Canadian artist, Kyle Beal, challenges convention through his conceptual art practice. Using a multidisciplinary approach, he incorporates a wide variety of media including drawing, sculpture and installation.
Images of ubiquitous objects and spaces appear as a common thread throughout his works. The initially apparent simplicity of his subjects, however, is underscored by Beal’s application of optically illusionistic techniques. Engaging audiences with nuanced surprise, humorous tropes, and wit, Beal presents an accessible platform for his viewers to reconsider their day-to-day routines and behaviour.
Beal holds a BFA from the Alberta College of Art and Design (2001) and an MFA from the University of Victoria (2004). His work has been exhibited across Canada and the USA, in Montreal, Toronto, New York City, Calgary, Saskatoon, Seattle, and Vancouver, notably including presentations in the 2015 Alberta Biennial of Contemporary Art at the Art Gallery of Alberta, Edmonton, and the Esker Foundation, Calgary, among others. He was also the feature of a solo exhibition at The Nickle Gallery in 2022. Beal currently lives and works in Edmonton, Alberta. Beal’s work is included in the permanent collection of the Art Gallery of Alberta, Edmonton, the Alberta Foundation of the Arts and the Glenbow Museum, Calgary and numerous private collections.
Watch a short film about Kyle’s new permanent public artwork, “Nightwatch” HERE.
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“Future Station: 2015 Alberta Biennial of Contemporary Art”, Galleries West, Diana Sherlock, 2015
