Erik Beehn

Erik Beehn is a part-time instructor in the Department of Art at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV). He holds an MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (2015) and has taught printmaking at institutions including Columbia College Chicago, the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and the University of North Dakota.

• Education: MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (2015)

Beehn's research and artistic practice focuses on material exploration, the evolution of observational painting into abstraction, and the intersection of photomechanical/handmade representation. His work examines authorship, collective value systems, and the democratization of transient culture through process-driven mark-making techniques.

He founded and directs Test Site Projects, a Las Vegas-based fine art publishing house, and has collaborated with artists like Ann Hamilton, Ed Ruscha, and Ellsworth Kelly as a master printer for Gemini G.E.L. in Los Angeles.

• Exhibitions: Solo shows at The Contemporary Arts Center and MCQ Fine Art in Las Vegas
• Public Collections: Las Vegas Art Museum, Marjorie Barrack Museum at UNLV