THADDEUS BEAL
Education
1989 School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Diploma and Fifth Year, Boston, MA
1973 Stanford Law School, JD, Palo Alto, CA
1969 Yale College, BA, New Haven, CT
Career Background
1981-84 Senior Partner, Peabody and Brown (now Nixon-Peabody), Boston, MA
1975-81 Associate lawyer, Peabody and Brown, Boston, MA
1973-75 Criminal Prosecutor, Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office, Boston, MA
One Person Exhibitions
2017 Narrative Lines, Soprafina Gallery, Boston, M<A
2014 Meantime, Soprafina Gallery, Boston, MA
2010 Strings, Soprafina Gallery, Boston, MA
2009 Barrington Center for the Arts, Gordon College, Wenham, MA
EO art lab, Chester, CT
2008 Robert Steele Gallery, New York, NY
2007 O’H+T Gallery, Boston, MA
EO art lab, Chester, CT
2005 Robert Steele Gallery, New York, NY
2004 OZ Gallery, Provincetown, MA
2003 O’H+T Gallery, Boston, MA
New England School of Art and Design, Boston, MA
2001 O’H+T Gallery, Boston, MA
1999 Andrea Marquit Fine Arts, Boston, MA
1995 Andrea Marquit Fine Arts, Boston, MA
1991 Akin Gallery, Boston, MA
Selected Group Exhibitions
2017 Becoming, Hotchkiss School Art Gallery, Lakeville, CT
Mathematics and Art, Suffolk University Art Gallery, Boston, MA
2016 Shady Hill Art Show 2016, Shady Hill School, Cambridge, MA
2015 The National Weather Biennale, National Weather Center, Norman, OK
With Marjorie Forte, Soprafina Gallery, Boston, MA
Blanche Ames Annual, Ames Mansion, North Easton, MA
Annual Juried Exhibitions, Danforth Museum, Framingham, MA
2014 An Exhibition of Fine Art Printmaking, College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA
Personal Terrain, Contemporary Mapping, Concord Art Association, Concord, MA
Blanche Ames Annual, Ames Mansion, North Easton, MA
2013 Salon Exhibition, Soprafina Gallery, Boston, MA
Big + Small, Soprafina Gallery, Boston, MA
2012 Fragile Navigation, Danforth Museum, Framingham, MA
ReThink INK, Boston Public Library, Boston, MA
Blanche Ames Annual, Ames Mansion, North Easton, MA
Proof of Purchase, Samson Gallery Boston, MA
Chronos & Kairos, 20th European Artists Symposium, Essen, Germany
Off The Wall, Danforth Museum, Framingham, MA
2011 Action Abstraction, Mark Gallery, Englewood, NJ
Back Gallery, Soprafina Gallery, Boston, MA
Synesthesia, EO art lab, Chester CT
Chain Letter, Samson Gallery, Boston, MA
2010 BOS at GASP, Gasp Gallery, Brookline, MA
Relationship: A Print-A Painting, Soprafina Gallery, Boston, MA
Shared Response, EO art lab, Chester, CT
2009 Give and Take, EO art lab, Chester, CT
Art in the Round Barn, Round Barn, Waitsfield, VT
Group Experiment, EO art lab, Chester, CT
2008 Group Dynamics, EO art lab, Chester, CT
Natural Acts, Massachusetts Convention + Exhibition Center, Boston, MA
On Drawing, New Art Center, Newton, MA
Painted Visions, Art Space Gallery, Maynard, MA
Synethesia, Sulloway + Hollis Gallery, Concord, NH
Group Therapy, EO art lab, Chester, CT
2007 Big Bang! Abstract Painting for the 21st Century, DeCordova Museum, Lincoln, MA
Painted Visions, Paintings by Award-Winning Massachusetts Artists,
MCLA Gallery 51, North Adams, MA
Speaking In Tongues, EO art lab, Chester, CT
2006 American Artists in Rural Ireland: the Ballinglen Experience, Concord Art
Association, Concord, MA
Second Annual MCCA Art Program [large works], Boston Convention &
Exhibition Center, Boston, MA
Open Call/Size Matters [small works], RHYS Gallery, Boston, MA
2005 Drawing Show, Robert Steele Gallery, New York, NY
White, Black, and Inbetween, O’H+T Gallery, Boston, MA
2004 Project Room, Robert Steele Gallery, New York, NY
Spiritual Geometry, New Art Center, Newton, MA
2003 Project Room, Robert Steele Gallery, New York, NY
Energy, (juried by Carl Belz], CAA University Place, Cambridge, MA (Best of
Show)
10th Annual Juried Show 2003 (juried by Jock Reynolds), Essex Art Center,
Lawrence, MA
To Ballinglen and Back: Boston Artists in Rural Ireland, Boston City Hall,
Boston, MA
Bruce Barry and Thaddeus Beal, Markings, Milton Academy, Milton, MA
New Year/New Work, O’H+T Gallery, Boston, MA
