PATIBEACHLEY                                                             

beachley@setonhill.edu                                                                   

 

Solo Exhibitions

2007     Flippo Gallery, Randolph-Macon College, Ashland, VA.

2006.     Westmoreland Community College, Youngwood, PA.

2005     Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA

2004     Prospectus 3, Brewhouse Space 101, Pittsburgh, PA

1999     Astra Gallery, Richmond, VA.

1999    Hunt Gallery, Mary Baldwin College, Staunton, VA. 

 

Selected Group Exhibitions     

2018     

Artists Who Teach, Westmoreland Museum of American Art, Greensburg, PA. Curator: Barbara Jones

Igniting Change, Bowling Green Sate University, Bowling Green, OH. Juror: Saul Ostrow. Exhibition Catalogue

War on Women, Clearstory, Pittsburgh, PA. Invitational.

SOS Travels, Nutting Gallery, West Liberty University, West Virginia. Juror: Joy Borelli-Edwards.

Sculpturefest, Riverfront Park, Millvale, PA. Group Exhibition

Why can’t I touch it: Current Visions in Sculpture, Bruce gallery, Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, Erie, PA. Invitational.

 By Means of Play, GW/C1 gallery, Pittsburgh, PA. Curator: Emma Vescio.

 Three Rivers Arts Festival Juried Exhibition, Pittsburgh Cultural Trust Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA. Jurors: Lee Parker, John Pena, and Lenore D. Thomas.

 2017     

Just Say’n, Bottleworks, Johnstown, PA. Curator: Jill Larson.

Electric Kool-Aid, Brewhouse Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA. Curator: Corey Carrington.

Contemporaneous, Alphabet City Development, Pittsburgh, PA. Curator: Tara Fey.

Entity, Artsmiths, Pittsburgh, PA. Curator: Jill Larson

Festival of Fire, Salem Artworks, Salem, NY. Group Exhibition.

Handle with Care, Westmoreland Museum of American Art, Greensburg, PA. Curator: Kathleen Mendes Dlugos.

Sculpturefest, Ton Pottery, Milvalle, PA. Group Exhibition.

Drawn Out, Drawn Over, Brentwood Arts Exchange, MD. Curator: Nikki Brugnoli.

 2016     

The War on Women, ClearStory, Pittsburgh, PA. Selected by: Vicky Clark and Richard Parsakian

Associated Artists of Pittsburgh Annual, Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA. Juror Sarah Lehrer-Graiwer. Exhibition Catalogue.

Fiberarts International, Pittsburgh, PA. Jurors: Chunghie Lee, Arturo Alonzo Sandoval, and Tali Weinberg. Exhibition Catalogue

2015     

80th Anniversary Pittsburgh Society of Sculpture, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA. Juror: Thaddeus Mosley.

The War on Women, ClearStory Projects, Pittsburgh, PA. Selected by: Vicky Clark and Richard Parsakian.

SOS Past & Present, Harlan Gallery, Seton Hill University, Greensburg, PA, 2015. Group Exhibition. Catalogue featured online at www.societyofsculptors.org

2014     

Pittsburgh Society of Sculptors Annual, Panza Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA, 2014. Juror: Joan McGarry.

The War on Women, Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh, PA, 2014. Selected by: Joy Borelli-Edwards, Vicky Clark, and Richard Parsakian.

 2013     

Pittsburgh Society of Sculptors Annual, Panza Gallery, Milvale, PA. Juror: Carolina Loyola-Garcia. Best in Show Award.

Confluence, Three Rivers Arts Festival, Pittsburgh, PA, 2013.

 2012   

Pittsburgh Society of Sculptors Annual, ICAG Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA.

Faculty Exhibition, Harlan Gallery, Greensburg, PA. Group Exhibition.

 Absent/Void/Empty, Panza Gallery, Millvale, PA. Juror: Graham Shearing.

 Recreation/Renewal/Rebirth, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA. Juror: Lori Nix.

 89th Annual Spring Show, Erie Art Museum, Erie, PA. Juror: Elizabeth Hubley.

2011     

Pittsburgh Society of Sculptors at Fifth Avenue Place, Three Rivers Arts Festival, Pittsburgh, PA. Group Exhibition.

 2010     

Generations, Fein Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA. Group Exhibition.

 Interplay, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA. Juror: Eric Shiner. Catalogue.

