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Ann Beam is a multimedia artist based in M'Chigeeng First Nation, Manitoulin Island. Born Ann Elena Weatherby in 1944 in Brooklyn, New York, she is the spouse of artist Carl Beam.[1][2] She has a BFA from State University of New York at Buffalo.[3] She taught at the Art Gallery of Ontario in the late 1960s and 1970s and later managed the Neon Raven Art Gallery on Manitoulin Island.[3] Themes covered in her art have been described as "cultural histories of women's labour in building homes, in motherhood, cooking and teaching."[2] She has worked with various mediums, including oil and acrylic, found art, recycled materials, pottery, paper and cloth.[4]

Ann Beam
Born	1944 (age 77–78) Brooklyn, New York
Occupation	Artist
Spouse	Carl Beam
Children	Anong Beam

Public collections

• Tom Thomson Art Gallery, Owen Sound, Ontario
• Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Ontario
• Justina M Barnicke Gallery, Hart House, University of Toronto
• Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art, Toronto, Ontario
• Art Gallery of Peterborough, Peterborough, Ontario
• Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery, Waterloo, Ontario
• Canada Council Art Bank, Ottawa, Ontario
• Carleton University Art Gallery, Ottawa, Ontario
• MacLaren Art Centre, Barrie, Ontario
• Simon Fraser University, British Columbia
• Art Gallery of Algoma, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
• College Boreal, Sudbury Ontario
• University of Toronto, Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library
• Art Gallery of Nova Scotia

Exhibitions

• 2014 Continuously Arriving Moment, Gallery Stratford, Stratford Ontario. July 5-October
• 2014 Express Wagon, La Galerie Nouvel Ontario, Sudbury, Ontario. Jan. 24-March 1, 2014. Solo Exhibition
• 2013 The Engine Room, Tom Thomson Art Gallery, Owen Sound, Ontario. Solo Exhibition
• 2012 New Vision=New World, Neon Raven Art Gallery, Solo Show M'chigeeng, Ontario. July 1- August 30, 2012
• 2011 Waterfall, Solo Exhibition, Neon Raven Art Gallery, M'chigeeng, Ontario. July 9 - Sept. 15, 2011
• 2010 Cross Pollination 2, Gore Bay Museum, Gore Bay, Ontario. Group Show, October 14, 2010
• 2009 No Drips Allowed, Jonathon Bancroft Snell Gallery, London, Ontario. January - March 2009
• 2008 Earth and Shell, Solo Exhibition, Gore Bay Museum, Gore Bay, Ontario. Aug.16-Oct.14,2008
• 2008 Beyond Space and Time, Durham Art Gallery, Durham, Ontario. Two Person Show
• 2007 On The Table; 100 Years of Functional Ceramics in Canada, Gardiner Museum, Toronto, Ontario. Jan.15 - April 30, 2007, Winnipeg Art Gallery, and Art Gallery of Nova Scotia. Group Show
• 2006 Picturing Her: Images of Girlhood, McCord Museum, Montreal, Quebec, Dec.1,2005-April 6, 2006, Group Show
• 2005 Corona-Dialogues with Earth Mother, Solo Show Sheguiandah, Centennial Museum, Sheguiandah, Ontario
• 2004 It's All Relative, Touring Exhibition, Three Person Show with Carl Beam and Anong Beam. Canadian Clay Glass Museum, Waterloo, Ontario.; Algoma Art Gallery, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario.; Thunder Bay Art Gallery, Thunder Bay, Ontario.; April 15-May 22, 2005, Art Gallery of Peterborough, Ontario
• 2003 Motherlines, Solo Exhibition, Carleton University Art Gallery, Ottawa, Ontario. January 13 - February 23, 2003
• 2003 All Things Are Connected, Residency at the Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art, Toronto, Ontario
• 2002 Shamans and Ravens, Ann Beam, Two Person Show, DeLeon White Gallery, Toronto, Ontario. Mar 31 - July 13
• 2001 Steel City Gallery, Hamilton, Ontario. with Novak Graphics. Dec 1,- June 15, 2002, Group Show
• 2000 Novak Graphics Print Show, Liu Haisu Museum, Shanghai, China, October, Group Show
• 2001 Novak Graphics, Xien- Shen, China, January 2001
• 2000 Studies in the Motherline, Solo Exhibition, V. Mcdonnell Gallery, Toronto, Ontario. January 8- February 15
• 2000 Subdivision Suite/Earth Builder's Narrative, Solo Exhibition, Struts Gallery, Sackville, NB October 12- Nov. 4, 2000
• 1996 Nellie and Mary and Related Works, Solo Exhibition, La Parete Gallery, Toronto, Ontario. Sept.22 - Oct.8
• 1992 East of the Diamond Lightning, Solo Exhibition, Art Gallery of Peterborough, Peterborough, Ontario
• 1992 Works by Ann and Carl Beam, Ufundi Gallery, Ottawa, Ontario
• 1992 A Response, Group Show, Art Space, Peterborough, Ontario
• 1986 Constellation of Solitaire, Solo Exhibition, Brignall Gallery, 80 Spadina Ave. Toronto, Ontario
• 1983 Indians and Angels, Ann Beam, Laurentian University Museum and Art Centre, Sudbury, Ontario
• 1982 The Painted Pottery of Ann and Carl Beam, Maxwell Museum, The University of New Mexico, Albuquerque
• 1977 Prints From Open Studio, Group Show, McDonald Block, Queen's Park, Toronto, Ontario
• 1977 O.S. Prints, Group Show, Glenbow Museum, Calgary Alberta
• 1976 The Chair Show, Group Show, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario

References

External links

• Ann Beam Galerie du Nouvel-Ontario (GNO)
• Ann Beam and Carl Beam : SFU Gallery, Burnaby, January 15 to June 20, 2019

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