Solo Exhibitions
Profit & Loss, Regen Projects, 2024
Addendum, Thomas Dane Gallery, 2022
Foreign Correspondence, Galerie Eva Presenhuber, 2021
Standard Deviations, Kunst Museum Winterthur, 2020
Industrial Portraits, MAST Foundation, 2020
Abstract of A Partial Disassembling of an Invention without a Future ..., Petzel, 2019
Three Pictures, Rodolphe Janssen, 2019
Musée d'art moderne et contemporain, Geneva, Switzerland, 2019
Aggregato, Thomas Dane Gallery Naples, 2018
Equivalents, Regen Projects, 2018
Open Source, Petzel, 2017
Transparencies, Rat Hole Gallery, 2017
Automat, Galerie Eva Presenhuber, 2016
Great Hall Exhibition, Institute of Fine Arts, New York University, 2015
Disponibles, Travesía Cuatro, 2015
Walid AlBeshti, Regen Projects, 2015
Marginalia, Thomas Dane Gallery, 2014
Gastarbeiten, Capitain Petzel, 2014
A Partial Disassembling of an Invention without a Future ... , Barbican Centre, 2014
Performances Under Working Conditions, Petzel, 2014
Selected Bodies of Work, Regen Projects, 2014
8 rue Saint-Bon, 2013
Fair Use, Power Station, 2013
Travel Pictures, Thomas Dane Gallery, 2012
PROCESSCOLORFIELD, Regen Projects, 2011
A Diagram of Forces, Malmö Konsthall, 2011
A Diagram of Forces, Centro de Arte Dos de Mayo, 2011
Securities and Exchanges, Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, 2011
Diapositives, Galerie Rodolphe Janssen, 2011
Legibility on Color Backgrounds, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, 2009
Pulleys, Cogwheels, Mirrors, and Windows, University of Michigan Museum of Art, 2009
Popular Mechanics, Wallspace, 2009
Passages, LAXART, 2009
Production Stills, Thomas Dane Gallery, 2009
Science Concrète, China Art Objects Galleries / Redling Fine Art, 2008
Industrial Pictures, Galerie Rodolphe Janssen, 2008
Selected Group Exhibitions
Aichi Triennale: Taming Y/Our Passion, Aichi Prefecture, Japan, 2019
Progressive Praxis, de la Cruz Collection, 2016
All the World’s Futures, La Biennale di Venezia, 2015
Atopolis, Wiels at Mons, 2015
Repetition and Difference, The Jewish Museum, 2015
The Endless Renaissance, Bass Museum of Art, 2012
FIVE, Baibakov Projects, 2009
Altermodern: Tate Triennial, Tate Britain, 2009
Walead Beshty, Kelley Walker, Christopher Williams, China Art Objects Galleries, 2009
Biennial Exhibition, Whitney Museum, 2008
Collaborations
Crystal Voyager with Kelley Walker, Paula Cooper Gallery, 2014
Hardbody Software with Kelley Walker, Redling Fine Art, 2014
Later Layer with Johnston Marklee Architects, Istituto Italiana di Cultura, 2010
Plug n Play with Karl Haendel, Redling Fine Art, 2009
Curatorial Projects
Picture Industry: A Provisional History of the Technical Image, 1844–2018, Luma Arles, 2018
Picture Industry, Hessel Museum, Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College, 2017
Picture Industry, Systematically Open? New Forms for Contemporary Image Production, LUMA Arles, 2016
A Machinery for Living, Petzel, 2014
Again, Once Again, Many Times More, Martos Gallery, 2014
On the Matter of Abstraction (figs. A & B) ... , Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, 2013
Blind Spot Magazine, No. 46, 2013
Sunless, Thomas Dane Gallery, 2010
Picture Industry (Goodbye to All That), Regen Projects, 2010
There is Always a Background / CMYK, Cabinet Magazine, 2010
The Gold Standard, P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, 2006
Invisible Hands and The Common Good, Champion Fine Art, 2005
Bodies of Work
00.00.00, 2022
After the Ends, 2006/2012
American Passages, 2001–2011
Art Handling, 2011–
Bandit Sign Paintings, 2024–
Banknotes, 2021–
Black and White Directional Folds, 2006–2014
Blind Collages, 2017–
Body Prints, 2017–
Ceramics, 2013–
Cigarette paintings, 2018–
Color Loops, 2008–2011
Color Pulls, 2008
Composites, 2022–
Black Curls, 2010–2013
