Beau Carey
email: beaucarey19@gmail.com
website: beaucarey.com
Born
1980 Albuquerque, NM
Education
2010 MFA, Painting and Drawing, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
2006 BFA, Painting and Drawing, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
Selected Solo and Two Person Exhibitions
2025 Brightness Bound,Visions West Contemporary, Denver CO
2024 Nameless Mt., Richard Levy Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
2023 Anam Cara, Visions West Contemporary, Denver CO
2022 Carey Fisher, Landscapes for a Dying World, Redline Denver, Denver CO
2022 The Shining World, Visions West Contemporary, Denver CO
2020 Basin and Range, Visions West Contemporary, Denver CO
2018 Pilgrimage (Works by Beau Carey and Joanne Lefank), Richard Levy
Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
2017 Swell, Watkins Gallery, Winona St. University, Winona MN
2016 Rabbit Island, Goodwin Fine Art, Denver CO
Black Skies, University of New Mexico, Valencia Campus, Tomè, NM
2015 Rise, 516 Arts, Albuquerque, NM
2014 Far North, Goodwin Fine Art, Denver, CO
2013 Fata Morgana, Goodwin Fine Art, Denver, CO
Fathom Out (Works by Beau Carey and Cedra Wood), Laura Mesaros
Gallery, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV
2012 River School, Andrew J. Macky Gallery, Boulder Museum of Contemporary
Art, Boulder, CO
Butcher’s Crossing, Rude Gallery Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design, Denver, CO
2010 Echo and Narcissus, Bright Rain Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
Far Afield, John Sommers Gallery, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
2009 West Side, Bright Rain Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
2008 Events on the Ground, Bright Rain Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
Selected Group Exhibition
2022 Mountain Standard Time, Visions West Contemporary, Denver CO,
Livingston MT, Bozeman MT
2022 Something Old, Sanitary Tortilla Factory, Albuquerque, NM
2021 I Like the West and the West Likes Me, Visions West Contemporary, Denver, CO
2021 Made in ABQ, Richard Levy Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
2021 Taking the Scenic Route, Richard Levy Gallery, NM
2021 The Space(s) Between, Vicki Myhren Gallery at the University of Denver
and Galleries of Contemporary Art at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, CO
2020 Mountain Standard Time, Visions West Contemporary, Denver CO,
Livingston MT, Bozeman MT
2019 to the moon and back, Richard Levy Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
Mountain Standard Time, Visions West Contemporary, Denver CO
2018 Open Space: The Finite Frontier, Curtis Arts and Humanity Center,
Greenwood Village, CO
Redline 10X: 10th Anniversary Retrospective, Denver, CO
2016 Non Finito, Sanitary Tortilla Factory, Albuquerque, NM
2016 25th Anniversary Show, Richard Levy Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
2015 Rabbit Island Residents, DeVos Art Museum, Marquette, MI
2014 Magnet North, Artists and the Arctic Circle, UBS Gallery 1285 Avenue of
the America's, New York, NY
Discovering and Interpreting the West: 19th, 20th and 21st Century Landscapes, Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities, Arvada, CO
Direct Connect, Hinterland, Denver, CO
2013 Earth and Sky (Works by Beau Carey, Tobias Fike and Zach Reini),
Showpen, Denver, CO
2012 Material Engagements, (Curator: Harmony Hammond), Redline, Denver,
CO
New Works, Goodwin Fine Art, Denver, CO
2011 AU: Exchange, (Curator: Cortney Lane Stell, Head Curator Rocky
Mountain College of Art and Design), Redline, Denver, CO
Place, Emmanuel Gallery, Auraria Campus, Denver, CO
Motels and Motion on the Mother Road: New Mexico, New Mexico Museum of Art, Santa Fe, NM
Nature and Technology, John Sommers Gallery, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
Specific Environments, Landscape as Metaphor, (Juror: Leanne Haase Goebel), Lincoln Center Art Gallery, Fort Collins, CO
Icebreaker 2.0, (Juror: Tricia Robson, Assistant Curator Museum of
Contemporary Art Denver), Ice Cube Gallery, Denver, CO
2010 Across Ties, Across Time, Redline, Denver,CO
Nature and Technology, John Sommers Gallery, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
Monday Afternoon, (Jurors: Lucy Lippard, Joel Peter Witkin), Center for Contemporary Arts, Santa Fe, NM
2008 Take Back, The Land/gallery, Albuquerque, NM
Given Take, The Land/ an art site, Inc., Mountainair, NM
Judicial Notice III, Bernalillo Metropolitan Courthouse, Albuquerque, NM
Splash, (Juror: Susan Sbarge, Executive Director, and 516 Arts, Albuquerque, NM), University of New Mexico Art Museum, Albuquerque, NM
2007 At First Sight, Raymond Johnson Gallery, University of New Mexico,
Albuquerque, NM
2006 Judicial Notice, Bernalillo Metropolitan Courthouse, Albuquerque, NM
Awards and Residencies