 Pittsburgh Society of Sculptors Annual Exhibition, Three Rivers Arts Festival Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA. Group Exhibition.

 AAP Past Presidents Exhibition, Gallery Sim, Pittsburgh, PA. Invitational.

2009     

Question Marker Project, Permanent installation at the National Catholic Center for Holocaust Education, Seton Hill University, Greensburg, PA.

 2008     

Collaborative Performance with Squok Opera UFO Landing. Seton Hill University, Greensburg, PA.

 Contained, Three Rivers Arts Festival, Pittsburgh, PA. Proposal selection.

Hide and Seek, Group A, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA. Juror: Michael Olijnyk

 Hot Metal, SPACE Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA. Curator: Ed Parrish

  Faculty Exhibition, Harlan Gallery, Seton Hill University, Greensburg, PA.

2007     

First Avenue Sculpture Exhibition, Pittsburgh, PA. Curator: John Eastman

Elements of Glass, Panza Gallery, Pittsburgh Society of Sculptors Members' Exhibition, Millvale, PA.

Pilot Project: Dielectric \ Fiberglass, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA. Invitational.

2006     

Inside + Outside \ Big & Small, Pittsburgh Society of Sculptors, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA. Juror: Jeff Nathanson. Catalogue.                

2005     

Gestures, Mattress Factory, Pittsburgh, PA. Curators:  Michael Olijnyk and Graham Shearing

Pittsburgh Society of Sculptors’ Annual, Traveling Show: Spinning Plate Gallery, Seton Hill University, and Mark Panza Gallery. Juror: Alice Synder.

 AAP Challenge Member’s Exhibition, 707 Penn Ave. (Pittsburgh Cultural Trust Gallery), Pittsburgh, PA.

Wine and Chocolate Benefit for the Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation of America, Terminal Buildings, Pittsburgh, PA. Curator: Gary Zak.

 Faculty Exhibition, Harlan Gallery, Seton Hill University, Greensburg, PA.

 Society of Sculptors’ Faculty/Student Exhibition, Three Rivers Arts Festival, Pittsburgh, PA.

 Associated Artists of Pittsburgh 94th Annual Exhibition, Regina Miller Gouger Gallery, Carnegie Mellon University. Juror: Renee Stout.

AAP New Members Exhibition, Frick Fine Arts Building, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA.

 Pittsburgh Sculpture Society Juried Exhibition, Three Rivers Arts Festival, Pittsburgh, PA. Juror: Robert Metzger.

2003     

Associated Artists of Pittsburgh 93rd Annual, Frick Fine Arts Gallery, University of Pittsburgh, PA. Jurors: Laura Hoptman and Elizabeth Thomas. Award

Pittsburgh Sculpture Society Juried Exhibition, Three Rivers Arts Festival, Pittsburgh, PA. Juror: Katherine Talcott. 

Bridges, University of MD, College Park, MD. Curator: Jefferson Pinder.

Queer Migrations, Campbell-Soady Gallery, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, & Transgender Community Center, NY, NY. Group Exhibition.

 Faculty Exhibition, Harlan Gallery, Seton Hill University, Greensburg, PA.

 2001     

Five Artists, Five Cities, Acme Art Company, Columbus, Ohio. Curator: Christopher Gose.

Burning Banjos Art Festival, Nashville, TN. Invitational.

2000     

Inaugural Exhibition, Richmond Children’s Museum, Richmond, VA. Invitational.

 1999     

Collaborative Exhibition, School 33, Baltimore, MD and Arlington Art Center, Arlington, VA. Curators Peter Dubeau and Kristen Hileman.

1998     

National Juried Exhibition, 1708 Gallery, Richmond, VA. Juror: Ivan Karp.

 1997     

Juried Exhibition, Greater Reston Art Center, Reston, VA.  Juror:  Jack Rassmussen.

 Critics Choice Exhibition, Maryland Art Place, Baltimore, MD. Curators: Nancy Princenthal and Barry Schwabsky.

 Variable Degrees: A Discourse in the Art of Casting, Astra Gallery, Richmond, VA. Curator: Carol Garmon.

 1996     

M. F. A. Thesis Exhibition, Anderson Gallery, Richmond, VA.

 Juried Student Exhibition, Anderson Gallery, Richmond, VA.  Juror: Andrea Pollan.        

1995     

New Work, New Artists, James Center, Richmond, VA. Group Exhibition.

