Vanity Fair: "Call of the Wild", April 2008
2008-04-01
"At 37, Alex Beard is an accomlished artist, an adventurer, and an accidental entreprenuer redefining the New York gallery scene with his SoHo studio, which doubles as an exhibition space. Here the flow of ideas, audience participation, and children are always welcome. His motto: 'Be curious...' "
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The Times-Picayune, The 60-Second Interview
2008-10-03
The 60-Second Interview: Alex Beard
Friday, October 03, 2008
By Chris Rose
Alex Beard is the son of a philanthropist and a writer in New York City, the nephew of legendary wildlife photographer Peter Beard, grew up listening to Truman Capote and e e cummings at the family dinner table and attended all the best schools.
Then, about 18 years ago, he set out for New Orleans to become his own kind of artist, a painter, specializing in -- but not limited to -- the whimsical and fantastical elements of animals and fish. He married a Louisiana girl, opened the Alex Beard Gallery in the Quarter and began to raise a family.
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Gambit Weekly: Recommended "Karina Wisniewska: New Quartz Sand Paintings"
2008-09-16
By D. Eric Bookhardt: "Born in Venice in 1966, Swiss artist Karina Wisniewska was an acclaimed concert pianist for most of her adult life. Despite her starring role in many recordings and performances with leading European symphony orchestras through the '90s, she decided in 2000 to devote herself exclusively to her true love, visual art."
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Art for Arts Sake, New Orleans 2008
2008-08-29
On September 30th, Beard will share his love of creativity with a group of young Central City students at the Mahalia Jackson Family and Community Center in New Orleans. Together, Beard and the students, as well as special guests from the New Orleans Saints, will paint a 10 x 20 foot mural featuring his signature style of whimsical animals at play. Beard will remain in New Orleans the rest of the week to participate in several other artistic endeavors. During the first week of October as well, Beard will donate and dedicate his painting, Shark Tank, to the Audubon Institute’s Aquarium of the Americas. The painting was created in Beard’s New Orleans studio before Hurricane Katrina, featuring all the inhabitants of the pre-storm shark tank. The piece will be prominently featured next to the exhibit where Beard was inspired to paint it.
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Artist Alex Beard Donates "Shark Tank" painting to the Aquarium of the Americas
2008-09-24
Artist Alex Beard will donate and dedicate his painting, Shark Tank, to the Audubon Institute’s Aquarium of the Americas. This 90” x 180” oil based painting was created in Beard’s New Orleans studio before Hurricane Katrina, featuring all the inhabitants of the pre-storm shark tank. The painting will be displayed on the Aquarium's second floor Changing Exhibits gallery which is currently featuring "Adventure Island".
Alex Beard Mentors Local Kids During Mural Painting at Mahalia Jackson Center, New Orleans
2008-09-23
At 11 a.m. on September 30th, Beard will share his love of creativity with a group of Central City students at the Early Childhood and Family Learning Center at Mahalia Jackson in New Orleans. Together, Beard and the students, as well as special guests from the New Orleans Saints, will paint a 10 x 20 foot mural featuring his signature style of whimsical animals at play.
Alex Beard Debuts Unique Line of Puzzles
2008-08-25
PRESS RELEASE: Puzzles Can Be Rearranged Into New Shapes and ImagesNew York City – (August 25, 2008) -- Jigsaw puzzles are all the same, right? Hundreds of abstract, interlocking pieces fit together to produce a scene from nature or an image of napping kittens. Some puzzles have evolved to 3D versions and computer adaptations, but the end goal remains the same: to recreate the picture on the front of the box. Artist Alex Beard has long wondered why that is the expected standard. Why can a puzzle only make one picture? In his line of work, the goal is creativity, curiosity and novelty. Couldn’t puzzles be innovative as well? With the introduction of Alex Beard Impossible Puzzles, Beard proves that by looking at the jigsaw puzzle with a new perspective, anything is possible.
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Art Voices: "A New Orleans-Trained Artist and Animal Appreciator Now in New York", Summer 2008
2008-07-01
By Robin Durand: "Alex Beard lived in New Orleans for ten years before the storm. He had a studio/gallery on Chartres St. across from the W New Orleans Hotel. He is, notably, an internationally shown artist, a world traveler, and adventurer. He was raised in a household that entertained the likes of Andy Warhol and Truman Capote. He has now relocated to New York where he has a similar studio/gallery, but Beard still displays with Octavia Art Gallery on Magazine Street." Please click on the title above to download a pdf version of the article.
Miami Herald: "Photographer Joe Zammit-Lucia Enlists Animals"
2008-04-13
Zammit-Lucia's newest project is photographing many animals of the same species to demonstrate the bond that an exists between man and animal, and to show each animal as an individual. Not thinking of animals as having feelings, personality and character engenders disregard for animal life, he says.
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The Peak Magazine, Hong Kong Edition, March 2008
2008-03-03
Art Beat, by Mandy Soh. An interview and Q & A with Alex Beard about his life, family and his 2007 exhibit "Abstract Naturalism" in Hong Kong.
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Conservation Photographer Included Among World's Greatest
2008-01-01
The work of conservation photographer Dr. Joe Zammit-Lucia has been included in "The World's Greatest Black & White Photography" - a new book launched in January 2008 by the World Photographic Arts Corporation.
Prestige Magazine: December Calendar Feature
2007-12-01
Alex Beard's exhibition, "Abstract Naturalism" listed as an item to see in Prestige Magazine's calender for the December 2007 issue. The exhibition of Alex Beard's work was shown at The Cat Street Gallery in Hong Kong from November 21 through December 21, 2007.
Alex Beard Makes Hong Kong Debut
2007-11-21
PRESS RELEASE: The Cat Street Gallery is pleased to present “Abstract Naturalism” a solo-exhibition by Alex Beard – the first ever in the city for the artist – November 21 through December 21, 2007.
Alex Beard CV & Exhibition Listing
2007-11-16
This link will open a pdf file of Alex Beard's CV listing his education, solo exhibitions, publications, bibliography and outreach work.