Six-Color Curls, 2009–2010
Three-Color Curls, 2008–2013
White Curls, 2013–2014
Cyanotypes, 2009–
Decoys, 2011–
Drawings, 2014–
Dust, 2005–2009
Eight Young Men ... , 2002
Excursionist Views, 2001/2005
FedEx Copper Works, 2009–
FedEx Glass Works, 2007–
Industrial Portraits, 2008–
Industrial Portraits (2008–), 2019–
Island Flora, 2005
Make Readies, 2010–
Marginalia Paintings, 2013–2015
Mirrored Floor, 2009–
Multi-Sided Pictures, 2007–
Newspapers, 2013–
Office Works, 2014–
Oil Paintings, 2013–2015
The Phenomenology of Shopping, 2001–2003
Pictures Made by My Hand with the Assistance of Light, 2005–2014
RA4 Color Reliefs, 2022–
RA4 Contact Prints, 2014–
Inverted RA4 Contact Prints, 2016–
Asymmetrical Inverted RA4 Contact Prints, 2018–
Remnants, 2011–
Screen Boxes, 2021–
Screen Tests, 2022
Selected Works, 2008–
Sign Boxes, 2020–
Smart Objects, 2024
Soft Pictures, 2012
Surrogates (Full Sheet, Art Handling), 2011–
Surrogates (Modular, Art Handling), 2014–
Surrogates (Tabletop and Desktop), 2008–
Curved Copper Surrogates, 2019–
Curved Steel Surrogates, 2019–
-Televisions-, 2014–
(Temporary) Homes for America, 2021–
Transparencies, 2008–2014
Transparencies, 2014–
Travel Pictures, 2006/2008
-Travel-Pictures-, 2012
Unmaskings, 2012–2013
Works by Year
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
Procedural Texts
American Passages 2001–2011
Non-Pictorial Photographic Works 2005–
Picture Made by My Hand with the Assistance of Light Works 2005–2011
Black and White Fold Works 2006–2012
Multi-Sided Picture Works 2006–2012
Three Color Curl Works 2008–2013 and Six Color Curl Works 2009–2010
Black Curl Works 2010–2013
White Curl Works 2013–2014
RA4 Contact Print Works 2014–
Cross-Contaminated RA4 Contact Print Works 2014–
Inverted RA4 Contact Print Works 2016–
Cross-Contaminated Inverted RA4 Contact Print Works 2016–
After the Ends 2006/2012
Travel Picture Works 2006/2008, 2012
FedEx Works 2007–
Industrial Portrait Works 2008–
Selected Works 2008–
Surrogate Works 2008–
Transparency Works 2008–
Mirrored Floor Works 2009–
Make-Ready Works 2010–
Art Handling Works 2011–
Decoy Works 2011–
Remnant Works 2011–
A Partial Disassembling ... 2013–2014
Marginalia Works 2013–2015
Ceramic Works 2013–2015
Canceled Television Works 2014–
Office Works 2014–
Travel Drawing Works 2014–
Blind Collage Works 2017–
Body Print Works 2017–
Sign Box Works 2020–
Screen Box Works 2021–
Banknote Works 2021–
(Temporary) Homes for America Works 2021–
RA4 Color Relief Works 2022–
Composite Works 2022–
Screen Test Works 2022
Publications
Addenda to a Sequence of Appearances: Walead Beshty Studios Inc at Dane Chantala Associates Ltd
Walead Beshty: Work in Exhibition 2011–2020
Picture Industry: A Provisional History of the Technical Image, 1844–2018
Walead Beshty: Procedurals, Petzel 2014–2017
Industrial Portraits: Volume One, 2008–2012
Walead Beshty: 33 Texts: 93,614 Words: 581,035 Characters: Selected Writings (2003–2015)
Ethics: Documents of Contemporary Art
Walead Beshty: Natural Histories
Walead Beshty: Selected Correspondences 2001–2010
Later Layer: Johnston Marklee and Walead Beshty
Walead Beshty: Pulleys, Cogwheels, Mirrors, and Windows
Interviews
Walead Beshty in conversation with Hamza Walker
Brooklyn Rail: In Conversation Walead Beshty with Amy Ontiveros
Bomb Magazine: Walead Beshty & Eileen Quinlan
Open Source: Walead Beshty in Conversation with Bob Nickas
Selected Essays
Improvisation and the Agency of the Commons: Notes on Counterfeiting as a Form of Radical Speech
How Important is Art as a Form of Protest
Bodies in Space: Some notes on the work of Nairy Baghramian
The Story of O: Gesture in the Work of Laura Owens
Notes for an Introductory Lecture
Toward an Aesthetics of Ethics
In Medias Res (On the Work of Sharon Lockhart)
Video
Info
Bio
CV
Contact
Menu
Solo Exhibitions