 Sculpture, Citizen Gallery, Richmond, VA. Invitational.

 1994     

New Work, New Artists, James Center, Richmond, VA. Group Exhibition.

 Artscape Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition: Artifice and Nature, Mayor's Advisory Committee on Art and Culture, Baltimore, MD. Curator: Tex Andrews.

 South Baltimore Relief Fund Benefit, Resurgam Gallery, Baltimore, MD. Curator: Barbara Cooper-Sullivan.

 Emerging Artists, Renaissance Fine Art Gallery, Pikesville, MD. Group Exhibition. Career-Related Experience Reconstructions, Third Floor South, Baltimore, MD. Group Exhibition.

 Sculptors, Inc. at Washington Square, Washington, DC. Curator: Tex Andrews.

Employment

Chair of Art & Design and Associate Professor of Sculpture

Seton Hill University, Greensburg, PA

Classes taught: Sculpture,  Advanced 3D Media, Drawing, 3-D Design, 2-D Design, Metalsmithing, Survey of Non-Western Art, Professional Practice, Senior Integrative Seminar.

Education

Virginia Commonwealth University, ABD in PhD program in Art History specializing in Contemporary Art and Art Theory, 1997-00.

Virginia Commonwealth University, MFA, Sculpture, 1996.

University of Maryland-College Park, BA, Studio Art, Cum Laude, 1992.

Lacoste School of Art, Lacoste, France, 1991.

Skills

·       METAL CASTING

·       FOUNDRY OPERATION OF GAS FURNACES & INDUCTION FURNACES

·       CERAMIC SHELL, INVESTMENT, BONDED SAND MOLDMAKING

·       PLASTER AND RUBBER CASTING

·       PLASTER AND RUBBER MOLD-MAKING

·       METALSMITHING

·       PATINATION AND METAL FINISHING

·       PLASTIC, WOOD, AND METAL FABRICATION

·       TIG, MIG, ARC, AND GAS WELDING

·       STONE CARVING

·       CLAY FIGURE MODELING

·       PAINTING

·       DRAWING

·       WOODCUT

·       LITHOGRAPHY

·       3-D DESIGN

·       2-D DESIGN

·       FRAMING

·       FRENCH (Read, write, speak)

·       GERMAN (in translation)

·       ITALIAN (in translation)

·       GRANTWRITING.

Lectures and Presentations

Moderator/presenter for Panel “Soft into Hard: techniques in metal castings” International Cast Iron Conference, Scranton, PA, 2018. 

Presenter, “Digital Integration in the Arts: Senior Virtual Portfolios and Virtual Platforms in Three-Dimensional Design,” iTeach Gallery, Poster session, Seton Hill University, April 2013.

Presenter, Beachley, Pati and Brode, Carol, “The Question Mark/er Project,” ATINER Visual Arts Conference, Athens, Greece. June 2012.

Panelist Presenter, “The Use and Abuse of Sculpture,” The State of Sculpture Conference, Cleveland Institute of Art, November 6, 2010.

Panelist presenter, “The Question Marker Project: Why another Holocaust Memorial: a case study,” National Center for Holocaust Education, Seton Hill University, Oct. 26, 2009.

Visiting Artist Lecture, SUNY, Buffalo, NY, 2004.

Visiting Artist Lecture, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 2002.

Visiting Artist Lecture, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN, 2000.

Visiting Artist Lecture, Denison University, Granville, OH, 2000.

Artist Lecture, Mary Baldwin College, Staunton, VA, 1999.

 Casting Workshops

Participating Artist, “Brew and Pour,” Construction Junction, Pittsburgh, PA, 2007, 2008.

Visiting Artist Workshop, SUNY, Buffalo, NY, 2004.

Visiting Artist Workshop, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 2002.

Host, Middle Tennessee State University First Annual Iron Pour Workshop, Murfreesboro, TN, 2001.

Visiting Artist, University of Tennessee Christmas Iron Pour, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, 2000.

Visiting Artist, Fall Iron Pour, University of Kentucky Lexington, KY, 2000.

Studio Session, Iron Pour Demonstration, SECAC Richmond 1997 and SECAC Miami 1998.

Workshop Assistant, Spring Iron Pour, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, 1996.

Workshop Assistant, Spring Iron Pour, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, NC, 1995.

 Professional Activities

Advisory Board, Art Department, Westmoreland Community College, 2012-present.

