Education
2019 - Master of Fine Art and Design (Painting), School of Creative Arts, University of Tasmania
2018 - Bachelor of Fine Arts with First Class Honours, School of Creative Arts, University of Tasmania
2001 - Bachelor of Design, Sydney Graphics College
Solo Exhibitions
2024 - Call of the coast, Brunswick Street Gallery, Fitzroy, Melbourne
2023 - Domain, Sidespace Gallery, Salamanca Arts Centre, Hobart
2019 - Precarious periphery: A painterly exploration of vulnerability and disquiet in the landscape, Plimsoll Gallery, University of Tasmania, Hobart
Group Exhibitions
2021 - Artists of Mosman: 2088, Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney
2020 - Ground Bearing, Hobart Art Gallery, Hobart
2020 - My Imagination – The Next Generation, Edwina Corlette Gallery, Brisbane
2018 - Not Just Paint, Contemporary Tasmanian Art, Long Gallery, Salamanca Arts Centre, Hobart
2018 - Honours Graduation Exhibition, Plimsoll Gallery, School of Creative Arts, University of Tasmania, Hobart
2018 - Dear Kunanyi, Respect the Mountain, Long Gallery, Salamanca Arts Centre, Hobart
2018 - Honours Work in Progress Exhibition, Entrepôt Gallery, School of Creative Arts, University of Tasmania, Hobart
2018 - Huddle/Hurdle, Entrepôt Gallery, School of Creative Arts, University of Tasmania, Hobart
2018 - Artists of Mosman: 2088, Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney
2016 - Salon Exhibition, Tortoiseshell Gallery, Sydney
2016 - Inaugural Exhibition, Tortoiseshell Gallery, Sydney
2013 - People Make Places, Match Box Projects, Sydney
2011 - Seventeen Syllables, World Bar, Sydney
Awards & Residencies
2024 - Finalist, Grace Cossington Smith Art Award, Grace Cossington Smith Gallery, Sydney
2023 - Finalist, Henry Jones Art Prize, The Henry Jones Art Hotel, Hobart
2022 - Finalist, Tidal.22, Tasmanian Art Award, Devonport Regional Gallery, Devonport
2020 - Finalist, The Glover Prize, Falls Park Pavilion, Evandale, Tasmania
2019 - Resident Artist, August 2019 - February 2020, Salamanca Arts Centre, Hobart
2019 - Finalist, Henry Jones Art Prize, The Henry Jones Art Hotel, Hobart
2019 - Finalist, Macquarie Group Emerging Artist Prize, Macquarie Group Global Headquarters and Space Gallery, Sydney
2019 - Finalist, Hadley’s Art Prize, Hadley’s Orient Hotel, Hobart
2018 - Placed on the Executive Dean’s Honour Roll, College of Arts, Law and Education, for study in Bachelor of Fine Arts with Honours, University of Tasmania
2017 - Finalist, The Churchie National Emerging Art Prize, QUT Art Museum, Brisbane
2017 - Finalist, Small Works Art Prize, Brunswick Street Gallery, Melbourne
2016 - Finalist, Bay of Fires Art Prize, Tasmania
2016 - Finalist, Belle Arti Prize, Chapman & Bailey, Melbourne
2015 - Finalist, Hornsby Art Prize, Sydney
2014 - Highly Commended, Bay of Fires Art Prize, Tasmania
2014 - Finalist, Hornsby Art Prize, Sydney
2014 - Finalist, Belle Arti Prize, Chapman & Bailey, Melbourne
2013 - Finalist, Hornsby Art Prize, Sydney
2013 - Finalist, Bay of Fires Art Prize, Salon des Refusés, Tasmania
1998 - Finalist, Lloyd Rees Memorial Youth Art Award, Sydney
Collections
Macquarie Group Collection
Private Collections
Bibliography
2024 - ‘Brunswick Street Gallery, 13 July - 28 July, Call of the coast, Alexander Beech’, Art Guide Australia, July / August 2024’ p. 118
2024 - ‘Exhibition of Finalists, Grace Cossington Smith Biennial Art Award’, Art Guide Australia, January / February 2024, p.156
2023 - ‘Henry Jones Art Prize exhibition headed to Tasmania’, Australian Seniors News, 16 November 2023
2020 - Harper, A 2020, ‘Ground Bearing’, Tasweekend, The Mercury, 12-13 December 2020, p. 18
2020 - ‘The loading dock 2020’, Talking with Painters, 17 August 2020, Talking with Painters Instagram and Talking with Painters YouTube, [Video, 3:05 / 4:43]
2020 - Vinall, F 2020, ‘Glover Prize finalists announced after record entries’, The Examiner, 8 February 2020, The Examiner Online
2020 - Wisniewski, K 2020, ‘Lucrative art prize winnings get richer and richer’, The Mercury, 7 January 2020, p. 3
2020 - WIN News Tasmania (TV), ‘2020 Hadley’s Art Prize’, 6 January 2020
2020 - 7 News Tasmania (TV), ‘2020 Hadley’s Art Prize’, 6 January 2020, 7 News Online, [Video, 10:53 / 16:13]
2019 - ‘Looking back’, Hadley’s Art Prize, 17 December 2019, Hadley’s Art Prize Instagram
2019 - ‘Based in his native Tasmanian landscape’, Macquarie Group Collection, 3 September 2019, Macquarie Group Collection Instagram
2019 - ‘Hadley’s Art Prize 2019, Finalists’, July 2019, Hadley's Art Prize Online
2019 - ‘TAS July 2019 Listings, Plimsoll Gallery, Alexander Beech MFAD Examination', Art Almanac, July 2019
2019 - UTAS Events, Alexander Beech - MFAD Examination Exhibition, UTAS School of Creative Arts and Media, July 2019, Plimsoll Gallery Online
2019 - ‘Impressive field vies for art gong’, The Mercury, 7 May 2019, p. 8
2019 - ‘Tasmanian artist Neil Haddon chasing second Hadley’s Art Prize win’, The Mercury, 6 May 2019, The Mercury Online
2017 - ‘Alexander Beech’s delicately layered landscapes’, QUT Art Museum, 27 November 2017, QUT Art Museum Instagram
2017 - Tang, C 2017, ‘Beech in line for major art prize’, Mosman Daily, 9 November 2017, p. 13
2017 - ‘Creative drawing on Sydney Ferries’, Festival of Mosman, Mosman Council, 14 October 2017, Festival of Mosman, [Video, 0:36 / 3:21]
2016 - ‘Tortoiseshell Gallery inaugural exhibition’, Art Almanac, 19 August 2016
Other Education
2011 - Anatomy, Julian Ashton Art School
2010 - Oil Painting, National Art School
2010 - Life Drawing, Julian Ashton Art School
2008 - Life Drawing, National Art School (FONAS)
2004 - Sketch Club, Julian Ashton Art School
1998 - Painting Masterclass, National Art School
1997 - Life Drawing, Hornsby Evening College