Pamela Beach

Artist Bio Pamela Beach

Pamela studied at BYU Provo where she graduated in 2001 with a BFA, with an emphasis in painting. While there she spent two months in Europe with the Visual Arts Department, visiting major museums and painting in small towns along the way. She also studied with BYU professors in New York, Washington D.C. and Philadelphia, visiting major museums and galleries.

After graduation she had two solo shows in galleries in Salt Lake and Bountiful, and participated in a few group shows. She has taken a professional break for the past 14 years to focus on raising her six children, but never really let artistic practice die. After all, being an artist is a way of life. The medium changed, but never the lifestyle.

With children a little older and their needs less time consuming, Pamela is painting again, and finding her own narrative a necessary part in the artistic landscape of Utah.

Representation

David Erickson Gallery

CV

September 2020, Daily painting challenge, Strada Easel (30 paintings)

July 2020 – featured on BYUtv's Family Rules,discussing how creative practice never really goes away, but can be an integral part to raising children.

January 2021 - SCERA art show (1 piece)

January 2021 – Daily drawing challenge, Strada Easel co. (31 drawings)

April 2021 – Safe Harbor show, BDAC (1 piece)

April 2021 – Annual, BDAC (2 pieces)

May 2021- Solo show at Art Box Ogden (8 pieces)

May 2021 – Art Access 300 plates (2 pieces)

June 2021 – Rogue: Women's Voices in Utah (1 piece)

August 2021 – BDAC Artist in Residence

October 2021 – Solo show at Flowerstone Gallery in Riverton

October 2021 – Springville Religious Show

April 2022 – Art Access 300 plates (3 pieces)

April 2022 - Springville Annual Salon (1 piece)

June 2022 - ArtBox Ogden, Solo show

July 2022- Artist in Residence Solo Show, Bountiful Davis Art Center

UT

Professional

The people of Utah inspire me. Their stories inspire me. Utah is an interesting mix of members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day saints, and many other religious and ethnic groups, trying to share the same space. Utah is an interesting and unique place of culture and cultural understanding - with so many of the LDS population having served missions, I feel I hear so much about tolerance and understanding of other cultures and ways of life. I paint the people of Utah. I paint their story. People will always be my endless source of inspiration, and Utah has people with a wide range of experiences, all of which deserve to be understood through art.