Juror, “Handmade along the Highway,” Lincoln Highway Heritage Corridor and the National Road Heritage Corridor Artisan Trail, April 2005.

Editor, The Sculptin’ Times, Pittsburgh Society of Sculptors’ Newsletter, 2005-current.

Artist –in-Residence, Shaler School District in collaboration with the Mattress Factory, Spring 2005.

Contributing Writer, The Front, Pittsburgh. PA, Fall 2004.

Board Member, Chair of Public Relations committee, Pittsburgh Society of Sculptors, Fall 2004-2008.

President, Associated Artists of Pittsburgh, 2006-2008.

Board Member, Chair of Grant writing committee, Associated Artists of Pittsburgh, Fall 2004-2009.

Gallery Committee Member, Brewhouse Artists’ Association, Pittsburgh, PA, Fall 2004-Fall 2005.

Moderator, "Women in Art Symposium," Seton Hill University, Greensburg, PA, Fall 2003.

Coordinator Women’s Studies Program, Seton Hill University, Greensburg, PA, 2003-2006

Curator, Flights from Fancy, Harlan Gallery, Seton Hill University, Greensburg, PA, 2003.

Co-curator, Emerging Artists Exhibition, Barn Gallery, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN, 2001.

College Art Conference: Boston, 1996; Toronto, 1998; NYC, 2000; Chicago, 2001; Philadelphia, 2002; Atlanta, 2005; New York: 2003, 2007, 2011,2012.

Southeastern Art Conference: 1995, Washington, DC; 1997, Richmond; and 1998, Miami.

International Cast Iron Conference: 1998, Johnson Atelier, NJ.

 Commissions

Bronze Gong, Richmond Children’s Museum, Spring 2000.

Two memorials to the Flood of 2004, Rogers Elementary School and Shaler Middle School, Spring 2005

 Collections

Carole Bailey, Pittsburgh, PA.

National Center for Catholic Holocaust Education, Greensburg, PA.

Ms. Carol Brode, Jeanette, PA.

Shaler School District, Pittsburgh, PA.

Diane Samuels, Pittsburgh, PA.

Richmond Children’s Museum, Richmond, VA.

Ms. Darcenia McDowell, Baltimore, MD.

Ms. Gina Coffman, Baltimore, MD.

Mr. Daniel Sullivan, Baltimore, MD.

 Online Artwork

www.sculptureX.org

www.grainbag.com

 Bibliography (*Review)

 Brode, Carol. “The Question Marker Project,” Holocaust Education in the 21ST Century: Religious and Cultural Perspectives, 2010.

*Lanigan, Chuck. “Variety Keeps the Associated Artists Show Interplay interesting,” Pittsburgh City Paper, August 12, 2010.

Shiner, Eric. Interplay. Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA. June 2010. Exhibition Catalogue.

 * Shaw, Kurt. “Associated Artists display works from members, mentored youth,” PITTSBURGH     TRIBUNE-REVIEW, Sunday, April 11, 2010.        

*Reeger, Jennifer, “Space Invaders Speak Squonk at Seton Hill,” Greensburg Tribune-Review, Oct. 10, 2008.

 http://www.artsfestival.net/2008/05/makeshift.html

 http://www.art-iculate.org/index.cfm?context=3&subcontext=12&obj=events&meth=display&id=35&type=event

 *Guz, Savannah, “Three Rivers Arts Festival gets the most out of its Shipping Containers-cum- Galleries,” Pittsburgh Citypaper, June 19, 2008.

*Kurt Shaw, “Some ‘Contained’ Exhibitors make the most of the Space,” Pittsburgh Tribune –Review, June 12, 2008.

*Kurt Shaw, “‘Contained’ Galleries roll into Market Square,” Pittsburgh Tribune –Review, June 5, 2008.

*Bill O’Driscoll, “Three Rivers Arts Festival tries something new: single-artist galleries in curbside shipping containers,” Pittsburgh Citypaper, June 5, 2008.

*Mary Thomas, “Inside the Box,” Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, June 1, 2008.

*Mary Thomas, “Schenley grad’s work in Arts Festival lineup,” Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, May 12, 2008.

 *Shaw, Kurt. “Artists Draw on Fire Loss for Exhibit,” Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, March 2, 2008.

     Horne, Jean. “Then and Now,” Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, November 5, 2007.

“Punishing the Dummies,” Richmond Magazine, December2007.

