Beal received a Bachelors of Arts Degree from Yale College in 1969 and his Jurus Doctor Degree from Stanford Law School in 1973. After practicing law and serving as Senior Partner at Peabody and Brown (now Nixon-Peabody) in Boston, Massachusetts, he turned to art to satisfy his spiritual and intellectual longings. He completed his studies at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston in 1989 before dedicating himself to his art.

Many of the patterns present in Beal’s work are derived from Islamic architecture where human reference is eliminated in favor of more fundamental forms. These forms led Beal to experiment with various geometries such as Penrose tiling and Peano curves and eventually to incorporate many concepts of Chaos Theory including scaling, fractional dimensions, and strange attractors. He searches for the “life immanent in matter and energy”. He works with many different materials including chalk, roofing tar, polyurethane, and aluminum. He also employs many different processes such as scratching, incising, burning, filling, and sanding. Beal’s exceptional talent is his ability to express the infinite with such subtle, understated force.

Beal’s compositions are simultaneously simple and complex. From afar, they often appear muted and misty in tones of grey, tan, pale green and yellow. They exude a consistency and restraint, which belie their true nature. For an array of patterns, shapes, and lines are visible in varying degrees of clarity. One quickly realizes that these are compositions in flux, with elements emerging and fading away right before our eyes. As we move in closer, additional layers of complexity unfold and reveal themselves. We sense that forces are at work here and we wonder how each compositional element is influencing the other.

commissioned & site specific works are available from each artist; please call the gallery for details.

education

School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts
Stanford Law School, Palo Alto, California
Yale College, New Haven, Connecticut

solo exhibitions

2009    Point of View, eo art lab, Chester, Connecticut
2008    No Telling, Robert Steele Gallery, New York, New York
2007    O’H+T Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts
2007    Life Lines, eo art lab, Chester Connecticut
2005    Robert Steele Gallery, New York, New York
2004    OZ Gallery, Provincetown, Massachusetts
2003    O’H+T Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts
2003    New England School of Art and Design, Boston, Massachusetts
2001    O’H+T Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts
1999    Andrea Marquit Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts
1995    Andrea Marquit Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts
1991    Akin Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts

