Beau W Beakhouse
is an artist, filmmaker and curator based in Cardiff. His artistic practice often returns to themes of language, land, the post-colonial, alternate histories and dreams through techniques of boundary crossing, intersection and convergence. He has worked with Peak Cymru, MOSTYN, Gentle/Radical, Literature Wales, Where I’m Coming From, SHIFT, Made in Roath, g39, The Welsh Agenda, Wales Millenium Centre and others. He has upcoming residencies with Tangent Projects and Jerwood UNITe (g39) and a forthcoming solo exhibition with Arcade/Campfa. He runs curatorial, radio and print project LUMIN. See here for curatorial practice. CV below.Recent Solo exhibition
2021
it resonates like spalting wood with Sadia Pineda Hameed, Arcade/Campfa, Cardiff (forthcoming)
2020
Local 37, MOSTYN, Llandudno (online presentation) featuring curated contributions from Gantala Press, Jade Montserrat, Hanan Issa, the Welsh Arts Anti-Racist Union, Josèfa Ntjam and Isola Tong
Recent Group exhibition
2020
Made in Roath Open, g39, Cardiff
reframing bokani, National Museum Wales
2019
Communion, SHIFT, Cardiff
Residencies
2021
Tangent Projects, Barcelona (forthcoming)
Jerwood UNITe, g39, Cardiff (forthcoming)
2020
Hinterlands, Peak Cymru, Wales
2019
A New Mecca, Gentle/Radical, Cardiff
Intersection and Convergence, Made in Roath, 1a Inverness
Communion, curatorial residency, SHIFT, Cardiff
2018
Rabble Studios 6 month residency, Creative Cardiff, Cardiff University, Cardiff
LUMIN Library, Arcade/Campfa (Three Doors Up), Cardiff
Selected publication
2021
‘Spalting Wood’, The Bodgers Gazette
‘Undefining the Artist’, Wales Arts Review
2020
‘Redefining Resilience in Wales’ Literary Scene’, The Welsh Agenda
‘Ignominious Archives: Roberto Bolaño & Infrarealism’, Porridge Magazine issue 4
2019
Four poems, Theta Wave
‘The Private Study and Interior Architecture’, Burning House Press
‘The space between texts’, LUMIN Journal 2
‘high balcony (com)’, Projectionists Playground 9
Other
Co-founder, LUMIN (arts publishing and curatorial project), 2017 - present
Host of LUMIN RADIO 2017 - present
Mentoring sessions with Shiri Shalmy (Anti-University), David Trigg (Frieze), Anthony Shapland (g39)