2002 Workshop Artists, The Assilah Forum Foundation, Assilah, Morocco
Fifth National Juried Exhibition (Charlotta Kotik, juror), Ceres Gallery, New
York, NY
New Blood II, Finer Things Gallery, Nashville, TN
2001 Workshop Traditions: Printmaking in Boston since 1960, Boston University
Art Gallery
2000 National Prize Show (curated by Carl Belz), Cambridge Art Association,
Cambridge, MA
Picture Perfect, New England School of Art and Design, Boston, MA
Blue (curated by Cheryl Brutvan), Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, MA
(second place)
Best Talent From Boston (curated by Karen Moss), New Arts Gallery,
Bantham, NY
Group Show, Acacia Gallery, Gloucester, MA
2000 Gallery Artists, DNA Gallery, Provincetown, MA
1999 Ninth Triennial, Fuller Museum of Art, Brockton, MA
Merged Realities, Central Arts Collective, Tucson, AZ
Paperworks 99, Ridgefield Guild of Artists Galleries, Ridgefield, CT
New Directions ‘99, Barrett Art Center, Poughkeepsie, NY
1998 Searching, Cambridge Multicultural Arts Center, Cambridge, MA
1998 Cheap Thrills, DNA Gallery, Provincetown, MA
Milton Creates-Milton Collects, Milton Academy, Milton, MA
1997 The Drawing Show, Boston Center for the Arts, Boston, MA
Cloning and Ghost shows, DNA Gallery, Provincetown, MA
1996 DNA Group Exhibition, DNA Gallery, Provincetown, MA
Summer Show, Andrea Marquit Fine Arts, Boston, MA
1995 Trustman Gallery, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
The Drawing Show, Boston Center for the Arts, Boston, MA
Grand Opening, DNA Gallery, Provincetown, MA
Symmetry + Asymmetry, CAA University Place, Cambridge, MA (Juror’s Choice)
1994 Pure Intention/Pure Accident, Gallery 28, Boston, MA
Painters’ Drawings, Gallery NAGA, Boston, MA
Summer Show, Andrea Marquit Fine Arts, Boston, MA
1993 Deck the Walls, Andrea Marquit Fine Arts, Boston, MA
Art About Architecture, Boston Architectural Center, Boston, MA
Drawing, Akin Gallery, Boston, MA
1992 Symphony of Prosperity, Akin Gallery, Boston, MA
Anything But Paper, Howard Yezerski Gallery, Boston, MA
Salon, Akin Gallery, Boston, MA
New England/New Talent, Fitchburg Art Museum, Fitchburg, MA
1991 Exhibition of Painting & Sculpture, The Berkshire Museum, Pittsfield, MA
Invited Guests & Gallery Artists, Gallery NAGA, Boston, MA
Prismatic, Boston Visual Artists’ Union, Federal Reserve, Boston, MA
Summer Show: Forms of Abstraction, Akin Gallery, Boston, MA
Nuclear Solstice, Boston Center for the Arts/Mills Gallery, Boston, MA
Selections from Boston Galleries, Bank of Boston, Boston
1990 Contrasts, Boston Visual Artists’ Union, Boston, MA
Small Works for Giving, Akin Gallery, Boston, MA
The Artists Foundation Office Exhibition for Fellowship Recipients, Boston, MA
Selections from the South Street Galleries, Bank of Boston, Boston, MA
Summer Show, Akin Gallery, Boston, MA
Thaddeus Beal, Hans Evers, Tim Murdoch, Akin Galley, Boston, MA
Honors & Awards & Fellowships
2016 Finalist Grant Recipient (in drawing), Massachusetts Cultural Council
2014 Finalist Grant Recipient (in drawing), Massachusetts Cultural Council
Living Room Host Project, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston, MA
2012 School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Traveling Fellowship
Invited Artist, 20th European Artists Symposium, Essen, Germany
2006 Artist Grant Recipient (in painting), Massachusetts Cultural Council
2002 Artist Grant Recipient (in painting), Massachusetts Cultural Council
Invited Artist and Fellow at the Assilah International Cultural Festival, Assilah,
Morocco
2001 Fellowship at The Ballinglen Arts Foundation, Ballycastle, County Mayo, Ireland
2000 Winner of The Open Studios 1999/2000 Northeastern Competition (juried by Terrie
Sultan, Curator of Contemporary Art at the Corcoran, Washington, DC),
resulting in inclusion in New American Painting, Number 26
1999 Award of Excellence, Paperworks 99 (Richard S. Field, Yale Curator, Juror)
1996 Fellowship (in drawing), New England Foundation for the Arts
1994 Finalist, James Hubbard Traveling Scholarship
1990 Fellowship (in painting), Massachusetts Artists Foundation