group exhibitions

2011    Synesthesia, eo art lab, Chester, Connecticut
2010    Shared Response, eo art lab, Chester, Connecticut
2009     Give & Take, eo art lab, Chester, Connecticut
2009    Push & Pull, eo art lab, Chester, Connecticut
2009    Art Hamptons, eo art lab, Chester, Connecticut
2009    In the Middle, eo art lab, Chester, Connecticut
2008    Group Experiment, eo art lab, Chester, Connecticut
2008    Group Dynamics, eo art lab, Chester, Connecticut
2008    Natural Acts, Massachusetts Convention & Exhibition Center, Boston, Massachusetts
2008    Painted Visions, Art Space Gallery, Maynard, Massachusetts
2008    Synethesia, Sulloway & Hollis Gallery, Concord, Massachusetts
2008    Group Therapy, eo art lab, Chester, Connecticut
2008    2008 Red Dot New York, eo art lab, Chester, Connecticut
2008    On Drawing, Newton Art Center, Newton, Massachusetts
2007    Big Bang! Abstract Painting for the 21st Century, DeCordova Museum, Lincoln,Massachusetts
2007    Painted Visions, Paintings by Award-Winning Artists, MCLA Gallery 51, North Adams, Massachusetts
2007    Speaking in Tongues, eo art lab, Chester, Connecticut
2006    American Artists in Rural Ireland: The Ballinglen Experience, Concord Art Association, Concord, Massachusetts
2006    2nd Annual MCCA Art Program [large works], Boston Convention & Exhibition Center, Boston, Massachusetts
2006    Open Call/Size Matters [small works], Rhys Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts
2005    Drawing Show, Robert Steele Gallery, New York, New York
2005    White, Black, and In Between, O’H+T Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts
2004    Robert Steele Gallery, New York, New York
2004    Spiritual Geometry, New Art Center, Newton, Massachusetts
2003    Robert Steele Gallery, New York, New York
2003    Energy, CAA University Place, Cambridge, Massachusetts
2003    10th Annual Juried Show 2003, Essex Art Center, Lawrence, Massachusetts
2003    To Ballinglen and Back: Boston Artists in Rural Ireland, Boston City Hall, Boston, Massachusetts
2003    Bruce Barry and Thaddeus Beal, Markings, Milton Academy, Milton, Massachusetts
2003    New Year/New Work, O’H+T Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts
2002    Workshop Artists, The Assilah Forum Foundation, Assilah, Morocco
2002    5th National Juried Exhibition, Ceres Gallery, New York, New York
2002    New Blood II, Finer Things Gallery, Nashville, Tennessee
2001    Workshop Traditions: Printmaking in Boston since 1960, Boston University Art Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts
2000    National Prize Show, Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, Massachusetts
2000    Picture Perfect, New England School of Art and Design, Boston, Massachusetts
2000    Blue, Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, Massachusetts
2000    Best Talent From Boston, New Arts Gallery, Bantham, New York2000    Group Show, Acacia Gallery, Gloucester, Massachusetts
2000    Gallery Artists, DNA Gallery, Provincetown, Massachusetts
1999    Ninth Triennial, Fuller Museum of Art, Brockton, Massachusetts
1999    Merged Realities, Central Arts Collective, Tucson, Arizona
1999    Paperworks 99, Ridgefield Guild of Artists Galleries, Ridgefield, Connecticut
1999    New Directions ’99, Barrett Art Center, Poughkeepsie, New York
1998    Searching, Cambridge Multicultural Arts Center, Cambridge, Massachusetts
1998    Cheap Thrills, DNA Gallery, Provincetown, Massachusetts
1998    Milton Creates-Milton Collects, Milton Academy, Milton, Massachusetts
1997    The Drawing Show, Boston Center for the Arts, Boston, Massachusetts
1997    Cloning and Ghost shows, DNA Gallery, Provincetown, Massachusetts
1996    DNA Group Exhibition, DNA Gallery, Provincetown, Massachusetts
1996    Summer Show, Andrea Marquit Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts
1995    Trustman Gallery, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts
1995    The Drawing Show, Boston Center for the Arts, Boston, Massachusetts
1995    Grand Opening, DNA Gallery, Provincetown, Massachusetts
1995    Symmetry + Asymmetry, CAA University Place, Cambridge, Massachusetts
1994    Pure Intention/Pure Accident, Gallery 28, Boston, Massachusetts
1994    Painters’ Drawings, Gallery NAGA, Boston, Massachusetts
1994    Summer Show, Andrea Marquit Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts
1993    Deck the Walls, Andrea Marquit Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts
1993    Art About Architecture, Boston Architectural Center, Boston, Massachusetts
1993    Drawing, Akin Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts
1992    Symphony of Prosperity, Akin Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts
1992    Anything But Paper, Howard Yezerski Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts
1992    Salon, Akin Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts
1992    New England/New Talent, Fitchburg Art Museum, Fitchburg, Massachusetts
1991    Exhibition of Painting & Sculpture, The Berkshire Museum, Pittsfield, Massachusetts
1991    Invited Guests & Gallery Artists, Gallery NAGA, Boston, Massachusetts
1991    Prismatic, Boston Visual Artists’ Union, Federal Reserve, Boston, Massachusetts
1991    Summer Show: Forms of Abstraction, Akin Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts
1991    Nuclear Solstice, Boston Center for the Arts/Mills Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts
1991    Selections from Boston Galleries, Bank of Boston, Boston, Massachusetts
1990    Contrasts, Boston Visual Artists’ Union, Boston, Massachusetts
1990    Small Works for Giving, Akin Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts
1990    The Artists Foundation Office Exhibition for Fellowship Recipients, Boston, Massachusetts
1990    Selections from the South Street Galleries, Bank of Boston, Boston, Massachusetts
1990    Summer Show, Akin Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts
1990    Thaddeus Beal, Hans Evers, Tim Murdoch, Akin Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts

collections

Museum of Fine Arts, Department of Prints & Drawings, Boston, Massachusetts
Massachusetts  Convention & Exhibition Center, commissioned work,  Boston, Massachusetts
The Boston Stock Exchange, Boston, Massachusetts
Beth Israel Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
Simmons College, Boston, Massachusetts
Numerous law firms, corporations and private collections in Boston, Massachusetts vicinity

honors, awards and fellowships

2006    Artist Grant Recipient (in painting), Massachusetts Cultural Council
2003    Best in Show, Energy, CAA University Place, Cambridge, Massachusetts
2002    Artist Grant Recipient (in painting), Massachusetts Cultural Council
2002    Invited Artist and Fellow at the Assilah International Cultural Festival, Assilah, Morocco
2001    Fellowship at The Ballinglen Arts Foundation, Ballycastle, County Mayo, Ireland
2000    Second Place, Blue, Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, Massachusetts
2000    Winner of The Open Studios 1999/2000 Northeastern Competition
2000    Curator of Contemporary Art at the Corcoran, Washington, D.C.
1999    Award of Excellence, Paperworks 99, Ridgefield Guild of Artists Galleries, Ridgefield, Connecticut
1996    Fellowship, New England Foundation for the Arts
1995    Juror’s Choice, Symmetry + Asymmetry, CAA University Place, Cambridge, Massachusetts
1994    Finalist, James Hubbard Traveling Scholarship
1990    Fellowship (in painting), Massachusetts Artists Foundation
1989    Dana Pond Competition, School of the Museum of Fine Arts
1988    Boit Competition, School of the Museum of Fine Arts
1987    Dana Pond Competition, School of the Museum of Fine Arts
1986    Boit Competition, School of the Museum of Fine Arts

