Amy Beager (b. 1988, England) lives and works from her studio in Chelmsford, UK. She obtained a National Diploma in Art & Design (Distinction) in 2007 and a Bachelor of Arts degree from Nottingham Trent University in 2010. Beager's painterly language has re-imagined figurative painting with her bold colour juxtapositions; figures rendered in a simultaneously classical yet modern style; and compositions, which are exquisitely romantic and poetic. Parallel to the joyous vivid colour palette and swathes of rich paint and brushwork, the figures often appear restless, fervent, and in a complex tension of ecstasy and anguish. Reminiscent of the dramatic poses of the divine saints from the Renaissance period, these figures hover between the classical and the contemporary. Beager's paintings both celebrate and explore the emotional intensity and intimacy of love.
Solo exhibitions include Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, Salon, West Palm Beach, Florida (2024); Slow Blink, Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, London (2024); Paradise, Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, Berlin (2023); Enter Art Fair, solo booth, Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark (2023); Swan Maidens, Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, London (2022); Platform (online), Unit London (2022); Dreamers, Wilder Gallery, London (2021); The Torches Burn Bright, Offshoot Arts, London (2021); Now | Futures (online), Huxley-Parlour Gallery (2021); Blue Woman, BSMT Space, London (2020).
Group exhibitions include From Then to Now, Glyndebourne, East Sussex, UK (2024); EXPO Chicago, Kristin Hjellgjerde Gallery, Chicago, IL (2024); The Spirit of Adventure: the Ingram Collection, West Horsley Place, Surry, UK (2023); Eye of the Collector, with Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, London, UK (2023); Moons, Enari Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2023); Papier, Delphian Gallery, Studio La Madeleine, Ligné, France (2023); Untitled Miami Beach, Art Fair, USA (2022); 2022 Ingram Prize Shortlists, Unit 1 Gallery Workshop, London, UK (2022); Power of Femininity, Kutlesa Gallery, Switzerland (2022); Arcadia, Curated by OffShoot Arts X A Space for Art, Home House private members club, London, UK (2022); In Momentum, Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, London (2021); A Call Across Rooms, Liliya Gallery, London (2021); Femme-Ate, Soho Revue, London (2021); The Top 100, The Department Store, London (2021); It’s All Relative, Four You Gallery X Artistellar, London (2021); Now | Futures, Huxley-Parlour Gallery, London (2021); Mnemysone, Purslane Arts, UK (2021); Works on Paper 3, Blue Shop Cottage, London (2021); Fragmented Intimacy, Grove Collective, London (2021); The Everlasting Nude, The Curators, London (2021); Antisocial Isolation, Saatchi Gallery, London (2020); 2020 Winners Exhibition, Delphian Gallery, London (2020); The Sinister Figures, BUNKER/ BuuBuu Studio, online (2020); Parallax Art Fair, Kensington Town Hall, London (2020).
Highlights and Collections
Amy Beager was selected for the 2024 Palazzo Monti Residency in Italy. Additionally, Beager was awarded with the Ingram Prize 2022 and selected as a winner for the Delphian Gallery open call 2020 after she had started to exhibit her work in London in 2019. Beager's work can be found in Gnutti Berretta Collection, Italy; Noewe Foundation, Lithuania; Soho House Collections; the Ingram Collection and placed in multiple private collections globally.