2015 Artist in Residence Rabbit Island, Lake Superior, MI
2014 Artist in Residence, Denali National Park, AK
2012 Arctic Circle Residency, Svalbard Archipeligo,
2012 Redline Denver Artist in Residence/Redline Board Member, Denver, CO
2011 Redline Denver Artist in Residence, Denver, CO
2010 Wortham W. Akin Memorial Scholarship Recipient
2009 Harry Nadler Memorial Fellowship Award
2008 The Land/ an art site Residency
Catalogs and Books
2022 Carey Fisher, Landscapes for a Dying World, Exhibition Catalog, Redline, Denver
CO
2015 Bewilderness and Rise, Exhibition Catalog, 516 Arts, Albuquerque, NM
Rabbit Island Residency Exhibition, Exhibition Catalog, DeVos Art Museum, Marquette, MI
2014 Magnetic North, Artists and the Arctic Circle, Exhibition Catalog, The Arctic
Circle, New York, NY
2012 Material Engagements, Exhibition Catalog, Redline, Denver, CO
2011 AU: Exchange, Exhibition Catalog, Redline, Denver, CO
2010 Monday Afternoon, Exhibition Catalog, Center for Contemporary Arts,
Santa Fe, NM
2008 Given Take, Exhibition Catalog, The LAND/An Art Site, Mountain Air, NM
Splash, Exhibition Catalog, University of New Mexico Art Museum Albuquerque, NM
Teaching Experience
2018 Instructor of Record, Painting 3, Art and Art History Department, University
of New Mexico
Instructor of Record, Drawing 3, Art and Art History Department, University of New Mexico
2017 Instructor of Record, Painting 3, Art and Art History Department, University
of New Mexico
2016 Instructor of Record, Drawing 3, Art and Art History Department, University
of New Mexico, Instructor of Record, Drawing 1, Art and Art History
Department, University of New Mexico
2015 Instructor of Record, Outdoor Studio, Art and Art History Department,
University of New Mexico
Instructor of Record, Drawing 3, Art and Art History Department, University of
New Mexico
Instructor of Record, Phenomena of Color, Art and Art History Department, University of New Mexico
2014 Instructor of Record, Nature and Technology, Art and Art History
Department, University of New Mexico
Instructor of Record, Painting 2, Art and Art History Department, University of New Mexico
2013 Instructor of Record, Introduction to Painting, Fine Arts Department, Rocky
Mountain College of Art and Design
2011 Instructor of Record, Introduction to Painting, Fine Arts Department, Rocky
Mountain College of Art and Design
2010 Instructor of Record, Drawing I, Art and Art History Department, University
of New Mexico
Instructor of Record, Painting I, Art and Art History Department, University
of New Mexico
2009 Instructor of Record, Drawing II, Art and Art History Department, University
of New Mexico, Instructor of Record, Drawing I, Art and Art History
Department, University of New Mexico
2008 Instructor of Record, Drawing I, Art and Art History Department, University
of New Mexico
Teaching Assistant, Two Dimensional Design, Art and Art History Department, University of New Mexico
Lectures and Presentations
2017 Swell, Winona St. University, Winona MN
2015 Rabbit Island, DeVos Art Museum, Marquette, MI
2015 Rise Artist Lecture, 516 Arts, Albuquerque, NM Rabbit Island Artist Lecture, Northern Michigan University, Marquette, MI
2013 Fathom Out, Artist Lecture Series, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV From the Ends of the Globe: Chris Kannen and Beau Carey, Artist Lecture, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO
Publications
2025 Elizabeth Delany, Beau Carey, Visions West Contemporary, Southwest Art
Magazine, Collectors Issue, October/ November 2025
2024 Kathleen Roberts, Reflections of memory: Beau Carey climbs the mountains of
his mind in Richard Levy Gallery exhibit, Albuquerque Journal, July 6, 2024
2023 John Parks, The Fractured World, Artist Magazine, May/ June 2023
2022 Sommer Browning, Taking Landscape Painting to New Heights, Hyperallergic,
December 25, 2022
2022 Ray Mark Rinaldi, Denver’s RedLine Gallery Showcases Big vistas with a
Humble Attitude, Denver Post, December 19th, 2022
2022 Create! Magazine, Transcending Mountain and Sky, Issue #31
2022 Ray Mark Rinaldi, Western Artist Beau Carey Updates Landscape Painting for a More Thoughtful Age, Denver Post, March 22, 2023
2015 Maggie Grimason, Presence and Absence in the Landscape, alibi.com, November 26 - December 2
Kathleen Roberts, Artists Capture Stark Beauty, Albuquerque Journal, December 15th 2015
2014 Claude Smith, Far North: Interview with Beau Carey, New American
Paintings
2013 Susan Froyd, 100 Colorado Creatives: Beau Carey, westword.com,
December 17
Representation
Visions West Contemporary
34 West Main St. Bozeman, MT 406.522.9946
2605 Walnut St. Denver, CO 303.292.0909
108 S. Main St. Livingston, MT 406.222.0337
130 S. Jackson St. Jackson, WY 307.264.1553
Visionswestcontemporary.com
Richard Levy Gallery, 514 Central Ave SW, ALbuquerque, NM 87102 www.levygallery.com