KEVIN BEER

Bird in Blue Dress

5”x7”, glass dome, mixed media, taxidermy

Black Lizard

7”x10”, Glass dome, mixed media, taxidermy.

Clock Case

12”x20”, Doll, human hair, clockcase

Clock Case

12”x21”, Clay hands, pearls, rosary.

Doll Head

12”x15”, glass dome, doll head, satin, lace, clay flowers

Doll Parts

9”x15” , doll parts, wire, wood.

Figure in Pink Glass Dome

9”x13”, Doll, insect, branches.

Figure in Pink with Umbrella

6”x14”, glass dome, bird head, doll

Figure in Red

5”x9”, Taxidermy, Doll

Figure in Tree

9”x11”, Insect, doll taxidermy and bone

Top Hat Glass Dome

5”x9”, taxidermy, doll head, pin cushion

Figure with Worm

6”x14”, taxidermy, worm and fir.

Ginger

6”x14 , doll, bird wings

Large Bird

12”x18”, Bird and doll head

Madame Butterfly

8”x13”, glass dome, mixed media, taxidermy

Pin Cushion Glass Dome

5”x9”, Taxidermy Doll

Spanish Dancer

9”x9”, Taxidermy Doll

Swamp

13”x13”, Taxidermy, Doll ,Insect

Testament

Wasps nest, figure, book

Top Hat Glass Dome

5”x9”, Taxidermy, doll head and pin cushion.

Tree Glass Dome

5”x9” , Bird, Doll, Victorian Hair

Two Girls

14”x14”, Photograph

Winged Figure

12”x12"x24”, Taxidermy Doll

Winged Figure Glass Dome

5”x9”, Taxidermy, Doll, Book.

CV Press Release

Kevin Beer’s studio space is more of a toy workshop. His doll pieces, costumes, and found materials hang from the ceiling or the walls waiting for their turn in the spotlight, just as one would assume paintbrushes and paint tubes wait to be used. One can’t help but assign Beer’s inanimate objects a likeness to living beings.

Beer begins his process with the idea of a visual story and the characters of the story. For him it’s more important to develop a real character within a narrative than to create something strange. Once in the workshop he begins executing the idea by using materials directly provided by nature and his electric collection. In that stage of development, it becomes about solving the visual problem with the materials at his disposal. The taxidermies used in his art are all collected pieces that he finds in antique shops and flea markets.

Kevin Beer has been trained in the arts since he was 12 years old. He studied at the Santa Barbara Art Institute and the University of California, Santa Barbara.

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