ANYA KRISTIN BEELER

Researcher, Lecturer, Program Director

Jewellery + Metal Design

Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design

University of Dundee 

Crawford Building

Perth Road Dundee, DD1 4HT

EDUCATION:

1994 Master of Fine Arts, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona

1989 Bachelor of Arts, Berea College, Berea, Kentucky

POST GRADUATE:

2011 Alchemia Contemporary Jewellery School, Florence, Italy with Iris Eichenberg

2013 Atelier Rudee Contemporary Jewellery School, Bangkok, Thailand with Katja Prins

2016-2018 Research Associate, Materializing Memories Research Program, University of Technology Sydney

SOLO EXHIBITIONS:

2021 INTEGUMENTUM, Baltimore Jewelry Center, Baltimore, Maryland

2018  INTEGUMENTUM, Long Beach City College Art Gallery, Long Beach, California

2016  ARCHIVE OF RAG AND BONE, Mesa Contemporary Art Museum, Mesa, Arizona

2007  BEAUTY AND OTHER MONSTERS, Velvet da Vinci Gallery, San Francisco, California

2005  HORTUS CONCLUSUS, Gallery One, Appalachian Center for Crafts, Tennessee Technical University, Smithville, Tennessee

           HORTUS CONCLUSUS, Traylor Gallery, Berea College, Berea, Kentucky

2000  VOYAGE AND VOYEUR, Obsidian Gallery, Tucson, Arizona

           VOYEUR, cultureclash Gallery, Salida, Colorado

GROUP EXHIBITIONS (selected):

2020 SITE EFFECTS, Curated by Anja Eichler and Katja Toporski Travelling Exhibition 

Bavarian Society of Applied Arts (Bayerischen Kunstgewerbeverein: BKV), Munich, Germany; 

Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA (Postponed)

Baltimore Jewelry Center, Baltimore MD

BODY CONTROL, Museum Arnhem, Netherlands, Curated by Anne-Karlijn van Kesteren

BROKEN BEAUTY: Alliages Gallery Lilles, France, Travelling Exhibition 

Munich Jewellery Week (Postponed)

Melting Point Valencia Spain( Postponed)

Athens Jewellery Week (Postponed)

THE LIMIT ITSELF: Globe Dye Works, Philadelphia (Postponed)

2019 UNEASY BEAUTY, Fuller Museum of Craft, Brockton, Massachusetts

CHARMED, Sienna Patti Contemporary, Lenox, Massachusetts

SIX YEARS SMITTEN, Form and Concept Gallery, Sante Fe, New Mexico

BODY CONTROL, Museum Arnhem, Netherlands, Curated by Anne-Karlijn van Kesteren

EDITION, Sienna Patti Contemporary, New York City Jewelry Week

2018    STORIES OF BOUNDARIES, Long Beach Arts Council Fellows Exhibition Collaborative Gallery, Long Beach, California 

PRACTICE AND PEDAGOGY, Long Beach Museum of Art Exchange, Long Beach, California

LA FRONTERA, Museum of Art and Design, New York, Curated by Mike Holmes and Lorena Lazard

             UNEASY BEAUTY, Fuller Museum of Craft, Brockton, Massachusetts, Curated by Suzanne Ramjlak

            INSECTS, Galerie Alice Floriano, Sao Paolo, Brasil

             PEARLS METAMORPHOSES IN CONTEMPORARY AND CONCEPTUAL JEWELLERY, Galerie Putti, Riga, Latvia

2017    THE PERMANENT, Alliages Gallery, Lilles, France, Travelling Exhibition 

                                    Lalabeyou Gallery, Madrid, Spain

2016    SHADOW THEMES, Reinstein/Ross Gallery, New York, New York, Curated by Marjorie Simon and Biba Schutz, with catalog

         (LOST) PARADISE,  Alliages Gallery, Lilles, France

BODY OF WORK, online exhibition organized by the Baltimore Jewelry Center as part of the Google Arts and Culture Institute

2015    Presenter’s Exhibition, East Carolina University Gallery, Greenville, North Carolina, In conjunction with the Material Matters Conference

CALIFORNIA HANDMADE:  STATE OF THE ARTS, The Maloof Foundation and Craft in America Center, Los Angeles, California, with catalog

         WORDSMITH/METALSMITH, Bannister Gallery, Rhode Island College, Providence, Rhode Island

2014    LA FRONTERA, Curated by Mike Holmes and Elizabeth Shypertt, Travelling Exhibition with catalog

               Art Gallery at Indiana University, Kokomo           

               The Center for Contemporary Craft, Houston, Texas         

          THE DIGITAL HAND,  School of Art Gallery, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio

          SEIRAAD International Jewellery Fair, Amsterdam

2013 SEIRAAD International Jewellery Fair, Amsterdam

          PERSPECTIVE AND INTENTION, Taboo Gallery, San Diego, California

LA FRONTERA, Curated by Mike Holmes and Elizabeth Shypertt, , Travelling Exhibition with catalog

               Franz Meyer Museum, Mexico City           

               Velvet da Vinci Gallery, San Francisco, California 

          WORKING WORDS, Curated by Karen Lorene, Facere Gallery, Seattle, Washington.

