Education
2019 - Master of Fine Art and Design (Painting), School of Creative Arts and Media, University of Tasmania
2018 - Bachelor of Fine Arts with Honours (First Class), School of Creative Arts and Media, University of Tasmania
2001 - Bachelor of Design, Sydney Graphics College
Exhibitions
2024 - Call of the coast, Brunswick Street Gallery, Melbourne (Solo Exhibition, Upcoming July 2024)
2024 - Grace Cossington Smith Biennial Art Award, Grace Cossington Smith Gallery, Sydney (Finalist)
2023 - The Henry Jones Art Prize, The Henry Jones Art Hotel, Hobart (Finalist)
2023 - Domain, Sidespace Gallery, Salamanca Arts Centre, Hobart (Solo Exhibition)
2022 - Tidal.22, The City of Devonport Tasmanian Art Award, Devonport Regional Gallery (Finalist)
2021 - Artists of Mosman: 2088, Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney
2020 - Ground Bearing, Hobart Art Gallery, Hobart
2020 - The Glover Prize, Falls Park Pavilion, Evandale, Tasmania (Finalist)
2020 - My Imagination - The Next Generation, Edwina Corlette Gallery, Brisbane
2019 - The Henry Jones Art Prize, The Henry Jones Art Hotel, Hobart (Finalist)
2019 - Macquarie Group Emerging Artist Prize, Macquarie Group Global Headquarters and Space Gallery, Sydney (Finalist)
2019 - Hadley’s Art Prize, Hadley’s Orient Hotel, Hobart (Finalist)
2019 - Precarious periphery: A painterly exploration of vulnerability and disquiet in the landscape, Plimsoll Gallery, School of Creative Arts and Media, University of Tasmania, Hobart (Solo Exhibition)
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, Entrepot Gallery, School of Creative Arts, University of Tasmania, Hobart
2018 - Huddle/Hurdle, Entrepot Gallery, School of Creative Arts, University of Tasmania, Hobart
2018 - Artists of Mosman: 2088, Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney
2017 - The Churchie National Emerging Art Prize, QUT Art Museum, Brisbane (Finalist)
2017 - Small Works Art Prize, Brunswick Street Gallery, Melbourne
2016 - Salon Exhibition, Tortoiseshell Gallery, Sydney
2016 - Inaugural Exhibition, Tortoiseshell Gallery, Sydney
2016 - Belle Arti Prize, Chapman & Bailey, Melbourne
2016 - Bay of Fires Art Prize, Tasmania (Finalist)
2015 - Hornsby Art Prize, Sydney (Finalist)
2014 - Belle Arti Prize, Chapman & Bailey, Melbourne
2014 - Hornsby Art Prize, Sydney (Finalist)
2014 - Bay of Fires Art Prize, Tasmania (Finalist, Highly Commended)
2013 - Hornsby Art Prize, Sydney (Finalist)
2013 - Bay of Fires Art Prize, Salon des Refusés, Tasmania
2013 - People Make Places, Match Box Projects, Sydney
2011 - Seventeen Syllables, World Bar, Sydney
1998 - Lloyd Rees Memorial Youth Art Award, Sydney (Finalist)
Awards
2018 - Placed on the Executive Dean's Honour Roll for the College of Arts, Law and Education, for study in the degree Bachelor of Fine Arts with Honours, University of Tasmania
2014 - Bay of Fires Art Prize, Tasmania (Finalist, Highly Commended), Judges: Dr Andrew Frost (Art critic, writer and broadcaster), Kelly Gellatly (Director of the Ian Potter Museum of Art, University of Melbourne), Raymond Arnold (Artist, WAS / LARQ)
Collections
Macquarie Group Collection
Private Collections
Residencies
2019 / 2020 - (August 2019 - February 2020) Resident artist, Salamanca Arts Centre, Hobart
Media & Publications
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 - Understanding Oil Painting, National Art School
2010 - Life Drawing, Julian Ashton Art School
2010 - Colour, Light and Vision, Private Tuition
2009 - (2009 - 2011) Life Drawing, Art House Hotel, Sydney
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