BIOGRAPHY
Beau Bernie Frank is a French American Surrealist painter.
Beau lives his work and is dedicated to his artistic process. He is inspired, organised and expressive, and this flows through his work. His life as an individual and as an artist are inseparable entities as Beau lives out his practice with specific consideration to all areas of his life. This intention resonate in his emotive, highly detailed work, where Beau realises the fruits of his labour through succinct stages that may be described as inspiration, organisation through to realisation; “First….I keep my eyes open (for) signals from the ether. The second stage is much more reasonable. I organise my days….the third stage is all about sharing my craft. I photograph my work. Share my work in progresses…. connect with other artists.”
Beau’s work is distinctive, with his collections including collaged, surreal portraits draped with patchworks of landscapes, singular subject moody landscapes and general expressionistic portraits. Yet all his various works share a single truth; that Beau clearly sees the world through the lens where beauty is defined by story, feeling and context as opposed to mere aesthetics.
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2024 St Hilda Art Festival, St Hilda’s School, Gold Coast QLD
2024 Tales of Summer, Gallery Mar Carmel, California USA
2023 Supersonic Horizons, Supersonic Art, Mississippi USA
2023 Body of Water, 19 Karen Gallery, Mermaid Beach AUS
2023 “Places Remember What People Forget” Gallery Mar, Carmel CA
2022 Solo Show, Gallery Mar Carmel, California USA
2022 10th Annual Supersonic Invitational, Hashimoto Contemporary, Los Angeles, CA
2021 Exhibition, Gallery Mar Carmel, California USA
2020 Off the Grid, 19 Karen Gallery, Mermaid Beach AUS
2020 Jayson Pate Design Studio, Mermaid Beach, AUS
2019 SALUT! 4 Curated Show, Gallery Nucleus, OR US
2019 Off The Grid Group Show, Sofitel, Broadbeach AUS
2019 Trio Carmel, Seascapes, Carmel, CA
2019 Group Exhibition, Visual Culture, Los Angeles, CA
2019 Post Ranch Inn, Mercantile Show, Big Sur, CA
2018 Post Ranch Inn, Seascape Series, Big Sur, CA
2018 7th Annual Supersonic Invitational, Spoke Art NYC, USA
2017 Relish Magazine Launch Group Show, USA
2017 Carl Cherry Center for the Arts, Carmel, USA
2017 Solo Exhibition, Marjorie Evans Gallery, Carmel, USA
2016 Las Mezcalilleras, Cultura Carmel, Carmel USA
2016 New Wave, Juried Exhibition, Monterey County Weekly Press Club, Seaside, USA – 1st place/community favourite/honourable mention
2013 Miniatures, Group Exhibition, Monterey Museum of Art, Monterey, USA
2013 Muses, Solo Exhibition, Meykadeh Cafe, Firenze, ITALY
2013 Emerging Artist Exhibit, Solo Exhibition, Rivalta Cafe, Firenze, ITALY