Barbara Klein, the Popular Salon of the People: Then and now,” Carnegie Magazine, Winter 2007.

*Kurt Shaw, “ Touch of Glass,” Pittsburgh Tribune –Review, March 8, 2007.

*Mary Thomas, “Project Weaves Industry and Art,” Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, February 28, 2007.

*Mary Thomas, “Concurrent Shows Offer Variety of Artistic Expression,” Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, February 14, 2007.

Inside + Outside \ Big & Small. Pittsburgh Society of Sculptors, Pittsburgh, PA, June 2006. Exhibition Catalogue.

*Jennie Klein, Art Papers, January 2005.

*Mary Thomas. “Creative ‘Gestures’ Exhibit Drawing National Attention,” Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, December 28, 2005.

*Kurt Shaw. “Beyond Small ‘Gestures’,” Pittsburgh Tribune –Review, December 29, 2005.

*Mary Thomas. “Sculpture Exhibition Showcases Faculty, Students,” Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, June 15, 2005.

*Kurt Shaw. “Society of Sculptors Exhibition Includes Students Artworks,” Pittsburgh Tribune –Review, June 12, 2005.

*Kurt Shaw. “Center for Arts Exhibits Range from Crude to Creative,” Pittsburgh Tribune –Review, Feb. 20, 2005.

*Karen Z. Petley, “Moving Forward from Center,” Shady Ave, Spring 2005.

*Kurt Shaw. “Associated Artists exhibit does Pittsburgh proud,” Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, July 11, 2004.

Renee Stout. Associated Artists of Pittsburgh 94th Annual Exhibition. July 2004. Exhibition Catalogue.

*Alice Winn. "In Association: Associated Artists exhibition crosses wide territory," Pulp, June 26, 2003.

*Kurt Shaw. "Small Gallery Limits Annual Associated Artists Exhibit," Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, June 20, 2003.

 Laura Hoptman and Elizabeth Thomas, Associated Artists of Pittsburgh 93rd Annual Exhibition, June 2003. Exhibition Catalogue.

*Terry Young, "Art Reviews: Society of Sculptors," Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, June 20, 2003.

*Mary Thomas, "Art Reviews: Pediatrics ICU," Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, March 8, 2003.

*Maryann Gogniat Eidemiller, “Seton Hill exhibit gives students a chance to see faculty’s work,” Greensburg Tribune-Review, February 15, 2002.

*Deborah McLeod, “Anxious Assemblages,” Style Weekly, V.XVII, No.31/August 3, 1999.

*Vittorio Colaizzi, “Remarks on a Sculpture by Pat Beachley,” Fan-ta-si-a, V.1 No.4, May 1997.

Nancy Princenthal, Washington Review, Mar/Apr 1997.  Exhibition Catalogue.

Jenny Gough, Washington Review, Mar/Apr 1997.  Exhibition Catalogue.

Tex Andrews,  "Artifice and Nature", Artscape '94. Baltimore Festival of the Arts, Inc., 1994. Exhibition Catalogue.

*Mary McCoy, "Sculptors Incorporated,” The Washington Post, March 26, 1994.

 Publications

Beachley, Pati. Foreword in Clark, Vicky. The Popular Salon of the People. Pittsburgh, PA: Carnegie Museum of Art, 2007.

Beachley, Pati. "The Familiar and the Not so Familiar," Flights from Fancy, Harlan Gallery, Seton Hill University, 2003. Catalogue Essay.

Beachley, Pati. “Take the P from Purrfect,” Emerging Artist Exhibition, Barn Gallery, Middle Tennessee State University, 2001. Catalogue Essay.

Awards and Honors

Tillie S. Speyer Sculpture Memorial Prize, Associated Artists of Pittsburgh 93rd Annual Exhibition, 2003.

Summer Grant, Seton Hill University, 2003, 2005, 2007.

Instructional Development Grant, Middle Tennessee State University, 2001.

Virginia Commonwealth University School of Arts Grant, 1994-97.

Colonel James P. Wharton Award. University of Maryland, College Park, MD, 1992.

University Honors Citation, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, 1992.

Arts and Humanities Scholar, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, 1990.

 Affiliations

Sculptors, Inc., Baltimore, MD. (Until 1998)

College Art Association (1997-Present)

Associated Artists of Pittsburgh (2002-Present)

Pittsburgh Sculpture Society (2003-Present)