publications

Cate McQuaid, Thaddeus Beal: New Paintings, The Boston Globe, January 2007
Greg Cook, Ah Painting, At the DeCordova Abstraction is New Again, The Boston Phoenix, January 2007
Charles Giuliano, First Friday for Boston’s SOWA Galleries, Maverick Arts Magazine, January 2007
Randi Hopkins, Group Hug, The Boston Phoenix, January 2007
Randi Hopkins, Return to the Edge of the World, The Boston Phoenix, December 2006
Charles Giuliano, Burger—Laying Down the Law, Maverick Arts Magazine, February 2006
Charles Giuliano, Beer and Burgers with…Gerry Bergstein, Maverick Arts Magazine, February 2005
Randi Hopkins, Showing I.D., The Boston Phoenix, January 2004
Cate McQuaid, Controlled Chaos, The Boston Globe, October 2003
Merdith Fife Day, Thaddeus Beal: Painting Over Time, ART New England, October/November 2003
William Corbett, Balancing Chaos and Order, artsMEDIA, June 2003
Cate McQuaid, Painting a New Career, The Boston Globe, May 2003
Randi Hopkins, Group Hug, The Boston Phoenix, March 2003
Cate McQuaid, Two Groups, One Locale, The Boston Globe, January 2003
Shawn Hill, Thaddeus Beal: Works on Paper and Paintings, ART New England, December/January 2002
Norma S. Steinberg, Prints in Boston, 2001, Contemporary Impressions, Journal of the American Print Alliance, Fall 2001
Cate McQuaid, Some Views on the Visual Frontier, The Boston Globe, September 2001
Lisa Falco, Gallery Gallery, artsMEDIA, October/November 2001
Cate McQuaid, Season Opens with Some Old Favorites at New Addresses, The Boston Globe, September 2001
Cate McQuaid, Belz Curates Strong Show, The Boston Globe, May 2000
Jamie Farrell, Cambridge Art Association—Lowel Street Gallery and University Place Gallery, ART New England, April/May 2000
Cate McQuaid, Picture Perfect, The Boston Globe, March 2000
Charles Giuliano, Picture Perfect, catalogue essay, New England School of Art and Design at Suffolk University, 2000
Charles M. Long, The Blue Period, The Back Bay Chronicle, February 2000
Christine Temin, The Art at Christmas, The Boston Globe, December 1999
Mary Sherman, Take Concrete Look at Triennial’s Abstracts, The Boston Herald, September 1999
Christine Temin, Abstract For All Seasons At The Fuller Triennial, The Boston Globe, October 1999
Charles Giuliano, The Ninth Triennial, boston.sidewalk, October 1999
Cate McQuaid, Beal’s Abstract Universe…, The Boston Globe, June 1999
Miles Unger, Celebrating Local Artists, ARTnews, June 1999
Thaddeus Beal: New Work at the Andrea Marquit Gallery, The Newtown Bee, May 1999
Cate McQuaid, Of Innocence, Life’s Mysteries, and Boring Bread, The Boston Globe, February 1998
Matt Murphy, Mills Gallery Drawing Show, artsMEDIA, January 1998
Charles Giuliano, Hot Pick – The Drawings Show, boston.sidewalk, December 1997
Photo of piece for The Ceramic Project, The Boston Globe, November 1997
Christine Temin, Area Artists Make a Show of Industrial Strength, The Boston Globe, August 1996
Cate McQuaid, Elemental, Poignant Drawings at BCA, The Boston Globe, December 1995
Christopher Millis, The Drawings Show – Getting Down to Basics, South End News, December 1995
Robert Taylor, Provincetown’s Gallery Scene, The Boston Globe, July 1995
Nancy Stapen, Paintings That Fuse Art, Science, The Boston Globe, February 1995
Interviewed, Boston Uncovered, BU/COM TV, April 1994
Tom Grabosky, Packing a Wallop – Drawing at Akin Gallery, Bay Windows, February 1993
Miles Unger, Fitchburg Art Museum/New Talent, ART New England, August/September 1992
Nancy Stapen, Critic’s Tip: Exhibits: Talent Search, The Boston Globe, June 1992
Nancy Stapen, Ten Best Shows of 1991 – Mounting Vital Exhibits Despite the Economy, The Boston Globe, December 1991
Cate McQuaid, Apocalyptic Art on War, Energy, and Destruction, South End News, July 1991
Nancy Stapen, Striking Images in a World of Their Own, The Boston Globe, May 1991
Joyce Kulhawik, review of Contrasts show, WBZ/TV Evening News, January 1991
Mary Sherman, Thaddeus Beal, Hans Evers, Tim Murdoch, The Boston Globe, March 1990
Cate McQuaid, Start Making Sense – Works at Akin Conjure Order From Chaos, South End News, March 1990