EDUCATION:
MFA, Painting, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, 2004
BFA, Painting and Drawing, Western Illinois University, Macomb, Illinois, 2000
SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
2009
David Klein Gallery, Birmingham, MI: Album
2007
David Klein Gallery, Birmingham, MI: From the Top
2006
Meadow Brook Art Gallery, Rochester, MI: Kristin Beaver
2004
WSU Community Arts Gallery, Detroit, MI: MFA II, (MFA Thesis Exhibition)
2000
WIU Art Gallery, Macomb, IL: Senior BFA Exhibition
GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2008
Wynwood District, Miami, FL: Studio Visit (3 Detroit artists/3 Miami artists in Hernan Bas' studio)
Community Arts Gallery, Detroit, MI: Leader of the Pack
The Gallery Project, Ann Arbor, MI: Painting 2008
Barker Hangar, Santa Monica, CA: LA Art Show
2007
Red Dot, Miami, FL
Art Chicago
Duderstadt Gallery, Ann Arbor, MI: Venus of Willendorf: Redefining the Goddess
Barker Hangar, Santa Monica, CA: LA Art Show
2006
The Gallery Project, Ann Arbor, MI: Miss October
David Klein Gallery, Birmingham, MI: An Assessment of Contemporary Figuration
The Gallery Project, Ann Arbor, MI: Experiments
Northville Art House, Northville, MI: Dictum
The Gallery Project, Ann Arbor, MI: Beauty, The Sublime, Intensity
The Gallery Project, Ann Arbor, MI: American Icons
2005
The Gallery Project, Ann Arbor, MI: Collaborators: 2
555 Gallery Detroit, MI: New Views From Old Main
The Contemporary Art Institute of Detroit, Detroit, MI: Actual Size Biennial
Community Arts Gallery, Detroit, MI: Wayne State University Faculty Exhibition
The Gallery Project, Ann Arbor, MI: Frames of Mind
4731 Gallery, Detroit, MI: Their Art Our Building
Detroit Artists Market, Detroit, MI: Members Invitational Biennial 24/7
2004
Detroit Artists Market, Detroit, MI: Five Shows in Five Days (ver. 4.0)
Detroit Artists Market, Detroit, MI: Biennial
Community Arts Gallery, Detroit, MI: Wayne State University Faculty Exhibition
The Detroit Club, Detroit, MI: Arts in the City
The Tangent Gallery, Detroit, MI: Go Figure, (three person show)
2003
Ann Arbor Art Center, Ann Arbor, MI: The Annual: All Media Exhibition 81st
Anniversary, *Best of Show*
Saginaw Art Museum, Saginaw, MI: All Area 2003 Statewide Multi-Media Juried Exhibition
2002
WSU Community Arts Gallery, Detroit, MI: Juried MFA/MA Graduate Student Show
2000
Springfield Art Association, Springfield, IL: Emerging Women Artists
WIU Art Gallery, Macomb, IL: Annual Juried Award Show
WIU Art Gallery, Macomb, IL Talent Grant Award Show
Sullivan Taylor, Annual Fall Juried Exhibition, Macomb, IL
1999
WIU Art Gallery, Macomb, IL: Annual Juried Award Show
AWARDS & HONORS:
2008
Faculty Travel Grant, Wayne State University, Miami, FL
2004
Art and Art History Travel Fellowship, Wayne State University, London, England
2003
Best of Show, Ann Arbor Art Center, Ann Arbor, MI: The Annual: All Media Exhibition
2000
Second Place, Macomb, IL: Sullivan Taylor Annual Fall Juried Student Exhibition
Awarded Talent Grant, WIU Macomb, IL
1999
First in Show, WIU Art Gallery, Macomb, IL: Annual Juried Student Award Show
Purchase Award, WIU Art Gallery, Macomb, IL: Annual Juried Student Award Show
Honorable Mention, WIU Art Gallery, Macomb, IL: Annual Juried Student Award Show
Awarded Talent Grant, WIU, Macomb, IL
1998
Awarded Talent Grant, WIU, Macomb, IL
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Brett Sokol, Don't Forget the Motor City!, Ocean Drive Magazine, Jan. 2009.