2011    Presenter’s Exhibition, Bellevue Museum of Art, Bellevue, Washington, In conjunction with the Pacific Northwest Jewelry and Metals Symposium

2010 EXTREME BEAUTY, Glassell School of Art, University of Texas, Houston, Curated by Kim Cridler

2010 ANATOMY LESSONS, Group exhibition, Taboo Gallery, San Diego, California

2009 THE ART OF OPENING, The Wood Turning Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

2008 JEWELERS WORK, Three Person Show, Obsidian Gallery, Tucson, Arizona

2007 SIGNS OF LIFE, Group invitational, Curated by Karen Lorene, with catalog, Facere Gallery, Seattle

2006 LIFE INSIGHT, Group Invitational, Curated by Gail Brown, Kentucky Museum of Art and Design, Louisville

       500 NECKLACES, Invitational Exhibition with publication of 500 NECKLACES, Curated by Elizabeth Shypertt and Mike Holmes, Velvet da Vinci Gallery, San Francisco, California

       27TH ANNUAL CONTEMPORARY CRAFTS EXHIBITION Mesa Contemporary Arts Center, Mesa, AZ

2005 ARTISTS’ CHOICE, Aaron Faber Gallery, New York, New York

       CRAFTFORMS, Wayne Art Center, Wayne Pennsylvania, David McFadden, Curator

2003 CHARMED LIVES, Group invitational, Curated by Gail Brown, Facere Gallery, Seattle, Washington

        THE BRACELET, Group exhibition, Curated by Nancy Yaw, SOFA NYC, Yaw Gallery, Birmingham, MI

         DELIBERATE DECADENCE, Metal Arts Society of Southern California, Sculpture to Wear, Santa Monica

         EXHIBITION IN MOTION, Invitational, in conjunction with SNAG conference, Academy of Art College, San Francisco, California

2003-2005 CHESS, Invitational Traveling Exhibition, Curated by Elizabeth Shypertt and Mike Holmes 

Velvet da Vinci Gallery, San Francisco, California

Flow Gallery, London, England 

Vennel Gallery, Irvine, Scotland

The Gallery, Ruthin Craft Centre, Denbighshire, Wales 

Craft Council Shop at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London

Gallery I/O, New Orleans, Louisiana

Kohler Art Center in Sheboygan Wisconsin

Fuller Craft Museum in Brockton, Massachusetts

PUBLICATIONS INCLUDING MY WORK:

2024 The Beauty of Choice: On Women, Art, and Freedom, Wendy Steiner, Columbia University Press.

Practice and Pedagogy, Faculty of Art catalog for Long Beach City College’s Visual & Media Arts Department.

2021 CURRENT OBSESSION MAGAZINE, Munich Jewellery Week, page 9.

DESIGN WITHOUT BORDERS, Online version, Kiscell Museum, Budapest

2020 SITE EFFECTS Catalog, In conjunction with the exhibition, sponsored by Bavarian Society of Applied Arts

2019 JEWELRY AND METALS SURVEY, Society of North American Goldsmiths

2018 Smitten Forum Catalog, In conjunction with BENCH Symposium and Exhibition, Form and Concept Gallery, Sante Fe, New Mexico

2018    UNEASY BEAUTY: Discomfort in Contemporary Adornment by Suzanne Ramjlak.  In conjunction with exhibition at Fuller Museum, Massachusetts

REINVENTING MEMORIES: Contemporary Cameos, Metalsmith Magazine, Vol. 37, No. 5 by Marjorie Simon (Cover)

LONG BEACH ARTIST PROFILES, Long Beach Business Journal, September 2018

LA FRONTERA, Exhibition Catalog published by Velvet da Vinci Gallery, San Francisco and the Museum of Art and Design, NY

2016    SHADOW THEMES, Catalog, Curated by Marjorie Simon and Biba Schutz

The 10 Best Art Shows in Metro Phoenix in 2016, Lynn Trimble, Phoenix New Times Magazine, December 21, 2016

2015    CALIFORNIA HANDMADE:  STATE OF THE ARTS, Catalog, The Maloof Foundation and Craft in America Center, Los Angeles, CA.

