Ann Beam

Education: State University of New York at Buffalo, Batchelor of Fine Arts, 1968.
Open Studio, Toronto, Etching and Lithography, 1974-78.

Selected Exhibitions:
2008 "Shell Theory", Solo Show, Gore Bay Museum, Manitoulin Island, ON.
2006-07 “Red Bird”, Solo Exhibition, Orfield Gallery,Minneapolis, Minn.
2005-06 ”Picturing Her, Images of Girlhood”, McCord Museum, Montreal, Quebec
2005 "Corona , Dialogues with Earth Mother", Solo Exhibition, Sheguiandah Centennial Museum, Sheguiandah, Ontario.
2004 "It's All Relative", Touring Exhibition, Group Show Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery, Waterloo, On,
Algoma Art Gallery , Sault Ste. Marie, On. 2004
Thunder Bay Art Gallery, Thunder bay, On. 2005
Art Gallery of Peterborough, Peterborough, On 2006
Millennium Museum, Beijing, China, 2008
2003 "Motherlines", Solo Exhibition, Carleton University Art Gallery, Ottawa, On.
2003 "All Things Are Connected"...Ann Beam , Residency at the Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art, Toronto, On.
2002 "Shamans and Ravens", Two Person Show, DeLeon White Gallery, Toronto, On. May to June, 2002
2001 Steel City Gallery, Hamilton, On. with Novak Graphics. Group Show, November 2001 - June, 2002
2001 Novak Graphics Studio, Shanghai, China, Group Show,
2001 Novak Graphics Studio, Xien- Shen, China, Group Show
2000 "Studies in the Motherline", Solo Exhibition, V. MacDonnell Gallery, Toronto, On.
2000 " Sub-Division Suite/Earth Builder's Narrative," Solo Exhibition, Strutts Gallery, Sackville, N.B.
1996 "Nellie and Mary and Related Works ", Solo Exhibition, LaParete Gallery, Toronto, On.
1992 "East of the Diamond Lightning", Solo Exhibition, Art Gallery of Peterborough, Peterborough, On.
1992 "Works by Ann and Carl Beam", Uffendi Gallery, Ottawa, On.
1990 "A Response", Exhibition with the Gorilla Girls, Art Space, Peterborough, On.

Ann Beam
1986 "The Constellation of Solitaire" Solo Exhibition, Brignall Gallery, 80 Spadina, Toronto On.
1985 Northern Crafts Gallery, Two Person Show, South Baymouth, On.
1983 "Indians and Angels" Two Person Show, Laurentien University Museum and Art Centre, Sudbury, On.
1982 " The Painted Pottery of Ann and Carl Beam", Maxwell Museum, The University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico.
1977 "Prints From Open Studio", Group Show, McDonald Block, Queen's Park, Toronto,
1977 "O.S. Prints", Group Show, Glenbow Museum, Calgary, Alberta.
1976 "The Chair Show", Group Show, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario
1975 "Prints from Open Studio", Group Show, The Pollack Gallery, Toronto, On.

Artist's Books
2006 "The Bear's Breakthrough
2000 "At The Animal Dance" trade edition, artist's multiple
1980 "At The Animal Dance" (32 color lithographs, hand printed )
1979 "The Navel Adjustment"
1977 "Naples Yellow Meets Rose Dore"

Selected Collections
Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, On.
Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art, Toronto, On.
Art Gallery of Peterborough, Peterborough, On.
Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery, Waterloo, On.
Canada Council Art Bank, Ottawa, On.
MacLaren Art Centre, Barrie, On.
Simon Fraser University, B.C.
Saskatchewan Indian Federated College, Regina, Saskatchewan
Art Gallery of Algoma, Sault Ste. Marie, On.
Cornwall Art Gallery, Cornwall , On.
Truro College, Truro, N.S.
University of Toronto, Robarts Rare Book Library, Toronto, On.
Red River Community College, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Collection of Prof. RM Vanderburgh
Collection of Elizabeth McLuhan
University of Victoria, Victoria, B.C.


Awards and Grants
2004 OAAG Award, juried award of Merit, Educator Award, "All Things are Connected"
2004 Exhibition Assistance, Ontario Arts Council
2000 Prize, "Text and Art", Phase II Gallery, London, On.
1996 Ontario Arts Council, Project Grant
1994 Ontario Arts Council, Project Grant
1988 Ontario Arts Council, Project Grant
1976 Prize, "Editions I", Printmaking Competition,
1968 "Best in Show", Allentown Art Festival, Buffalo, N.Y.

Selected Bibliography
"Motherlines" catalogue by Claudette Lauzon, Carleton University Press,2004
"Ann Beam's Exhibition Sheds Light on the Power Without and Within, by
Jim Moodie, Manitoulin Expositor, Little Current, On. 2005
"It's All Relative", Catalogue, by Virginia Eichorn, 2004
"It's All Relative", article by Gil McElroy, Fusion Magazine
"Ann Beam's Miracle, NOW Magazine, by Deidre Hanna, Jan13-19,2000.
Ann Beam at V.MacDonnell Gallery",Fast Forward, Canadian Art, Winter1999.
"Beam's East of the Diamond Lightning, Shines, By Charles Kopan, Peterborough Examiner, April 3, 1992.
"The Way of the Artist", by Lisa Toye, Ascent Magazine, Winter 2000.
"Adobe House", by Jim Moodie, Harrowsmith/Country Life,Dec.1996.
"Backroads and Bravados" The Strutts Gallery Presents McLeod and Ann Beam, Argosy Publications, Mount Alison University, 2000
"Raven Art Gallery a Beam of Creative Light", Sudbury Star,Sept. 2, 2006
"TakeTime to Listen to the Holy Buzz", Margo Little, Highgrader Magazine, Spring 200

Art Related Work
Design and hands-on construction of Adobe House, Studio and Gallery, M'chigeeng First Nation, Manitoulin Island, 1992, 1994 and 2007.
Teaching Children's Art Classes at Art Gallery of Ontario, 1968-70
Director, Kid's Can Press, 1976