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Pete Beeman

Resume

COMMISSIONS

2011       Daan Forest Park Station, MRT subway, Taipei, Taiwan, expected completion 2012
2011       Norfolk HRT Transit Maintenance Facility, Norfolk, VA, expected completion 2012
2010       “Iris”, Civic Drive Station, TriMet Gresham Light Rail, Gresham, OR
2010       “Spalanzani’s Parasol”, Port of Portland HQ, Portland, OR
2010       “Lifter”, Fire Station #37, Seattle, WA
2009       “Shuffletown Hand”, Charlotte, NC
2009       “Waving Post”, TriMet I-205 Light Rail, Portland, OR
2006       Kiosks for the ODFW Hatchery Research Center, Alsea, OR
                 Collaboration with architect Yianni Doulis
2006       “Spalanzani’s Generator”, NC Zoo, Asheboro, NC
2005       “Alphabet Soup”, E. F. Library, Albuquerque, NM
2002       “Pod”, Portland Streetcar Alignment, Portland, OR
2001       Portland International Airport Project, Portland, OR
2001       1st Unitarian Church Sanctuary Project, Portland, OR

Finalist:
2011       Neighborhood revitalization project, Chatanooga, TN
2011       OIT Sustainability Village, Klamath Falls, OR
2011       Pine Nursery Roundabout, Bend, OR
2009       Stapleton Central Park Rec Center Project, Denver, CO
2007       Science Building Project, Skagit Valley Community College, Mt. Vernon, WA
2007       MLK – Depot Plaza, Tucson, AZ
2007       Broadway-Brighton plaza, Denver, CO
2006       The Lexington, Orlando CityPlace, Orlando, FL
2006       RiverEast Plaza, Portland, OR
2005       SE Community Park– Frisco, TX
2005       New Police HQ – Frisco, TX
2004       Oregon State University – Kelley Engineering Center, Corvallis, OR
2004       The Denver Convention Center Hotel, Denver, CO
2004       30th/31st Street project, Ogden, UT
2003       Portland Community College, Portland, OR – Water Feature
2003       The Tacoma Police Headquarters, Tacoma, WA

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2009       Sculptural installation w/ Heidi Cody, The Lab Gallery, New York City, NY
2009       Collaborative sculpture w/ Heidi Cody, Acadiana Center for the Arts. Lafayette, LA
2007       More Simple Machines, ArtCentric, Corvallis, OR - Solo
2006       The Valentine Exchange, Hauser Memorial Library, Reed College, Portland, OR - Group
2004       Lower Columbia Community College, Longview, WA - Group
2004       Arts Downtown, Lake Oswego, OR – Outdoor Installation
2003       Blackfish Gallery, Portland, OR – Group
2003       A. N. Bush/Focus Gallery, Salem, OR – Solo
2002       Performative Objects, Kent State University, Kent OH – Group
2002       The Art Gym, Marylhurst University, Portland, OR – Solo
2001       Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA – Solo

GRANTS & AWARDS & MORE

2011       Oregon Public Art Roster, Oregon Arts Commission, Salem OR
2011       Prequalified Artist Roster, City of Seattle, Seattle, WA
2006       Tucson Pima Arts Council Public Art Roster, Tucson, AZ
2006       The City of Calgary Public Art Program Artist Roster, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
2004-05  Artist in Residence, Product Realization Lab, Stanford University, CA
2004       Artists Resource Bank listing, Washington State Arts Commission, WA
2004       Pre-Qualified Artist pool for branch library and parks projects, San Jose, CA
2003-07  Regional Arts and Culture Council Design Team Roster, Portland, OR
2002       Presenter/Discussant, Symposium on kinetic art, Kent State University, Kent, OH
2001       Technical Assistance Grant from the Regional Arts & Culture Council, Portland, OR
1988-90  Gilbert Stewart Award & Roberta Joslin Prize, Brown University, Providence, RI


EDUCATION

2000       M.S. in Design, Stanford University
                 -Degree co-sponsored by the Art & Mechanical Engineering Departments.
                 -Master’s thesis on mechanical/kinetic sculpture.
1990       B.A. in the Visual Arts, with Honors (emphasis on Sculpture), Brown University
1990       B.S. in Civil Engineering (emphasis on Structural), Brown University

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2005       Collaboration with GreenWorks Landscape Architects
                 -Design collaboration on “windscape” park in SE Portland, OR.

2001-08  Parallel Development Inc., Brooklyn, NY
                 -Contract collaborative design, engineering, project management & fabrication of artwork, architectural & product.

2003       Arthur Ganson, artist, Boston, MA
                 -Contract fabrication of artwork.

2001       Portland Development Commission, Portland, OR
                 -Design team artist with ZGF Architects and artist Tad Savinar for a $3.3 million urban streetscape redesign.
                 -Project cancelled with PDC funding.

1994-07  Michael Curry Design, St. Helens, OR
                 -Department head 1995-1998, Contract designer sporadically 1998-2007.
                 -Design, engineering, fabrication, management, and installation of giant puppets and mechanical costumes.
                 -Projects for 1996 Olympics Opening Ceremony, Las Vegas shows, Disney’s theme parks, cruise lines, & Broadway.

PRESS

2010        Marty Smith, “Dr. Know”, Willamette Week, Aug 18
2009        Tom Roussey, “Shuffletown Residents See Artwork…”, Channel 3 news, July 29
2009        Andrew Batten, “Shuffletown Artwork Stirs Controversy”, Mountain Island Weekly, July 31
2007        Kyle Odegard, “Kinetic Sculpture Installed”, Gazette-Times, July 11
2006        Jennifer Anderson, “Stumptown Stumper”, Portland Tribune, September 29
2006        Francesca Atencio, “Alphabet Soup”, Albuquerque-The Magazine, April
2004        CNN NewsNight with Aaron Brown, CNN, September 28
2003        “Best Of the West”, Sunset Magazine, September
2003        Ron Cowan, “Art Detects Visitors, Scampers Away”, The Statesman Journal, July 5
2003        Michaela Bancud, “Art Aches”, The Portland Tribune, January 3
2002        D. K. Row, “The Pod and the Pendulum”, The Oregonian, November 18
2002        Beth Harrington, Art Beat, OPB Television, October 24
2002        Dorothy Shinn, group show review, The Akron Beacon Journal, September 29
2002        Alicia Miller, review, Sculpture, Vol. 21 No. 5 June
2002        Janet Goetze, “At Play with Sculpture”, The Oregonian, April 4