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Beverly
Mills
1369 Mason Street, San
Francisco, CA 94109
bev@studiobeverly.com
www.studiobeverly.com
Education
B.A.
Political Science, College of Idaho
16 mm
film workshop, University of California, Berkeley
Cours
de Civilization Francaise, Sorbonne, Paris Solo Exhibitions
2010 FROM MAYHEM TO PARIS, Canessa Studios, San
Francisco, CA
2009 THE FOURTH OF
JULY, Coblentz Patch Duffy Bass, LLP, San
Francisco, CA
2007 ArtSpan
Auction, San Francisco, CA
2004-2008 Open Studio, San Francisco,CA
Corporate
Collections
Aperimus, San Francisco, CA
Heller and Manus, San Francisco, CA
Montrose & Company, Reno, NV Experience
Born on a small farm in Idaho; lived and worked in San
Francisco, New York, London, Paris, and Rome
Traveled in over twenty countries, gathering images,
philosophies and ethics
Involved civically: Vice President, San Francisco Planning
Commission;
President/founding member, Ferry Plaza Farmers Market;
Chair, SPUR; Trustee, College of Idaho; Tutor, Home Away from Homelessness. Artist’s Statement
Savage conflict. Civilized brilliance. My work explores these two human
extremes. A knowledge of history seldom
alters them: we keep killing each other,
we keep creating. I am stunned by the narcotic
of war, by its justifications and its costs.
I read about it, analyze it and try to understand its persistence. As a palliative, I turn to cities and places
I have loved, whose centuries of cultural life move us up the evolutionary
ladder, away from violence. I also turn to
symbolic figures or icons that represent ingenuity and courage. At times, I sequester myself in a world of
simplicity, a world of blacks and whites. I explore these extremes
using the emotive punch of primary colors, mixed forms and found materials - whatever
media will illustrate the persistence of war and the life-line of
creativity. Each series begins with the
idea; the materials join in the dialogue.
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