1989 Dana Pond Competition, School of the Museum of Fine Arts
1988 Boit Competition, School of the Museum of Fine Arts
1987 Dana Pond Competition, School of the Museum of Fine Arts
1986 Boit Competition, School of the Museum of Fine Arts
Selected Bibliography
2015 Cate McQuaid, “Obscured by Clouds,” The Boston Globe, March 11
2012 Cate McQuaid, “Prints That Connect Artists and Communities,” The Boston Globe, July 4
Elaine Mehalakes, “ReThink INK: 25 Years At Mixit Print Studio, Boston Public Library,”
Art in Print, Volume 2, Number 2, July/August
Alicia Faxon, “Off The Wall,” Art New England, July/August
2009 Anne Krinsky, “Thaddeus Beal: Rhythm and (Re)Emergence,” Art New England, Oct/Nov
2007 Cate McQuaid, “Thaddeus Beal: New Paintings,” The Boston Globe, Jan 18
Arthur Whitman, “Big Bang! Abstract Painting For The 21st Century,” Big, RED &
Shiny #61, Apr 8
Charles Giuliano, “Painted Visions at MCLA’s Gallery 51,” Bershire Fine Arts, Oct 10
2006 Charles Giuliano, “Burger -- Laying Down the Law,” Maverick Arts Magazine #226,
Feb 11
2005 Charles Giuliano, “Beer and Burgers with...Gerry Bergstein,” Maverick Arts Magazine #175, Feb 28
2004 Randi Hopkins, “Showing I.D.,” The Boston Phoenix, Jan 30
2003 Cate McQuaid, “Controlled Chaos,” The Boston Globe, October 10
Meredith Fife Day, “Thaddeus Beal: Painting Over Time,” ART New England,
October/November
William Corbett, “Balancing Chaos and Order,” artsMEDIA, June
Cate McQuaid, “Painting a New Career,” The Boston Globe, May 30
2002 Shawn Hill, “Thaddeus Beal: Works on Paper and Paintings,” ART New England
Dec/Jan ‘02
2001 Norma S. Steinberg, “Prints in Boston, 2001,” Contemporary Impressions, Journal of
the American Print Alliance, Vol. 9, No. 2, Fall ‘01 Cate McQuaid, “Some Views on the Visual Frontier,” The Boston Globe, September 20
Lisa Falco, “Gallery Gallery,” artsMEDIA, October 15 - November 15
Cate McQuaid, “Season Opens with Some Old Favorites at New Addresses,” The Boston
Globe, Sept. 6
2000 Cate McQuaid, “Belz Curates Strong Show,” The Boston Globe, May 2
Jamie Farrell, ”Cambridge Art Association--Lowell Street Gallery and University Place Gallery,” ART New England, April/May
Cate McQuaid, “Picture Perfect,” The Boston Globe, March 2
Charles Giuliano, “Picture Perfect,” catalogue essay, New England School of Art and Design
At Suffolk University, Boston, MA
1999 Mary Sherman, “Take Concrete Look at Triennial’s Abstracts,” The Boston Herald, September 26 Christine Temin, “Abstract For All Seasons At The Fuller Triennial,” The Boston Globe, October 8
Cate McQuaid, “Beal’s abstract universe...,” The Boston Globe, June 3
Miles Unger, “Celebrating Local Artists,” ARTnews, June
“Thaddeus Beal: New Work at the Andrea Marquit Gallery,” The Newtown Bee, May 21
1998 Cate McQuaid, “Of Innocence, life’s mysteries, and boring bread,” The Boston Globe,
February 26
1997 Photo of piece for The Ceramic Project, The Boston Globe, November 30
1996 Christine Temin, “Area Artists Make a Show of Industrial Strength,” The Boston
Globe, August 14
1995 Cate McQuaid, “Elemental , Poignant Drawings at BCA,” The Boston Globe,
December 21
Nancy Stapen, “Paintings That Fuse Art, Science,” The Boston Globe, February 2
1994 Interviewed, “Boston Uncovered,” BU/COM TV, April 23
1993 Tom Grabosky, “Packing a Wallop - Drawing at Akin Gallery,” Bay Windows, February 18
1992 Miles Unger, “Fitchburg Art Museum/New Talent,” Art New England,
August/September
Nancy Stapen, “Critic’s Tip: Exhibits: Talent Search,” The Boston Globe, June 11
1991 Nancy Stapen, “Striking Images in a World of Their Own,” The Boston Globe, May 23
Joyce Kulhawik, review of Contrasts show, WBZ/TV Evening News, January 29
1990 Mary Sherman, “Thaddeus Beal, Hans Evers, Tim Murdoch,” The Boston Globe, March 8
Collections
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA (Department of Prints & Drawings)
Nature Publishing Group
Massachusetts Convention + Exhibition Center (commissioned)
Fidelity Investments
Simmons College collection
Liberty Hotel
The Boston Stock Exchange
Beth Israel Hospital
In numerous law firms, corporations and private collections around Boston