Profit & Loss, Regen Projects, 2024
Addendum, Thomas Dane Gallery, 2022
Foreign Correspondence, Galerie Eva Presenhuber, 2021
Standard Deviations, Kunst Museum Winterthur, 2020
Industrial Portraits, MAST Foundation, 2020
Abstract of A Partial Disassembling of an Invention without a Future ..., Petzel, 2019
Three Pictures, Rodolphe Janssen, 2019
Musée d'art moderne et contemporain, Geneva, Switzerland, 2019
Aggregato, Thomas Dane Gallery Naples, 2018
Equivalents, Regen Projects, 2018
Open Source, Petzel, 2017
Transparencies, Rat Hole Gallery, 2017
Automat, Galerie Eva Presenhuber, 2016
Great Hall Exhibition, Institute of Fine Arts, New York University, 2015
Disponibles, Travesía Cuatro, 2015
Walid AlBeshti, Regen Projects, 2015
Marginalia, Thomas Dane Gallery, 2014
Gastarbeiten, Capitain Petzel, 2014
A Partial Disassembling of an Invention without a Future ... , Barbican Centre, 2014
Performances Under Working Conditions, Petzel, 2014
Selected Bodies of Work, Regen Projects, 2014
8 rue Saint-Bon, 2013
Fair Use, Power Station, 2013
Travel Pictures, Thomas Dane Gallery, 2012
PROCESSCOLORFIELD, Regen Projects, 2011
A Diagram of Forces, Malmö Konsthall, 2011
A Diagram of Forces, Centro de Arte Dos de Mayo, 2011
Securities and Exchanges, Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, 2011
Diapositives, Galerie Rodolphe Janssen, 2011
Legibility on Color Backgrounds, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, 2009
Pulleys, Cogwheels, Mirrors, and Windows, University of Michigan Museum of Art, 2009
Popular Mechanics, Wallspace, 2009
Passages, LAXART, 2009
Production Stills, Thomas Dane Gallery, 2009
Science Concrète, China Art Objects Galleries / Redling Fine Art, 2008
Industrial Pictures, Galerie Rodolphe Janssen, 2008
Selected Group Exhibitions
Aichi Triennale: Taming Y/Our Passion, Aichi Prefecture, Japan, 2019
Progressive Praxis, de la Cruz Collection, 2016
All the World’s Futures, La Biennale di Venezia, 2015
Atopolis, Wiels at Mons, 2015
Repetition and Difference, The Jewish Museum, 2015
The Endless Renaissance, Bass Museum of Art, 2012
FIVE, Baibakov Projects, 2009
Altermodern: Tate Triennial, Tate Britain, 2009
Walead Beshty, Kelley Walker, Christopher Williams, China Art Objects Galleries, 2009
Biennial Exhibition, Whitney Museum, 2008
Collaborations
Crystal Voyager with Kelley Walker, Paula Cooper Gallery, 2014
Hardbody Software with Kelley Walker, Redling Fine Art, 2014
Later Layer with Johnston Marklee Architects, Istituto Italiana di Cultura, 2010
Plug n Play with Karl Haendel, Redling Fine Art, 2009
Curatorial Projects
Picture Industry: A Provisional History of the Technical Image, 1844–2018, Luma Arles, 2018
Picture Industry, Hessel Museum, Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College, 2017
Picture Industry, Systematically Open? New Forms for Contemporary Image Production, LUMA Arles, 2016
A Machinery for Living, Petzel, 2014
Again, Once Again, Many Times More, Martos Gallery, 2014
On the Matter of Abstraction (figs. A & B) ... , Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, 2013
Blind Spot Magazine, No. 46, 2013
Sunless, Thomas Dane Gallery, 2010
Picture Industry (Goodbye to All That), Regen Projects, 2010
There is Always a Background / CMYK, Cabinet Magazine, 2010
The Gold Standard, P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, 2006
Invisible Hands and The Common Good, Champion Fine Art, 2005
Bodies of Work
00.00.00, 2022
After the Ends, 2006/2012
American Passages, 2001–2011
Art Handling, 2011–
Bandit Sign Paintings, 2024–
Banknotes, 2021–
Black and White Directional Folds, 2006–2014
Blind Collages, 2017–
Body Prints, 2017–
Ceramics, 2013–
Cigarette paintings, 2018–
Color Loops, 2008–2011
Color Pulls, 2008
Composites, 2022–
Black Curls, 2010–2013
Six-Color Curls, 2009–2010
