created several serigraphs from poems by Langston Hughes for a limited edition book.  Dr. Angelou selected the poems and titled the masterful compilation, Sunrise is Coming After While, and then wrote the forwards on Hughes and Beasley.

Additional Commissioned Projects include:

  • "Commemorative Artwork" FraserNet Power Networking Conference (2004)
  • "Official Artwork" Democratic National Convention (2000)
  • "Artist for the Launch" AMISTAD Schooner. Mystic Seaport, CT. (2000)
  • "Official Artist" Los Angeles Marathon (2000)
  • "Official Artwork" National Conference for The 100 Black Men, Inc. (1999)
  • "Absolut Beasley" Magazine Ad (1994)
  • "Absolut Vodka Outdoor Billboard (1993)
  • "Commemorative Artwork" 20th Anniversary of Essence Magazine (1990)
  • Commissioned by Oprah Winfrey for "Women of Brewster Place" TV Special (1989)
  • "Official Artwork " National Sickle Cell Anemia Awareness Campaign (1987)
  • Created Tennis Trophy and Medal. Summer Olympic Games (1984)

Public and corporate collectors include: National Public Library, University of Texas, California African American Museum, New York City Library, Swarthmore College, Syracuse University, Cooper Union, Southern University, Brigham Young University, Mystic Seaport Museum, Colgate-Palmolive, Fisk University, The Gillette Company, Magic Johnson Enterprises, Hanes Hosiery, Savannah College of Art and Design, Absolut Vodka, City of Los Angeles, Johnson Publishing Company, Kansas African American Museum, Broadway Federal Bank and the Denver Broncos Football Team.

Some private collectors include: Oprah Winfrey, Dr. Maya Angelou, Roger Penske, Bill Russell, Samuel L. and LaTanya R. Richardson, Mike and Corky Hale-Stoller, Byron Allen, Clarence and Jacqueline Avant, Marla Gibbs, Linda Johnson-Rice, Bernard and Shirley Kinsey, Atty. Peter and Linda Bynoe, James and Mary Bell, Desiree Rogers, Congresswoman Stephanie Tubbs-Jones, Keenan Ivory Wayans, Ken Lombard and Pat Harvey-Lombard, Barbara Bowles, Grant Hill, Bill and Brenda Galloway, Bettye Dixon, Abe Thompson, Sandra Baccus, Wanda McKenzie, Atty. Marc and Tegra Little, Reuben Cannon, Howard Greenberg Gallery/NYC, Charles and Anne Johnson, Atty. Karol Mason, Dr. Ruth Love, Allen W. Warren, Lyle and Shawnelle Logan, Rena Bransten Gallery/San Francisco, Jacquie Wilkinson, Stella Jones Gallery/New Orleans, Jerry and Debra Turner-Carrington, Atty. Dennis and Precious Dowdell, Jr., Anita Baker, John and Vicki Palmer-Roman, Dr. M.J. Hewitt, Ron and Charlayne Hunter-Gault, George and Jean Fraser, Chris and Tara Brancato, Dr. William Burke and County Supervisor Yvonne B. Burke, Tavis Smiley, Earl and Barbara Graves, Sr. and Tyler Perry.

In 2005, Beasley received an Honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts from her alma mater, Ohio University, and she delivered the Commencement Address in the morning and afternoon ceremonies to over 3000 graduates.

Phoebe currently serves as a Commissioner on the Los Angeles County Arts Commission in the most populated county in the nation with over 10 Million people and eighty-eight cities.

She also is on the Board of Directors of the Story Project Foundation, (an after-school program founded and chaired by actress/philathropist Dina Merrill and her husband Ted Hartley, the owners of RKO Pictures), the Los Angeles Executive Advisory Board of the United Negro College Fund, the Board of the Transportation Foundation of Los Angeles, The Trusteeship (Southern California Women's Forum) and Instructor/Mentor working, nationally, with Victoria Rowell and her Rowell Foster Children Positive Plan to help students achieve self-esteem through the visual arts.


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Biography from M. Hanks Gallery:
Dr. Samella Lewis put one of Phoebe Beasley's collages on the cover of her seminal book, Art: African American, and said: "Phoebe Beasley]incorporates paint, tissue paper, cloth and a variety of found objects to create compositions that express experiences in the lives of her special people, people of ordinary means, whose daily activities often go unnoticed."

Artist statement: The themes and subjects that I focus on in my art come from what I know, based on my point of reference. And they are certainly from my culture.  But, there is a universality in my work of what it's like living alone, being poor, and getting old.

Education
• M.A. Kent State University, Ohio
• B.F.A. Ohio University, Athens, Ohio Awards

Recognitions:
• Presidential Seal, Inauguration of President Bill Clinton
• Presidential Seal, Inauguration of President George Bush
• Woman of the Year, Los Angeles Sentinel
• Black Women of Achievement Award, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund
• Merit Award
• Achievement Award
• Genii Award
• Official Artist of the 1999 Los Angeles Marathon Collections

Collections:
• California African American Museum
• The Gillette Company
• Hanes Hosiery
• Johnson Publications
• Arco Chemical
• Magic Johnson Enterprises
• Oprah Winfrey
• Bill Russell
• Maya Angelou
• Gordon Parks
• Sandra and Dr. Lloyd Baccus
• Clarence and Jacquie Avant
• (Partial listing)

Publications
African American Art and Artists by Samella Lewis, Ph.D., published by University of California Press, Los Angeles, CA in 1990.
• Collecting African American Art by Halima Taha, published by Crown Publishers, Inc., New York City in 1998.
St. James Guide to Black Artists edited by Thomas Riggs, published by St. James Press, Detroit in 1997.
• "Art Card Raises Funds" by Leigh Ann Clifton, Artweek, 18 November 1993.
• "Phoebe Beasley", Black Art Quarterly International, February 1982.

Exhibitions
• Arizona State University, Tempe
• Cinque Gallery, New York City
• Museum of African American Art, Los Angeles
• Howard University, Washington, D.C.
• Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago
• North Carolina Central University
• Schomberg Center, New York City
• Anheuser Busch Gallery, St. Louis

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