2013   LA FRONTERA, Exhibition Catalog published by Velvet da Vinci Gallery

2008   Natural Materials Jewellery Handbook, Beth Lagg, A&C Black Publishers, London

        500 Lockets and Pendants, Lark Books

2007   SIGNS OF LIFE, Catalog, Facere Gallery, Seattle, Washington

2006   Exhibition in Print, Metalsmith magazine

        500 Necklaces, Marthe LeVan, Lark Books

2003   Exhibition in Print, Metalsmith magazine

2004   Art Jewelry Today, Dona Meilach, Schiffer Publications

TEACHING EXPERIENCE:

2023 Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design, University of Dundee, Scotland UK, Lecturer/Researcher

2002-2023 Long Beach City College, Long Beach, CA, Professor of Art, Jewelry and Metalwork

2004-2005 California State University-Long Beach, Long Beach, California, Adjunct Faculty

1997-2002 Pima Community College, Tucson, Arizona, Adjunct Faculty, Beginning Metals, Design

2000 Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, Associate Faculty, Intermediate and Advanced Jewelry

1995 University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, Adjunct Lecturer, Beginning Metals

HONORS, SCHOLARSHIPS AND GRANTS:

2021 Finalist: Susan Beech Mid-Career Artist Award

2018 Long Beach Professional Artists Fellowship

Smitten Forum, Mendocino Art Center, Mendocino CA

2017 Finalist: Susan Beech Mid-Career Artist Award

      Long Beach Arts Council Professional Development Grant

2007 Long Beach Arts Council Fellowship

2006 Beverly Alpay Grant, Palos Verdes Art Center, Palos Verdes, CA

1997 Professional Development Grant, Arizona Commission on the Arts

          Niche Award Finalist

1996 Professional Development Grant, Arizona Commission on the Arts

1995 Visual Artist Fellowship, Tucson /Pima Arts Council

ACADEMIC LECTURES:

2021 ORNAMENTA: INTEGUMENTUM, Baltimore Jewelry Center, Baltimore, Maryland

INTEGUMENTUM: Munich Jewelry Week Event - In conversation with Iris Eichenberg, Wendy Steiner, Helen Carnac, Katja Prins and Lori Talcott

2019 BENCH: Smitten Forum Symposium, Sante Fe, New Mexico, Jewellery as Memory Prosthetic

2017 Baldessari Grant Lecture, California State University Fullerton, Jewellery as Memory Prosthetic

      Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI, Visiting Artists Lecture, Jewellery as Memory Prosthetic

2016 Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Melbourne, Australia, Jewellery as Memory Prosthetic

      University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, Australia, Archive of Rag and Bone

2015 Material Matters, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, Archive of Rag and Bone

2013 La Frontera Symposium, Franz Meyer Museum, Mexico City, Mexico, Rag and Bone Shop

       New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico, Rag and Bone Shop

2011 Kent State University, Beauty and Other Monsters, Blossom Visiting Artists Lecture

      Beauty and Other Monsters, Northwest Metals Symposium, Seattle, Washington

2010 Society of North American Goldsmiths Conference, Houston, Texas, Beauty and Other Monsters

2009 Cleveland Institute of Art, Resident Artist Lecture, Beauty and Other Monsters

2007 Yuma Symposium, Yuma AZ, Featured Speaker, Beauty and Other Monsters

2004 Kent State University, Hortus Conclusus, Visiting Artists Lecture

ACADEMIC RESIDENCIES:

2017   Visiting Artist, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills Michigan

2016   Visiting Fellow, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, Australia

2012   Visiting Artist, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills Michigan

2011   Artist in Residence, Kent State University, Blossom Summer Series, Kent, Ohio

2009   Artist in Residence, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, Ohio

Visiting Artist, Kent State University, Kent Ohio

Visiting Artist, Atelier Francesca Gabrielli, Rome, Italy

PERMANENT COLLECTIONS:

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Ron Porter, Independent Collector

Ursula Ilsa Newman, Former Curator of Jewelry, Museum of Art and Design, New York

Jo Lauria, Independent Curator, Former Curator, Craft and Folk Art Museum, Los Angeles

Appalachian Center for Crafts, Smithville, Tennessee

Berea College, Berea, Kentucky

EXHIBITIONS CURATED:

2018 PLUMBLINE: Jewelry and Objects: Suzanne Pugh, Mary Donald, Alexandra Hopp, Eric Silva.  Long Beach City College Gallery

WORKSHOPS TAUGHT:

2017 Forget Me Knot, Penland School of Crafts, Penland North Carolina

2011 inCorporeal, Kent State University Blossom Festival, Kent, Ohio

PUBLICATIONS WRITTEN:

2011 “Beauty and Other Monsters”, Metalsmith, Winter, Volume 21, Number 1

1995 "Brooch - The Subject", Metalsmith, Winter, Volume 15, Number 1

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE, Society of North American Goldsmiths:

2010-2013 Exhibition Planning Committee

2011-2012 Chair, Conference Planning Committee, Phoenix

2008-2010 Nominations and Elections Committee

2010 Juror, SNAG Educational Endowment Scholarship

1999-2004 Board of Directors

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS:

Society of North American Goldsmiths

Art Jewelry Forum

Metal Arts Society of Southern California

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College Art Association