Three-Color Curls, 2008–2013
White Curls, 2013–2014
Cyanotypes, 2009–
Decoys, 2011–
Drawings, 2014–
Dust, 2005–2009
Eight Young Men ... , 2002
Excursionist Views, 2001/2005
FedEx Copper Works, 2009–
FedEx Glass Works, 2007–
Industrial Portraits, 2008–
Industrial Portraits (2008–), 2019–
Island Flora, 2005
Make Readies, 2010–
Marginalia Paintings, 2013–2015
Mirrored Floor, 2009–
Multi-Sided Pictures, 2007–
Newspapers, 2013–
Office Works, 2014–
Oil Paintings, 2013–2015
The Phenomenology of Shopping, 2001–2003
Pictures Made by My Hand with the Assistance of Light, 2005–2014
RA4 Color Reliefs, 2022–
RA4 Contact Prints, 2014–
Inverted RA4 Contact Prints, 2016–
Asymmetrical Inverted RA4 Contact Prints, 2018–
Remnants, 2011–
Screen Boxes, 2021–
Screen Tests, 2022
Selected Works, 2008–
Sign Boxes, 2020–
Smart Objects, 2024
Soft Pictures, 2012
Surrogates (Full Sheet, Art Handling), 2011–
Surrogates (Modular, Art Handling), 2014–
Surrogates (Tabletop and Desktop), 2008–
Curved Copper Surrogates, 2019–
Curved Steel Surrogates, 2019–
-Televisions-, 2014–
(Temporary) Homes for America, 2021–
Transparencies, 2008–2014
Transparencies, 2014–
Travel Pictures, 2006/2008
-Travel-Pictures-, 2012
Unmaskings, 2012–2013
Works by Year
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
Procedural Texts
American Passages 2001–2011
Non-Pictorial Photographic Works 2005–
Picture Made by My Hand with the Assistance of Light Works 2005–2011
Black and White Fold Works 2006–2012
Multi-Sided Picture Works 2006–2012
Three Color Curl Works 2008–2013 and Six Color Curl Works 2009–2010
Black Curl Works 2010–2013
White Curl Works 2013–2014
RA4 Contact Print Works 2014–
Cross-Contaminated RA4 Contact Print Works 2014–
Inverted RA4 Contact Print Works 2016–
Cross-Contaminated Inverted RA4 Contact Print Works 2016–
After the Ends 2006/2012
Travel Picture Works 2006/2008, 2012
FedEx Works 2007–
Industrial Portrait Works 2008–
Selected Works 2008–
Surrogate Works 2008–
Transparency Works 2008–
Mirrored Floor Works 2009–
Make-Ready Works 2010–
Art Handling Works 2011–
Decoy Works 2011–
Remnant Works 2011–
A Partial Disassembling ... 2013–2014
Marginalia Works 2013–2015
Ceramic Works 2013–2015
Canceled Television Works 2014–
Office Works 2014–
Travel Drawing Works 2014–
Blind Collage Works 2017–
Body Print Works 2017–
Sign Box Works 2020–
Screen Box Works 2021–
Banknote Works 2021–
(Temporary) Homes for America Works 2021–
RA4 Color Relief Works 2022–
Composite Works 2022–
Screen Test Works 2022
Publications
Addenda to a Sequence of Appearances: Walead Beshty Studios Inc at Dane Chantala Associates Ltd
Walead Beshty: Work in Exhibition 2011–2020
Picture Industry: A Provisional History of the Technical Image, 1844–2018
Walead Beshty: Procedurals, Petzel 2014–2017
Industrial Portraits: Volume One, 2008–2012
Walead Beshty: 33 Texts: 93,614 Words: 581,035 Characters: Selected Writings (2003–2015)
Ethics: Documents of Contemporary Art
Walead Beshty: Natural Histories
Walead Beshty: Selected Correspondences 2001–2010
Later Layer: Johnston Marklee and Walead Beshty
Walead Beshty: Pulleys, Cogwheels, Mirrors, and Windows
Interviews
Walead Beshty in conversation with Hamza Walker
Brooklyn Rail: In Conversation Walead Beshty with Amy Ontiveros
Bomb Magazine: Walead Beshty & Eileen Quinlan
Open Source: Walead Beshty in Conversation with Bob Nickas
Selected Essays
Improvisation and the Agency of the Commons: Notes on Counterfeiting as a Form of Radical Speech
How Important is Art as a Form of Protest
Bodies in Space: Some notes on the work of Nairy Baghramian
The Story of O: Gesture in the Work of Laura Owens
Notes for an Introductory Lecture
Toward an Aesthetics of Ethics
In Medias Res (On the Work of Sharon Lockhart)
Video
Info
Bio
CV
Contact
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