Rebecca Stevens, Artists in Residence, Ambassador Magazine, Jan. 2008.
Best Local Artists (Both Established & Emerging) To Collect, Hour Detroit, June 2007.
David Klein, Calling Coast to Coast, American Art Collector, Jan. 2007.
Featured in article, Global Style, Detroit Home Magazine, Jan. 2007.
Roger Green, Women Take On Femininity in Art Exhibit, The Ann Arbor News, Nov. 5, 2006.
Dennis Alan Nawrocki, Attitude Galore - Kristin Beaver's fancy friends, Metrotimes, April 5, 2006.
Nick Sousanis, Kristin Beaver, www.thedetroiter.com, March 29, 2006.
Nicole Stafford, Figured Out, The Eccentric, March 9, 2006
Ann Gordon, Interview w/ Kristin Beaver, Body Language, Real Detroit Weekly, March 08, 2006.
Nick Sousanis, A Visual Feast, Metrotimes, March 1, 2006
Laura J. Williams, Interview w/ Adrian Hatfield, Fearsome Beauty, Ann Arbor Paper, February, 2006.
Roger Green, ‘Icons' Show Comments on American Life, Booth Newspapers, January 24, 2006.
Ann Gordon, Five Detroit Artists Under 35 You Should Buy, Real Detroit Weekly, September 21-27, 2005: 42.
Nick Sousanis, 5 for 5: DAM Day 2, www.thedetroiter.com, October 26, 2004.
Phaedra Robinson, Detroit Jewels, 2004 Biennial, Metrotimes, October 6-12, 2004: 24.
Art Bar, Metrotimes, September 29- October 5, 2004: 61.
Joy Hakanson Colby, Review 2004 Biennial, The Detroit News, September 24, 2004: 5E.
Nick Sousanis, WSU: MFA II, www.thedetroiter.com, March 2004.
Nick Sousanis, Beaver, Bevan & Shahid, www.thedetroiter.com, February 2004.
Natalie Haddad, I Like Your Figure, Real Detroit Weekly, February 18-24, 2004: 11.
John Carlos Cantu, Bright Ambition, The Ann Arbor News, October 18, 2003.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
College for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI:
Introduction to Painting: Winter 2008
Introduction to Figure Painting: Fall, Winter 2007, Summer 2007
Advanced Figure Painting: Winter 2007, Summer 2007
Wayne State University, Detroit, MI:
Figure Painting: Fall 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008 Winter 2006, 2008, 2009
Life Drawing: Fall 2008, Winter 2009
Drawing 1 & 2: Winter 2005, 2007 & Fall 2005, 2006
Beginning, Intermediate, & Advanced Painting: Fall 2005, 2008
Basic Painting: Winter 2007, 2009
Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center, Birmingham, MI:
Advanced Figure Drawing: Winter 2006, Summer 2006
Basic Painting, Spring 2006
Figure Painting, Summer 2006
PRESENTATIONS & GUEST LECTURES:
Guest Lecture, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI, January 2007.
Visiting Artist (painting area critiques), Art Department, Eastern
Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI, Fall 2005.
OTHER EXPERIENCE:
Curator, New Romanticism at the Marygrove Gallery, Detroit, MI, 2006
Curator, Eastside/Westside at the Gallery Project, Ann Arbor, MI, 2005
Student Representative on Faculty Search Committee for Wayne State University, 2004
Instructor, Kids Summer Art Camp, Detroit Recreation Department, 2002
COLLECTIONS:
Represented by: David Klein Gallery, Birmingham, MI www.dkgallery.com
Meadow Brook Art Gallery, Rochester, MI
Western Illinois University Art Gallery, Macomb, IL