Jeffrey Beauchamp American, b. 1964
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.
Born 1964, Montclair, NJ
Lives and works in Fairfax, CA
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's exhibition, Cloud Songs at Pamela Walsh Gallery, pairs two artists equally talented as musicians and painters, looking through distinct lenses in their exploration of the sky. Their panoramic vistas, depicted la September 15, 2025 Read more
