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Growing up in a rural setting the development of hand skills and the making of objects was a part of Vivian Beer’s daily life. Throughout her carrier this understanding of design as a hands-on process has influenced the format of both process and product. In 2000 she completed a BFA in sculpture from the Maine College of Art and went on to receive her MFA from Cranbrook Academy of Art in 2004. While there the history of contemporary furniture design worked as a strong counterbalance to working in a number of craft schools and as a designer/fabricator of architectural ornamental ironwork. Throughout her education she has tiptoed through contemporary design, craft and sculptural aesthetics, and found the subject of furniture to be a passion. Vivian is a current artist in residence at Penland School of Crafts where she has begun a new body of expressive outdoor objects.

VIVAN BEER

BORN
Bar Harbor, ME 1977

2006 “Penland Resident Artist Exhibition” The Center for Craft, Creativity and Design, Hendersonville, NC.
2005 “New Work from the Barns”Penland Gallery, Penland, NC.
2005 “Penland School of Craft; Mind, Hands, Materials” The Upstairs Gallery, Tryon, NC.
2005 “Designed for Multiple” a group show hosted by Furniture Society at the International Contemporary Furniture Fair, the Jacob Javits Center, New York, NY.
2005 “CRANBROOK TO LANCASTER AND BACK: Contemporary Works in Clay, Fiber and Metal from the Robert L. Pfannebecker Collection.” Network Gallery at Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, MI.
2004 “Distinguished Chairs” www.postpicasso.com, juried online exhibition.
2004 SOFA New York, The Museum of Art and Design: Horizon Awards, New York, NY.
2004-2005 “Curv-iture: Studio Furniture Celebrates the Curve” Red Gallery, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA. The Hickory Museum of Art, Hickory, NC. The Gallery of Art and Design, North Carolina State University, Releigh, NC. Florida Craftsmen, St. Petersburg, FL. Center for Contemporary Craft, Houston, TX.
2004 “M.F.A. Thesis Exhibition” Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, MI.
2004 “Seating Arrangements,” Forum Gallery, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI and 4731 Gallery, Detroit, MI
2003 “Metals 2003,” Space 237, Toledo, OH
2003 “Summer Lovin,’” Forum Gallery, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI
2003 “SNAG 2003: Making it in Metal,” Annual Juried Student Exhibition and Slide Show, San Francisco, CA
2003 “Seating Arrangements,” Forum Gallery, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI and Tangent Gallery, Detroit, MI
2003 “Handle With Care: Studies in Participation,” Forum Gallery, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI
2001 “24 Hour,” Forum Gallery, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI
2001 “Metallica,” Forum Gallery, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI
2000 “X-Change,” Wayne State University Community Arts Gallery, Detroit, MI
2000 “Senior Thesis Show,” Institute for Contemporary Art, Portland, ME
1999 Group show in The Gallery Without Walls, Matamoras, NJ
1999 “Summer Assistant Show,” Peters Valley Craft Store and Gallery, Layton, NJ
1998-1999 “B.F.A. Group Exhibition,” The Institute for Contemporary Art,

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