Emma Beer Australia, b. 1987

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  • I keep circling the same question: what can painting actually do? Not in a lofty theoretical sense, but in the messy, physical way that paint insists on being both material and thought. My work grows out of that tension — the way strict geometry can brush up against something loose, impulsive, almost bodily.
  • Biography
    Emma Beer
    Lives and works in canberra, act

     

    Emma Beer completed a Bachelor of Visual Arts (Painting) with First Class Honours at the Australian National University School of Art in 2009.

     

    Beer has developed a robust solo and group exhibition record. Notable solo exhibitions include Zooper Dooper at the Drill Hall Gallery, ANU (2022) and Rainbow. Paddle. Pop. at Gallery 9, Sydney (2024). Her awards and nominations showcase critical recognition across Australia: in 2022 she was winner of the Goulburn Art Award at Goulburn Regional Gallery. She was a finalist in 2021 for the Arthur Guy Memorial Painting Prize at Bendigo Art Gallery. In 2024 she was shortlisted for the Ravenswood Australian Women’s Art Prize.

     

    Beer's work is held in significant public and institutional collections, among them: Art Bank, Sydney; Goulburn Regional Gallery, NSW; Macquarie Group Collection, Sydney; Canberra Museum and Gallery, ACT; and the Drill Hall Gallery, ANU.

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