Jeffrey Beauchamp
In his current work, Beauchamp marries his fondness for 1970s-era supergraphics with the swirling grandeur of Leonardo’s Deluge drawings, creating imagined terrains that are both playful and monumental. His process is one of patience and discovery: extensive sketching, layering, and reworking until unexpected forms emerge, like unplanned characters stepping onto a stage. Rooted in the traditions of classical painting yet informed by pop culture and daily observation, his visual language balances reverence with irreverence, sophistication with wit.
Based in Marin County, California, Beauchamp moves between observation and invention much as a musician shifts between melody and improvisation. His deep connection to music, color, and narrative shapes compositions that feel both carefully composed and alive with spontaneity. Trained in both the visual and sonic arts, he studied at Clark University in Massachusetts before earning his BFA from the San Francisco Art Institute. Over the decades, his work has been championed by leading West Coast galleries, honored with two SECA Award nominations from SFMOMA, and exhibited at institutions including the Triton Museum of Art, the Sonoma Valley Museum of Art, and the Napa Valley Museum. His paintings reside in private collections across the United States and abroad, carrying with them the coastal light, layered history, and restless curiosity of the place he calls home.
EDUCATION
1987 - 1989 BFA San Francisco Art Institute
1982 - 1984 Clark University, Worcester, Mass
SELECT SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2020
The Deepest Color Is Read, College of Marin, Fine Arts Gallery, Kentfield, CA
2019
We're All In This Together, Somewhere, Maybaum Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2018
Shady Backgrounds: Landscapes With A Colorful Past, William Torphy Fine Art, San Francisco, CA
2014
Freefall, Seager Gray Gallery, Mill Valley, CA
New Myths For Old: Recent Heroines In Their Natural Element, Madrone Art Bar, San Francisco, CA
2012
She Misplaced My Hurricane Blueprints, McLoughlin Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2008
Immigration Is the Sincerest Form of Flattery, Dolby Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2006
Mountains, Shoes and the Laurel & Hardy Rule, Dolby Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2004
How About "Sub--Pastoral Expressionism"?, Dolby Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2001
Serenity Now!, Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, OR
1998
Measureless To Man, Susan Cummins Gallery, Mill Valley, CA
1995
Telluria, Susan Cummins Gallery, Mill Valley, CA
1993
Les Barricades Mysterieuses, Susan Cummins Gallery, Mill Valley, CA
1991
Introductions, Susan Cummins Gallery, Mill Valley, CA
1990
Alligator Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1989
Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
SELECT GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025
Cloud Songs, with Don Scott Macdonald, Pamela Walsh Gallery, Palo Alto, CA
2018
New Work/Gallery Artists, Maybaum Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2017
Contemporary Landscape, Marin Museum of Contemporary Art, Marin, CA
2016
Exquisite Corpse of the Unknown Veteran, San Francisco Arts Commission, San Francisco, CA
2015
Microcosmos, curated by Chester Arnold, Gallery 621, Benicia, CA
San Francisco Art Institute Alumni Annual, curated by Griff Williams, Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
Terra Infirma, curated by Chandra Cerrito, Gearbox Gallery, Oakland, CA
Left Coast Annual, Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, CA
2014
A Sense of Place, Seager Gray Gallery, Mill Valley, CA
2012
Arrington, Beauchamp, Gonzales and Hooper, Bolinas Gallery, Bolinas, CA
2010
Bodies in Space(s), with Theophilus Brown and Linda Walgren, curated by Anthony Torres, Madrone Art Bar, San Francisco, CA
Go Figure, J. Cacciola Gallery, New York, NY
2009
Art of Play, Dolby Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco, CA
4 x 4, Bo Lee Gallery, Bath, England
2007
Landscapes: Rural and Urban Realities, Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, CA
2005
Sonoma Valley Museum of Art Biennial, Sonoma, CA
Wet Paint, Sonoma Valley Museum of Art, Sonoma, CA
2003
Plein Air Biennial, Napa Valley Museum of Art, Yountville, CA
2002
Art With a Heart, Dominican University, San Rafael, CA
California Landscapes, College of Marin Art Gallery, Kentfield, CA
2000
Erotica, Sonoma Arts Guild, Sonoma, CA
Disintegration: Contemporary Landscapes, Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, OR
1994
Historical References, Susan Cummins Gallery, Mill Valley, CA
1993
Contemporary Realism, Monterey Peninsula Museum of Art, Monterey, CA
1992
Why Painting?, curated by Bill Berkson, Susan Cummins Gallery, Mill Valley, CA
1991
Sacred Landscape, Susan Cummins Gallery, Mill Valley, CA
Concerning Nature, Zen Center Hospice, San Francisco, CA
1990
Images of the Land, William Sawyer Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Charles Campbell Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1989
Berkeley Arts Commission, Berkeley, CA
HONORS
2019
Winner/Featured Poster Artist -- 42nd Annual Fairfax Festival, Fairfax, CA
2018
Best In Show Award/Featured Poster Artist -- 62nd Annual Mill Valley Fall Arts Festival, Mill Valley, CA
2017
First Prize, Contemporary Landscape juried by Chester Arnold, Marin Museum of Contemporary Art
2012
SECA Award Nominee
2011
Winner, Marin Magazine Annual Cover Contest
2005
Honorable Mention, SVMA Biennial
2003
Artist's Choice Award, Plein Air Biennial, Napa Valley Museum
2002
Marin Arts Council Individual Artist Grant
2000
Best Painting, Sonoma Arts Guild, Erotica
1993
SECA Award Nominee
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Don Scott Macdonald and Jeffrey Beauchamp "Cloud Songs" Press Release
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